c/mildlyinteresting · by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 179dFord Motor Company once made helmets designed for the army. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/35909111 points · 12 comments · view on lemmy.world
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toiletobserver@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 179d
Lawnman23@piefed.social · 12 pts · 179d
Ford also manufactured the B-24 Liberator for the Army during the war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Run
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 179d
Good luck taking a round to the head even with this thing on.
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 179d
It could stop shrapnel from shells. Artillery was responsible for the majority of casualties in WWI, not guns.
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 178d
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.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 179d
This thing looks like it was designed and manufactured in 1518 not 1918.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 179d
"Steel, leather, felt, canvas, bronze, pigment, sawdust"
So exactly like an F150.
Amuletta@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 178d
That must have been like wearing an oven after a few hours.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 179d
Very storm trooper
MadnessForTsar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 177d
R u sure this one isn't involved the user to mastering swordsmanship or something similar?
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 177d
The design was taken from knights' helmets.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 177d
So did Mercedes for the German Reich.
So what? You won't buy any car now?
Basically every major manufacturer was involved in some capacity.