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General Information: From its inception, the German Model 1916 steel helmet was designed to accommodate an additional piece of protective armor called a stirnpanzer (“forehead armor”). Because of the heavy weight of the stirnpanzers (1.2 kg), they were intended to be used only in special circumstances such as for trench fighting or forward observers.[1] InContinue reading “Stirnpanzer*”