Brodie Helmet "Restoration"

[browningautorifle]

would have expected other metals like chrome to have also gone into the mix to give hardness.

The link I sent showed some helmets produced were specifically NOT hard at all because they were for civilians and made on the cheap.

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[Flying10uk]

The link I sent showed some helmets produced were specifically NOT hard at all because they were for civilians and made on the cheap.

I was referring to front line ballistic helmets such as the example I have in post 1 and which I identified by testing with a magnet. The point that I was trying to make is that I do not believe it was just an alloy of steel and manganese that was used in the ballistic Brodie helmets. I would have expected to see other metals also added and an obvious one would be Chrome for it's hardness and wear resistance properties.

The officially produced "not for frontline" use Brodie helmets are normally identified by between one and four holes on the rim. I do have an example in my home front helmet collection. It's an original First Aid Party helmet in original condition.

[browningautorifle]

I do not believe it was just an alloy of steel and manganese that was used in the ballistic Brodie helmets.

I don't know, I suppose. The link describes them but they escape me.

"not for frontline" use Brodie helmets are normally identified by between one and four holes on the rim

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