Canadian gun tail light

[rob love]

I found a bunch of these at my favorite surplus store today, and right away noted the difference form the British model, which I already have. The lamp itself is made from the standard CMP tail light, notched to give light down to the white circle painted underneath it. Photo is of the best one, the remaining ones were a bit rusty.

[Ron Pier]

And my British one. Ron

[rob love]

A few differences then. The cable on the Canadian one is just the cloth loom over the two wires, while the British one uses wire loom. The Can one has the white circle built as part of the lamp, the British is an add on. And of course, the CMP taillamp on the Cdn version.

[tankbarrell]

The white circle on the British one is not added on, it is just paint like the Canadian one. The bolt is for fixing the lamp itself.

[rob love]

Ah, yes, I see that now. They even dimpled the metal for the bolt.

[Ron Pier]

I thought I might as well take a reference photograph of the back of my Brit lamp with armoured cable. Ron