You’ve heard of an M1 helmet, but the M2 is even better! 

US military: how to name everything you own in less than 5 numbers. M1, M2, M3, M4 and occasionally, M5

"The M2 was basically just a modified version of the M1" You can take this quote, slap it on pretty much any catagory of american equipment, and it still makes sense.

Love your videos. You encouraged me to buy my first world war II American uniform lot from the 44th division. Edit: that video about checking the pockets of original uniforms helped me when I bought a World war one American uniform. I found a original dog tag from the soldier who wore the uniform

i went to jump school in 1983. yea we used the M2 in jump school. of course once i got to the 82nd, we got the new Kevlar helmet or K pot. and like the m2 there is about four differences just for paratroopers. we special....lol

I always thought that the British paratrooper helmet looked cool. Much cooler than their standard helmet.

That’s so funny… I am a advocate, helmet, collector, and I’ve never heard of the M2

man i love these videos, good work

now ma' friends, prepare for. . . THE M2 GARAND!!!!

Soldiers and marines: Imma keep those straps off, I can break my neck if I keep it on paratroopers:

Wow! I actually had an M2 and the liner too and didn’t know it until now. My Dad have it to me in 1973, along with a bunch of other military gear and I played Army all day long. I had to give it away when we moved away the next year, but I remember those features. What a shame.

I remember in the 60s there was this Army Navy store and as kids we thought were buying army helmets for a couple bucks, but really we were buying plastic helmet liners. I liked the little canvas backpacks.

2 of my great-uncles wore those during their stints in the 82nd Airborne

Ah yes I’m firing from a abandoned m2 50 cal, calling in m2 mortar strikes, with my m2 carbine next to my empty m2 flamethrower, bullets flying over my m2 helmet mean while a random m2 medium tank appears out of nowhere (like wtf where did that come from, they were barely even made)

Bro turned into captain America

Beard goes crazy

And then there was the M1C which replaced the welded-on bales with hinged versions which were less likely to break and snap off than the fixed versions.

You just answered my longest question I've been thinking about for a while, I was curious and/or wondering why there was two helmets instead of one. You've just answered my question and or curiosity about it.

However, the m2 was only issued to paratroopers, so it was less common.

I've never heard of an M2 Helmet. I have heard of an M1-C

That chinstrap change Must have felt like when we went from the suspension system to football helmet style padding. Night and day in terms of comfort

It definitely looks like my great grandfather’s helmet

Me with my 1950s M1 steel pot and fox repro inner.

Helmet, Steel, M1 U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 U.S. Carbine, Caliber .30, M1 M1 Bayonet ik there's a ton of other "M1" designated things I just can't remember them all.

I have my own 101st airborne paratrooper impression thanks to you world war wisdom you inspired me to become a ww2 us paratrooper reenactor

The German Luftwaffe Paratroopers, (FALLENJAGER,) Had Basically A Standard Wehrmacht "Stahlhelm" But With The Protective "Skirt" In The Back Greatly Reduced So As To Not Cut Into The Top Of The Wearer's Shoulders When Landing.

Yeah early war paratroopers had a hard time as, when they jumped out, all the equipment (which was all loaded up on them, including supplies and the rifle) was ripped off from the shock of hitting the air and the chute deploying. They then hit the ground in pretty much their base uniform and had nothing more than a knife if they were lucky. Sometimes they'd land near others or by the equipment or a ways away from enemies, so they had some kind of advantage, but yeah. They then started to reinforce their jump gear and the mentality behind the M2 eventually spread to the rest of the uniform. Early 82nd airborne to late war 82nd airborne is quite different and drastically improved.

Do the M3, M4, and M5 used by the USAAF as flak helmets

Now that you've heard of the M2 there is yet another improved M1 helmet for use with Bomber crews.

I love WW2 history, this young man is very informative, what great videos, keep up the good work 🇨🇦

US military on their way to name everything M1 and M2:

I don’t know what helmet I have it looks the same as the m2 but it has a infantry chinstrap

So I’m doing a paratrooper impression, however I have an M1 shell with a Westinghouse liner, is that still accurate?

Rewatching Band of Brothers so this is perfect

The funny part is I have heard about the m1 but never heard about the m2 😂

your esoteric knowledge was interesting, thanks for sharing it.

In every WWII game I have ever played, no npcs ever used the helmet straps for some reason. 🤷‍♂️

The chin strap is why it made it way better, it's way more sturdy & why the design is what it is now

You need an American Model 8. It's a WW1 helmet but it's one of the coolest helmets ever used by the US.

Future Curator of the WW2 Museum.

Collection is so good man

Cool! I didn't know there was a special designation for the airbornes' helmet. Stands to reason, though.

