[Milsurplus] RMCA LF Regen AR-8503

[Ken Kinderman]

I can undersand obscuring the nameplate to hide production info, but after
the war?

Ken
W2EWL

On Sun, Aug 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM Hubert Miller via Milsurplus <
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I have some RU GF equipment that has the SN defaced by using a small drill
> bit on the individual numbers. I had a statistics class decades ago and the
> instructor said the Allies in WW2 got some worthwhile idea of German AFV
> production by analyzing nameplates. I thought "Wow, interesting" at the
> time but now i think it was just BS to inject an interesting item to the
> class. I do not think there's any actionable info in some German nameplate
> or for that matter, RUGF equipment. If you have seen any 'clandestine'
> equipment you quickly see that the SNs have some unknown number offset and
> are totally bogus for any useful info.
> -Hue Miller
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