From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Tue Jan 20 2004 - 20:59:02 PST
I had one that I sold that had a blue lens. Square type. a p bloom
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From: "chance wolf" <chance_wolf@shaw.ca>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] : Armored Vehicle Interior Light
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> From: "Baker, George R. - Eastman" <grbaker@eastman.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] : Armored Vehicle Interior Light
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> > No, it is the square one with a clear and red lense.
>
>
> They actually come in clear/green as well, and there are three different
> styles: Square, Rectangle and Round. Pretty sure the round ones are the
> oldest and I've been told they're out of late Shermans (though one of our
> M109's has two mounted by the military in its hard cab), where the square
> ones are out of the 50's-80's stuff. The rectangle type I've only seen in
> pictures, but I'd assume they're out of Bradley IFVs or Abrams or
something.
>
> For those who've never seen them, there's a small square green or red
lense
> and a larger rectangular clear lense on each which may or may not have a
> diffuser pattern. The switch is a two-position type, with only the
> 'coloured' (blackout) option able to be selected without first pushing in
a
> button on the switch to defeat the lockout and select the clear light.
> That's for the square type. From what I remember of the 'round' style,
both
> the coloured and clear lenses have the same proportions.
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