Quilotoa

Ford Motor Company once made helmets designed for the army.

https://lemmy.ca/post/61529988

Ford Motor Company once made helmets designed for the army. - Lemmy.ca

Lemmy

Mar 9 at 12:22pmWeb
Show thread_haha_oh_wow_Mar 9
Good luck taking a round to the head even with this thing on.
Show threadtoo_high_for_thisMar 9
It could stop shrapnel from shells. Artillery was responsible for the majority of casualties in WWI, not guns.
Show thread_haha_oh_wow_Mar 10
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.
Show threadLawnman23Mar 9

Ford also manufactured the B-24 Liberator for the Army during the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Run

Willow Run - Wikipedia

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Show threadjayboneMar 9
Very storm trooper
Show threadSaveTheTuaHawkMar 9

“Steel, leather, felt, canvas, bronze, pigment, sawdust”

So exactly like an F150.

Show threadCmdrShepard49Mar 9
This thing looks like it was designed and manufactured in 1518 not 1918.
Show threadAmulettaMar 10
That must have been like wearing an oven after a few hours.
Show threadThe Wandering M4dTsarMar 11
R u sure this one isn’t involved the user to mastering swordsmanship or something similar?
Show threadQuilotoaMar 11
The design was taken from knights’ helmets.
Show threadAppoxoMar 11

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.