Indeed, in August 1943, the Canadian Master General of Ordnance (MGO) suggested that recently introduced deeper Canadian Mk.II liners would be particularly suitable for use with the Mk.III and HSRAC. The War Office rejected the offer on the grounds that Canadian liners were unsuitable because of the magnetic steel clips attaching the buffers to the liner bands.
Hi Steve that is rather interesting are you stricktly refering to the rim or the helmet body it self all Canadian produced Mk II helmet bodies are non magnetic manganese steel with a stainless steel rim with the exception of of helmet bodies that were produced by G.S.W. for the Department of Pensions and Health for use by the Air-Raids Precautions Service (ARP). These have their lugs,welded and not riveted to the rim.
Consequently all helmet bodies produced by this maker from mid 1942 and on will only be manufactured from mild steel including the rim and have no date or batch number and are marked G.S.W. DP&H.
Regards Mark
Apart from the rims on two of my Mk1*s no other Mk2 or Mk3 shell is magnetic. The No.2 shells are another matter, the magnet jumps out of my hand onto the shell.
Hi Steve I checked a couple of the Mk III's and two of my Mk I's out of curiosity as well this morning and all would appear to be non magnetic.
Regards Mark
I think the magnet I have must be very strong. It sticks to all my British lids, but "jumps out of my hand" ( like Aaron says ) on two of the MKI*s.
You sure it wasn't magic mushrooms, not magic magnet.
Funnily enough my German helmets are magnetic, which I wasn't expecting.
Likewise, I touched a magnet to all my Mk.IIIs and IVs, none are magnetic, the only exception is my post-war Belgian-made Mk.III copy which has a magnetic rim and lugs.
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