West German m52 stahlhelm

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7 жыл бұрын

This video will cover the continuation in the life of the stahlhelm after WWII. This helmet being made in west Germany after the war for border troops, police and security forces, customs, and many others to keep the m1 style helmet worn by the military away from the border to keep an incident of confusion of amassing troops for invasion. It has a slightly different liner and small features are different but the overall design is very close in resemblance to a war time produced m40. Hopefully you guys liked this video and subscribed if you like this sort of stuff. Please leave a comment with any questions, additional information, or suggestions for future videos and I will do my best to answer them. As always thanks for watching.
Thank you,
Devin K.

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@la_void9750 5 жыл бұрын

West Germany continue to use the stahlhem, but police unit use it more than the German army did. The helmet was discontinued around the 60 or 70.

@Marco-bf4uu 4 жыл бұрын

Firefighters mostly still have it.

@hanfpeter7585 4 жыл бұрын

Martin Almanza german borderguards used in well into the mid to late 80s, and german military advisors and other military personell into the early 2000s. also it was the helmet for almost all german firefighters and is still used today in that roll

@utzius8003 8 ай бұрын

I got a really nice M53 with a camo covering, sadly someone decided to spray paint the helmet black in its whole, but is still really nice.

@constantineshabalin6316 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome reviews mate, keep going.

@fishyc150 5 жыл бұрын

You'd think, after Germany made 15 odd million helmets in the war there would be enough knocking about to equip everyone???

@DevinK 5 жыл бұрын

fishyc150 it’s not that they weren’t around it was more let’s get away from that image

@fishyc150 5 жыл бұрын

@@DevinK But... They're almost identical? I suppose they can say honestly "they're nothing to do with the Nazis" but seems to me a waste of time and steel?

@DevinK 5 жыл бұрын

fishyc150 a lot of people thought that as well and I agree why not just keep using it but most of the German military transitioned to m1’s right away and American style equipment. The only people who still got stahlhelms were police and border guards and that was just to keep it from looking like a bunch of Americans and nato soldiers were massing on the border with east Germany

@user-tf6nt6xx4j 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I didn't know such a helmet existed. I believed that helmets with such grommets were Chinese copies.

@raider-bricks7130 7 жыл бұрын

Nice

@AlphaChinoz 6 жыл бұрын

That is not a West-German M53 (not M52, btw) helmet. It's a Finnish M40/55, with some odd West-German liner. The vent hole tells it all, and also, it has those really crappy Finnish liner rivets made partially from cork. And the iron crosses must be some biker's work. None of the West-German decals were like that! There's a picture showing all the M53 insignia, which I can link if you're interested 😊

@DevinK 6 жыл бұрын

Alpha Chinoz I’ve seen examples with vent holes and I don’t doubt the liner was fake and the decal but it’s also not finish because they used direct riveted liners not split pins and the chinstrap was a separate piece on the Finnish helmets that required extra rivets on the outside of the helmet

@flohmarktfund 7 жыл бұрын

Nice Video

@potato-hunter5570 7 жыл бұрын

Feldpost Das ist doch ein m40 oder schaut für mich so aus ?

@flohmarktfund 7 жыл бұрын

ja stimmt , ist ein Stahlhelm M40

@ericmathias5965 4 жыл бұрын

This German military helmet is the best. Can u tell me where can I buy one of this helmet

@lennynotzold6197 3 жыл бұрын

eBay

@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn Жыл бұрын

The Vent doughnut is HUGE and not the same as the wartime vents, that is the FIRST dead giveaway.

@DevinK Жыл бұрын

Well compared to my wartime m40 they are pretty similar

@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn Жыл бұрын

@@DevinK The vent on the M52 is much larger diameter, with a flat spot on the inner part, where the whole is punched. I have three of them and many wartime M40 shells and helmets, along with M35s and M42s. The wartime vents are much different.

@DevinK Жыл бұрын

@@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn what size are your shells?

