22 rifles at 10 years old playing soldier, actually unknowingly preparing for Service. 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. 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 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. Installing the filters is a chore, with a struggle u'll get them in, as combat soldiers we put filters in immediately. Mask was delivered, on time, in wat I'll call "as new condition", with rubber protective powder applied, so was not used. I used this very mask in Vietnam Combat situations!! If the Emergency Broadcast System suddenly warned of some type of an attack, would you want a gas mask? Have spare filters, in thick 'pollution' 12 hrs. I think the best idea is to install the filters and put the mast into multiple zip sealed bags, to keep air out. Would I use this "novelty" in a real emergency? Another about this mask is the difficulty of installing the filters, and once installed, the filters we begin to expire, depending on the 'pollution' in the air. The filters start degrading once exposed to air, so I doubt sealed filters degrade much over time. The filters are expired, but the foil pouch is still vacuum sealed. The filters are packaged in a quality foil wrap with expiration date. These masks are authentic, the one I received seems to be brand new. Yet, this raises the question, should these masks be used as functional gas masks? In my opinion yes, and I understand why BUDK position is that these are sold as "novelty" items or collectibles. Today, I started thinking that maybe I should buy at least one more, because in an emergency sharing is nice. It arrived quickly, and it's in excellent shape. I purchased this mask a few years, to keep with my worst case scenario 'Kit Bag'.
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