[GreenKeys] Grey TT-4A

[Duncan Brown]

I agree that it is a poor paint job.  My first thought when I saw it, 
was that an individual (not a military organization) had repainted them 
to match a TT-98 or TT-119.

Look again at pictures 15 & 16: *http://tinyurl.com/733qzeh*

1) The TT-4A chassis was removed from the base and the whole base was 
painted grey. An individual probably would not have gone to that much 
trouble just to match the covers.

2) Although one TT-4A has the standard (concave) base, but without the 
hooks;  the one in pictures 15 & 16 has a different, CONVEX base!

Maybe painted grey for the Air Force??

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Nick - Yes, the TT-4 was designed & built by Kleinschmidt Laboratories 
Inc.  The TT-4 family & TT-76 were olive-drab, all the other KLI 
versions (TT-98, TT-119, TT-178, etc) were all grey.

Dave - The TT-4As were still around in 1967.  We had 4 TT-4Cs in our 
commo hut in RVN, and they were pretty well beat.  Our OIC was able to 
work a deal to get them replaced with "new" ones, but what we got were 
"reconditioned" TT-4As.

Duncan
K2OEQ



On 06-Jan-12 09:39, riceboxjim wrote:
> Dude
>
> Look closely to the BAD paint job
>
> Since when can you buy grey thumb nuts ?
>
> Below - my TT-4A
>
> The guy probably broke off the extensions on the base - given his 
> expertise as a master painter
>
> NOT!
>
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