A Familiar Design with a Distinctive Twist: The Story of Bulgaria's M36 Helmet | Uniform History

We're looking that the inspirations and alleged origins of one of the more unique military helmets of the 20th century, that of Bulgaria's M36.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:04 The Balkan Wars and World War I
3:24 The War's End and The Interwar Period
4:58 The M36 and it's Two Origins
9:34 World War II and Beyond
12:00 Paints, Covers and Decals
14:46 The M36's Features, Versions and Variants
19:42 Outro

Music by: Kevin MacLeod

Decline by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Pendulum Waltz by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

End of the Era by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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