Weapons
Gas mask
Protective equipment that seals over the face to stop the wearer from breathing toxic gases. The First World War created the first need for mass-produced gas masks, after the German gas attack at Ypres on 22 April 1915, and designs advanced quickly from crude pads and hoods to the box respirator.
In the ArsenalMentioned in
- Chapter IX In the Trenches §5 Going Over the Top
- Chapter X The Machinery of War §3 Poison Gas: The Fear and the Figures