Id. US equipment

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Id. US equipment

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Post by Sturm78 » 13 Jan 2010, 14:04

Hi all,

An AA fire US director but...Can anyone identify the model? Perhaps M7 director??? :?

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Post by Cannonade » 20 Feb 2010, 00:34

Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

An AA fire US director but...Can anyone identify the model? Perhaps M7 director??? :?

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Sturm78,

This appears to be an Anti-aircraft Gun Director, M1. This item unit was made in England by Vickers Armstrong, Ltd., and was used with the 3 inch anti-aircraft gun.

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Post by Sturm78 » 26 Jan 2011, 13:34

Hi all,

An US AA sound locator. Does somebody know the US designation of this equipment?

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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Mar 2011, 12:58

Hi all,

Does somebody have any ideas about this equipment? I don`t know if it is US equipment or not.
I'm not sure if the image is of World War II-era or later.

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Post by Sturm78 » 17 Apr 2011, 12:57

Nobody for my last two images?? :(

Well, here an AA rangefinder. I think M1 but I am not sure. In the background a M4 or M7 AA director

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Post by scruffy » 17 Apr 2011, 21:47

the camouflaged thing is an early " listening device " crude ,...but fairly affective , for the early detection of enemy air craft
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Post by Sturm78 » 30 May 2011, 22:25

Hi all,

Another US AA sound locator. Does somebody know the US designation of this equipment?

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US sound locator and searchlight of 62nd Coast Artillery during maneouvres.jpg
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Post by David Reasoner » 01 Jun 2011, 17:41

Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

Another US AA sound locator. Does somebody know the US designation of this equipment?

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Thanks in advance. Sturm78
It is an M1 Sound Locator. According to Coast Artillery field manual FM4-111 of 1940, there were 8 versions of the M1 in service at that time, M1A1 through M1A8. The manual doesn't elaborate on detail differences between versions, though.

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref ... M4-111.PDF

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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Jun 2011, 20:06

Thank you for your link, David. :D

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Post by Sturm78 » 11 Jun 2012, 19:55

Hi all,

Any idea about this equipment?

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Post by Trackhead M2 » 12 Jun 2012, 19:37

Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

Any idea about this equipment?

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Dear S78,
I do not know the specific Signal Corps Radio number but it is a field radio with a hand cranked power generator used by the second GI. In the movie Ensign Pulver the radio is shown in use.
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Post by Carl Schwamberger » 12 Jun 2012, 22:14

I dont recall the model ID either. Maybe I can get to the books later. I do remember the prefered power source was a connection that could use a vehicle electrical system, battery & charging system. Obviously a prefered method for lazy & motor obssesed Americans. A transformer kit for powering off the local grid was in the inventory, but not part of the usual kit. Around a HQ there would usually be a gasoline powered generator to provide juice to the higher powered radios.
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Post by Sturm78 » 11 Jul 2012, 12:02

Hi all,

I think another M1 Sound Locator

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Post by Sturm78 » 07 Feb 2013, 21:24

Hi all,

Binoculars. Standard equipment ??

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Post by Trackhead M2 » 07 Feb 2013, 22:05

Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

Binoculars. Standard equipment ??

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Dear S78,
It looks like assorted artillery spotting scopes.
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