Why did german soliders wear pointed helmets in 1800s till the end of ww2?
2007-12-25 14:47:07 · 9 answers · asked by kenshin718@sbcglobal.net 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
all i know was it was a huge mistake when they where fighting because it shined off the sun or something and they where easy targets
2007-12-25 14:47:56 · update #1
The pointed helmet had his origin in the years that the battle where fourth in the form of infantry and cavalry ( think the napoleon wars ). The idea behind the point on the helmet was to deflect a blow from a sable, specially when you are a foot soldiers and there is someone with a sable on a horse trying to slice true you re scull that this ornament comes in handy. Certainly when you're helmet is made out of leader
Latter on this became obsolescent but by 1915 the steel helmet became in use
Also don't belief all those story's about the flickering of the helmets because they had a specially designed piece of cloth to put over there helmets so that there wasn't any reflection of the sun
2007-12-26 03:43:31 · answer #1 · answered by general De Witte 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Those pointy helmets were not used at all during the second world war to my knowledge. And as you stated they were somewhat distinctive and as a result were not used much in the first one either.
2007-12-25 14:59:03 · answer #2 · answered by rohak1212 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it will not be it while riding a bicycle or a motorcycle. Terms such as idiot or stupid will pop into people's minds when they see someone wearing a German WWII helmet.
2016-04-11 00:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pickelhaube was mainly a cerimonial helmet. It served no real purpose in trench warfare and was too costly to produce in mass.
The common WWII steel pot helmet was produced in 1915. The Pickelhaube didn't see much war.
2007-12-25 14:54:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
There is probably another reason for this, but most likely it was ceremonial.
2007-12-25 14:52:54 · answer #5 · answered by electrosmack1 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Kaiser thought that the spiked helmets would inspire terror in the hearts of his enemies. Dude was a complete moron.
2007-12-25 14:51:02 · answer #6 · answered by maggot_boy2004 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
it was mostly for ceremonial purposes, not really for fighting
2007-12-25 14:57:33 · answer #7 · answered by :D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is their uniform something ceremonial
2007-12-25 15:00:13 · answer #8 · answered by pao d historian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so they can stab the enemy in the *** or something liek that
so they couldnt move
2007-12-25 14:56:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