![]() ![]() The war showed this rational to be entirely wrong and rifles and bayonets became much shorter after the war, and after WW2 much shorter again. ![]() They were made that length so that an infantryman or artilleryman could use it to fight a cavalryman who was using a sword from horse back. But not produced as a module attached to the face piece until after the war.įor a great deal of WW1 equipment - its a case of looking at it and asking "why did they make it like that ?" and frequently the answer is, what to us is the obviously better design was simply not identified and introduced until after the war. A very good design - simple, reliable, robust, minimal number of parts and very cheap to make. The valve will give minimal flow resistance as the wearer exhales but will automatically seal closed when the wearer inhales. This round cover will be protect a circular "flutter valve", a soft rubber disk held I place by a stud through the centre of the disk and resting on a seat like a tap seat. Very hard to tell from the photo, but to me the cover of the exhaust valve is stamped, tinplate sheet steel not plastic. To allow the wearer to breathe more easily, the mask was reduced in size to lessen the volume of air within, and the mask's filter plate was therefore noticeably reduced in diameter. Known as the Rahmenmaske, it was introduced sometime around the spring to late summer of 1916 (sources don't agree on this point). The mask shown on the right is the third model Gummimaske. An example of this mask, shown below left, retains the early 11-11S three layer filter. The second model Gummimaske, known as the Bandmaske, was the first gas mask to have a screw-in filter, which meant it could be replaced during a gas attack. Due the short period of time that they were manufactured and used, and the fact that the early single layer filter proved unsuccessful, they are exceptionally rare. This version was known as the Linienmaske. The very first version of the Gummimaske was introduced sometime between August and September 1915. Learn More Illustrated history of gas masks Advantages and Disadvatages The only advantages that the gas masks has were that it saved many lives from the poison gas. I'll start a separate thread on the later M17 leather gas masks. One of the most notable gas masks used during WW1 was the British Small Box Respirator or SBR designed in 1916 and the German GM-15 mask. I thought I'd start a thread on German rubberized cloth gas masks (Gummimasken) and their carriers, and share some examples that I've found over the past 8 years. ![]()
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