Adrian helmet
| Adrian helmet | |
|---|---|
French infantry M15 Adrian helmet | |
| Type | Combat helmet |
| Place of origin | France |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1915–present |
| Used by | France Vichy France Free France Belgium Luxembourg Russian Empire Russian Republic Soviet Union Poland Romania Kingdom of Serbia Yugoslavia Republic of Latvia Greece Italy Second Spanish Republic Germany China Thailand Mexico Japan Spain Albania Turkey Morocco United States Brazil Peru Ukrainian People's Republic Belarusian People's Republic |
| Wars | First World War Warlord Era Russian Civil War Ukrainian–Soviet War Latvian War of Independence Polish-Soviet War Polish-Ukrainian War Finnish Civil War Hungarian–Romanian War Greco-Turkish War Rif War Chinese Civil War Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War Second World War Greco–Italian War Franco-Thai War Italian Civil War Greek Civil War First Indochina War Korean War 1968 student demonstrations in Yugoslavia |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Louis Adrian |
| Designed | 1915 |
| Produced | 1915–? |
| No. produced | Millions |
| Variants | M15 M26 Wz.15 |
The Adrian helmet (French: Casque Adrian) is a combat helmet designed by Louis Adrian for the French Army during World War I. Its original version, the M15, was the first standard helmet of the French Army and was designed when millions of French troops were engaged in trench warfare, and head wounds from falling shrapnel generated by indirect fire became a frequent cause of battlefield casualties. Introduced in 1915, it was the first modern steel helmet and it served as the basic helmet of many armies well into the 1930s. Initially issued to infantry soldiers, in modified form they were also issued to cavalry and tank crews. A subsequent version, the M26, was used during World War II.