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I was recently perusing the archives of creepy historical photographs when I came across a photograph taken of British nurses who were practicing the procedure to protect infants in a gas attack. Oddly enough, this concern was developed by the Brits themselves from their own actions during World War One.
It seems that Adolf Hitler suffered a mustard gas attack while he was a soldier in the German Army during WWI, a gas attack which was perpetrated by the British and the French.
It horrified him so much that he was actually loathe to incorporate the use of gas onto the battlefield during the German conquest to conquer the world during WWII. Though the horror didn’t seem to stop the sadistic dictator from using his accidently developed Sarin gas to try to murder an entire faction of historic people.
Sarin gas was actually developed by German chemists to combat the weevils which were damaging German food crops.
I am a prepper. And as such I am naturally distrustful of any and everything, including my own state, local, and federal governments. I have recently been following all of the hullaballoo of various conservative groups regarding the mandates of wearing masks by our children and the trouble this practice can cause in their everyday lives; “it’s unprecedented” many people say, and the emotional and psychological impact could be disastrous.
While I am naturally predisposed to agree with this thought initially, I am reminded of days gone by where children were forced to adapt to other man-made substances that were designed to infect their lungs with poison and end their lives. Not only did most of the children of the mid-1900’s who survived the German invasion and holocaust go on to live productive lives, but they even became “the greatest generation” by account of most historians.
There was a difference however, Those children were raised to be a little tougher than perhaps the children of today are, at least in most countries. A person was the sole provider for him or herself with no reliance on the state for the most part. It’s like that in many other countries today, but for some reason America and many European countries have developed a welfare state concept where an existence is seen to be owed to the citizenry rather than being something that one must provide for oneself. Wouldn’t it be bizarre then, if by the very concept of organized survival, many were lost to the horrors associated with a thin paper mask?
I recently came across the story of the self proclaimed photojournalist Teri Jacobs, who got into a clash with police and was knocked to the ground by the riot squad when she was perceived as a rioter by one of it’s members.
While I’m aware that she received a $50,000 settlement from the city of Portland, there are some simple mistakes that she made that make me wonder if she was truly there for journalistic documentation, or whether she was simply there to cause trouble. First and foremost, there is the fact that she doesn’t appear to have a camera. Most photojournalists will be taking photographs and most use cameras.
Secondly, she is dressed like a rioter. Antifa has a certain look, and this young woman fit it perfectly. She has nothing on that isn’t black as far as her clothing goes, and nothing that identifies her as a member of the press.
Lastly, and probably most importantly from a tactical viewpoint, is the fact that she isn’t wearing a gasmask, she is wearing a respirator. The difference is that what she is wearing has limited purposes; it will protect you from sawdust and metal shavings, and it will conceal your identity. It will NOT however, protect you from chemical irritants or smoke.
Why is this important? Quite simply because police officers have to make determinations from what they see, hear, smell, and feel. If you don’t want to be perceived as a rioter then you need to make sure that you don’t look, (or act), like a rioter. I have been both a cop and a journalist. I’ve had times, during trouble, that I’ve actually walked among the cops as a photojournalist, without identifying myself as a former cop,. and documented what they were doing with no problem from them at all. Rioters can be another issue and I can understand why one might want to fit in with them to avoid being targeted by them. There is no easy answer; however, one thing I do is I have an oversize press ID that I wear around my neck on a lanyard. I can easily put it in my shirt if I want to blend in the crowd, and quickly pull it out if I want to be identified as press. The important thing to realize is that photojournalism can be dangerous, it’s just part of the job. However, with a little bit of planning and common sense, some of the risk can be mitigated.
Many of you have likely seen the attached photo of a wedding party donning gasmasks, and were told either one of two stories that go with it it.
That this is wedding that took place during World War 1 in Japan under the threat of mustard gas during the war, or:
This is a wedding that was held on an island where there was an active volcano that spewed forth sulfur from some underground depths and required it’s inhabitants to wear gasmasks 24/7. Neither of these, it turns out, are the case.
