Personal armour

[Aughnanure]

I guess that this would be an accoutrement (perhaps):



from the Australian War Memorial, Copyright expired.

Caption: England. Soldier modelling Franco-British armour comprising steel cap, splinter goggles and armour to be worn under a tunic. [WW I]

[Niner]

Well.....Halloween is only a couple or three weeks away.

[Dave 101]

I believe that armour was worn by WWI tank crews as a defence againts metal splinters showering around the inside of the tank .

Dave

[Tom-May]

I think you'll find that that kit was private purchase infantry equipment.

Tank crews had enough to do trying to move around in an unsprung box with minimal room, so they wouldn't have wanted to be encumbered with armour.
Apart from helmets (either steel, or the leather/fibre board contraptions) to only protective equipment available was either goggles or a mail screen over the face; and these, I believe, were were primarily to protect the eyes from paint chips, flaked off the interior by bullet inpacts on the outside.





At least the British armour in the first post looks a little lighter than this German items - apparantly modelled by 4 Americans (at a guess)

[24626151]

The Germans also resorted to Long puttees.

[Tom-May]

The Germans also resorted to Long puttees.

True, but the characters in the photographs all seem to be wearing American style (1908?) breeches, and shirts (not German pattern) and at least two seem to carrying Small Box Respirator bags. In addition, one wears 1910 gaiters and two are holding the American pattern Chauchat automatic rifle (as opposed to the more common French pattern).

[24626151]

The Germans also resorted to Long puttees.

True, but the characters in the photographs all seem to be wearing American style (1908?) breeches, and shirts (not German pattern) and at least two seem to carrying Small Box Respirator bags. In addition, one wears 1910 gaiters and two are holding the American pattern Chauchat automatic rifle (as opposed to the more common French pattern).

Agreed, its the gaiters and others that give it away!