B/II Helmet in the Wehrmacht?

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B/II Helmet in the Wehrmacht?

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Post by Facu90 » 01 Sep 2020, 18:02

i find this pic on Reddit,of what it looks like a B/II Helmet but i'm not really that sure.Can someone confirm if it's real?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ForgottenWeapo ... ii_helmet/
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Post by Simon H » 02 Sep 2020, 16:30

Yes it is a still from an early 1945 Deutsches Wochenschau newsreel film.
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Post by Facu90 » 02 Sep 2020, 17:52

Simon,do you know which one?

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Post by von thoma » 02 Sep 2020, 21:52

From ' Late War Helmets of the Third Reich ' ;
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Post by Simon H » 03 Sep 2020, 09:21

Facu90 wrote:
02 Sep 2020, 17:52
Simon,do you know which one?
It is "DIE DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU" 1944 № 733 from September 1944. It can be viewed on this site below, about 5 minutes in

https://www.net-film.ru/en/film-62908
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Post by Facu90 » 03 Sep 2020, 18:04

Thanks simon

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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 03 Sep 2020, 19:31

The original patent by Dr. Heinrich Hänsel dated December 7th. 1943.
https://equipment.fandom.com/wiki/Stahlhelm_M1945

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Post by Hans1906 » 04 Sep 2020, 10:49

Good morning,

the Stahlhelm "Modell 45" (M45) is quite interesting, and I have never seen an example of the M45 in natura... :?

M45 Stahlhelm / Wikipedia (D) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M45_(Stahlhelm)

Thanks for the very interesting topic, nice! :milwink:

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