Rather, this is more likely the work of a photographer and artist from 1980’s Russia who was somewhat of an activist, and who was notorious for advocating against global war. There were many artists of the era who used the threat of global destruction; 99 Luftbalons by Nena, for instance. Here is the rough translation of the Russian article that likely was written to support this iconic image:
“ The multi-frame poster “Anatoly Zhdanov,” a reporter for the newspaper “The Soviet Army” in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, attracts attention not only not so much by “doneness”, obvious incentiveness, alignment of each shot – something similar at one time was done by the reporter of the magazine “Soviet Union” May Nachinkin – there is something else here that makes one speak about the work of Zhdanov as an interesting, creative attempt to comprehend the problem of ecology, which has come on the agenda today on a global, global scale. Once upon a time, answering a journalist’s question about how he would define the genre peculiarity of his films, a famous American film director Stanley Kramer said something like this: “All my paintings are kind of message films.” An experienced, mature artist, Kramer was not afraid of accusations of frank publicism _ of his work (which, say for a director with a pronounced tendency to an aesthetized structure, would be tantamount to accusing him of having a bad taste) I did not accidentally recall Kramer looking at the photographs Anatoly Zhdanov – what is depicted on them would not long ago have been the subject of condemnation (if not stronger) from official critics who considered such futuristic forecasts to be “decadent motives,” “propaganda of the apocaly optical trends by means of photo art ”In short, we have before us a new, or rather, a modern view of the possible future of the planet from the point of view of assessing the current environmental situation. However, why is it only ecological? It is possible that Anatoly Zhdanov had in mind not only pollution of the air and the environment in general with all kinds of harmful emissions, it could even be that he had in mind the consequences of the uncontrolled production of nuclear weapons. I don’t know and I won’t argue – the author somehow works in the military One way or another, before us, in Kramer’s words, we see a message addressed not to future generations, but to us, today’s inhabitants of the Earth, inhabitants of cities and villages, who have not yet fully realized, perhaps, the whole dramatic nature of the problems that have arisen before the world. To some, such a solution (meaning a purely photographic solution) of this topic may seem too head-on, and partly somewhat naive (the author of these lines must also be admitted), but this is a message, a slogan, an appeal, that is, a form specially designed for the immediate momentary effect of this effect, Zhdanov undoubtedly achieved the undoubted merit of his work. Apparently, it should be said about another, purely professional aspect of the series by Anatoly Zhdanov. The fact is that the genre of pho mourner, chosen by him, requires the photograph to have skills and knowledge not only in the field of purely photographic but also – since this genre can be conditionally to call the genre of the cinema – a subtle understanding of things very far from photography, such as scenography,dramaturgy and directing It is actually impossible to solve the frame using several dozen extras without a clear idea of how, by what laws (and such laws undoubtedly exist) they will be located in the frame space, how to solve plastic moments and the behavior of protagonists of the crowd and etc. I would not dare to name the works proposed by Anatoly Zhdanov, photojournalist Anatoly Zhdanov, one hundred percent success. But the significant creative potential that is embedded in them allows us to hope that the photographer didn’t leave ie attempts to continue work in this very difficult, no doubt interesting genre.”
If you are trying to utilize your gasmask for real world training, then one of the best things you can do is to don it while engaging in airsoft battles.
This practice works well in Mobile Field Force training, Active Shooter preparation, Urban Warfare training, etc…
There are however, some things that you must know before you don your military surplus gas mask and head out into the fray.
The eye panels are not impact resistant. What this means is that if you take an airsoft round in the eye panel, you’re likely going to get a bullet hole in the panel, and if you’re not wearing secondary eye protection your eye can get injured.
Don’t wear it too long . This thing is made of non-breathable latex, and prolonged contact with skin can result in skin problems like infected hairs and rashes.
Your hearing and eyesight will be restricted . Many people don’t realize that wearing a gasmask restricts your hearing because respiration is more contained and is therefore much louder than you will be accustomed to.
If you are like me then you have likely got a background in combat training of some sort that goes beyond bombs and firearms and includes those four weapons that God himself has given you, two hands and two feet.
One of the things you’re bound to find out when you are donning a gasmask is the fact that many of your killing techniques are somewhat invalidated while wearing one; specifically whenever you’re fighting someone who has a mask on as well. In this post we’ll delve into the times you can find yourself at a disadvantage while dealing with cqb hand to hand combat, and having to contend with a gasmask.
Chin tucks . Most people you are fighting will have training and experience in cqb as well. Therefore they will often chin tuck when their neck is threatened. Since they will have an apparatus covering their face and bulging out from their face, there will be extra material that can block your attack be it either from a choke, slash, or knifehand strike.
Obfuscation of sight . This is a common problem whenever you are dealing with a violent struggle for life. Many times on the judo mat I have had opponents take my gi collar and either try to choke the hell out of me with it, or blind me so that I could be less likely to counter their next attack.
You should try to take the time to acclimate your technique to accommodate your mask sometime when you’re in a training session just to see how the gasmask affects your style.
When you find yourself in a situation that involves wearing a gasmask while trying to operate an AR style rifle, there are a whole new combination of factors to be considered.
