Produced from November, 1943, the MKIII helmet was first issued to assault troops of the British 3rd Infantry Division and Canadian army personnel in time for the Invasion of Normandy (often referred to as the 1944 pattern helmet). Although this helmet was to replace the MKII, substantial quantities of the older helmet remained in service even after the end of the Second...
First German Imperial Army Use Pickelhaube (1842-1916) Was Designed in 1842 By King Frederick Willian IV Of Prussia,It is not clear whether this was a case of imitation, parallel invention, or if both were based on the earlier Napoleonic cuirassier. The early Russian type (known as “The Helmet of Yaroslav Mudry”) was also used by cavalry, which had used the spike as a...
Błyskawica (Lightning) was a sub machine gun produced by Armia Krajowa. In 1942 engineer Wacław Zawrotny proposed to the Armia Krajowa command that he and his colleagues prepare a project of a cheap, home-made machine pistol for use by the Polish resistance,The design was based on two of the most popular machine pistols of the era. The external construction with a retractable butt...
