The mystery milsurp special tool thread.

[marks 36 hamon]

FNC1 firing pin protusion guage

 

[koldt]

OK, here's about the only other mystery tools I can find.

 

[stencollector]

It wouldn't be used for preloading recoil springs in the recouperator would it?

(wild ass guess #2 and counting)

So close I'll give it to you. After the techs have worked on the recuperators, they winch back the recoil (usually with a come-along, but they get fancy hydraulic powered jobbys to pull back the really big guns) to purge any air out of the oil. Once you have the system pulled back, you whack the release on the illustrated tool, and the jaws open up. The gun then slides back into battery.
Gunasaurus will correct me if I have it wrong. I wasn't a gunplumber myself, but owned a couple during operations or excersises. (every man should own one or two just to fill the 2AM to 4AM shift on sentry )
The illustrated tool goes back to the days of the 25pdr, and they are still in use with the C1 howitzers.

Mark has the FNC1 firing pin protrusion gage right

 

[Cocked&Locked]

So close I'll give it to you.

I wasn't a gunplumber myself, but owned a couple during operations or excersises. (every man should own one or two just to fill the 2AM to 4AM shift on sentry )


The illustrated tool goes back to the days of the 25pdr, and they are still in use with the C1 howitzers.

Reading about the 25pdr's started my intrest in artillery, I'd love to play with one ( I wonder what 12- bs you need to own artillery?)

That 2am-4am comment is sooo evil, , I can almost here techs everywhere drawing machete's to come hunting you

 

[stencollector]

That 2am-4am comment is sooo evil, , I can almost here techs everywhere drawing machete's to come hunting you

If they are, it's their pent up hostility at believing it's true.

Usually, the workshop is run by a vehicle tech, so in order to keep vehicle production up, if any unit tasks come up (ie: go pick up the COs wifes garden clippings) these are usually passed over to the ancillery section(weapons techs). On top of that, the weapons techs, besides working on small arms, mortars, and howitzers, also get to repair all the coleman stoves and lanterns, the hydraulic systems on vehicle maintenance equipment like floor jacks and cranes, they fix the propane systems on the field kitchens, re-key locks and security containers, and, as if that wasn't enough, they get to do all the engraving on trophies and keychains for the unit. The only saving grace for the weapons techs is that they are no longer on the bottom of the foodchain....they usually control the material techs.

Right gunplumberr?

 

[Cocked&Locked]

The only saving grace for the weapons techs is that they are no longer on the bottom of the foodchain....they usually control the material techs.

Right gunplumberr?

Bwaaa ha ahahahaha! Its true! Sh@T runs downhill.

 

[Dimitri]

The only saving grace for the weapons techs is that they are no longer on the bottom of the foodchain....they usually control the material techs.

Now that just makes this guy who is doing machining in college feel good since he was thinking about after college to join as a material tech for a few years.

Dimitri

 

[PerversPépère]

Optics

I think it is a spanner wrench set for working on starlight scopes; the one on top is the ring wrench.
PP.

 

[PerversPépère]

It's a lee. The american version has a small coupola with a .50 mounted in it. The brits took it off to lower the already high profile.

The crews realized fast that this tank was very much outdated.
One of its numerous drawbacks was that the rivets used for the armor plate became projectiles when struck by a shell and killed the crew members inside.
PP.

 

[gunplumberr]

If they are, it's their pent up hostility at believing it's true.

Usually, the workshop is run by a vehicle tech, so in order to keep vehicle production up, if any unit tasks come up (ie: go pick up the COs wifes garden clippings) these are usually passed over to the ancillery section(weapons techs). On top of that, the weapons techs, besides working on small arms, mortars, and howitzers, also get to repair all the coleman stoves and lanterns, the hydraulic systems on vehicle maintenance equipment like floor jacks and cranes, they fix the propane systems on the field kitchens, re-key locks and security containers, and, as if that wasn't enough, they get to do all the engraving on trophies and keychains for the unit. The only saving grace for the weapons techs is that they are no longer on the bottom of the foodchain....they usually control the material techs.

Right gunplumberr?

you got her..I had 2 tentmakers under my wing......life was good

 

[Cocked&Locked]

The crews realized fast that this tank was very much outdated.
One of its numerous drawbacks was that the rivets used for the armor plate became projectiles when struck by a shell and killed the crew members inside.
PP.

True, but the 75mm sponson gun made up for that somewhat by being able to engage most german armour succesfully at longer ranges then the 2pdr's they'd had to date were able to. They where also generally more mechanically reliable then the british armour. Oh, and there where lots and lots of them, and as was once said, quantity has a quality all it's own.

 

[stencollector]

Now that just makes this guy who is doing machining in college feel good since he was thinking about after college to join as a material tech for a few years.

Dimitri

If you are taking machinest training, you want to go airforce. There you will get to use those skills.
A mat tech is a jack of all trades. He has more jobs than the weapons techs. He gets to: Weld, work with metal, some sheet metal work, sandblast, sew and fabricate with cloth, minor carpentry, repair NBCW(gas mask) systems, repair helmets, repair modular tent arches, paint, and finally, do some minor machinework. But when I say minor, I mean at best operate a drill press. Most field units do not even get even brake lathes, and are luck if they get a pan brake or a shear.
As the bottom of the food chain, they also get to : park cars during airshows, 2am to 4 am sentry, and christmas duty NCO.
But I digress. Here is the next special tool:

Koldt, since we talked about this one the other day, mum's the word.

 

[koldt]

I think it is a spanner wrench set for working on starlight scopes; the one on top is the ring wrench.
PP.

PP, you're about 97% correct. They are for the FNC1 night vision. But it was NOT for the starlight/PVS502. It is for the Infrared. Both of the wrenches are for the objectives.

 

[green]

Looks similar to a tool for weighing LE striker springs.

 

[stencollector]

Looks similar to a tool for weighing LE striker springs.

Nope
Wrong generation of guns.

 

[Cocked&Locked]

It "looks" like the wrench I use for tightening the collets on my die grinder

PS this is a fun thread! 5 bannana rating

 

[stencollector]

Sterling/SMG C1 buttstock spring removal/installation tool.

Here it is on one of those pimped out crinkle finish sterlings.
That was a tough one. There just isn't that much info on the net for the SMGs.
So heres a real easy one to make up for it.

 

[Cocked&Locked]

A marlin spike from the HMS Victory?

 

[koldt]

Scabbard mandrel? C1?

 

[stencollector]

Scabbard mandrel? C1?

You got her again. Used for knocking out minor dents on the scabbard bodies. Well, too cold to head out to the workshop now, so the next tools will have to wait until morning.