Canadian Cold War Gas Masks: Breathing Easy on the NBC Battlefield

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  • Опубликовано: 4 сен 2024

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  • @Noubers
    @Noubers 7 месяцев назад +47

    Came for the gas masks, stayed for the webbing history 😂

  • @glenndennis6801
    @glenndennis6801 7 месяцев назад +15

    The 84 pattern gas mask carrier would also hold three cans of beer in addition to the mask.🇨🇦

  • @314299
    @314299 7 месяцев назад +27

    The mention of a "vomit guard" reminds me of an incident that occurred while doing gas training as a CF reservest in 1987. We were brought into the "gas hut" without wearing our respirators and after a a brief hesitation the instructor yelled "GAS! GAS! GAS!" whereupon we removed our masks from the carrier, put it on, checked the seal, purged it with the air in our lungs and then breathed normally. No big deal except for one guy who took a breath of the tear gas before he put his mask on. He vomited in the mask..... Of course being a bunch of 18 year olds we did not give him a hard time about that afterwards.

    • @GrandDawggy
      @GrandDawggy 7 месяцев назад +10

      One of the most harrowing war stories I ever heard was during WWII with a soldier vomiting in his mask during a glass attack and in a panic took another soldiers mask off him killing him

    • @Gerhardium
      @Gerhardium 7 месяцев назад +4

      There's one in every platoon.

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape 7 месяцев назад +5

      @@GrandDawggy You mean WWI?

    • @GrandDawggy
      @GrandDawggy 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@RCAvhstape yes I'd had a few drinks when I made that comment and that's on top of being dyslexic 😂

  • @n900video
    @n900video 7 месяцев назад +14

    Using tape to secure equipment was not only a Canadian thing, we did this well into the 21st century in other NATO armies as well😃

    • @canadaisdecent1635
      @canadaisdecent1635 7 месяцев назад +4

      Military surplus web gear sometimes still has old electrical tape on the buckles

  • @stevestruthers6180
    @stevestruthers6180 7 месяцев назад +3

    I was a Canadian Army reservist from 1979 to 1981, and a member of an armoured reconnaissance unit. Our standard issue webbing was the '51 pattern, which I absolutely hated because it was difficult to adjust correctly and uncomfortable to wear. At least the large ammo pockets could accommodate a number of SMG mags if required.
    We were never issued '64 pattern webbing, but I do recall two of the troop officers of my squadron and the officer commanding having it. Never found out how they acquired it. But since they were typically armed with only a pistol, the '64 pattern probably worked out well for them despite its flaws.
    Our gas masks were the C3 variant.

  • @silverXnoise
    @silverXnoise 7 месяцев назад +7

    Cool you chose to start this video in your native Canadian tongue.

  • @ianbennett5245
    @ianbennett5245 7 месяцев назад +5

    Kudos, M. Messier. This video confirms, not that confirmation was necessary, that you may be the ultimate nerd (which I mean in the best and most respectful way), as well as possibly being peak Canadian. I love this channel.

  • @Perfusionist01
    @Perfusionist01 7 месяцев назад +6

    I always enjoy the series, being a trivia and history nerd. Your side comments on the Canadian web gear were quite interesting. Canadian military requirements are interesting as they need to meet particular needs, but carrying some influence from their cousins to the south, and also the British Commonwealth.

  • @DustyGamma
    @DustyGamma 7 месяцев назад +5

    Nice to learn about Canadian gear, thanks for covering it!

  • @machetejames8336
    @machetejames8336 Месяц назад

    ive collected the entirety of the pattern 82 uniform because my father was in the cf reserves as recon in the fort garry horse of winnipeg and im glad to see more history of the uniform

  • @BIG-DIPPER-56
    @BIG-DIPPER-56 7 месяцев назад +6

    VERY INTERESTING !
    THANKS !
    😎👍

  • @seamac5243
    @seamac5243 7 месяцев назад +1

    You show an incorrect KFS set, the issue one was different.
    It would be interesting to look into Canadian military buttons, I’ve heard the large style now used internationally where a Canadian invention, along with the plastic canteen.
    Very interesting channel, keep up the great work.

  • @ritaloy8338
    @ritaloy8338 7 месяцев назад +6

    Great another great video.

  • @NoahSpurrier
    @NoahSpurrier 7 месяцев назад +5

    I’ve used a respirator while working with strong solvents. It worked amazingly well.

