lunes, 26 de diciembre de 2011

The Tommy helmet MK I

The tommy helmet (MK I), brodie helmet or in USA doughboy helmet (M1917 helmet) was the typical british troops helmet ,designed by John Leopold Brodie during 1915 .Used in both great wars was changed during 1940 for a second version named MK II.The design was based in give more resistant to projectiles but it offered less protection to the lower parts of the head and neck .Was included in the material of british army and commonwealth nations in different colours from green to orange , from the army to the police or auxiliary forces and later versions used till today in Pakistan or Israel.Only in USA were made around 3 millions units by american companies and some commonwealth countries did it with England, the production was amazing.
Price today: +-70 US dollars.









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