Yugoslavia M52 M3 Full Gas Mask Kit 1950s for Sale

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Yugoslavia M52 M3 Full Gas Mask Kit 1950s For Sale

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Yugoslavia M52 M3 Full Gas Mask Kit 1950s:
$300.00

🇷🇸 Yugoslavian M-3 or M52 Gas mask kit from 1952 to 1960, the kit contains a red filter, a stockinette hose, a Canvas Bag, and the M52 facepiece.

The manufacturer is Miloje Zakić

The M-3 or M-52 was a cheaper redesign of the M-2 gas mask. The 52 in M-52 stands for 1952, and the 3 in M-3 likely stands for 3rd generation. The M-3 would later be replaced by the M-1 (MC-1) and would only be used in small fractions as civil defense masks.

The M-3’s layout is essentially the exact same as the VZ-35’s layout since it is a copy of it. The only differences between the two are the lack of stockinette (M-2 still has stockinette) and the design change for the exhale cover and tissot tubes, with the M-3’s exhale cover having large curved slits and no holes and tissot tubes running on the side of the facepiece instead of the middle.

The harness is made out of grey stretchable canvas, with the headharness being made out of a material with a rubber padding stitched onto it.The headharness may have a number, and the number stands for size. Size 1 is small, size 2 being medium, and size 3 being large.

The rubber faceblank only has 3 rubber stamps. They are a size stamp, a “PAZ” stamp, and a star with both terms of the mask. The size stamp is located in between the two lenses right over the Tissot-tubes. Like the VZ-35, the mask does feature a neck-strap, also made out of grey canvas.

PAZ seems to mean Protiv-avionska zaštita (Anti-Aircraft defense). Grey M-3s were early production, and the black ones were later production. Olive green/green painted exhale covers and lenses mean that the mask is a military issue, and black/grey painted exhale covers and lenses mean civilian issues.