Showing posts with label British. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British. Show all posts

Thursday, 30 August 2012

Scott General Service Respirator

Scott General Service Respirator or GSR, produced under license for the British army and is currently replacing the Avon S10 from service. The GSR takes two clip filters on each side of the mask and has a single visor rather than two lenses. It also contains a drinking tube.

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

British CT12 Respirator

British CT12 Respirator made by Avon and based on the S10 design, exported to many European countries. The CT12 has a removable filter plug that acts as a voice diaphragm so the filter can be installed on either side of the mask.

British S10 respirator

The S10 replaced the SR6 in service in the late 80s in the British army.
The mask is made by Avon and takes 40mm filters, a radio can be attached to the secondary voice diaphragm on the right cheek of the mask.

Monday, 21 May 2012

British SR6 Respirator

The SR6 or S6 respirator replaced the Mark 2 & 3 Light-Anti-Gas Respirators in service with the British army. The S6 takes the Nato 40mm filter and has curved lenses to improve the peripheral vision of the wearer. The mask has a tap inside that can be adjusted to inflate the inside of the mask to create a tighter seal with the wearers face.
The SR6 was worn by the SAS during the Iranian Embassy hostage crisis labelled Operation Nimrod
The S6 was eventually replaced by the S10 during the 1980s.

British Light-Anti-Gas Respirator Mark 2

The first mass issued British gas mask to use replaceable filters.
It takes 60mm filters on the left cheek of the mask.
This mask was developed from the prototype Mark 1 LAG respirator, and the Mark 3 LAG design was used by Canada to create the C3 Gas mask.

British Mark 5 Respirator

Very similar to the Mark 4 but with a rubber tab that a microphone could be inserted into.
No canvas lining on this mask.
The Mark 5 was used in the 1973 Romero film "The Crazies"

British Mark 4 Respirator

British World War 2 Mark 4 respirator.
Features a box filter and a canvas lining on the rubber.