> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 11:27:51 -0000
> From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Naval museums now
>
> An interesting read Terry - and possibly not OT. Over here in UK the MoD
> have been selling off quantities of OM4Ti new and unused from storage. Some
> have ended up on that auction site, where one seller describes them as
> having been intended for use as periscope cameras on a now-scrapped class of
> submarine. It makes you wonder...
>
> Piers
The new Australian Collins-class subs also specified an OM-4Ti for their
periscope cameras - I know they panicked a bit when the discontinuation of
the OM-System was officially announced - the distributor was sold out of
OM-4Ti's very quickly, and the Navy were trying to find bodies at dealers
across Australia and NZ. I don't know how successful they were. Maybe they
should have talked to the Brits!
Nick Buchner
Sydney, Australia
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