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Tauchretter Air Bottle

Specifications

Tauchretter Air Bottle

Category

Military

Classification

CHENHALL - Personal Objects - Personal Gear - Personal Assistive Objects - Apparatus, Breathing - Tank, Breathing

Object Origin
Date Manufactured:

c. 1940

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: Black painted metal cylindrical canister with a brass-colored metal nozzle. Text embossed on the neck of the cap. Inscription is stamped around the bottle just below the neck. Canister has a slightly domed bottom.

Materials:

metal

Marks: Neck of cap: "AUER" Around bottle: "SAUERSTOFF / 27656 / FULL 150 ATU u 12.7.43 AUER-ORANIENBURG / 751726 1 PRUF225 1TU LEER1.15KG INHO. 4LTR"

Measurements: Object:
    Length: 11 in, Diameter: 2.5 in
    Weight: 3.4 lbs

Credit

Gift of the United States Navy, 54.93.8

Display Status

On Exhibit

Tauchretter Air Bottle

About: Tauchretter Air Bottle

About: Tauchretter Air Bottle

This bottle of compressed air was used with a rebreather to give the user an extra supply of oxygen in the event of emergencies.

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