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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki
Somewhere in the attic I've got several of the 1960s British Army-issue 90-degree flashlights that take a couple of "D"-cells - one was issued to me when I was in the school Cadet-force (and they didn't ask for it back when I left) - the others were in a 'job lot' of stuff I bought from Anchor Surplus a couple of decades back.
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When our daughters were little I bought them a NATO-spec signalling lamp from RS: 6230-99-457-5145 made by Nitech Ltd. I loved such things as a child and I really wanted it for myself.
But dim! Sheesh! It's no more than a signalling or map-reading lamp with a red or green filter: hardly a 'dazzle-me' torch for exploring. I suppose it's better for strategic reasons. It takes a little pea-type lamp with two protruding wires.
I bought a Bardic signalling lamp several years ago and fitted it with an LED. It's ex-MoD NOS and still running it on an original 3R25 (AD28) 4.5V battery that I had in my Ultra Transistor Six 1957 radio, and which are still available.