Quote Originally Posted by Flying10uk View Post
On a recent documentary (Desert War?) it said that steel helmets were sometimes/often not worn on night time patrols because the wind blowing round the helmet could create sufficient sound to be heard by an enemy. I haven't heard this before and, obviously, it would depend on how close you found yourself to any enemy, but could it? Could the wind blowing round a steel helmet be heard by an enemy, especially in the desert at night, if you were close enough.
This sounds a bit like the legend of the clanking of the clips giving out one's empty rifle condition.
I have shot my Garandicon just last week and it occurred to me... Never really believed it. Maybe, but just maybe, in a close combat situation, urban combat. But then, I could throw a clip on the ground as a deceit while my buddy is shooting a couple rounds. Surprise!