If we compare the photographs of Soviet and German tankmen during the Second World War, then in the eyes one striking difference will immediately rush - the lack of protective headsets for military personnel Panzerwaffe. Were they really not worn by German tank crews, or were they just shamefacedly getting rid of an ugly piece of equipment before taking a photo?
A tanker's helmet is an essential piece of equipment that is needed to protect a person's head from impacts against metal elements of the tank's structure. Without it, the tanker can be easily injured during the battle or the movement of the vehicle. Why didn't the German tank crews wear them? Obviously, because the German command needs people with a broken brain, who, without a shadow of a doubt, will believe in the "sermon" of Joseph Goebbels about the superiority of the Aryan race. The joke, of course, albeit gloomy. In fact, everything was much more prosaic.
Equipment to protect the head of tankers was created in all countries of the world that had armored troops. It's just that each country had its own approach to this issue. The Soviet tank helmet appeared in 1931 and is still in use today. The French also created their own version of a helmet for tankers during the First World War. American tankers also had tank helmets.
But the British and Germans in this respect took a fundamentally different path. They did not make helmets for their tankers, but berets. The dense beret completely protected its head from unexpected blows, although it lost to helmets in the sense that it did not contain communication means built into the design. These berets were not simple, but with a soft lining and a small metal plate inside. By the way, the idea with a beret turned out to be useless, and therefore, after the Second World War, both the Germans and the British switched to helmets.
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If you want to know even more interesting things, then you should read about how in the USSR they tried to protect T-34 using concrete blocks.
A source: https://novate.ru/blogs/070421/58494/
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