by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
gb Oxymax-3 by Submarine Products The Oxymax 3 is a oxygen closedcircuit capable of using oxygen and oxygen/helium mixtures. The unit has a build in open circuit regulator by means of an demand valve placed in the mouthpiece. De unit was build by Submarine Products in...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
gb au X-craft Midget Submarines Watchkeeper-suit In March 1942, the the story of the X-craft submarines began with Job 82. Job 82 was the order to build two midget Submarines code-named D.235 and D.236. The two prototypes were later named X3 and X4 with which the name...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
gb Siebe Gorman Beach Recovery Suit Robert Davis book Deep Diving and Submarine operations refers to the Beach Recovery Suit as used in the Normandy beach landings. The suit has great similarities with the Salvus diving pattern 3485 however it is equipped with a...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
gb The ATEA This small oxygen device was used during World War II to allow tank crews to escape from a sunken tank. The DD tank was an amphibious tank capable of floating by raising a collar. In case the amphibious action failed, the sherman tank would sink. The crew...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
gb The Human Torpedo Sladen Suit MK II The Human Torpedo is equipment consisting of a Sladen suit and an MKII Amphibian Siebe Gorman &Co rebreather. The diving suit, called Sladen Suit, gets its name from programme leader Geoff Sladen. The rebreather is a Davis...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
gb THE EARLY UNITS OF SIEBE GORMAN and DUNLOP The amazing picture above has been the result of artificial (color) intelligence and pure knowledge of Peter Jackson. The Picture taken mid 40s at Tolworth Chessington outside the building which housed the diving tank in...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
gb The Amphibian MKIIa diving apparatus The half-hour device Amphibian MK II a is a gerslot oxygen rebreather used for special operations, diving in sewers, shallow water diving and whith motorised submersible canoeing. The unit is equipped with an over-the-shoulder...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
gb The development of the frogman in and before WWII The Amphibian series of closed diving systems have been developing since before the Second World War. The striking equipment is seen in many photographs and is often difficult to distinguish in its various versions....
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
gb Universal oxygen and mixgas non magnetic diving set The CDBA or Clearance Diving Breathing Apparatus is a diving system for use with oxygen or with Mixture gases. The system has been in use by a number of countries including the English, Australian, Canadian and...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
gb Fire brigade & Mine Rescue Oxygen rebreather THE “LUNGOVOX” SELF-CONTAINED OXYGEN BREATHING APPARATUS LUNG-GOVERNED TYPE The “ Lungovox,” Self-contained Breathing Apparatus, carried wholly on the back, embodies a Reducing Valve and a Lung-governed device which...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
gb Fire brigade & Mine Rescue Oxygen rebreather Fire brigade version with FFM and whistle The Minox was developed as an “inspection” apparatus, to enable untrained mines inspectors or managers to wear as it was fully automatic, being accompanied by a full rescue...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX GER
de The Dräger TR60, tauchretter The Tauchretter TR60 is, in the series of tauchretter developed over the years, the first to use a Nitrox mix EAN 50, allowing it to be used at greater depths. In the TR series, the TR60 is a device with pendulum breathing, i.e. the...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX GER
de The Dräger TR66, tauchretter The tauchretter TR66 belongs in the range of tauchretters TR60, TR66 and TR75. The TR66 is a semi-closed system which uses a nitrox 50 mixture. The unit is specified for depths of up to 40 metres. As part of the mixture escapes through...
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de The Norwegian 1957 Norge I Starting in 1957, Dräger, responding to a request from the Norwegian Navy, developed a variant of the successful “Lieutenant Lund II.” This new version, named the “NORGE,” was designed by Gerhard Haux, an engineer in Drägerwerk’s...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database SCR Germany
de The Dräger Tramix firefighter nitrox SCR In 1992, Dräger developed a replacement for the Travox and BG-174, which were to be discontinued. The new Tramix, replacing the Travox, offers an extended protection time of at least two hours, theoretically up to four hours...
by Jan Willem Bech | Vademecum
What configurations do we know for carrying breathing gas? When diving with a rebreather or with open-circuit systems, the choice of how a dive cylinder is carried will often not be an issue. In normal sport diving, the diver often carries the cylinder on his back....
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX GER
de “Lieutenant Lund“ This fantastic article about the history of the Lt Lund I and Lt Lund II and Lt Lund III rebreather is written and published by Helmut Knüfermann. It is with great pleasure that I am able to offer the readers of my website this fantastic...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX GER
de “Lieutenant Lund“ This fantastic article about the history of the Lt Lund I and Lt Lund II rebreather is written and published by Helmut Knüfermann. It is with great pleasure that I am able to offer the readers of my website this fantastic story thanks to...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX GER
de This article was written in 2020 by Michael Müller resident of Germany. It is therefore with pleasure that I received permission from him to translate his original article written in German and publish it on my website! Author: Michael Müller2020 A technically...
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de Rettungsgerät für ertrunkene Schwimmer In 1926, Dräger introduced the Bade-tauchretter 1926 rescue device. The device is the successor to the very early introduced device Baderetter 1913 of which, unfortunately, no information can be found. It was supposedly...
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de Dräger Heeresatmer War Machine of the Second World War This comprehensive page deals with the Heeresatmer or translated as the breathing apparatus of the army. The breathing apparatus was developed between 1934 and 1936 through a collaboration between Auer and...
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de Dräger model BG 172 The successor to model BG 170-400 The Dräger device model 172 was designed by Dräger in 1956. BG stands for Bergbau – Gerät. The breathing apparatus features a lever that activates a metering valve at a certain point during inhalation. The...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX GER
de Dräger model BG 174 The successor to model BG 172 The BG-174 oxygen protection device is a back-portable device with a semi-open design. It replaced the devices of the Dräger model BG-170/400 and model BG 172 series. Approval 1966Design 1963 Manual BG...
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de Dräger model BG 170-400 The successor to model BG 160 The Dräger BG 170/400 is a special breathing device for miners. It lets them breathe fresh gas even in dangerous environments because it recycles the gas they exhale. Unlike older models like the BG 1924 and BG...
