Stahlhelm
Sign in to saveThe Stahlhelm (German for "steel helmet") is a term used to refer to a series of German steel combat helmet designs intended to protect the wearer from common battlefield hazards such as shrapnel.
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- Military gear.name
- Stahlhelm
- Military gear.image
- 300px
- Military gear.caption
- M35 on display at Museum Rotterdam
- Military gear.origin
- Germany
- Military gear.type
- Combat helmet
- Military gear.service
- 1916–1992
- Military gear.used_by
- See Users
- Military gear.wars
- World War IGerman RevolutionRussian Civil WarChinese Civil WarSpanish Civil WarWinter WarContinuation WarWorld War IIKorean WarVietnam WarSoviet-Afghan War
- Military gear.designer
- Dr. Friedrich Schwerd (M1916)
- Military gear.design_date
- 1915
- Military gear.production_date
- 1916
- Military gear.variants
- See Variants
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36 sectionsContents
- Historical context and origin
- Development
- ''Stahlhelm'' use in other countries
- Postwar
- Variants
- German WW1 variants
- M1916 and M1917
- M1918
- Full-visor prototype
- Full-visor "Ottoman/Turkish" M1918 and "Tanker" visorless M1918
- Austro-Hungarian WW1 variants
- Austro-Hungarian M1917
- Berndorfer M17 variant
- Berndorfer Austro-Hungarian M1918
- German pre and inter WW2 variants
- M1933
- M1935
- Gladiator civil defense helmet
- M1940
- ''Fallschirmjäger'' version
- M1942
- M1944
- M1945
- East Germany variants
- M1954
- M1956
- West Germany variants
- M40/51
- M40/53
- M56 & M1A1
- Decals and insignia
- Users
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Stahlhelm (German for "steel helmet") is a term used to refer to a series of German steel combat helmet designs intended to protect the wearer from common battlefield hazards such as shrapnel.
The armies of the great powers began to issue steel helmets during World War I as a result of combat experience and experimentation. The German Army began to replace the boiled leather Pickelhaube with the Stahlhelm in 1916. The ''Stahlhelm's distinctive coal scuttle shape was instantly recognizable and became a common element of propaganda on both sides, like the Pickelhaube before it. The name was used by Der Stahlhelm'', a German veterans' organization that existed from 1918 to 1935.