PBF Gas Mask Russian Soviet Military Officer

Description

PBF Gas Mask White. Russian Original Soviet military surplus. Unused mask kit. Complete. PBF masks were issued for officers and other higher military ranks. Also known as “gorilla”, “hamster”, “pig”.
Adopted in 1973. Although the operating time of the Hamster filters does not exceed 20 minutes, the PBF is still popular in the army, especially among tankers and paratroopers. The absence of protruding parts makes the gas mask very convenient for running, parachuting and shooting. The gas mask does not have a heavy and bulky filter box, which interferes with the cramped tank or when firing from small arms. In PBF it is easy to run, it does not constrain movements. The eyeglass unit provides a good overview, the glasses do not fog up due to the suction cup. The intercom allows you to communicate when wearing a gas mask without distortion of speech. The gas mask is compact and reliable. There are two disadvantages of this device – a small resource of filtering elements (20 minutes) and the inconvenience of replacing them (it is needed to turn the gas mask inside out to do it).