I know this video was made 11 months ago but my WW2 U.S. Helmet is coming next week Sunday i can't wait 😁

If you all wanted to know what cal kestus would look like in ww2, here you go:

these US designers had really creative minds uh

I thought the paratrooper one we called the M1C

I went through Airborne School in 1986 with the Steel Pot with the 1950s or Post WWII design without the leather chin cup. Used all the way through Vietnam till I think 1986. Some of my guys who went through Airborne School had the PASGT with the modifications for a Paratrooper helmet which was nothing more than a crash pad at the back of the helmet bolted on with a Velcro strap that goes just above the chin strap. Paratroopers always had a special helmet liner with straps made for jumping with the general issue M1 steel helmet, all modified and simplified after WWII.

Bro growed a beard

which would make the m1c even better.

The army called everything the M1 back then

You must be rich owning all of that gear 😂

Yesterday i found an old American helmet for only 7 euros at a thrift store, yes i was very happy

M1 helmet for M1 Garand

Tbh i didn't know there were much differences between The normal infantry helmet vs paratrooper helmet until i saw The differences in video game called enlisted.

I wore the M1 helmet for a decade and never heard of the M2 before this. From 1975 the M1 helmet was standard until replaced by the PASGT or "Fritz."

I have an M2 helmet from J Murray. Painted up as Easy company.

That looks like it fits a lite better as well.

And it wouldn't be until the ACH until medics first hit their f'n noses...thank goodness.

Love seeing all this kit compared to the stuff we used while I was in. In some ways there's such huge differences and in others it's a case of the more things change the more they stay the same.

My dad has a m1 helmet in his army gear and I want to restore it

I just found out that I sold a paratrooper helmet for the price of a standard M1. It was in service around the time of operation market garden. That's shitty.

I have a M1A but i think it missed the European theater or came in late

so that definitely means the one i recieved from my gradfather is a m1. he never served how ever his boss collected them and on all the major anniversaries of him working at that job he would be gifted a helmet. when he retired he got a final one which he gave to me on my 16th as he already had a plain green one. just a short list of the ones i remember he has plain green, plain green but had a dent from where a round has struck it, medic helmet and a mp one, which is just the inside of the helmet and has no metal

You forgot the most important difference: the heart!

The M2 was so great that they stopped using it by 1943!

Your collection of ww2 uniforms webbing helmets and equipment is very cool

I had an m2 I had gotten from the army navy store as a kid. Wish I still had it

The M1 helmet, M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, M1 Thompson...😅😅😅

M2… pretty sure that was used in the production of Captain America the first avenger in the training scene

Never knew this. Thank you!!

Notice helmet size change in 58?

I've heard it called an M1C as well, is this also a correct designation?

I would call this the m1a1 over m2

When the m35/ m40 / m42 was better than all allied designs

Ah yes the d bale the thing I'm still looking for so I can start the completion of my uniform for reenactment

I own a WW2 helmet it belonged to my great great great grandfather luckily he didn’t die in war he died of old age but my father took the helmet out of my grandma’s house and when I looked at it I knew it was REALLY OLD my grandma says it comes from 1940-945

i think it wasn't called the M2, but the M1C

Is this an original m2 helmet if so that’s crazy rare

That Heart is WAY to big

Airborne pride baby!

Wait did cap wear an m2 in the first captain america movie when he actually goes to fight finally?

"Who does the army trust the most?" *AIRBORNE!* "Who do the ladies love the most?" *AIRBORNE!!* "Who do the Nazis fear the most?" *AIRBORNE!!!!*

wow mario enemy's were in ww2

Where can I get the straps with the snaps for the steel pot that attach it to an m2 or m1c paratrooper helmet liner also how do I modify a Vietnam war paratrooper liner to look like a ww2 paratrooper liner.

I believe i have an M2 helmet liner but the shell and possibly the liner strap aren't. The liner strap is a canvas one instead of a leather one

I saw a Tele - movie a few years ago when the spy being dropped into France by parachute was wearing a standard British Brodie helmet. The makers of the show were extremely lazy with their research and any half witted military historian would know that this type of helmet would be blown off as soon as you hit the slipstream. Oddly enough no one wrote in and corrected them on this.

Great videos. Keep ‘em comin..

But did they stop soldies necks from breaking? I assume you've watched the video "Why American soldiers didn't strap their helmets in World War 2" In the video it explains that the design of the M1 would catch the force of an explosion and snap the wearers neck as a result, if they were close enough to the blast obviously.

Now what about the giant helmet use by gunboat sailors

This channel is really cool of a little ww1 history..😊😎

I just learned the helmet I was gifted by my grandfather is an M2 helmet that has been missing the chin cup.

I have a question, What's the point of the white heart on the side of the helmet? wouldn't that kind of give them away if in a green forest or bushes.

If he would say just M1, he would mean 2/3 of the us army

i prefer my stahlhelm tho

The German stahlhelm will always be the best looking helmets

Recently bought an m2 and was told it was from the Korean War don’t know if I got screwed over or got a deal (paid around $200)

I'm sure the boys in the 101 loved these

What about the T-14 photographer helmet

Also know as M1C

Now tell us about the M2 abrams and the M2 garand

Yup I have a canvic vietnam helmet very real I think it's ww2