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by guiomie 2619 days ago
Interesting I always thought it was artistically derived from the german ww1-ww2 helmets.
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hangonhn 2618 days ago
The Stormtroopers are based on WWII German army uniforms and equipment, even down to the gas mask cylinder that German soldiers carried behind them. Even the name Stormtroopers comes from German WWII unit type name.
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chrisseaton 2618 days ago
> Even the name Stormtroopers comes from German WWII unit type name.

Stormtroopers were from the First World War.

> Stormtroopers were specialist soldiers of the German Army in World War I.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormtrooper

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jbattle 2618 days ago
sturmtruppen were 'invented' in WW1 to capture trenches, though yeah the term lived on to the next WW
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agumonkey 2618 days ago
It's a blend of both. The breathing mask was lifted off ww2 equipment IIRC.
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