M31 12-Inch Graphical Firing Table (WWII era)

Tuesday February 23rd, 2016 admin

12-Inch Graphical Firing Table is a table series for many kinds of guns and cannon, M31 is for 155mm M1 gun (also known as “Long Tom”). circa FEB, 2, 1945 Manual: TM 9-524 Stock Number Reference: Table, Graphical Firing, M31 Stock No: F1-0088048

IR Transmitter Light

Monday February 22nd, 2016 admin

(description copied from manual)   The enclose Light, IR Transmitter is device to be used as an identification and marking aid for vehicle and personnel ID, convoy operation, mine/obstacles, lanes for helipads, passage point, etc. It can be attached to military vehicle or can be carried by individual soldiers as […]

M256 and M256A1 Chemical Agent Detector Kit

Tuesday February 2nd, 2016 admin

The M256A1 Chemical Agent Detector Kit is used to detect and identify blood, blister and nerve agents present either as liquid or as vapor. May be used to determine when it is safe to unmask, to locate and identify chemical hazards (reconnaissance), and to monitor decontamination effectiveness. The M256 is […]

Medical Instrument and Supply Set Case No.8 (1990)

Friday January 22nd, 2016 admin

Stock Number Reference: Case, Medical Instrument and Supply Set, Nonrigid, No.8 NSN: 6545-01-094-6142 Assign Date: 1980-05-13 NSN Name Qty Unit 6545-01-094-6136 insert first aid kit CASE 1 ea 6505-00-914-3593 povidone-iodine, topical solution USP 1/50 bx 6508-01-265-0079 lipstick ANTICHAP 1/100 pg 6510-00-159-4883 dressing first aid FIELD 2 ea 6510-00-200-3180 bandage GAUZE […]

DT-236 Radiac Detector

Sunday January 3rd, 2016 admin

Inside this black plastic block there is a gamma ray photosensitive glass film, using sensitometry to determine radiation intensity. AN/PDR-75 is the device reading it’s radiation intensity. Stock Number Reference: Name NSN Assigned Date Detector, Radiac 6665-01-043-2191 1977-06-21

Jungle First Aid Pouch (Vietnam War era)

Sunday November 22nd, 2015 admin

Stock number reference: First Aid Kit, Individual FSN: 6545-823-8165 Assign Date: Unknown Content List Name FSN Unit QTY. Case, First Aid Kit, Empty 6545-912-0625 Ba 1 Benzalkonium Chloride Tinc. Tinted, 1:1000, 2cc 6505-299-8183 Bt 1 Sodium Chloride, Sodium Bicarbonate Mix. 4.5 gm, 2s 6505-663-2636 Pg 1 Bandage, Gauze, Compressed, Camouflage. […]

Mattock Set (Modern)

Saturday November 21st, 2015 admin

Stock Number Reference: Mattock NSN: 5120-01-363-3690 Assign Date: 1992-08-28 Components Item NSN Assign Date Handle, Mattock-Pick 5120-01-369-5629 1992-08-28 Carrier, Mattock 5140-01-369-7255 1992-08-28

M1910 T-handle Shovel

Saturday November 21st, 2015 admin

Shown set dated 1942.   Stock Number Reference: Intrenching Tool Intrenching Tool, M-1910 Army Stock Number: 74-S-160   Carrier Carrier, Intrenching Tool, M-1910 Army Stock Number: 74-C-137

M1943 Intrenching Tool

Saturday November 21st, 2015 admin

This M-1943 intrenching tool replaced M-1910 T-handle Shovel. Shown set dated 1945.   Stock Number Reference: Intrenching Tool Shovel, Intrenching, M-1943 Army Stock Number: 74-S-164   Carrier Carrier,Shovel, Intrenching Tool, M-1943 Army Stock Number: 74-C-165

M1910 Pick Mattock

Saturday November 21st, 2015 admin

Shown set dated 1945.   Stock Number Reference: Pick Mattock Pick-Mattocks, Intrenching, M-1910, With Handle Army Stock Number: 74-P-80   Carrier Carrier, Pick-Mattocks, Intrenching, M-1910 Army Stock Number: 74-C-154

M1950 Camp Axe (?)

Saturday November 21st, 2015 admin

Stock Number Reference: Name FSN Axe, Camp M-1950 (?) (Unknown) Carrier, Axe, Camp M-1950 2009-050-201 I haven’t found it’s original handle, so I paired it with a M1910 axe handle instead. The original handle of this axe is much longer than M1910 axe’s. There is something strange with it’s carrier, […]

Collapsible Intrenching Tool

Saturday November 21st, 2015 admin

Shown two circa 1980s and 1990s.   Stock Number Reference: Entrenching Tool, Hand, Folding, Lightweight NSN: 5120-00-878-5932 Assign Date: 1967-09-13