I want!

Wearing for more then an hour sucks, the sweat starts pooling up in it >_@ And they burn, because the rubber and straps are impregnated with CS Riot control gas that never wants to wash out D:

Aww that majorly sucks. Wait, so this mask has seen riot gasses? Would that mean you have too? D: ?

I'm presuming this is a 'retired' mask obtained through a surplus store or auction. CS agent is used in training, believe it or not. Done it four or five times now, myself... and yes, it sucks just as bad as you would think.

Also, given the presence of a C2 canister (activated charcoal), that would mean it will be effective protection against any particulate or aerosol agent, not gases. The canister acts like an ultra-fine, absorbent air filter, essentially, but won't protect against stuff like carbon monoxide or chlorine gas.

Oh right...retired...of course. *blush* ( ._.)

Nope. Actually this was issued :3 About a week ago, actually.

It works great against gasses :3 We just finished testing them

Oh, wow. O_o

Ah, ok! The thing looks quite similar to the old M17s. Until I started getting curious enough to actually look 'em up, I didn't realize the different services use different masks (I'm AF, by the way. Nine years going).

So, how does it protect against gases? Looks like the same C2 canister we use.

Its all on whats inside I guess. I'm not CBRN/NBC so I don't really know, but I can ask for yeh. ^^

According to our CBRN / NBC NCOIC they work against everything except blood agents. They slip through the filter because the particles are too small.

Also, for reference, a gas is nothing more then suspended particles. They might be rearry rearry small particles, but they are still particles. Some, are bigger then others. Like water vapor is a rather large suspended particle :3

Hm... you may be right. Our guys tell us they won't work in "an oxygen deficient environment or against ammonias". Guess that would make blood agents ammonias?

Either way, they suck horribly for anything over about a half hour of wear (my record is seven hours straight... I hate ORIs), and are far from perfect. Seen the new M50 in development?

Sure haven't. Thankfully theres a lil thing us internet experts know as "Google".

Actually, they do :P

These are the same canisters suggested by the Marine DECON team we teamed up with during Operation Ardent Sentry, which I might add sucked majorly. I never want to spend more then 6 hours in MOPP 4 again >_< EVAR!

You're kinda kinky, ain't ya.

I take that's a 'yes'.

Nice! ^^

Hmmm...you've got me thinking of playing paintball in a real gasmask now! XD

I wouldn't, unless you get one designed for it. The lenses aren't impact resistant.

Secondly, put one of these babies on and run about 200 meters. It -sucks-. They are hot, hard to breathe in, and all around crap to wear for more then an hour or so.

Yeah, I figured it'd make it hard to breathe. Don't wanna wear one unless you'd die otherwise, then? =P I wasn't aware the lenses were that fragile, though. It seems like the military would build 'em tougher than that, in case somebody bashed their head on a pole while they were wearing it and got their eyes exposed to bad air.

They are tough, don't get me wrong, but I still wouldn't wear one during paintball. I wouldn't trust the lenses to handle the pressure of being smashed by paintballs, as fragile as they are anyways. Theres something about getting shards of plexiglass in my eyes.... :S