updated 12/18/2025 General Information: The SSh-40[1] was the most widely used helmet in the history of the Red Army and was the basic helmet of the Soviet soldier in the Second World War. It was an improvement over the previous model, the SSh-39. Externally the helmets were nearly identical, but the SSh-40 had a linerContinue reading “Soviet SSh-40*”
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Latvian/German M17*
$1,095 SOLD
South African MKII
$290
German M16 Reissue*
$995
SOLD
Czechoslovakian vz.20
$945
Bulgarian M17*
$595 SOLD
Bulgarian M36-B
$595
Bulgarian M36-C*
$145 SOLD
Finnish German M16 Post-WWII
$395
US M-2 Paratrooper*
General Description: The standard M-1 helmet used by the US army during the Second World War was not appropriate for airborne troops because the steel shells had a tendency to separate from the detachable liners during jumps. The solution was to create a modified version of the M-1 for use by paratroopers. The new model,Continue reading “US M-2 Paratrooper*”
Steel Helmets of the World Wars 