metal hats

[John Wilson]

http://www.pottia.net/pottia/finnhelm.htm

[jmatchlock]

John - funny you would think ? that thy used Russian Helmets?

[mario33]

John - funny you would think ? that thy used Russian Helmets?

I wouold say - NOPE. Rapidly expanded army neede everything - including helmets.

However, pls note that:

Russian helmets were used where there was only little chance of confusion; coastal units, in the navy and among anti-aircraft crews. Armoured units had some Russian helmets too.

[Pirkka]

In the same way, the 10,000 sets of British battledress were only issued to home defence and AA units, because they were khaki, like the Russians' uniforms.
And they were shite.

[jmatchlock]

Former Finnish M/40 helmet recycled to pot by the company Silta ja Kone Oy after WWII