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The
CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL MASK:
M50 Mask page
Issue
Date from approx. 1995 to current
How
to use and some technical information |
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Some Details of the Mask:
- The M50 Mask replace the 1980s-era M40 Field Protective Mask. Designated the M50 Joint Service General Purpose Mask, it has a similar fit and feel to the M40, but offers more protection and capabilities. The M50 Maske is more compact, lighter, more comfortable to wear, then the M40 Mask.
- The M50 Maskhas a single lens that spans the width of the mask’s face, instead of the M40 has two smaller lenses.
- it uses two small filters instead of one large one. This allows easily replace them while in a contaminated environment.
- There is also the M51 available ,for use in vehicle-borne operations. Accessories for the Mask are a fire-retardant hood and a microphone adapter that makes radio communications clearer.
- The M53 chemical-biological protective mask is a
positive-pressure capable and provides an internal variable resistance exhalation unit for operations with self-contained,
closed-circuit and powered-air breathing systems
- Description from AVON Protection Systems, Inc. on there web site and as PDF
- When you have more information about this new mask, or have one for my for my collection, please drop me an e-mail. Thanks in advance for your help.
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M50 Illustration of the technical design (Photograph: Courtesy of
the Respirator Engineering and Acquisition Team, ECBCRDECOM,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
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More images of the new M50 Mask.... |
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