Willyslancs Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Anyone out there tell me anything about this lamp please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 I can't tell you much other than Eisemann are better known for their magnetos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 I can't help either but that looks an interesting shelf........! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 It has a NATO stock number under the makers name, so that dates it, in other words, it is not WW2 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 its ok its not ww2 , was just wondering ........ cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schliesser92 Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 The "12" indicates that it was codified by the Germans. I'll ask a Bundeswehr friend of mine what he knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 The "12" indicates that it was codified by the Germans. I'll ask a Bundeswehr friend of mine what he knows. That would be great cheers ! would look good on the munga then if it is ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schliesser92 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) I asked some of my colleagues who were in the Bundeswehr some time ago and here are the results: 1) a para - never saw them! 2) a tankie - remembers them, but can't seem to remember where they were used. He used to drive a Hotchkiss ambulance and had one stowed in the back. 3) a panzer-grenadier - remembers them too, had two stowed in his Marder. Consensus: it wasn't fixed on a vehicle, rather stowed to provide lighting when required, such as lighting up helipads. It was used free standing. I'm on duty with a different bunch tomorrow and will interrogate a couple of other ex-Bundeswehr guys. From what one guy said - it ties in with the "Munga Era" ie the initial series of Bundeswehr vehicles. Edited December 15, 2009 by schliesser92 extra info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 thats great mate , thanks for asking ............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schliesser92 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I've just got off the 'phone to an old ex-Bundeswehr (well civvy contractor actually) relation of mine who worked at the Panzer school in Munsterlager. He says the things were used a lot for guard duties (not unlike carrying a bardic lamp) in the "old days", eventually being replaced by proper torches, and now they use a security firm (with Maglites !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schliesser92 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Conversations with other colleagues proved the above point. They were not part of a vehicle CES, although the engineer versions of the Unimog S404B and Mercedes-Benz LG315 carried a substantial number. They were used carried or free standing and were not mounted on or stowed in a vehicle. They are not rare, a lot are in private hands, having been "liberated" from their former owners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 If I have read the NSN correctly as 6230-12-124-8775, it comes up as LATERNE, ELEKTRISCH BUNDESANT FUER WEHRTECHNIK 6230-020-2 I assume that number is a design spec a bit like a FV number. The manufacturer looks to be Bosch with part numbers: KEB130-1G 7782103002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schliesser92 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 (edited) The lamp was produced by Eisemann (see photo). Eisemann was taken over by Metallwarwenfabrik Gemmingen, Industriestrassec 1, D-75050 Gemmingen. They still produce generators and lamps under the Eisemann label. Edited December 18, 2009 by schliesser92 typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 (edited) Yes I can see Eisemann in the photo, I thought perhaps there might have been some company amalgamation. I must have got the NSN wrong. It was the last 4 digits which were the problem. Has anyone got better eyesight? Edited December 18, 2009 by fv1609 speeling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schliesser92 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 looks like yo got it right, and Laterne, elektrisch is also right (electric lantern). The Bundesamt for Wehrtechnik equates to our MoD Procurement agency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 cheers for the information guys............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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