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Ford Motor Company once made helmets designed for the army. (www.metmuseum.org)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

It could stop shrapnel from shells. Artillery was responsible for the majority of casualties in WWI, not guns.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Fair point, even with guns there's spall that can get you if the bullets hit something hard, but the fact that we don't use this kind of design kinda highlights that it's not worth the trade off of visibility vs protection.

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