was re-blancoing my kit today and noticed the handle of my trenching tool was looking rather sorry for itself so i thougth rub it down re-stain and out with the linseed oil.it was as i was in the process of said work when i noticed that on the opposite end to where the blade is fitted there is this odd fitting and i was wondering if anybody knew what it was for.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
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Its to attach a no4 bayonet to.
Allegedly for mine probing.
It does mark the helve out as being late to post war (late as in around 1943 onwards) IIRC.
Bit of a discusssion as to whether they saw much service and as to the exact date they became common issue.
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cheers mate ,my guess would have been to fit another pole for a tent.its 44 dated so your spot on with the date .thanks for the info .
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
Gadge is close, but one year out. They were introduced mid' 1944.
More info in this thread here: http://www.ww2airsoft.org.uk/php/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=11048 (One Page 2 of the thread, I posted up the definitive answer quoting from the old Stores Code registries)
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so mine'sw from first year of issue, cool.and once again thanks
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
