Armor for the Shock Troops of the Modern Army
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Armor for the Shock Troops of the Modern Army
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Armor for the Shock Troops of the Modern Army
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Caption: He goes clanking like a junk wagon across No Man's Land
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THE German army has provided
armor for snipers, sentries and
observers, the suit being designed
chiefly for soldiers whose duties
are stationary. The metal helmet
is common to both the Allied
and German armies.
A cuirass invented by
Oscar Schaumann, a
German, in 1908, at-
tracted considerable
attention. It has three
plates, the first being
of extremely hard .
steel and designed to
break the points of
the projectiles strik-
ing it. The second
plate is composed of
aluminum or duralu-
minum and the third of
celluloid or horn. Asofter
substance, such as silk or
asbestos, may be interposed
between the plates and the
cuirass proper to lessen the
force of the bullets. The
first plate, however, is designed to take
away the momentum of the projectiles
so that when they
strike the cuirass
proper it will be only
slightly dented.
Tests of the cuirass
proved satisfactory.
A portable buckle
fashioned after the
ideas embodied in
this cuirass is de-
scribed as being
studied by the Prus-
sian Department of
Artillery Technology.
A plate of hard steel
riveted to a plate of
duraluminum consti-
tutes the principal
feature of the shield.
Two leather brace-
lets fastened to the
left forearm enable
the infantryman to
carry the shield. It
does not interfere
has considerable protective value. Re-
ports of battles in Europe have not re-
vealed the use of this buckler, however,
this being due to the fact that all the
available supply of duraluminum
in Germany was needed for the
building ol Zeppelins. 1T has
been pointed out that the
buckler could be employed
to great advantage in
throwing bombs be-
cause it enables the
soldier to have the
free use of his hands.
The steel helmet
"| worn by the soldiers
in the European war
has demonstrated its
protective value un-
mistakably. Records
of battles since Sep-
tember, 1915, show
that it saved the lives
of many men. :
The helmet does not al-
ways stop bullets, but even
when it is pierced it weakens
the projectile’s force so as
to prevent serious injury.
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Contributor (Dublin Core)
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Oscar Schaumann (inventor)
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-08
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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247
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 93, n. 2, 1918
