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aisyna's avatar

Why do kamikaze's wear helmets?

Asked by aisyna (968points) June 26th, 2008

what is the point of wearing a helmet if you know you are going to die??

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Foolaholic's avatar

radio in the helmet, so that you can receive orders till the very end maybe?

beast's avatar

They don’t want to die before they carry out their duty.

vectorul's avatar

Head injury!

pattyb's avatar

Prevent injury prior so as not to impead the assignment at hand.

Mulot's avatar

Avoid Snipers headshots or other lethal stuffs

AstroChuck's avatar

Have you seen what they put in a kamikaze? The helmet is to protect your head when you fall off the barstool.

Magnus's avatar

Mainly radio, and to protect the hearing. Why you ask, because of the radio. And they didn’t design any specific kamikaze headsets so they used the standard helmets.

Knotmyday's avatar

Amen @AC. The Long Island ice tea should come with life-jackets.

aisyna's avatar

the radio makes sense but they wear leather helmets and it dosent seem like they would be able to put radios in there

TaoSan's avatar

Cold protection, Zero cockpits weren’t sealed tight. At the high speed from high altitudes I guess windchill would be a factor, along with the radio headset of course.

arpsito's avatar

To look way cooler/ not hurt their heads before they got to the dyingtime ships.

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