![]() As with earlier models there was no voicemitter, and drinking devices were yet to be introduced as a standard NBC respirator feature. It featured a twin Tissot-type interior air flow arrangement to facilitate lens demisting and it used a new filter canister with similar external dimensions to the previous model. It used a simple front-mounted, mushroom type expiratory valve and the same 5 strap head harness arrangement of the earlier mask. The Gasmaske 53 featured an entirely new rubber face-blank without a textile outer surface layer but that again used circular twin glass eye lenses. ![]() Additionally, the advent of new nerve agents mandated Swiss advances in filter compositions. This led to the development of the Gasmaske 53, which incorporated the nuclear requirements as well as the requirement for updating the somewhat obsolescent face-piece. By the mid-to-late 1930’s and in anticipation of the possible use of CW in the event of war, this ‘Gasmaske 33’ became the standard for use by all elements of the Swiss national defense.Īfter years of continued reliance upon the Gasmaske 33 and as the additional threat of atomic weapons loomed in the late 1940s, the Swiss recognized that new developments were required. As the power of Hitler’s Third Reich grew, the lessons of CW use in the First World War were not lost on the Swiss Confederation. This respirator, know n as the ‘Gasmaske 33’, featured twin circular glass eye-pieces inset into a rubber face-blank covered with a cotton textile gauze. Early in the decade following the First World War, heightened awareness of the importance of developing CR protection equipment resulted in the production of the first Swiss standardized field protective respirator for individual use. In examining the latest modem Swiss military respirator family (SM-90 and SM-3), it is perhaps appropriate to take a brief look at the precursor Swiss CBW protective respirator designs, and review a bit of the history of previous individual protection efforts.ĭespite the fact the Swiss Confederation does not maintain a conventional standing army, their policy of relying entirely upon an exceptionally well organized defensive militia has resulted in a concentrated emphasis on specialized regional defense that has long included CBW protection. The new Swiss NBC protective masks, manufactured by Huber & Suhner AG of Pfaffikon, are the most recent evidence of a strong tradition of CR warfare protection awareness which has its roots in the decades immediately following the First World War. While the SM-90 model uses a front-mounted filter configuration, the SM-3 mask has been redesigned so as to be able to take the same filter canister on either cheek, as well as in the snout position, giving it a far greater range of ergonometric utility. The new mask, designated ABC Schutz-maske 90, has recently been joined by a modified version of the same design known as the SM-3. As if to remind us of this fact, just prior to the outbreak of hostilities in the Arabian Gulf (1991), the Swiss Gruppe fur Rustungsdienste (Defense Technology and Procurement Agency) announced the latest example of Swiss NBC protection technology to the world by introducing its newest chemical and biological (CB) military respirator. One highly regarded aspect of the Swiss Confederation is the existence of a very sophisticated defense establishment. This article originally appeared in the 93-6 (June 1993) issue of the ASA NEWSLETTER, a worldwide CBRN defense bulletin published by Applied Science and Analysis, Inc.įOCUS ON RESPIRATORS: THE SWISS TYPE SM-90 & SM-3 Local Writer Not Slated to Receive Steinbeck Foundation Recognition.Marooned on Molokai (a Hawaiian travel journal).Two new books of poetry now released and available.That Crap-Crap-Crappiest Time of the Year!.Kalikiano reads a selection of poems, written from 1967-1974.Richard Brautigan: Tokyo-Montana Express Redux.The Human Tragedy Continues: CANADA GOOSE.An American Mountaineering Icon: The Sierra Designs 60/40 Parka.Grand Duchess Nala's Excellent COVID-19 Adventure!.How ditching social norms guarantees failure, not freedom.THe Irish Citizens' Army battle flag is up today!.Where is Roy Rogers when we really need him?.Seeking the Rosetta Stone: A Lost Love.U S Chemical and Biological Defense Respirators.Santa Cruz Sargasso, Berkeley Fog (poems).Marooned on Moloka'i: Coconuts, Dreams & Death.Coruscated Confabulations: Oh! The Humanity!.Poetry Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Butler, i J and C Wordsmiths, i Sam Vaknin, i Poets Soul, i Featured Authors: Haven Mankin, i Emily Karlewicz, i Charlene Proctor, i Linda Alexander, i Adele Gill, i Robin Ouzman Hislop, i D.E.Z.
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