Czech Military Surplus Gas Mask M10

Mask was delivered, on time, in wat I'll call "as new condition", with rubber protective powder applied, so was not used. Installing the filters is a chore, with a struggle u'll get them in, as combat soldiers we put filters in immediately. The Desperate North Vietnamese Military used lethal gas & we believed Bio weapons, these very masks saved our lives, if we got them on & sealed in time. After the North suffered over 1 milion casualities there wer no men left, the North enlisted 13 year old kids & younger, they wer very dangerous, kids wud walk up to a group of unsuspecting troops, say in a village we wer searching for Viet Cong Weapons, drop a grenade run like hell, US troops didnt react fast enuff & got blown to bits. The kids cud handle an AK 47 no problem, not much different than American kids who had Daisey BB guns at 5 or 6 then .22 rifles at 10 years old playing soldier, actually unknowingly preparing for Service. As Mentioned, Allied United Nations Troops had inflicted over 1 million casualities on the North, that loss decimated the Norths standing Army. CONTRARY TO PUBLIC OPINION, WE DID NOT LOSE THE VIETNAM WAR MILITARILY, it was like Afganistan a Political Cold War we got pulled out due to public uproar, there wer no men left in the North, teen age kids, boys $ girls wer attacking our positions. These Mask filters I trust more than a top N 95% medical mask that fails 5% of the time and ones I've worn do not seal tightly to a humans face & slips off the nose often. The NATO filter numbers are in description, might be able to get brand new, small foreign Countries buy and use our surplus equipment now, they must get filters from a manufacturer somewhere. I go into a public place wearing this mask, i feel confident filters will be able to filter a extremely Microscopic Microbe, only visable with a Electron Microscope. We can see Bacteria in a High School Microscope after staining forget Viruses. I looked at the N 95 medical mask, the Best Doctors, Nurses have, it has a layered but thin filter paper, compared to the thick Military filter even out of date I'll take the Military Filter and SEALED to the face rubber mask. We cud put a N 95 mask over the intake of the Military mask.

While the product looks like it should do the job, I'm glad I didn't wait until I needed it to put the filters in. The wrestling match watching me do it would be comical if it weren't needed for a serious situation. I quickly came to know that I would be dead from whatever chemical I was exposed to before I got those filters in. Also, the strap to one bag was sewed on twisted.

I just bought 4. They were all in plastic, but when I opened it, looks like it was already used.

Bought two of them a yr ago. They were both brand new, 2 extra lens for each mask, new sealed filters, headgear, carry cases. Filters where a bear to fit into the rubber cheek area but they do fit. Just scream every once in a while!! Good for smoke, burning tires, prob tear gas too. Remember seal on chin first then straps over the head & adjust. 11/16/16.