RUM - prilba M16 Berndorfer

Berndorfer Stahlhelm
Helmet M16 "Berndorfer"
Berndorfer Stahlhelm
"Paperino"


Helmet manufactured by Berndorfer Metallenfabrik Artur Krupp A.G. Berndorf, after which it was named. In addition to this company, this helmet was also produced by Gottlieb Brauchbar in Brno, Scholz Mateocz in Hungary, the Vienna firm Warlachowski, the Budapest firm Weis Bros and the Celje and Lublin firms Westen.
The total production between 1916 and 1917 is estimated at 400,000 pieces, but its output was far from comparable to the imports of m17 helmets from Germany. Although these helmets differed significantly in shape, they were used in parallel until the end of World War I.


A typical feature of the Berndorfer helmet is the ventilation hole at the top of the helmet, which was covered by a round fitting about 2 cm in diameter. There were several variants in shape, but they did not have their own markings. There were also more variants of the helmet's inner liner. The latter was fixed to the helmet body by three screws. The bib was attached to the frame of the liner. The helmet was used with a Feldbraun (field brown) finish.
It was possible to attach a special frontal armour (Stirnpanzer) to the helmet.
After the end of World War I, it was adopted into the armament of successor armies, for example also the army of the newly founded Czechoslovakia, where it was introduced after a minor modification of the chinstrap attachment.


Source:
Peter Jung, Darko Pavlovič: Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War; Computer Press,a.s.,2007 ISBN 978-80-251-1520-6
http://www.cascoscoleccion.com/austria/austria.htm
www.isonzo-gruppodiricercastorica.it
www.iirp.prv.pl
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different type of helmet berndorfer similar more german helmet m16 and r.u. helmets m17
in the lower picture another type of inner lining of the helmet


source:
see above
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frontal armour (Stirnpanzer) and method of attachment to the Berndorfer helmet
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