![]() “It is such a shame to have to wait for who knows what? (Iraqi President Saddam Hussein) is a madman, and there is no telling what he has got and when he will use it. “I watch it on the news every night, and it upsets me to no end,” said Rosencranz. Rosencranz, who lives in a retirement home with his wife, Goldie, said he is bothered by the Persian Gulf War and its threat of chemical warfare. ![]() Though, its usage only started in January 1918. In August 1916, a new gas mask version inspired by the German WW1 gas mask units was engineered, and produced in January 1917. These are not the best WWI Germans in gas masks - in fact they are the worst. All along its development, this mask evolved with eyecups and could protect soldiers for 5 hours. The first gas masks had been crude and not particularly effective, and there. “The line just seemed to go on forever-I am pretty sure most didn’t even make it.” This gas mask was placed on the face with 2 elastic straps. Uses standard AA batteries for up to 12-hours of run time. Compatible with all MIRA Safety gas masks. Provides 90 L/min of constant airflow for user comfort and lowered breathing resistance. “My friend was walking in front of what seemed like an endless line of men, all with their masks hanging down around their necks, which let you know they’d been gassed,” Rosencranz said. Developed for the Israeli Ministry of Defense for rugged, combat-ready use. Rosencranz said his most vivid war memory was that of a medic from his hometown of Toledo, Ohio, leading men who had been exposed to mustard gas down a road in Belgium to a medical facility. At this stage of the war the famed Ypres Salient, held by the British, Canadians and French, ran for some 10 miles and bulged into German occupied territory for five miles. Iraq manufactures the colorless, odorless nerve gases tabun and sarin, both inventions of Nazi Germany. The debut of the first poison gas however - in this instance, chlorine - came on 22 April 1915, at the start of the Second Battle of Ypres. Iraq also uses more updated chemical weapons, including nerve gas and blistering agents that can cause convulsions, blindness, malfunctioning of the nervous system, coma and death from paralysis or heart failure. If absorbed through the skin, it can damage the the immune system and lead to death in four to six weeks. ![]() Mustard gas can cause burns and blisters, and, if inhaled, can cause death in two days or fewer. Oh, they were a nuisance, but that was the first gas mask that came in.Iraq still manufactures mustard gas, an oily liquid, despite a ban imposed by international treaty after World War I. And you had two goggles here on to look out, two glasses to look out and with your breath it didn't take long before the glasses were steamed up and you couldn't see where you were going. Well then they got this, the improved type. The chemical was pretty near as bad as the gas. It was something like flannelette, wool serge would probably better describe it. You respired through this heavily, heavy material. Its what every WWI-era chap was wearing and it was all the rage. You inhaled through your nose and respired through your mouth. The old one we had first, you pulled it over your head like a balaclava. I remember the old one, the one that this was a respirator, you know, one that you clamped on your head with an elastic. I remember one night, some of our fellas put them on when we come to a dead horse, that was the only reason. I don't remember ever putting my gas mask on. If you hadn't used it then you wouldn't mark anything on this. Every time you used your respirator you were supposed to mark how long you had it on, if you used it. The gas officer would always, when you had your staff parade in the morning, he would test your, he would look at your respirators and you had to have that ticket, the little ticket. MacLeod gives a good comparison between the original respirator and newer gas masks used by Canadian soldiers. However, the masks could not protect them against mustard gas used later in the war, which burned the skin, caused severe breathing problems, and could cause blindness. Allied troops were given gas masks to protect against chlorine gas attacks.
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