Deutscher Stahlhelm M1918 Version Armée Turque Meaux
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Il existe une variante du M18, sans visière, destinée aux alliés Turcs, dans le but de limiter les gênes lors de la prière musulmane. Une première livraison estimée à 1 500 exemplaires fut envoyée en Turquie, le reste ne fut jamais livré en raison de la fin du conflit et des restrictions du marché de matériel militaire dictées par le traité de Versailles. Quelque 5 000 exemplaires furent distribués en 1919 aux Corps Francs, notamment lors des insurrections de Berlin et de Munich.
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Germany delivered 5,400 visorless versions of the M1918 helmet for the Ottoman Empire. The missing front visor was thought by the Germans to be for religious reasons,[13] and it was claimed that it was to allow Turkish soldiers to touch their foreheads to the ground during prayer, without removing their helmets. However, this story has been disputed. The Turks rejected any more than the 5,400 delivered and an unknown number from the overrun were issued to German armed forces and were used by German Freikorps units after the war.