Why do Indian soldiers never wear helmets but headscarves?

Helmets were invented by the French during World War I. As the name implies, helmets are made of steel and can save soldiers' lives in war. This is not because the helmet is thick (if it is thick, marching will become a burden), but because the helmet is semicircular, and its curvature is large, which can make bullets fly.

Therefore, helmets are really life-saving treasures for soldiers on the battlefield. During World War II, at least 70,000 soldiers were killed because all American soldiers wore helmets.

In the Korean War and the counterattack against Vietnam, our army suffered a lot because it was not equipped with helmets.

However, it is not too late to mend. Our army used a full set of helmets when the two mountains fought later, which showed that our army was still advancing with the times.

However, there is a country with a great army, but its soldiers only wear headscarves instead of helmets. It's the Indian army. As we know, India is the top three weapons importer in the world, and its army is a Russian-made weapon of the fighting nation except American-made weapons. Its military expenditure ranks fourth in the world and it is also one of the top ten military powers in the world. But why don't Indian soldiers wear helmets?

India has always been synonymous with poverty, backwardness and disorder in the eyes of many people. India gives people the impression that it is overreaching and very greedy and belligerent. So India has always been the object of ridicule and ridicule. Therefore, netizens are preconceived and only see that it is a little less than the rest. They will infinitely magnify individual phenomena and try their best to discredit and ruin him. Many media people have their own interests, trying to publish some photos and materials that can uglify India and make people misjudge India.

In other words, the phenomenon that Indian soldiers wear headscarves and helmets on the Internet is only an individual phenomenon in individual cases, not the true face of Indian soldiers.

India, like China, is also a big multi-ethnic family. India has more than 100 ethnic groups, twice as many as China. Many Sikhs, wearing headscarves is their religious habit, and they have not changed their minds for thousands of years.

In fact, in India, Hindus and Muslims used to wear headscarves as a religious habit. However, with the progress of the times, only Sikhs in India are very persistent and keep the habit of wearing headscarves. Even when they are soldiers, this habit has not changed.

When Britain colonized India, faced with this habit of Sikhs, it made concessions and made an exception to let Sikh soldiers in the Indian army wear headscarves.

Don't underestimate Sikh soldiers. They are very brave and have fought more times than you can imagine. 1897 During the Ga-Hellenic War in Azara, the Indian army under British rule had 2 1 Sikh soldiers, which prevented the attack of 10,000 Afghan soldiers.

An Indian film released on 20 19 described this tragic story, and its title was "Orange Headscarf".

Although Sikhs are brave in fighting, they are inflexible and very devout. Even if you emigrate, you don't wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle, even if you are punished by the traffic police.

Even if Sikhs join the US military as soldiers, they will not change their original intention and insist on wearing headscarves, forcing the US military to relax restrictions.

However, Sikhs usually just stick to their religious habits. When there is a real war, they still attach importance to military discipline and life. They carry helmets with them and will not hesitate to put them on when necessary.

Sikhs become air force pilots. When boarding the plane, they will put on their helmets properly and look very cute.

Because the British colonists were so tolerant of Sikhs, the government could not change the habits of Sikhs after India's independence, so Sikhs were allowed to wear headscarves after serving as soldiers.

The population of India is 65.438+03 billion, and the Sikhs are 8 million, only about 654.38+0/654.38+060. Therefore, Sikh soldiers in the Indian army are not mainstream even if they wear headscarves.