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a (mostly) invisible difference between my civilian & military Fluke gear
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arcitech:
I realize correlation is not causation, but the only thing that differentiates the center rubber holster from that on the left, and the yellow polymer on the right, is that those two came from the US military. The center holster did not (meter did, original USAF holster is on the left).

Curiously, the person selling a few dozen holsters (I picked up a few) disclosed that they were new and their (meter) customer didn’t want the holsters. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but after flipping up the phosphor disc on a (near-UV?) dive light I’ve got (for making underseascapes a bit of a trip), I noticed this. Searched around a bit, couldn’t find any info. Figured I’d share and maybe ask others with blueshifted wavelengths and a few Flukes in the collection to check and see if they notice anything interesting…
robert.rozee:
it may well be that part of the military acquisition specs that NOTHING fluoresces under UV light. imagine the other side being able to use UV lights to make soldiers in the battlefield light up!

it is probably listed under under the rule, "we do NOT make battleships out of aluminium (or aluminum)"   


cheers,
rob   :-) 
AlfBaz:

--- Quote from: robert.rozee on October 30, 2022, 01:39:40 am ---it may well be that part of the military acquisition specs that NOTHING fluoresces under UV light. imagine the other side being able to use UV lights to make soldiers in the battlefield light up!

it is probably listed under under the rule, "we do NOT make battleships out of aluminium (or aluminum)"   


cheers,
rob   :-)

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If memory serves from my time at Garden Island, the top half of ships like the HMAS Sydney, Darwin etc where made out of an aluminium alloy that was intended to burn up at very high temperatures to incinerate all the top secret gear they had in there...
Then again it could of been a myth, I was only there for a couple of months
 
Fungus:

--- Quote from: AlfBaz on October 30, 2022, 07:43:55 am ---If memory serves from my time at Garden Island, the top half of ships like the HMAS Sydney, Darwin etc where made out of an aluminium alloy that was intended to burn up at very high temperatures to incinerate all the top secret gear they had in there...
Then again it could of been a myth, I was only there for a couple of months

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I doubt they'd make battleships that could be destroyed by a single 50-cal incendiary round.
Wrenches of Death:

--- Quote from: robert.rozee on October 30, 2022, 01:39:40 am ---it is probably listed under under the rule, "we do NOT make battleships out of aluminium (or aluminum)"   

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I had a job in the 1970's removing electronic gear from a couple of USN ships being scrapped. I worked on two cruisers, the Topeka and the Boston. I remember a lot of bulkheads above the main deck as being thick aluminum. Maybe an inch and a half or two inches thick. Oh, add another 1/4 inch for the layers of lead paint. I can still remember the smell of it when cutting bolts and brackets.

WoD


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