A French infantry helmet from World War I offered better protection from blasts than the modern US A

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A French infantry helmet from World War I offered better protection from blasts than the modern US Army helmet, new experiment shows

    A group of engineering researchers at Duke tested four military helmets
    They compared the current US standard helmet to three World War I helmets
    They found the French WWI helmet, called Adrian, outperformed them all

By Michael Thomsen For Dailymail.com
 

According to new research from Duke University, the best helmet to protect soldiers from direct blasts may be more than 100 years old.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8013311/A-French-infantry-helmet-WWI-offered-better-protection-modern-Army-helmet.html

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Researchers Find a Flaw in Modern Military Helmets

When it comes to this kind of protection, historical helmets surprisingly hold up better.
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By Caroline Delbert   
Feb 21, 2020



    Researchers subjected military helmets from World War I and today to primary blast testing.

    Helmets for military use have focused on preventing artillery and striking injury, not primary blast.

    The force wave generated by an explosion itself is the primary blast, where moving air strikes the body.

In a new paper, researchers compare 100-year-old military helmet technology to what soldiers use today, and the results may surprise you. These researchers wanted to study how helmets endure primary blast neurotrauma, which is a little-considered aspect to what helmets can do to protect soldiers.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a31004344/military-helmet-blast-wave-protection/

[PeteS in CA]

AFAIK, helmets - modern or ancient - were never designed to shield from blast or concussion. So protection therefrom or lack thereof has always been incidental, and a Greek hoplite's helmet might be better than helmets used in the past century or so.