PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoBritish tanker 'splatter mask' for deflecting shrapnel, WW1, 1917lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down10
arrow-up1106arrow-down1imageBritish tanker 'splatter mask' for deflecting shrapnel, WW1, 1917lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareClevererhans@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·4 days agoDid it actually work?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoYep! Reasonably well, at least. Later tanks would have improved armor that made shrapnel and spalling less common, so after WW1 you generally see tankers only in goggles rather than full face masks.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoIf we still had the problems, we could use stuff from riot armour.
Did it actually work?
Yep! Reasonably well, at least. Later tanks would have improved armor that made shrapnel and spalling less common, so after WW1 you generally see tankers only in goggles rather than full face masks.
If we still had the problems, we could use stuff from riot armour.