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From US DoD website. Text with the picture:

XM50/51 Joint Service General Purpose Mask (JSGPM)

Description:

The JSGPM will be a lightweight, protective mask system (consisting of mask, carrier and accessories) incorporating state of the art technology to protect U.S. forces from anticipated threats. The mask components will be optimized to minimize impact on the wearer's performance and to maximize its ability to interface with future Service equipment and protective clothing.

Mission:

Provide face, eye, and respiratory protection from battlefield concentrations of Chemical and Biological (CB) agents, toxins, toxic industrial materials, and radioactive particulate matter.

User:

All Services - Replaces the M40/42 and MCU-2/P Series Masks, and the M45 in the Land Warrior Program.

Target Capabilities: - Provide 24 hours of above the neck protection from CB agents, radioactive particles, and toxic industrial materials - Overall field of view 80% - Inhalation resistance 30 mm water - Compatible with current and co-developmental CB garments

Target Improvements over the M40/42, MCU-2/P, and M45:

- Reduced weight and bulk - Lower breathing resistance - Improved equipment compatibility - Improved and increased periods of protection

[edit] Licensing

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of 17 U.S.C. § 105. See Copyright.

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