M1 helmet

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M1 helmet
View of an M1 helmet shell
Type	Combat helmet
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	1941–1985 (US)
Used by	See Users for details
Wars	World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War Hukbalahap Rebellion Civil conflict in the Philippines Indonesian National Revolution First Indochina War Vietnam War Football War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Sino-Vietnamese War Internal conflict in Myanmar Cuban Revolution Portuguese Colonial War Congo Crisis Nigerian Civil War South African Border War Somali Civil War Ethiopian Civil War Ogaden War Eritrean War of Independence Western Sahara War Algerian War Suez Crisis Six-Day War War of Attrition Yom Kippur War Black September 1982 Lebanon War Lebanese Civil War Iran-Iraq War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Turkish invasion of Cyprus Dominican Civil War Guatemalan Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Falklands War United States invasion of Grenada United States invasion of Panama Gulf War Croatian War of Independence Bosnian War Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Production history
Designer	Major Harold G. Sydenham[1]
Manufacturer	McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company and Schlueter Manufacturing Company[2] Ulbrichts Witwe
No. produced	22 million (1945)[2]

The M1 helmet is a combat helmet that was used by the U.S. military from World War II until 1985, when it was succeeded by the PASGT helmet. The M1 helmet has become an icon of the US military, with its design inspiring other militaries around the world.