Head Wounds and Steel Helmets

Head Wounds Steel Helmets
In the March, 1943 edition of the US Army’s Intelligence Bulletin, a short article discusses a British study of combat head injuries and the protection afforded by various styles of steel helmet. British troops wearing the old pattern and the new MkIII helmets during fighting in Caen in 1944 (source)
The report showed that a considerable portion of the skull was not protected by the Brodie helmet worn by British troops (and until 1941, by the US). It also shows the outline of the new US M1 helmet, which appears to provide the best protection of the on United Nations, No.2, 15 January 1943, Military Intelligence Division,
War Department, pp.34-5

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