RUSSIAN GAS MASK CIVILIAN

TYPE: SchM41M (East German Designation)
TRANSLATION: n/a
ALIASES: SM-1, ShM, Helmet Mask
DATE: c. 1960s
FREQUENCY: Common/Uncommon
USAGE: USSR, Warsaw Pact Countries
FUNCTION: Military
LMàG REFERENCE CODE: RU-016

NOTES: The SchM41M was based on the WWII Russian SM-1 gas mask. Like its WWII predecessor, the SchM41M used an encapsulating "helmet" styled face piece with two internal Tissot style tubes. Variations of this mask were used throughout eastern Europe by most of the Warsaw Pact countries well into the 1980s. The mask was typically carried in a rubberized, olive drab bag.