Canadian Cold War re-enactment information

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Straight and angle head 2-D cell flashlights are what I remember. Slider ON OFF and a third setting for a Morse Code button. They came in green, black and yellow. The bulb fitted into a clever wire holder and was almost indestructible that way. The butt cap unscrewed for a selection of red, white, blue and clear filters. Used judiciously, the batteries lasted many days.

The Op East Wind site states, only one particular US manufacturer is acceptable. Hmm? No. I recall reading Mine Safety Associates on some of mine. Same company that makes respirator filters.

[maple_leaf_eh]

There is a late 80's Germany biography by an RCR soldier, James Davis, called, "The Sharp End". He was in recce platoon. One ex the colonel had the companies attacking the wrong hill. Cpl (or MCpl) Shinglefoot comes up on net and in clear tells Niner he's doing things wrong. A colleague of mine was also in recce platoon and listening to the net too, and he tells the same story.

After his retirement, Shinglefoot goes on to write a book about his time in Germany. One piece of kit he mentions is the stealth suit which he likened to a personal weather forcefield - nothing except heavy weather could stop the guys. The writer went a little off-plumb when he mused about why pay expensive Canadians when Ghurkas or other mercenaries could do just as good a job.

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Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

Straight and angle head 2-D cell flashlights are what I remember. Slider ON OFF and a third setting for a Morse Code button. They came in green, black and yellow. The bulb fitted into a clever wire holder and was almost indestructible that way. The butt cap unscrewed for a selection of red, white, blue and clear filters. Used judiciously, the batteries lasted many days.

The Op East Wind site states, only one particular US manufacturer is acceptable. Hmm? No. I recall reading Mine Safety Associates on some of mine. Same company that makes respirator filters.

The straight or angle head 2 D cell flashlights in green, black or yellow were the US pattern flashlights. And in the area under those spare filters rested a spare PR2 light bulb in case the main one burned out. Many guys never knew the spare was there. I recall them having some kind of certification seal that they were safe for use in mines...never paid much attention to it. But I believe they are considered the US pattern of flashlight. Earlier models did not have the plastic guards around the switch, that was a later change up.