Identify this Mystery Rebreather

[The Publisher]

See if you all can identify this mystery rebreather. I personally have no idea. I can see it has abbreviated over the shoulder counterlungs and a BOV I don't recognize, but have a go at it.

[h2odragon1]

Homebuild??

[Lumikuru]

I'm just guessing here, but it looks a little like SC Viper with BOV. I'm not saying it is, it just look like. A bit. Viper is a military unit, used to cleare mines. I think it's canadian.

[The Publisher]

The Viper SC does have that gizmo on the diver's right side that sort of reminds me vaguely of the KISS valve....maybe you're onto something



photo credit: Anttila

[Lumikuru]

You mean oxygen manual add valve. Yeah, that was the thing that got me wondering too. But the thing about military rebreathers is, that they often come custombuild.

[The Publisher]

Well, I would be surprised to find out a military rebreather would have a KISS 02 addition valve....so I called it a gizmo....the catch-all phrase! ;) You would think the military would be about task loading reduction......

[Lumikuru]

I tend to be bit litteralminded:o. And I don't think it's same as KISS's manua O2 valve. It just looks the same. The gizmo I mean. Where did you get the photo? It might help.

[Lumikuru]

Oh, on the task loading. I'm thinking somekind of plan B (as in backup).

[The Publisher]

That makes sense.....I don't know where the photo came from, we get so many forwarded to us each month, but I think it was a government article in Singapore.