Id. US equipment

[Clive Mortimore]

Hi all,

I think another M1 Sound Locator

Sturm78

I would agree.

[Carl Schwamberger]

Hi all,

Binoculars. Standard equipment ??

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Sturm78

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.

[Sturm78]

Thank you, Carl Schwamberger

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

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

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[Takao]

Type M-1(VLA) Barrage Balloon.

VLA stands for Very Low Altitude.

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much, Takao.

Do you know other different models of US barrage balloons ?

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[Takao]

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

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your information, Takao.

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

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

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[Takao]

Probably a DR-4, otherwise a DR-5

RL-27 was the designation for the metal rod the wheel is carried on.

[Carl Schwamberger]

"What did you do in the war grandpa?" "Why I was the number two man on a RL-27."

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your help, Takao.

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

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

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[ROLAND1369]

Battery Commanders Telescope M1915a1. Source "Standard Ordnance Items Catalog", 1944, Vol 2.

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your help, ROLAND1369.

A WWI-era equipment, therefore, no?

Regards Sturm78