Mk IV General Service Respirator | |
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An early model Mk IV respirator manufactured in 1930, haversack, ointment and eyeshields[1] | |
Type: | Gas mask |
Designation: | Mark IV General Service Respirator |
Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
Produced: | 1926,[2] 1927[3][4] or 1928[5] |
Manufacturer(s): | Dunlop,[6] others |
Material(s): | Unknown |
Evolved from: | Unknown |
Evolved into: | Unknown |
Service
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Used by: | Unknown |
Wars: | World War II |
The Mk IV General Service Respirator is a gas mask of British origin.[7][8][9][10][11]
Overview
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Variants
- Mark IV early issue
- Mark IV later issue
- Mark IV special T
- Mark IV special T Mic
- Mark IVA
Gallery
In popular culture
- The Mk IV General Service Respirator is featured in the film Sucker Punch. While the Mk IV is anachronistic for World War I, the events in the film are actually imaginary.
- The Mk IV General Service Respirator is featured in the video game Battlefield 1. It is carried by the US, British, Italian and French soldiers and oddly is the first person model of the M17 gas mask used by the German soldiers in third person. Its appearance is anachronistic.
References
- ↑ http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/equipment-field-gear/mid-wars-british-gas-masks-281846/
- ↑ http://josephs-militaria-and-homefront-collection.co.uk/PAGE24.HTML
- ↑ http://www.vhu.cz/exhibit/britska-ochranna-maska-general-service-respirator-mk-iv/
- ↑ http://gas-masks-from-all-the-world.fr/gb/gb-military.htm
- ↑ http://www.gasmasklexikon.com/Page/UK-Mk%20IV.htm
- ↑ http://mygasmaskcollection.blogspot.bg/search?q=mark+IV
- ↑ http://mygasmaskcollection.blogspot.bg/search?q=mark+IV
- ↑ https://hatchfive.wordpress.com/category/gas-mask/
- ↑ http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/equipment-field-gear/mkiv-mkv-gas-mask-something-else-512008/
- ↑ http://www.atemschutzddr.de/025ea99bcb084ce01/025ea99bd10ce9401/index.html
- ↑ http://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1610&context=cmh