Hjälm m/37
Model 1937 steel combat helmet
Hjälm m/37 (Swedish for "helmet model 1937") is a Swedish military steel helmet which was used by the Swedish armed forces from the late 1930s to the early 2000s.
Service
The Swedish m/37 helmet was introduced in the wake of World War II from a 1936 decision to rearm the Swedish military. It was intended to supplemented the earlier m/21 and m/26 helmets which had been only produced in limited numbers and where more expencive to produce. The m/37 helmet was a simpler design, suitable for mass production, lacking the rounded brim of the previous designs.
The m/37 helmet was produced in much greater numbers than its predecessors, and even given to Finland as war aid during the Winter War (along with m/26 helmets). Finland produced a copy of the m/37 known as the m/40 at the Wartsila Oy and Kone-ja Silta plants. The main difference between the Finnish production helmets being the M40 was made of slightly heavier materials for the shell and painted in a green color as opposed to the Swedish grey.
The m/37 helmet would be used until the 1990s, when it started being replaced by the new m/90 kevlar helmet periodically through the 1990s, finally being retired in the early 2000s.
Design
The helmet features a shell design distinct from its predecessors, being more hemispherical in its appearance with a simplified shape, lacking the rounded brim of the previous designs. It shared the same liner as its former designs, featuring a three pad liner attached directly to the shell like the m/26 helmet, along with a simple buckle chinstrap.
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