Being an active person in the belgian militaria world, i help with a mate his store. Going to fairs gasmasks have always been a very intresting thingy for me. Metro 2033...i bought it because the box showed a man with a gasmask! i was instanly sold These masks can vary from price to size in many ways, i was wondering if anyone collected these things like i do. the ones i have= Russian GP-5 gasmask East german gasmask Finnish WW2 light gas mask US army gasmask Other finnish army gasmask! Polish army gas mask and last but not least= From my own country=Belgian army gas mask! Anyone else collecting these things?
I have a finnish army one,like the one you posted here.It comes in military-green bag with a couple of spare filters.
Man, you have a US army gas mask?! Awesome! Wasn't that insanely expensive?? I have a British Army S10 gas mask with two attachable red night-lenses in plexi-glass. This a pic of me:
awesome british mask! And yeah, the US gasmasks wherent cheap. it was sealed inside its origenal container. i bought 2 containers for 30 euros each As i said prices vary, my GP5 costed 10 euros, my polish army gasmask(BRAND NEW UNISSUED!) 3 euros
They are covered under ITAR (international traffic in Arms Regulations). In order to purchase it from a US of A supplier I'll need an import permit from my country, then I'll have to submit it to the US State Dept. along with an export permit request and a fee. In other words: Fat chance.
yeah probaly. Since it is the Current gasmask, its quite understandable The old US gas masks are nice tough.
I like the US gas mask the most out of the ones you've shown because it reminds me of the one Adrian Shepherd wore in Half Life: Opposing Force. The second Finnish one, (the gray one,) looks the most eerie to me though. Very cool!
the finnish gasmasks are pretty good to wear. I often wear gasmasks on airsoft tournaments because well because they are awesome
How? don't they break cause of BBs? anybody knows if the SCHMS gas mask filters are dangerous for health? cause i wanted to buy one...
If you are talking about the tall coffee can filters then I'm pretty sure they contain asbestos but you can purchase other filters that look virtually identical that are safe.
Normally the SCHMS does NOT have astbestos, just like the GP5. What you can always do if you want to wear it, is to simply "empty" the filter from its contents. And i tested my gasmasks for impacts, and at point blank range a sniper 0.30 BB at 500 FPS couldnt penetrate it