@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn Жыл бұрын

@@DevinK The M52 shells are all size 66. I have a mixture of 64 and 66 wartime M40s, M42s and M35s. Most of the wartime shells are size 64 shells. I even have a M52 &1/2, where they still had the holes for 3 spilt pins to hold in a liner but NO vents. It was the last step before the development of the M53s and their "inside the shell" mounting system for liners. I don't see many of those.

@hanfpeter7585 4 жыл бұрын

if this was a police helmet, there should be a decal of the state police on the left side. is it overpainted or removed? are you sure its an BGS helmet?

@DevinK 4 жыл бұрын

Yes m52 stahlhelms were not just police helmets they were also fire helmets and border guard helmets and for many other jobs that the American m1 style helmet was not considered best for either for supply standards or for proximity to East German troops to not be miss identified

@killdude26 7 жыл бұрын

How often and how much are they sold for? Do most of them carry a legitimate painted Iron Cross?

@DevinK 7 жыл бұрын

killdude26 depends on the beach what decal they get it's not painted on and the price can be found for $50-100 usually

@halfers83 4 жыл бұрын

What is the measurement of the inside? 58/59 cm?

@DevinK 4 жыл бұрын

Halfers 83 it depends on the liner they made a few shell sizes and those shell sizes would have a few liner sizes that fit in each shell size This one is 58

@halfers83 4 жыл бұрын

@@DevinK Great! I would love to get that helmet because that is my size. Where did you purchased that beautiful helmet?

@DevinK 4 жыл бұрын

Halfers 83 ebay 4 years ago

@halfers83 4 жыл бұрын

@@DevinKOk kool thank you.

@alanmcconnaughey2698 7 жыл бұрын

Great video! Why would "Made in West Germany" be in English?

@desantos1234 7 жыл бұрын

Alan McConnaughey Because of Trizonia. After the Second world war, West Germany was owned by America, France and Britain, thus being informally named Trizonia. It must have been made in British or American territory, in West Germany

@DevinK 7 жыл бұрын

Alan McConnaughey yeah you see lots of west German stuff marked that way

@alanmcconnaughey2698 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@muharrofilrph7579 7 жыл бұрын

May i get one, i love the helmet, but in my country no one sells

@DevinK 7 жыл бұрын

Muharrofil Rachim check eBay there is a lot of international sellers

@muharrofilrph7579 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, what is the price of the item

@og_kushwhacked 4 жыл бұрын

The M52 looks suspiciously a lot like the M35... 😕 Edit: I posted this before paying attention to the ventilation holes. But even excluding that detail, the M52 still looks VERY similar to the M35. From a glance anyway.

@DevinK 4 жыл бұрын

Zombii 07 the only difference between and m35 and m40 are the air vents on an m35 they are a separate piece placed through the shell and on the m40 they are part of the shell

@og_kushwhacked 4 жыл бұрын

@@DevinK I've always known the vents were seperate pieces in an M35, und that M40's had integrated vents. But My point was that M50's und M35's looked very similar. I looked closer, und saw the vents in the video, then I realized "Oh, M50's are just M35's with integrated vents, rather than attached vents."

@billiecrouse8002 4 жыл бұрын

Deutsch, nicht Nazi.

@kulikov9215 6 жыл бұрын

Use Google Translate;) EN-Ger ... Then make a video...

@stevenlawrence7101 Жыл бұрын

you say that this helmet wasn"t used during an important time in history so people can convert them into ww2 helmet, do you not realize that this is from the cold war? a very important time in history where the world could have ended.

@DevinK Жыл бұрын

But it didn’t and not much happened so they are nowhere near as desirable as the wwii ones

@stevenlawrence7101 Жыл бұрын

@@DevinK even if they are nowhere near desired a ww2 helmets they are still part of a major event in history

@stevenlawrence7101 Жыл бұрын

@@DevinK this is the same as saying that after the romans defeated Carthage no helmets are desirable from afterwards

@DevinK Жыл бұрын

@@stevenlawrence7101 no it would be like after the Roman Empire fell people kept making helmets almost the same but aren’t technically Roman so since they aren’t Roman aren’t as desirable