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Submarine escape sets had a mouthpiece, so the user had to also wear a [[noseclip]] to prevent breathing water through the nose. The endurance of a submarine escape set was between 15 and 45 minutes.{{cn|date=August 2023}}
====Open circuit escape breathing apparatus====
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==Applications==
[[File:US Navy 030312-N-0068T-036 Fireman Charles Phillips uses an Emergency Escape Breathing Device (EEBD) as he climbs up the emergence escape trunk while conducting a main machinery space fire drill.jpg|thumb|US Navy [[Emergency Escape Breathing Device]] (EEBD)]]
Escape breathing apparatus are a class of self contained atmosphere supplying or air purifying breathing apparatus for use in emergencies, intended to allow the user to pass through areas without a breathable atmosphere to a place of relative safety where the ambient air is safe to breathe. These are ambient pressure systems, and include:
*[[Helicopter escape set]]
*[[Mine escape set]]
*[[Submarine escape set]]
*[[Amphibious Tank Escape Apparatus]]
*[[Smoke hood]]
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The small open-circuit scuba [[Helicopter Aircrew Breathing Device]] has the similar purpose of providing breathing gas to escape from a ditched helicopter.
==History==
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*''{{Interlanguage link multi|Haie und kleine Fische|de}}'' (controlled exit from a sunk submarine).{{cn|date=August 2023}}
*''[[In Enemy Hands (film)|In Enemy Hands]]'' (To survive a prolonged submersion while under attack by a destroyer){{cn|date=August 2023}}
▲|File:Immersion Suite.JPG|Russian submarine-escape suit including a [[rebreather]].
==Certification==
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