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M-1 Helmet Production Breakage X “Nipping It In The Bud” All the necessary investigative and experimental development that should have taken place prior to the mass production of the helmet, had the urgent necessity of the war not warranted bypassing these steps, were conducted at this time in order to overcome the failings of the helmet’s design in combination with imposed criteria and limitations.

M-1 Helmet Production Breakage IX Necessity and Limitations At the best of times Ordnance was losing approximately 3 out of every 10 helmets they procured and at the worst of times they were losing 4 to 5 out of every ten.

M-1 Helmet Production Breakage VIII Differences In The Steel Making Process How differing steel making methods affected M-1 helmet cracking.

M-1 Helmet Production Breakage VII Sharon Steel Corp. & Helmet Steel Defects Decarburization and martensite formations, new problems same results.