  • @davidnoseworthy4540
    @davidnoseworthy4540 7 месяцев назад

    Young Canadian Militia member on a training ex, in full kit, awaiting inspection in front of an MLVW
    Inspecting officer barks "gas gas gas", waiting for the young person to begin donning the gas mask
    "No, sir" comes a nervous reply . . . " I think it's a diesel"

  • @frogz
    @frogz 7 месяцев назад +5

    you never fail to have interesting content :D

  • @Themanwithnoscreenname
    @Themanwithnoscreenname 7 месяцев назад +7

    > Every Breath You Take
    Not to *Police* your thumbnails, buuut 😏

  • @h-leath6339
    @h-leath6339 7 месяцев назад

    Curses! Velcros one weakness, water! Which would never be found in excess in space. I love tasty new factuals!

  • @bradlevantis913
    @bradlevantis913 7 месяцев назад

    Your introductions never disappoint

  • @coreym8580
    @coreym8580 7 месяцев назад

    You should do more on the webbing and container/pouch loadouts. Lots of channels have already done videos on WHAT a soldier would have carried, but WHERE would they have carried it?

  • @asn413
    @asn413 7 месяцев назад +3

    ba bla bl blabla wow....XD great intro

  • @Plons0Nard
    @Plons0Nard 7 месяцев назад +1

    Whenever government committees are involved, you can bet the outcome 😂
    Makes me think of the Golgafrinchem, H2G2
    And the Breath-o-Smart system of SrDt 3454, also in H2G2.
    Every militairy has to have a copy of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, as the standard repositry in a complex and huge universe 😊
    Cheers 👍🏻🤝🏻🇳🇱

  • @ibrahimkocaalioglu
    @ibrahimkocaalioglu 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you

  • @petesheppard1709
    @petesheppard1709 7 месяцев назад

    Number 1 intro!! 😃 This is very interesting and informative, even to a Yank. 😉

  • @ReiZru
    @ReiZru 7 месяцев назад

    Great video! Keep it up! ;-)

  • @thesalamnder
    @thesalamnder 7 месяцев назад

    Best cold open

  • @CathodeRayNipplez
    @CathodeRayNipplez 7 месяцев назад +3

    😀

  • @davidmccarthy6061
    @davidmccarthy6061 7 месяцев назад

    I'm going to guess that the vomit screen wasn't in the initial release.

  • @douglasfur3808
    @douglasfur3808 7 месяцев назад

    The lyric allusion of your title is to a pop song I think is creepy. It's like a stalker theme song.

  • @manout-kidin8735
    @manout-kidin8735 7 месяцев назад

    0:14 i am sure he was speaking french

  • @andrejrockshox
    @andrejrockshox 7 месяцев назад

    what is the use of metal grommets on a waist belt?

  • @tactakid278
    @tactakid278 3 месяца назад

    pattern 1982 looks like german webbing from the late 1980s or early 1990s.

  • @wiwingmargahayu6831
    @wiwingmargahayu6831 7 месяцев назад

    only for military ???? sir

  • @juliusxeno6537
    @juliusxeno6537 7 месяцев назад

    Did the mask and suit mess up the hair???

  • @adainr7849
    @adainr7849 7 месяцев назад

  • @spacemissing
    @spacemissing 7 месяцев назад

    Alphanumeric soup!

  • @faenethlorhalien
    @faenethlorhalien 7 месяцев назад +2

    It could be worse. It could be an NFT battlefield. Eugh.

  • @Garthritis
    @Garthritis 7 месяцев назад

    Gas gas gas

    • @ymishaus2266
      @ymishaus2266 7 месяцев назад

      (I'm gonna step on the gas)

  • @BigEightiesNewWave
    @BigEightiesNewWave 7 месяцев назад +1

    I'm 199th thumb up

  • @stuartburton1167
    @stuartburton1167 6 месяцев назад

    I wore British 37 pattern webbing as a cadet, 44 pattern as a territorial and 58 pattern as a regular. It was all universally uncomfortable and badly designed. I don't think any army has ever got it 100% right going back as far as a Roman legionary.

  • @wokekkk
    @wokekkk 7 месяцев назад

    Canadian kit is consistently shit

  • @lindenhoch8396
    @lindenhoch8396 7 месяцев назад

    The extra speaking diaphragm was primarily meant for female soldiers. Huh-huh-huh.