This is the first time I hear about the helmet being used to shit on. Why would you want to do that?Maybe because I was in the field most of the time.I could see it being used if you were on a boat or inside a tank, yeah .
In Viet Nam while in the jungle we had something we called Pot Lucks where my buddies would throw in assorted C rations and cook them over a piece of C4 .Yummy! BTW, you forgot another very important use for the helmet, using it as a weapon.We were taught this in hand to hand combat training in Boot Camp.
Boiled water. scrambled eggs, shaved, washed by butt, hammered with it, dug foxholes and numerous other things. Never crapped in it though. Made no sense. There's the ground, right there.
At the end of 2018 I met veteran Vince Speranza in the war museum in Overloon, who was in the US 101 airborne regiment in 1944. He took part in the battle of Bastonge. He put beer in his M1 helmet. This story inspired a Belgian brewer to make Helm mugs for beer.
G'day At Ease! I've just subscribed not only because I'm a military historian but also I'm into film and TV. Your editing skills are outstanding; as are your scripts... just brilliant. The other outstanding feature of your channel is, how on Earth, do you source your old photographs and film clips? I know how difficult it can be to get your hands on old wartime photographs, especially the ones that haven't already been seen 7 million times in tired, old documentaries. You've come up with images and clips I've never seen before and I've been at military history research for over 35 years! You describe your channel as covering boring military subjects. I have to disagree. It's the little details of war stories that make the telling of them personal. Too many scholars deal in huge numbers of troops, ships, aircraft, that's fine but it's easy to forget that any army, navy or air force begins with individuals. Many famous history writers and retired generals etc. make lists of 'what won WW2'. Well, if anybody asked me (and they won't) top of my list on how the Allies won WW2 was self evident: logistics management and distribution. Sounds really boring and mundane doesn't it; but without good logistics an individual soldier, airman or sailor is just a useless employee who needs feeding. Sure, in WW2 there were huge logistical mistakes like front line troops receiving boxes of ping-pong balls; but generally, WW2 was where the nuts and bolts of today's outstanding logistics systems were born. WW1 was, for the most part, a logistical nightmare, lots and lots of shells and bullets and not much else. So, all the very best to you. Keep your special kind of humour going and I promise you; if you make more videos you'll build your subscriber base to record figures in no time. Cheers, BH
My grandfathers, Dad said you could cook in them, shit or shave in them many uses unlike the Kevlar piece of chit they have today thats heavy, hot and very uncomfortable.
We used them to shave in when I was in. Never used them as a toilet. Made no sense! Many times we used them on the rifle or pistol ranges to collect spent brass. Never used them to pound tent pegs. The E-tool was better for that. We did use them to sit on sometimes. Never used the chins straps unless we were jumping from planes or helicopters. We had straps with a special chin piece and the strap was designed to hold the liner and steel pot together. One thing they found out is that the liner had a small rivet in the back that could potentially transfer a lot of shock to the base of the skull if a jumper banged the back of his head during a parachute landing fall. To prevent this, they started issuing neck straps that held the head away from this rivet. Apparently several men had been killed from suffering traumatic brain injuries due to contacting that rivet.
i don't know why a soldier would shit in his hat instead of straight into a hole, i don't think many if any would have took a shit in their own helmet, maybe a mates helmet for banter but not their own surely.
After the war they were also quite liked by the farmers in the Eifel, since they were abundant and if you welded a handle on it it was perfect for emptying the manure pits.
The helmet was not made to be bullet resistant but shrapnel resistant. A helmet is actually a false sense of security since it will not stop bullets. Its primary function is to stop shrapnel that rains down from above. Using it as a cooking pot so the heat will weaken the metal compromises its ability to stop shrapnel. Nothing wrong with using it for a water pot so long as its not put over a fire as a cooking pot. My WW2 combat vet dad never used it for anything but a helmet or so he said. He carried an entrenching tool/shovel on his web belt for digging fox holes or so he told me.
The reason one is not supposed to cook in the M1 helmet is that the heating ruins the temper of the steel...makes it softer, and therefore less able to protect from shrapnel and bullets.
Ex- tanker. Empty ammo cans make for a better latrine, especially on a long road run. Good rubber seal on the lid to keep it from leaking.
And much easier to squat over and straddle
Much less likely to roll and launch the contents in inopportune directions too
This is the first time I hear about the helmet being used to shit on. Why would you want to do that?Maybe because I was in the field most of the time.I could see it being used if you were on a boat or inside a tank, yeah .
@@alonzocalvillo6702 Also, now you don't have a helmet.
The whole idea boggles my mind.
In Viet Nam while in the jungle we had something we called Pot Lucks where my buddies would throw in assorted C rations and cook them over a piece of C4 .Yummy! BTW, you forgot another very important use for the helmet, using it as a weapon.We were taught this in hand to hand combat training in Boot Camp.
Awesome information! Reminds me of the scene in Saving Private Ryan where Sizemore throws his M1 Pot at an enemy out of desperation
Thank you for your service sir!
According to my Drill Sgt, using it to pound in tent pegs is not allowed. So we never did that....
I have a couple of post war M1's that have dents in them, and have surmised that the were used as hammers on tent pegs.
Your DI educated you well. As I'm sure his DI educated him. That's how he knew not to use a helmet to pound in tent pegs. Definitely.
Boiled water. scrambled eggs, shaved, washed by butt, hammered with it, dug foxholes and numerous other things. Never crapped in it though. Made no sense. There's the ground, right there.
Vince Speranza poured beer into it for his wounded mate.
At the end of 2018 I met veteran Vince Speranza in the war museum in Overloon, who was in the US 101 airborne regiment in 1944. He took part in the battle of Bastonge. He put beer in his M1 helmet. This story inspired a Belgian brewer to make Helm mugs for beer.
