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- From: Richard Pierson <fist@iscp.bellcore.com>
- Subject: Re: Change of M17A2 mask to M40 mask?
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:43:38 GMT
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- From Richard Pierson <fist@iscp.bellcore.com>
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- We also have the M-25 tankers mask which may be similar in
- appearance to the M-40. Military vehicles that are tracked
- have two methods of keeping occupants alive in an NBC
- environment. Positive pressure, closed atmosphere or have
- onboard filtration systems that the masks can plug in to.
- both the M-113, FIST V, Bradley and I think I saw the basic
- hardware on an M-1 I was scoping out this weekend at the
- HTTC center at Ft Dix. The canister plugs in to the onboard
- system which supplies filtered air but allows you to disconnect
- and move out when necessary without losing your filtration
- system. We call them Tankers masks as up till a year ago
- tankers were the only ones who had them. The full vision
- lenses make wearing glasses a breeze for those who do and
- allow you to sight normally using an M-16 instead of laying
- the weapon on IT's SIDE to sight and shoot using the M-17
- mask. The parallax is much better on the M-25 and you dont
- trip on obstacles, the M-17 has double lenses that were a
- PIA in the woods and limit you vision by at least 60 percent
- on side to side and up down (you have to look down to climb
- stairs). The canister on the M-25 stays in the carrying case
- untill it needs to be changed. Down side to this is that if
- you sit up against something like a vinyl seat, you end up
- sucking vacumn. It is not a good Idea to fall asleep
- unless you are using the buddy system while wearing one.
- Yes there are special glasses available for the M-17
- protective mask that fit right inside and stay there even
- when stored, the same is not true of the M-25.
- None of the NBC stuff is comfortable, easy to wear, con-
- venient or 100% effective. The handlers down at FT ****
- wear Butyl suits with contained atmospherics under a
- protective suit and they dont go to work if they have
- any kind of open sore or scratch, he may have been
- blowing smoke but it sounded sensible to me.
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