93rd Military Police Battalion was in Vietnam from June 1966 - December 1971. They were based in Oklahoma, before deployment. They were in the Northern II Corps Tactical Zone of Vietnam, under the 16th MP Group. My book says nothing about their leadership, or what LTC was in charge or anything. They were mainly stationed in Qui Nohn, and Phu Thanh.

Good video. I was the quality control person for the 1968 & 1969 Vietnam era M-1 helmets (#6521) made by Dana Corporation at their Trenton, Michigan, factory. When I worked there both the materials and the manufacturing process were classified. From what I understand that info is now in the public domain.

Another thing about wearing the steel pot, if your head doesn’t fully fill the helmet, every time your shot your rifle the concussion of the shot would rattle the helmet and cause your ears to ring.

Am I the only one who likes it when the helmets and liners are a little beat up? It shows it has seen some action somewhere. I have a lot of helmets in way less than mint condition and I like them that way. Anyway not hating great video

The ww2 usmc helmet with the cover is my favourite

A friend of mine was an extra in “The Pacific”. He wore a light weight prop helmet that looked like the real deal,

Great video, very informative! Like many on here, I was issued one of these when I first joined the Army in 1983. I was in Aschaffenburg, Germany in 1984-85 where we were issued the new Kevlar helmet in November 1984 and we all agreed that the new helmet sucked but it did stop bullets unlike the M1. I was an Infantryman and we would wear the Kevlar helmet with the chin strap tucked/wrapped around the camouflage band in the back as we did with the steel pot. It didn’t take long before the command cracked down and made us use the chin strap at all times. I still remember how hard it was to install the sweat band in the Kevlar helmet, it had these itty bitty D rings that had to be flipped over the clip to secure each clip but it was nearly impossible to squeeze the clip tight enough so it’ll flip over the clip, we eventually used some pliers and even then it was tough, one guy got pissed and chucked his, lol. We used to use our steel pots as a hammer for tent pegs or as a makeshift camping stool to sit on. So if you see some damage to the top of the helmet, it was because of using it as a hammer. I have a collection of all the helmets I was issued and ones that I wore in 2 wars in my 26 year career before retiring in 2009. I can’t believe how expensive these old steel pots are today!

At 13:45 It could be the 93d MP battalion

Crome dome best one for sure. Although there all awesome love the old M1 steel helmet.

75 comments and two full years later, "Oh goodie, I was looking for a documentary about this topic in general and helmet-evolution from ALL countries specifically, thank you!"

I actually have a British helmet in good condition the wool still intact everything there it's a amazing helmet including the American ones it's kinda shocking that these helmets were the first of the evolution for the military

Awesome I love the US army helmets

My uncle Dennis was a s.sgt M.P and he weared that same M.P unit

great video. so much m1 goodness! my original m1917 looks almost that good.

Every time the camera man wants to talk he’s rude about it lol

Lovely Helmet Collection. I Own 2 US M1 Helmets myself,.one WW2 and one Vietnam era. Pretty kool stuff.

Hey, love the video, deffo gonna add a M1 to my collection,,,,have to do some research, .....🇬🇧🇺🇸

Thanks

Excellent video, you have a very cool collection! Do you know anything about the unissued condition insect net helmet covers that have appeared on the market in recent times? They look much like a standard WWII M-1 camouflage helmet cover but have an insect net attached along the lower edge that can be folded up into the helmet when not in use. The fabric is also thinner and non-herringbone. I've seen only one WWII era photo of a U.S. soldier or marine wearing one in a picture. Aside from that, I and another collector I've talked to who also has one are totally stumped as to their origin and usage history.

I’d like to see some info. On foreign M1 clones

Now I feel old thanks 👍🤣👍

17:17 That guy sounded rude asf.

The USMC reversible camo would be excellent for both temperate and desert environment. Would have saved billions of dollars if they just stuck with that from 1944.

Very interesting and great info thank you

My m1 helmet is from the 7th navy beach battalion and the markings on it are cool as fuck the moment I turn 18 I'm going to either Florida or Ohio to do a d day reenactment

Thank you so much for the Master Class!

i have a original 1972 Vitenam war liner

Thanks for the info keep it up!

I’ll take your entire stock!

why wasn't the helmet liner made integral to the helmet?

Great video 🙌

I have one helmet wwII in Malaysia...

Question, did the britian wear the brodie helmet after the Americans discarded it?

Hawley line rdude

Is in the american m1917 asbestos too?

I love the world war II helmets

Oh my god! JC A BOMB 9:20

The soviet and the US and Adrian helmet are the best

Great video, Thanks! Did the helmet shells come in different sizes?

I feel like the helmets issued in the 1980's were based off the german helmets in WW2

93rd is the 93rd Military police battalion.

Some nice helmets but the way the covers are installed makes me sad. They need to be tight! ;)

14:40 I have that helmet!

you killed my "Combat" fantasy....hahahahaha

3:34 battlefield 1

If that person gives away any how much can I get one are you I’m a very big fan of helmets and I only have a bag packed a magic patch and a fake bike helmet and one helmet that’s fake made out of paper out of bike helmet so I really want to do homework always wanted one actually when I was five on one and one my dad is in the Air Force he retired in 2018 and so yeah I am can I get one and I’m going to not tell my friends my friends dad because he’s going to say handed over because he works in the military that he gets dead soldiers from the second world war or the first world war and take your clothes

93rd Engineer Battalion?

Good vudeo