Nationalist Chinese M-1

**emileverbunt** · 07-07-2015, 10:50 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhBJiN7xeHQ

Looking at this fifties propaganda film, I noticed M-1 helmets with rivets on the steel shell.

Is there any knowledge about Taiwan adapted M-1's or even Taiwan produced helmets in these years. Apparently these are different from the mainland conversions, since they have US type chinstraps and not the leather ones.

I wonder.

Cheers,
Emile

**battle gear** · 08-09-2015, 02:31 AM

they look like post war Taiwan made copies? the shells look smooth and the swivel bales look a little different than US type?

my guess is these are a mixture of US and Taiwan shells, by that time they were manufacturing their own gear, I have a early Taiwan mfg copy of a US M1 Garand bayonet from the 60's

**AZPhil** · 08-09-2015, 04:28 AM

Looks like that last pic posted is one of the many Japanese type 90 that were used by Taiwan. I have one in my collection with the modified liner attachments.
Semper Fi
Phil