Original French WWI Appareil Respiratoire Spécial Special Breathing Apparatus ARS Gas Mask With Filter and Canister - Mask Still Pliable Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets The field pack's placement at

The field pack's placement at the rear of the pistol belt led to it being referred to colloquially as the "butt pack

There is also some cracking to the rear of the butt stock next to the butt plate

picked him up and hugged him

but never ended up being activated

makes one pint of drinking water

Original French WWI Appareil Respiratoire Spécial Special Breathing Apparatus ARS Gas Mask With Filter and Canister - Mask Still Pliable Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets The field pack's placement atOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1916, the French military began experimenting with copying and upgrading the GM15. Originally the prototype that would become the ARS, known as the MCG, had a faceblank made from a layer of rubberized cloth and no Tissot deflectors. Because of fogging and the inability of the mask to resist tear gas, the MCG was updated to include Tissot deflectors and a backing of cloth boiled in linseed oil. Also added to the