At the Battle of Nomonkan, the Japanese helmets became their fatal mistake

What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo

At the Battle of Nomonkan (a battle between Japan and the Soviet Union in the Far East at the beginning of World War II), the Japanese army found a large number of soldiers wearing steel helmets, who died of bullets in the head during the battle, but there was no such high rate of not wearing steel helmets. This is strange, did the Soviets use magnetic bullets to hit steel helmets?

The confused Japanese army sent experts to the front line to investigate, and the truth came out. As we all know, the steel helmet protects the head, but it is not that the bullet cannot penetrate, if this is the case, the human neck should be unable to eat. The helmet is mainly defensive shrapnel, because the helmet is an arc, if the opponent's bullet does not hit the middle of the helmet, it will mostly slip away. This is the principle of protection of steel helmets.

However, in the Battle of Nomonkan, most of the soldiers who were shot in the head by the Japanese army were hit by a shot by the Soviet army in the middle of the helmet, and the steel helmet was pierced. How could the Soviets fight so accurately? After studying it, the Japanese army suddenly realized. It turned out that the steel helmet used by the Japanese army at that time had a large red star in the front of it, which was the symbol of the Japanese army. Red is the most striking of all light.

As a result, the Soviet army could find the Japanese soldiers from afar and aim at the red star and open fire. The Nagan rifle used by the Soviets was bulky and recoiled, but it also had advantages, that is, ballistic stability and great penetration. Because the red star was right in the middle of the helmet, a shot hit, most of the Japanese army was confused and saw Amaterasu go to the gods.

After the Battle of Nomonkan, the Japanese army, which had suffered heavy losses, was forced to reduce the red star in front of the steel helmet. In this regard, the steel helmets of the Chinese army are better painted, and the general's emblem is painted on the side, so there is no such problem.