discussion The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre and a quick stop at Coningsby.

[Guest]

Just heard back from the centre, its a 1950 Volvo !

They said it came with the searchlight.

John.

 

[Allen Dewire]

Hey John,

At least I was right on two points, post war and not a GMC product. Funny that it would come with the searchlight as Sweden were neutral during WWII. Maybe it was a thrown together post war deal with the Swedes using the German searchlight for something and the Volvo powering it when used...….

At least you got to the bottom of it. The 60cm searchlight was the basis for the Infrared light version used to illuminate the battlefield for the night vision goggles and scopes. Thanks for the pics and one day I will get back to that project for sure!

Prost
Allen

 

[Steve Jones]

Great detective work DI Race. A lot of us will be able to sleep more easily now you have come up with the answer

 

[Guest]

Great detective work DI Race. A lot of us will be able to sleep more easily now you have come up with the answer

:smiling3::smiling3:Steve, you know it really bugged me, most things had some sort of explanation on them or a name plate. I was not going to let it rest. I'd all ready spent half the night trying to find out, esp after Dude 1 said it wasn't German.:nerd:

JR



Hey John,

At least I was right on two points, post war and not a GMC product. Funny that it would come with the searchlight as Sweden were neutral during WWII. Maybe it was a thrown together post war deal with the Swedes using the German searchlight for something and the Volvo powering it when used...….

At least you got to the bottom of it. The 60cm searchlight was the basis for the Infrared light version used to illuminate the battlefield for the night vision goggles and scopes. Thanks for the pics and one day I will get back to that project for sure!

Prost
Allen

Dude 1. hi the power came from the genset , it was stored on the back of the truck, if you look at that superb video you can see it, the Germans certainly knew how the design and make things. In the Motherland they would have used a large candle and a mirror :smiling3:..

PM in bound tonight.

Dude 2