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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Clive Mortimore » 09 Feb 2013 12:24

Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

I think another M1 Sound Locator

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I would agree.
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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Carl Schwamberger » 10 Feb 2013 12:41

Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

Binoculars. Standard equipment ??

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The hand held bonos, and the middle item look like common equipment. The third large device furtherest away looks unfamilar. Maybe I've seen something like it in prewar photos. The artillery battery had one or two of the tripod mounted binoculars as part of their kit, and several hand held. The battalion HQ had more of both. The photo looks like something staged during a artillery training shoot.
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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Sturm78 » 10 Feb 2013 15:26

Thank you, Carl Schwamberger

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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Sturm78 » 01 Apr 2013 12:23

Hi all,

Not exactly a plane, but...... Does somebody know the oficial designation of these US barrage balloons?

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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Takao » 02 Apr 2013 00:33

Type M-1(VLA) Barrage Balloon.

VLA stands for Very Low Altitude.
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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Sturm78 » 02 Apr 2013 09:32

Thank you very much, Takao. :)

Do you know other different models of US barrage balloons ?

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Post by Takao » 02 Apr 2013 18:37

You can look through this PDF, pages 135-146 have blue prints/plans for several of the early-war US D-3, D-4, D-5, and D-6 Types. However, the PDF is not a well scanned copy and some of the writing is almost illegible, if not completely illegible.)
http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/do ... 02-024.pdf

There is also the book - U. S. Army Barrage Balloon Program by James R. Shock
http://books.google.com/books?id=--JOLF ... &q&f=false
http://www.amazon.com/U-S-Army-Barrage- ... 147019662X
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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Sturm78 » 03 Apr 2013 09:35

Thank you very much for your information, Takao. :)

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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Sturm78 » 16 Apr 2013 14:34

Hi all,

Does somebody know the US designation for this telephone cable drum?

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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Takao » 16 Apr 2013 23:56

Probably a DR-4, otherwise a DR-5

RL-27 was the designation for the metal rod the wheel is carried on.
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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Carl Schwamberger » 17 Apr 2013 01:44

"What did you do in the war grandpa?" "Why I was the number two man on a RL-27." :P
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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Sturm78 » 17 Apr 2013 13:10

Thank you very much for your help, Takao. :)

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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Sturm78 » 19 Aug 2013 14:56

Hi all,

A US field periscope. Does anyone know his US oficial designation ?

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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by ROLAND1369 » 19 Aug 2013 16:26

Battery Commanders Telescope M1915a1. Source "Standard Ordnance Items Catalog", 1944, Vol 2.
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Re: Id. US equipment

Post by Sturm78 » 25 Aug 2013 10:52

Thank you very much for your help, ROLAND1369. :)

A WWI-era equipment, therefore, no?

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