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I have seen US army manuals for sale on ABEbooks.com when looking for
reprints of earl modern manuals- the trick is getting the right
combination of search words. Anyway the beer is a lot better in York
than Sidney and you won't get sunstroke like I did in St Augustine on
the SHA trip from Mobile.
paul
Iain Stuart wrote:
>Actually the one I have ordered is called
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>TM 5-402 Erection Procedure: Building, Prefabricated, Ready Cut, Round Arch Rigid, 20 ft x 48 Ft
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>The British issued "Handbook of Nissen Huts 16'0" and 24' 0" span, Army Code 14867 which I found in a plan press in a very dusty plan room on RAAF Base Wagga.
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>Each Quonset and Nissen were issued as a set of timbers, nuts & bolts, metal ribs ...etc as well as with a set of instructions for assembly (rather like a piece of computing equipment). These instructions seem to have simply disappeared.
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>Does anyone know where one might purchase ex-US Technical Manuals? I know that there was a Military modeller who collected them and actually got one for "Atomic Anne" by accident. I have tried eBay without much luck.
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>yours
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>Iain Stuart
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