[Milsurplus] One more Eb*y find
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org
Sun Oct 24 23:57:47 EDT 2004
> A "code wheel" for the day was placed on the end of the shaft in
> dynamotor to allow change of the unit's ID. The story goes before these
> units got to the field they were concealed because of concerns about the
> poor security of the system. Each unit was built on a special magnesium
> chassis and had several small electrically controlled destruct charges
> installed.
One of these days I am going to see if I can light an junker ABA-1 on
fire, just for fun. I think some of the parts are magnesium - they seem
too light for aluminum.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org
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