The biggest concern for me comes from obstructed view. If my goggles or gasmask viewport fogs up, it isn’t completely out of the question for me to instinctually fire at a target if I’m using a handgun. But, I am a shooter who prefers using a handgun over a rifle. It has just always been my preference. With a rifle, unless I am really close, I need to have a fairly decent sight picture to be accurate.
One way to help un-obstruct your sight picture is to use the larger aperture of your open sight. As a side note, I would recommend using open, iron sights for shooting with a gas mask on, specifically because you might very well find yourself having to aim from an odd angle that would prevent a holographic or laser sight from being completely effective.
One final aspect of using your rifle with a gasmask concerns the physical layout of the mask. On the mask that I use specifically the canister screws into the mask on the left side. Therefore, a left handed shooter, or someone who is taking an off-hand shot, could very easily find himself, (or herself), at a disadvantage if they haven’t ever trained to shoot from the side where the canister connects.
One of the most important drills you can perform with your gasmask, and one of the first you should learn, is to engage an enemy with your handgun while wearing your gasmask. Now, this drill can be performed with a rifle or other long gun as well; however, history has shown that most often people who are donning gasmasks in a non military encounter, are armed with handguns.
The first drill of course, is to practice drawing your handgun and either exchanging magazines or speedloaders without the benefit of full sight. This can often be harder than you think. Getting used to reloading by feel alone is different to say the least, and quite often you’re better off grabbing the next magazine or speedloader in your stack if you fumble and drop one, (trust me, this will happen). But you really can’t understand the feeling of trying to manipulate a weapon with one of these on until you do it. Here are some factors that you will be dealing with while trying to shoot while wearing a gasmask.
1. Limited visibility due to, field of view, fog, tunnel vision, and or paranoia from restricted breathing.
2. having to breath in a non-normative manner.
3. trying to get a sight picture with limited visibility due to one of the above listed factors.
4. moving with cover and concealment while trying to see and breath non-normatively.
The best drills then are to simply try to reload until it becomes second nature, practice solitary and team movement utilizing touch to compensate for sight and sensory loss, and finally go through dry fire drills getting acclimated to a restricted field of view.
Although I’m sure the last thing you would ever want to do is to diminish the importance of donning a gasmask for survival situations, or escape from a riot. The citizens of war torn Europe found it necessary to do just that when confronted with the need for as protection of loved ones, especially their small children.
Hence the invention of the British “Mickey Mouse” gasmask. This child sized mask was created small and colored brightly with an oversized nose flap to make the apparatus less threatening for children.
Obviously the precursor to the “Tickle Me Elmo” doll, this design implemented the nouvelle era of global domination by evil forces in a bright and nonthreatening package… at least that was it’s intention.
As a practicality, I believe that it missed it’s mark completely. I can’t imagine anything more frightening than a group of small children donning such a hideous mask, neither then or now…
The most important drill to start with, in relation to your gas mask, is that of donning your gas mask in a quick manner. As stated before the gas mask does you literally no good if you’re not able to get it onto your face and sealed properly before your airway is contaminated by any form of chemical agent. This entails removing the mask from the bag placing the mask on your face stretching the webbed backstrap over your head and then tightening down the straps So that a good seal is formed between the rubber of the mask and your face.
There is a trick to having your gas mask ready for quick utilization.
What most of us do, who use gas masks on a regular basis, is to place the gas mask on your head and adjust it appropriately to fit your head and face. Then with your offhand push the gas mask onto your face reach behind your head with your offhand, and peel the back of the gas mask onto the front of the gas mask so that the webbed backstrap is laying over the face of the mask. Then when you want to quickly donn the mask you just reverse the process.
So, here is the first drill that you will practice: With your gas mask strapped around your waist, by the pouch strap, and strapped around your leg, with the smaller strap, and hanging off to the side so as to be convenient and well at hand, begin your drill by reaching down unsnapping the pouch fasteners retrieving your mask from the pouch. Then, with your strong hand push the gas mask onto your face, with your offhand reach over the front of the gas mask, grabbing the bottom of the webbed backstrap , and strip the webbed backstrap over the top of your head and behind your head, effectively fastening the front of the gas mask to your face. Then reach up with both hands simultaneously and tug the corresponding straps of the webbed backstrap tightly sealing the gas mask to your face then take either your left or you’re right hand whichever side corresponds appropriately with the filter hole on your mask, cup your hand over that filter hole and draw in air to make sure that no air is coming in through the sides of the mask which should be sealed to your face. What should happen at this point is you should try to breathe in and your mask should just get tightened uncomfortably and you should not be able to get any air because you have the air hole sealed off with the palm of your hand. You should do this drill over and over and over again until it becomes second nature. You will find that with just a little bit of practice it will become muscle memory and you will be able
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