New research suggests helmets used in World War I protected soldiers against overhead artillery blasts just as well as modern helmets—and one, the French Adrian helmet, actually performed better. When ...

A rare British tank helmet from the First World War that servicemen refused to wear because its resemblance to the German equivalent led to 'friendly fire' attacks has been found in a charity shop.

The Army has pushed back on a study purporting to show that World War I "tinpot" helmets were just as good or, in some cases, better than the service's current Advanced Combat Helmet in mitigating the ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - When the war to end all wars erupted in August 1914, the armies of Europe were stunned by the harrowing casualties inflicted by landmark advances in weaponry. The machine gun ...

Your great-grandfather's World War I helmet that's stuffed in the back of the closet could be just as effective at preventing brain injury from some blasts as a modern-day military helmet, a recently ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated that, despite significant advancements in protection from ballistics and blunt impacts, modern military helmets are no ...