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American M1 steel helmet history When the Second World War broke out in Europe, American soldiers were still equipped with the 1917 flat helmet, the M-1917 A1, entirely inspired by the British model.

, located in Detroit, Michigan and Schlueter Manufacturing Co.

66 with 58 or 59 liner band• A khaki webbing suspension should be OK, although I have seen post-WWII khaki re-webbed liners from the Danish army.

This is probably true in most cases.

Later changes included a move to a yellow and green material for liner construction.

In late 1942, the used a cloth with a camouflage pattern for its helmets.

The three helmet liners shown above all exhibit silver rayon suspensions.

These transitional suspensions are only seen on St.

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Secondly, many men incorrectly believed that a nearby exploding bomb or artillery shell could cause the chinstrap to break their neck when the helmet was caught in its concussive force, although a replacement buckle, the T1 pressure-release buckle, was manufactured that allowed the chinstrap to release automatically should this occur.