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Radiation Meter
Are the kids growing up with pride? Radiating good cheer? You can tell for sure with...What? It’s for nuclear radiation? An old Civil Defense meter? Bummer. Apparently, this OCD radiation meter from the Victoreen Mfg. Co. was made to sniff out the residue of the nuclear holocaust when you emerged from your bomb shelter. Calibrated 5 r/hr (Roentgen) with a X 0.1, X1, X10, X100 sensitivity selector, it runs on (1) “D” battery (not included.) The Civil Defense yellow boxes are about 8” x 4–1/2” x 3–1/2”. It comes with complete instructions for use. The CD V–777–2 includes two 4–1/2” long x 1/2” dia dosimeters and a 2” x 4” x 4” dosimeter charger. This one is used, but it works fine, even if it looks a bit scuffed.
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19071 CDV-777 RAD METER |
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Mystery Surplus Rope
Almost certainly military, but its original purpose is lost. You get (30) feet of 3/16" dia brownish rope with (32) 3-1/4" long papoose-shaped steel wire loops affixed every 10" along (24) feet of it. Could have been to hang equipment between trees, make a bivouac shower stall, harness a huge sled-dog team, or hook-up skinny POWs for a long march. You might string camping lights or wet clothing on it, take a couple of dozen puppies for a walk, or make a really tough stringer for big fish.
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38792 MYSTERY ROPE |
Masks, Gas, Russian
Assembled in the U.S. from Russian parts, anyway. What we have here is a full range of sizes in gas masks for children, although frankly, the smallest of them are really more Yorkshire-terrier sized. New, but surplus, and while they're rated NBC for nuclear/biological/chemical contaminants, they carry absolutely no guarantees. These are to be used as part of a collection, or for costume/novelty purposes. The children's masks come with a 12" long hose, filter tank, defogging pencil, and carrying pouch. The Small is for faces less than 4-1/4" between cheekbones (and less than 3" from the top of the nose to the chin). Medium is for 4-1/4" to 4-1/2" (3" to 3-3/8" top of the nose to the chin).
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37220 CHILD GAS MASK, MD. | |
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37218 CHILD GAS MASK, SM. |
Artillery Takeout
The Australian Army's answer to "Hey, Mate, aim a little higher. Ya hit "B" Company!" This fuze indicator from a '70s artillery piece works like a circular slide rule and determines firing settings for 105 mm shells. It has a 15-3/4" dia aluminum plate sandwiched between (2) 14" dia plates covered with numbers and trajectories, all of which rotate inside a fixed arm. Eminently collectible, and reversible to display Charges 1, 2 and 3 (red and blue trim) or Charges 4 and 5 (orange and green)!
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34300 FUSE INDICATOR |
Underwater Kite
Very cool absolutely useless kite-like thing consisting of a central 19" dia disc and (2) 9 ft. "tails" one emerging from each side of the central disc. The disc is actually a metal hoop. It is covered with a very light, strong non-woven fibrous material that is translucent and extremely porous, allowing water to pass right through it. The tails are made of this same material. We have been told it is some kind of drogue for a chute used with a depth charge. We are also told it was used under water. We surmise it is an underwater drogue used to deploy a detector antenna. But it may just be a toy for Merkids. We think you will find it amusing, and may wish to chop it up and use the cool fabric in your own construction. White or olive drab, our choice.
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30153 DROGUE |
ASC Projector
This 16mm projector is chunky and heavy and big (57 lbs, about 16" x 12" x14" high OA) and shows some wear, but we fired the sucker up, and it worked like a charm! It's AV equipment from the U.S. Army Signal Corps, works on standard 120VAC household current, and has all the normal parts and pieces, including -- but not limited to -- an amplifier, take-up reel, 14-ft power cable, and well-used canvas cover. It also has the only three-pronged plug we ever saw that has a spring-loaded, fold-back ground so it will fit an ungrounded outlet. If you were an AV wonk in school, you'll love it!
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35690 US ARMY PROJECTOR Note: This item is not eligible for Expedited Shipping or delivery to Alaska, Hawaii, or the Territories. |
Hawkeye Pierce's Floor Lamp
Except this one's a lot newer, and from a former Soviet bloc country that no longer exists, which is why we have it. But it's your basic mobile military lamp, in this case made for filling teeth in the field, but perfectly usable for any outdoor surgery, or for bunker-themed decorating. Stands on a 26" wide (at the feet) x 5-feet tall steel tripod with a 39" boom. Has an 8-foot-plus power cord with a Euro plug, a 7-1/2" x 4-1/4" x 2-1/2" power transformer box hanging off the boom, a 5-1/2" x 11-1/2" reflector/lamp housing with a 24V 150W halogen bulb (plus a spare), and a 34-foot power jumper with alligator clips for battery operation. The whole MASH-worthy magilla comes in a 27-1/2" x 14-1/2" x 11-1/2" reinforced wooden carrying case with handles and hasps. Will also take commercially available halogen bulbs.
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37831 FIELD MEDICAL LAMP |
Find Polish Metal!
Search for zlotys on the beach, or just be the first militaria collector on your block with a USSR-era Polish army surplus mine detector. (That's a Polski armia nadwy?ka möj wykrywacz, we think.) Comes complete with (8) feet of pipe (in 2-foot sections) for getting farther from the mines, a 5-foot cord on the headphones, a log-book, a canvas carrying pouch, and a small box wrench. The downside? It's battery operated (and may even come with one or two dead ones) but not by batteries in any size we recognize, so making it operable could be a challenge.
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37923 MINE DETECTOR |
Stake Frites
Direct from the French army, these giant steel tent stakes are scary big. They're T-bars approx 2 feet long x 1-5/8", tapered at one end. A pair of 7/8" dia rods extends 2-3/4" from each side near the top. Large enough for circus tents, or driving through the heart of a really large robotic vampire.
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39506 FRENCH TENT STAKES |
Signal Corps Field Phone
Just like Ike used. The original WWII-to-1967 U.S. Army EE8 Field Telephone (second issue, in an olive drab canvas case). Used surplus. It should still be operational, but, of course, there are no guarantees. It uses a pair of standard "D" batteries, not included, and weighs approx 10 lbs, private. Case is 9-1/2" x 8" x 3" with an adjustable strap and external crank to make its matching phone or a switchboard ring. Handset is the nostalgic Bakelite standard from WWII-era home phones, with a 70" cord. Should work with regular speaker wire. (And as a no-outgoing-calls extension at home.) Lots of specs and instructions on the web.
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39510 FIELD PHONE |
Got North Atlantic Gas?
You'll need this NATO gas mask, M51 model, in an olive drab canvas bag. Lightly used surplus, it includes a definitely-not-guaranteed cartridge filter. Adjustable mask is medium olive drab/brown. The cartridge screws directly into it below the nose, so it's the symmetrical, alien-look, type. Carrying bag measures approx 12" long x 5" x 5" plus shoulder strap and ring clips. Great for Halloween.
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39507 M51 GAS MASK |
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