The Arrival of Protection in the Trenches (October 1915) In the midst of the War of Trenches on the Italian front, where head injuries caused by shrapnel fragments and plunging fire were a tragic constant, the army felt the urgent need to abandon cloth headgear. Even the Cavalry regiments, employed dismounted and as assault infantry given the impossibility of maneuvering on horseback, lacked adequate protection, having only traditional helmets (such as the Elmo Modello 1880), which were more dec