Pl. 38
Plate 38 of 87 · Class V, Gas & protection
Small Box Respirator
The British gas mask introduced in 1916 to give reliable protection against chlorine and phosgene. A rubberized-fabric face mask was connected by a hose to a tin canister holding a chemical absorbent, and issue to British and Imperial forces was complete early in 1917.
Mentioned in
- Chapter IV Deadlock §3 Second Ypres and the First Gas Attack
- Chapter X The Machinery of War §3 Poison Gas: The Fear and the Figures