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French tanker wearing a British 'splatter mask' to protect against shrapnel/'spalling' in the tank, WW1, 1918 (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any evidence that they worked?

[โ€“] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

A metal mask will probably be better than no metal mask. Almost surely for the eyes.