Modified Gas Masks in World War II, issue 116Macken, SidJournal of Diving History
Face masks also do not cover the head and so can be worn along side simple and flak helmets, unlike a gas mask. On the other hand, gas masks provide superior protection against toxic buildup and prevent the immediate irritant effects of tox gas on sight, breathing, and pain. That is,...
MO. During World War One, Harley-Davidson was contracted by the U.S. military for 8,125 motorcycles. Supposedly, the first American soldier to enter Germany after the signing of the Armistice was
What were improved military technologies of World War One? How did this affect fighting? Barbed wire, machine guns, grenades, sniper rifles, tanks, airplanes, gas and gas masks, flamethrower, U-boats, Zeppelins, artillery. These advancements led to higher death rate. What were the effects of...
and of virtually every battle. These rare World War 1 photos capture not just the combat and danger, but the mundane moments in the lives of troops in every theater of the Great War. Many unseen pictures of World War One are just of soldiers goofing around, making faces for the camera,...
Often in my dreams have I thought that I might live to be a war correspondent. In what wildest one could I have conceived the nature of the campaign which it should be my lot to report! Here then is my first despatch from a field of battle: Our numbers had been reinforced du...
An American soldier demonstrates gas masks for a man and a horse during World War I, around 1917 to 1918.(Image credit: Everett Historical/Shutterstock) Global leaders continue to condemn the use of chemical weapons. In 1993, the United Nations banned mustard gas and other toxic agents through...
Finally, no one has any of the extra kit that appeared later on, of which gasmasks are the most obvious example, so again this all looks very early war. The machine gun crew - the two gunners and the man bearing ammunition - all correctly lack most of this kit but all have the ...
Clockwise from top: trenches on the Western Front; a British Mark IV Tank crossing a trench; Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the Battle of the Dardanelles; a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks, and German Albatros D.III biplanes Emergency military...
The Army Technology Review Board, which was responsible for monitoring innovations in weaponry, began to investi- gate the potential of developing an array of chemical weapons, poison gas launchers, and gas masks. One of the first Japanese scientists to pursue an interest in chemical weapons was...