![]() ![]() Other items too are exaggerated, while bayonets and entrenching tools are also truncated, but in general the kit looks OK. This has happened here with the ammunition pouches, of which there is only room for two on each side rather than the historically accurate three. However Strelets always struggle with small items, and generally make them bigger than they should be. The greatcoat is single-breasted (apart from that of the officer) and is accurate, as is most of the kit. The other indicator, the metal cylinder in which the gas mask was kept, is also worn by most here and again appeared during 1916. The Model 1916 steel helmet, which started appearing in numbers in early 1916, is worn by everyone here, so these men are broadly appropriate for the second half of the war. All are wearing a greatcoat, which obscures the rest of their uniform, so for dating purposes we have just two elements to consider. ![]() Add to that the vagueness of Strelets sculpting and we can confidently say that the men in this set could be wearing any of these masks. The three major types of mask mentioned above have another similarity that is useful to us they all look more or less the same at this sort of scale. Up until now such masks have only appeared on a handful of German figures, so this is the first set to be dedicated entirely to this particularly unsettling subject. All these masks were similar in that they were made up of a rubberised cloth face with two windows for vision plus a filter cylinder that was screwed on. ![]() A combination of technical improvements and difficulties in obtaining materials brought in first the Rahmenmaske and then the Ledermaske. While Germany had been one of the leaders in developing irritant and poisonous gas attacks, it did not have a particularly reliable gas mask until late 1915, when the Linienmaske began to be issued. The first gas masks had been crude and not particularly effective, and there was always the risk that you wouldn’t be able to put the mask on properly before being overwhelmed. All the major combatants of World War I used gas at one time or another, and for most soldiers injury or death by gas was feared much more than by the bullet or shell. ![]()
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