Cant imagine anybody using this. Especially in offensive millitary settings. Must be claustophobic as well as being dependant on somebody else pumping in fresh air to you. The amount of dangers are unreal, yet people dared to use these. In the air you could eject and use a parachute on the way down, but here ther is no escape. How did people dare to use these?? Any recorded accidents with these things?? (Other than pressure sickness-related things)
>>3332234
You should read 'Descent Into Darkness,' it's about the Pearl Harbor salvage divers. Quite a few died, oddly more civilian divers than navy ones, but its amazing how they were able to work at all down there.
The air line isn't just for breathing but provides buoyancy to the suit itself, so losing air for whatever reason also results in the full weight of the suit and helmet transferring to the dude already scrambling to surface or unkink his lines.
Also a comical instance of a diver finally reaching the bottom only to discover a spider in his helmet.