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Russian army will be supplied with a newly designed gas mask

A new gas mask is being designed for the Russian army and will be supplied in the framework of the new state armaments program, head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection force Major-General Igor Kirillov told reporters.
     
A new gas mask is being designed for the Russian army and will be supplied in the framework of the new state armaments program, head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection force Major-General Igor Kirillov told reporters. PMK-5 Gas mask (photo: Vitaly Kuzmin)
     
"The design of a new army gas mask created with modern polymeric materials is nearing completion at present. After its acceptance in the framework of the state defense order and state armaments program the gas mask will be purchased and supplied to the troops," he said. The replacement of existing gas masks will take time. The program has been approved and "will be successfully implemented in the coming years," Kirillov said.

"In future the design of a principally new radiation, chemical and biological protection helmet will begin. It is an integrated system of protection from chemical and thermal adverse factors. Actually a gas mask will be combined with an armored helmet," Kirillov said. The perspective respiration protection system will become a component of combat survivability gear of servicemen.
     
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