WWl gas mask.

**A. F Medic** · 03-18-2010 09:33 PM

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**Highly Recommended** · 03-18-2010 09:33 PM

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**Emri** · 03-18-2010 10:41 PM

....but the application is the same !!!

**coppertales** · 03-19-2010 10:54 AM

Looks like late war German icon

to me.....chris3

**gew8805** · 03-19-2010 08:48 PM

Not German icon

, at least not WW1.

**A. F Medic** · 03-19-2010 10:26 PM

**Harlan (Deceased)** · 03-20-2010 12:08 AM

I studied the gas attacks from WWI years ago, and found it was an ineffective weapon for the most part, but horrible for the few who were casualties.
Sometimes the people who launched he attacks were victims themselves by changing wind patterns.

I thought the Germans developed it, but found later that France icon

tried it first (with no real effect)

Germany icon

used it quite a bit, violating the Hague treaty, but only as a response to France's first use of poison gas.

Below is a link to a 'Wikipedia' page, but it's very close to being correct.

Poison gas in World War I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I always noticed that many German soldiers carried gas mask containers in WWII

**gunner** · 03-20-2010 03:01 AM

Hi Harlan,

the Germans were afraid of gas attacks ( Hitlers thoughts) and they had to carry them but most time you could find anything in the gasmask box but no gasmask. We had the old ones a time and we foundt out that a bootle of beer wrapped in a wet towel would make an soldier happy.

Regards

Ulrich

**Harlan (Deceased)** · 03-20-2010 03:45 AM

You are 100% correct Gunner, and of course I didn't mean anything toward you or any present Germans. (I'm German icon

by only two generations before me, as you know)

Hitler was gassed during the first World War and he made all all the soldiers carry gas masks under his orders throughout WWII.

The German 'grunts' carried all kind of things in their gas mask containers in WWII, but seldom carried gas masks.

**gunner** · 03-20-2010 03:50 AM

Harlan,

only two Generations before... thats good enough to be a good German icon

too

And i`m sure after a short vacation over here no one knows a difference. Send you a mail in a few minutes.

Ulrich

**gunner** · 03-20-2010 04:01 AM

I like the picture of the french Gasmask. Wondering how they can see anything thru this little lenses while running. It has the shape of an supermarket plastic bag and seems not to fit right.

Regards

Gunner

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