Compasses again

[Peter Laidler]

Whoever lost it will have been in trouble as these compasses were always deemed to be 'valuable and attractive' stores and as such an official enquiry would have been held. It's obviously a British, 70's onwards compass that's been converted to mils.

It's amazing how long they last and like the very old 'A' prefix ones we have here, speaks volumes for Army instrument technicians who maintain them. Is it still filled with spirit?

[DaveN]

You meant it's a 1940 reconditioned in the 70s. In the condition it's in I know it wasn't dropped in the 40's (and the mils thing) and the allied forces are still in Germany now but my question is does our military still use these, I know they should as what happens when our technology goes down?

[Peter Laidler]

Yes, it's a British Army one. Made in 1940 and upgraded to Mils in the 70's and lost on an exercise in germany afterwards. We still use them and still teach map reading using the old map and compass. We know that when the war starts, they turn off the SAT NAV systems so it's map, string, watch and compass again!