FATRA FM 3 serie Civil defense mask, about 1937/38.
The pre-war Fatra FM 3 serie of masks is a excellent exemple of the low cost but rather modern Czech gas masks design. These Fatra masks are a good exemple of a mass production of a modern gas mask and probabely the most important of their production.
| FM 3 ( x ? ) Civilian defense mask, about 1937 | |
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This
mask is probabely the first model of the serie of FM 3 masks. The
facepiece is made of moulded rubber including, in the moulding, the head
harness hooks, It has not Tissot vents. The outside of the masks presents a
raised cross-hatching moulded on the brow and the
cheeks. The
design of the chin part of the mask includes a kind of lip preventing the
chin to slide against the frontpiece, this arrangment diappear on the
following FM 3 masks. The
frontpiece is made of flat cast light alloy and includes the filter
connection screwing and at the lower part, the exhalation valve housing.,
It has not a Tissot déflector The
exhalation valve is the same as on the FM 1 serie. The
eyepices are made of Triplex glasses and tightened on the facepiece by
means of bare aluminium crimped rings. The six-point head harness is made of elasticized straps and adjusting buckles.
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| FM 3 ( xx ? ) Civilian defense mask, about 1937 | |
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New, but similar design than the former mask for the light alloy frontpiece, who is gloss enameled and has an inside breathing air deflector to demist the eyepieces.
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