[Milsurplus] Defuzing the past

[Clare Owens]

Also back in the 60's, I worked on a special topics EE course with an
engineer from the Wurlitzer factory in N. Tonawanda, NY and he told us that
Wurlitzer had manufactured batteries of that sort at that factory for
guided missiles (maybe Nike??).  The room where the pyrotechnic sheets were
cut and assembled into the metal cans caught fire one time and as I recall
he said several assemblers were severely burned.

Clare

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 6:18 AM, Bruce Gentry <ka2ivy at verizon.net> wrote:

> I just returnrd from Israel yesterday, and have been reading these posts.
> We visited a captured Syrian bunker in the Golan Heights surrounded by well
> marked active mine fields. Being young at heart, I wanted to pose for a
> picture as if I were about to lob a big rock over the fence, but descretion
> prevailed and I did not. There is no way I would actually do it, the mines
> are fresh and live, and the IDF would probably get very angry.  On a less
> humourous(?) and more on-topic incident, a friend bought several thermal
> batteries from a scrap yard back in the 60s, and we literally fired one up.
> It got very hot, smoked and fumed, and produced  power for about 15
> minutes.  We knew it would get hot, and took precautions, so it was
> surprising and exciting with a happy outcome. Has anyone seen or used the
> military solid fuel cartridge soldering irons from the 50s and 60s?  These
> are probably equal to a 250 watt electric, an uncle had one with many
> cartridges, and it was great for fixing gutters and other tinsmithing.
>
>   Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
>
>
> On 2/24/15 7:46 PM, Larry wrote:
>
>> When i was stationed in Germany back in the mid-late 60's there were a
>> couple of us guys that would go out bunker hunting.  Bombs, artillery
>> shells, landmines?  We were a bit on the lucky side as we never found
>> anything that dangerous but we were warned about going into an area in
>> France and one up in the area where the Battle of the Bulge had happened.
>> Apparently the locals would hear a big bang occasionally and write off
>> another animal.  Needless to say we took that word seriously.
>>
>> I see a lot of Youtube videos have been posted from souvenir hunters who
>> are still finding an amazing  collection of weapons including things like
>> tanks, aircraft, left behind ammo, grenades and larger caliber stuff in
>> swamps, lakes, forests and other places.
>>
>> Larry
>> W0OGH
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