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05-21-2009, 04:37 PM
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Gas Masks and Gas Warfare From World War I Through the 1940s
Photographs dating from about 1915 through the 1940s document military and civilian efforts to protect against gas attacks. World War I scenes show French, Belgian, British, German, Russian and U.S. troops wearing or demonstrating masks, along with protective equipment for horses, gas-attack alarms and clouds released over the battlefield. Later scenes show civilian precautions and military training between the wars and during World War II. They include a Birmingham family wearing masks around 1940, an air-raid precautions warden with a family, children using masks, a gas-proof baby carriage, a demonstration in Civitavecchia, Italy, U.S. Army nurses with M3 masks, a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and soldiers of the 442nd Infantry Regiment. |
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07-31-2009, 09:10 PM
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Re: Gas Masks and Gas Warfare From World War I Through the 1940s
FUCK!!!! I want every single one of these images hanging around my house. I love them. LOVE. I want to marry them, hump them, fight with them, cook for them, divorce them, but still.... LOVING them.
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07-31-2009, 09:52 PM
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Re: Gas Masks and Gas Warfare From World War I Through the 1940s
We would drive around with surplus store gasmasks when I was a teen. edit: Also, when I was in the military, Interspiro made a version of our breathing apparatus that also had a gas mask attachment... why put a gas mask attachment on a positive pressure breathing mask? I HAVE NO IDEA... anyways, they had the charcoal canister on the end of a snorkus and a hook to put the snorkus on which was attached to the head harness of the mask. Flaw #1: the head harness goes UNDER your nomex hood thereby negating the use of the snorkus hook. Flaw #2: the snorkus hook was very fragile and would break if looked at. Flaw #3: the charcoal canister would get suctioned onto your firefighting gear when used. Interspiro for the lose. |