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| “ | Protects against poison gas. | „ |
| — In-game description |
A piece of equipment designed to protect the player from Gas Grenades and its deadly cloud of gas, which can easily kill a player. The gas mask requires a gas mask filter in order to be effective.
Description[ | ]
The Gas Mask is an essential self defense tool against Green Ash. It is obtained via production in a Factory. When equipped, it grants a player complete immunity to the gas. The gas mask consumes Gas Mask Filters when filtering green ash. The gas mask starts without filter. When you equip an empty gas mask, it automatically loads any filter in your inventory into the mask. When the gas mask's current filter is depleted one of the spare filter in your inventory is automatically consumed to replenish the gas mask's filter. The Player model reflects the Mask being equipped. One green ash grenade consumes 90% of a filter if inside the cloud for its full duration (60% if friendly gas).
When you're wearing a gas mask, a tiny mask icon will appear under your stamina bar, with the color of that icon gives you information:
: No Filter equipped- : Filter equipped
- : Filter equipped but nearly empty
Tactics[ | ]
Despite infantry being a major target for gas grenades, it is discouraged for your average frontline infantry to wear them due to being able to die really quickly, which can rapidly deplete the valuable equipment.
If you are in a scenario where a gas mask is required, always have it equipped in order to prevent yourself from quickly dying from gas grenades.
The best use for gas masks would be for vehicles, like tanks and field guns. Due to these vehicles being high priority targets on the battlefield, they can easily be decrewed by spamming a ton of gas grenades on them. In order to prevent that chance from happening, it is recommended that crews have a gas mask equipped and a bunch of gas mask filters in your inventory, as those can be depleted quite rapidly in certain combat scenarios.
Historical Reference[ | ]
The gas masks in Foxhole appear to be based on the GM 1917 used by the Imperial German Army in the First World War.
Gallery[ | ]
The gas mask when equipped
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