New research suggests helmets used in World War I protected soldiers against overhead artillery blasts just as well as modern helmets—and one, the French Adrian helmet, actually performed better. When ...

A rare British tank helmet from the First World War that servicemen refused to wear because its resemblance to the German equivalent led to 'friendly fire' attacks has been found in a charity shop.

The Army has pushed back on a study purporting to show that World War I "tinpot" helmets were just as good or, in some cases, better than the service's current Advanced Combat Helmet in mitigating the ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - When the war to end all wars erupted in August 1914, the armies of Europe were stunned by the harrowing casualties inflicted by landmark advances in weaponry. The machine gun ...

Your great-grandfather’s World War I helmet that’s stuffed in the back of the closet could be just as effective at preventing brain injury from some blasts as a modern-day military helmet, a recently ...

From left, French soldiers during WW1 in 1916, a US soldier in Afghanistan in 2014, and American soldiers during WW1. Getty Images Scientists from Duke University have revealed that World War I ...

A 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper fastens their helmet before taking part in fall exercises at Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 19, 2019. (Senior Airman Cody R. Miller/Air Force) Any helmet is still better ...

A World War One helmet with a bullet hole in it has been stolen from a property in Caithness. The 100-year-old military head gear was taken along with a model sailing ship in a glass case. Police said ...

Biomedical engineers have demonstrated that, despite significant advancements in protection from ballistics and blunt impacts, modern military helmets are no better at protecting from shock waves than ...

A helmet used by French soldiers in World War I provided better protection from overhead blasts than a modern American model, according to a US university study. Biomedical engineers from North ...