c/historyporn · by PugJesus@lemmy.world · 2yFrench tanker wearing a British 'splatter mask' to protect against shrapnel/'spalling' in the tank, WW1, 1918 176 points · 12 comments · view on lemmy.world
12 Comments
Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev · 21 pts · 2y
Dystopian as fuck
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 2y
No. That is just wartime PPE
Now, when that becomes standard attire for cybertruck owners? THAT is when we enter a dystopia.
PugJesus@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
It's a very dystopian aesthetic, though. The right mixture of 'crude' and 'industrial'.
Wodge@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
The design is very human.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Pretty much most WW1 combat gear tho.
PugJesus@kbin.social · 13 pts · 2y
Very dieselpunk. WW1 was wild.
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
WW1 was supposed to be The Last War, shame they made it a sequel
Lepsea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
The Great War wasn't so great after all
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
This looks like a zdzislaw beksinski painting
Tangent5280@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Any evidence that they worked?
Bondrewd@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
A metal mask will probably be better than no metal mask. Almost surely for the eyes.
GarytheSnail@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y
Look at them shutter shades.