WW2 German Helmet Production

[USGI]

What is interesting is how labour intensive the manufacture of the shell is.

What I saw in the first video was a kettle factory. Then they removed the handles and spun them on a lathe to make helmets out of them. Is that accurate? - Bob

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[Flying10uk]

What I saw in the first video was a kettle factory. Then they removed the handles and spun them on a lathe to make helmets out of them. Is that accurate? - Bob

I think that it is helmets being made in a kettle factory rather than out of kettles. Either way it appears labour intensive.

[matthanne1]

What I saw in the first video was a kettle factory.

The first part was of a factory that made kettles from helmets. Later it also described repairs. I'd seen this one before, back in Germany, as part of a report on postwar reemployment and recovery jobs.

[USGI]

The first part was of a factory that made kettles from helmets.

I looked at it again. Still looks like a kettle went on the lathe and came off as a helmet. I'll have to have my son-in-law take a look at it. He understands German. - Bob