U.S. ARMY Snout-Type M8 Assault Gas Mask with M10 Carrier Bag
Product Code: AAAGAS-51
Our Price: $579.95
Description
This is the very rare snout-type M8 Gas Mask used late in WWII by the Army to supplement the short supply of the somewhat unsatisfactory M5 assault gas masks. The M8 was manufactured from existing supplies of the limited standard M2 gas masks with an updated M4 gas mask C15 exhalation valve.. This mask, in fact, has a Firestone molding date of 10-42, long before the M8 mask was introduced (see image below). The mask and M10 carrier bag are in good overall condition and the mask still has the face form in it indicating that it was probably never issued. Gas Mask comes complete with carrier and in very good condition.
Features
- The Army M8 Snout Type gas mask is quite interesting in that is was constructed from un-issued M4A1 Lightweight Service Gas Masks as a quick replacement for the M5 Assault Gas Mask after it was found to have problems with "cold-set". A 60mm filter inlet was mounted to the chin of the face piece to allow the use of the standard M11 drum type canister. Because this mask was needed toward the end of WWII, few were manufactured