When I was re-enacting, I used my M1 helmet as a pillow. Surprisingly comfortable.
Liner on top and steel to give the right height for side sleeping
do you just wear it while you sleep??
Got a reproduction one from Mr. Bezos. It feels solid as heck.
Want a link to surplus ones?
@@detroitandclevelandfan5503 Thank you but I have no interest at this time.
G'day At Ease! I've just subscribed not only because I'm a military historian but also I'm into film and TV. Your editing skills are outstanding; as are your scripts... just brilliant. The other outstanding feature of your channel is, how on Earth, do you source your old photographs and film clips? I know how difficult it can be to get your hands on old wartime photographs, especially the ones that haven't already been seen 7 million times in tired, old documentaries. You've come up with images and clips I've never seen before and I've been at military history research for over 35 years!
You describe your channel as covering boring military subjects. I have to disagree. It's the little details of war stories that make the telling of them personal. Too many scholars deal in huge numbers of troops, ships, aircraft, that's fine but it's easy to forget that any army, navy or air force begins with individuals.
Many famous history writers and retired generals etc. make lists of 'what won WW2'. Well, if anybody asked me (and they won't) top of my list on how the Allies won WW2 was self evident: logistics management and distribution. Sounds really boring and mundane doesn't it; but without good logistics an individual soldier, airman or sailor is just a useless employee who needs feeding.
Sure, in WW2 there were huge logistical mistakes like front line troops receiving boxes of ping-pong balls; but generally, WW2 was where the nuts and bolts of today's outstanding logistics systems were born. WW1 was, for the most part, a logistical nightmare, lots and lots of shells and bullets and not much else.
So, all the very best to you. Keep your special kind of humour going and I promise you; if you make more videos you'll build your subscriber base to record figures in no time.
Cheers, BH
Who was the savage going around shitting in his own helmet? lol
Yeah you can just shit on the ground like they do in india. Why wear a shit covered helmet for no reason
So glad i just found your channel thanks love the channel idea if you need any help let me know I'm a huge fan also. Have a great Thursday.
Great presentation! Where did you find those awesome M1 helmet drawings in the beginning of the video?
The best use was with the top-down as a seat.
totally agree, mate! Great video, keep it up!!
WWII ammo box makes a good toilet.
Back in 1982/1983 we used ours to make Popcorn in. The only issue was it made them soft, however, they are pretty worthless as protection.
How are you so underrated
My grandfathers, Dad said you could cook in them, shit or shave in them many uses unlike the Kevlar piece of chit they have today thats heavy, hot and very uncomfortable.
Tbf, the really heavy kevlar ones are ballistically rated so might actually stop a bullet meant for your noggin though.
even worse is in somewhere that's cold, say, europe in the winter, the pads harden to a rock, making it the worst thing to wear on your head
combat uses of a helmet
- short range projectile
- helmet, duh
- hammer
- decoy
That is one killer thumbnail.
And you could smash the enemy in the face with it club like.
Dont know if you'll see this but that first jole was great. If only the gov listened to you back then. Lol
at ease, soldier; "so you should grab your m1 helmet...."
me [interrupts]; "which one?"
We used them to shave in when I was in. Never used them as a toilet. Made no sense! Many times we used them on the rifle or pistol ranges to collect spent brass. Never used them to pound tent pegs. The E-tool was better for that. We did use them to sit on sometimes. Never used the chins straps unless we were jumping from planes or helicopters. We had straps with a special chin piece and the strap was designed to hold the liner and steel pot together. One thing they found out is that the liner had a small rivet in the back that could potentially transfer a lot of shock to the base of the skull if a jumper banged the back of his head during a parachute landing fall. To prevent this, they started issuing neck straps that held the head away from this rivet. Apparently several men had been killed from suffering traumatic brain injuries due to contacting that rivet.
Soldiers just love miths. They create them and feed them forever, stupid as they may be.
You could atleast spell myths right
durring ww2 in burma my great grandpa said they used spare helmets as toilets
Love your videos
i don't know why a soldier would shit in his hat instead of straight into a hole, i don't think many if any would have took a shit in their own helmet, maybe a mates helmet for banter but not their own surely.
A helmet does make a good pillow.
One good use (not your own of course but a buddy's) is to take a dump in. Saw this happen.
The perfect weapon
After the war they were also quite liked by the farmers in the Eifel, since they were abundant and if you welded a handle on it it was perfect for emptying the manure pits.
Good Video.
The helmet was not made to be bullet resistant but shrapnel resistant. A helmet is actually a false sense of security since it will not stop bullets. Its primary function is to stop shrapnel that rains down from above. Using it as a cooking pot so the heat will weaken the metal compromises its ability to stop shrapnel. Nothing wrong with using it for a water pot so long as its not put over a fire as a cooking pot. My WW2 combat vet dad never used it for anything but a helmet or so he said. He carried an entrenching tool/shovel on his web belt for digging fox holes or so he told me.
That picture with the kids in helmet was cute; until I realized they were smoking lol
I actually did ur idea to Put Popcorn in M1 helmet it tasted so diffirent but I continued eating
My great grandfather cooked food in a helmet while pinned on Saipan.
Your vids are awesome
As target practice.
The reason one is not supposed to cook in the M1 helmet is that the heating ruins the temper of the steel...makes it softer, and therefore less able to protect from shrapnel and bullets.
Why would you want to shave your feet in a field ?
Maybe if you’re in the French army.LOL!
@@alonzocalvillo6702 nah can't be that the French like their feet to smell like their cheese
I have one.
heatshot us solider lmao
That's using your noggin
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needs more views huh