It is the same mask as the military ANP T 31 unless the hose and the CP 35 C who has an inlet valve in the connecting end of the filter
This mask has been also sold in the commercial market.
| TC 38 Type Civil 1938 Défense Passive ( Civilian Protection ) | |
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The TC 38 mask is the most common Civil Defense mask
issued before the WW II. Several millions of these masks have been
delivered to the main town population at the begenning of the war in 1939.
It is the same mask as the military ANP T 31 unless the hose and the CP 35 C who has an inlet valve in the connecting end of the filter This mask has been also sold in the commercial market.
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With
a breathing hose
Numerous filters have been offered to be mounted on these masks |
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LUCHAIRE manufacturer offers this mask with Triplex glass eyepieces in place of the celluloïd ones with inside gelatine disks. |
| C 38 avec Dispositif Reniffleur ( with Sniffing Device ) | |
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These
sniffing devices was mounted on the common TC 38 masks and have been given
to the Défense Passive, Gas Protection Specialists
This device enables to open, by means of a screw tap, a direct air entrance to the mask, allowing to smell by sniffing, if the air is gased ( chlorine, mustard, chloropicrine, arsines and some other gas have an odour ) |