Modèle 1951 helmet

Modèle 1951 helmet
Modèle 1951 helmet of the French Army. This particular helmet is on display as an ex-voto at Notre-Dame de la Garde in Marseille. The back of the helmet is slightly bent, suggesting that it was hit by fragmentation.
TypeCombat helmet
Place of originFrance
Service history
In service1952–1990 (France)
Used bySee Users
WarsFirst Indochina War
Korean War
Vietnam War
Laotian Civil War
Cambodian Civil War
Algerian War
Cameroon War
Bizerte crisis
Suez Crisis
1958 Lebanon crisis
Portuguese Colonial War
Angolan Civil War
Rhodesian Bush War
South African Border War
Chadian Civil War (1965–1979)
Chadian–Libyan War
Toyota War
Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995)
Sand War
Ifni War
Western Sahara War
Western Sahara conflict
Mauritania–Senegal Border War
Djiboutian Civil War
1967 Six-Day War
1967-1970 War of Attrition
Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon
1973 Yom Kippur War
Lebanese Civil War
1978 South Lebanon conflict
1982 Lebanon War
South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)
2006 Lebanon War
Republic of the Congo Civil War (1993–1994)
Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)
First Ivorian Civil War
Second Ivorian Civil War
Mali War
Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
Central African Bush War
Central African Republic Civil War
Production history
DesignerFrench Army Quartermaster Corps
Designed1951
ManufacturerFrench Army Quartermaster Corps
HR
A.G. Paris
E.P.C. Paris
SAUF Paris
Richard Haas & Cie
J.Dunois & Fils Vincennes
Cie Labbé Fr. St-Florent du Cher
Établissements Luchaire
Franck Aubervilliers
Carpentier Cusset
Ducellier Issoire
Japy Voujaucourt
L.U. Messei
M.AM.OU Marseille
Menesa Neunkirchen
Thilbault Montreuil
Produced1951–1976

The Modèle 1951 helmet was a military helmet used by the French military (Army, Navy, Air Force and Gendarmerie), iconic of the Algerian War. It replaced a variety of helmets used during the Second World War, including the Adrian helmet, Modèle 1945 helmet and American-supplied M1 Helmet.