BIGREDONE Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Ok peeps as the title says Picked the amp box,leads,head set and back pack in 37 pat. I cant find any reference to this via google. One L strap was marked 1943...but we know that could have been just attached to a later bag. I know the polish sweeper was superceded Help please Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BIGREDONE Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 Also looks like re issed to Danish ? forces due to having their crown stamped in places on box outer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Picture..... Is there a stores code on the backpack? I've got the British No.4A and 6A but never seen any of the Polish ones. Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGREDONE Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 I will take some pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I will take some pictures Many thanks. (I'm trying to track down the various "Satchel Signals", which went up to at least No.12 by the end of WW2, and identify what equipment they were used with. (Obviously the original "Satchel Signals" ZA.6292 is a "multi-purpose part" as it replaced "Bags, Telephone Receiver" and "Cases, Message Book, Mark IV" sometime before 1940. It eventually turned into "Haversacks, No.1", and probably ceased production in the late 1980s.) No.1 is the original Satchel Signals No.2 is the spare battery bag for the WS18 and WS38, etc. No.3 is the backpack (without the wiring harness fitted) for the WS46. No.4 ? No.5 ? No.6 is for the Detector, Mine, No.4 and 4A No.7 is the toolkit for the 60 watt pedal generator used with the WS62 No.8 ? No.9 ? No.10 is the backpack for WS38 Mk.3 No.11 ? No.12 is for the Detector, Mine, No.6A ...did they carry on with special purpose webbing packs after this? Trying to fill the gaps. Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chris Suslowicz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 (edited) Hmm... Pack looks like ZA.22756 (or possibly 86) in the photograph. Amplifier uses ARP12 valves, with 4 x 'X' cells in series-parallel for the filament supply and a 60 volt brick for HT. I assume there are holes in the side and/or bottom of the pack for the cables to fit through? The 5-point "snatch plug" will be to connect the search coil to the amplifier, and I think they had a small (hand held) search coil for close work, and a larger (pole mounted with counterbalance weight) for area sweeping. 1943/1944 sounds about right for age. Chris. p.s. the illustration is almost certainly from the user handbook! http://polishscottishheritage.co.uk/?heritage_item=scotland-the-country-of-the-inventors Edited May 30, 2016 by Chris Suslowicz Found more info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chris Suslowicz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Okay, ZA.22756 it is. The cables come out of the top of the pack, and I assume the flap on the side is to cover an on/off switch or something. Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGREDONE Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 If you look at my 3a polish detector the plugs are different configuration....this what I can't understand....what is a 5a? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGREDONE Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 Okay, ZA.22756 it is. The cables come out of the top of the pack, and I assume the flap on the side is to cover an on/off switch or something. Chris. Its a mystery as no on off switch on battery box.....It must be so rare...perhaps special forces...LOL Im just wondering if it was made in England for another nation to use and the British Army never used this 5a model?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Its a mystery as no on off switch on battery box.....It must be so rare...perhaps special forces...LOLIm just wondering if it was made in England for another nation to use and the British Army never used this 5a model?? Ha! The 6A is special forces (well, Combined Operations, so small and lightweight for paratroops and fully waterproof for the marines) and I've seen several of those. I think the Polish 5A is an improved Polish 3A, with waterproof connectors and using commonly available parts instead of the expensive (and custom) brass connectors on the 3A. There was a war on, if something worked and was needed it would be rushed into production and issued. I wonder if the Poles used odd numbers for their mine detectors and the British used even numbers, just to avoid confusion? The manual page in that historical article is clearly British, and the change of stores code is a hint that it was under rapid revision/development - being switched from "Electric light and power" (Section W) to "Radio & Electronic equipment" (Section Z) - though it may have been a post-WW2 tidyup (I somehow doubt this). The on/off switch is on the hand control box, of course. I am an idiot. I'm now wondering what the flap-covered-hole in the backpack lines up with; Headphone socket? Does your No.3A have a custom backpack? If so: number, please? (As the Operator used to say.) Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGREDONE Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 OK so here we have the bag details of the 3a detector polish On this one there is a on off switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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