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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists from Duke University have revealed that World War I helmets perform remarkably well against shock waves compared to their modern high-tech counterparts. One helmet, the French Adrian design ...

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 ...

For about 50 years, Bob Baitinger kept a World War I Army helmet in his collection of military memorabilia, curious about the soldier who wore it. “I often wondered if he was still alive or who he was ...

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 ...

When U.S. soldiers received new helmets in the early 1980s, the reaction was dismay. The Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) was supposed to offer better protection than the M1 helmet ...

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 ...

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 ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated that, despite significant advancements in protection from ballistics and blunt impacts, modern military helmets are no ...