Cloth shoulder title for a “SERVICE BATTALION” – Blue with yellow lettering. Cloth shoulder title for the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (R.C.A.S.C.), the Transport component of a Service Battalion. Blue with White Lettering. A Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) desk plaque, donated by former Supply Officer LCol Reg Churchward. 17 Service Battalion Non-Commissioned Officers …
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Stick, Glow
A glow stick, also known as a light stick or chem light, is a self-contained, short-term light-source. It consists of a translucent plastic tube containing isolated substances that, when combined, make light through chemiluminescence. The light cannot be turned off and can be used only once.Glow sticks are often used for recreation, such as for …
Calendar, Training
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A 2005/06, pocket-size, unit training calendar, including key unit contacts and a seasonal kit list, to be carried by team leaders in the Service Battalion.
Belt, Garrison
A Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers (RCEME) Garrison Belt The garrison belt, also known as a ‘fair leather belt’, was a piece of enlisted kit that was introduced around the First World War. Its formal design meant it would often be seen in parade or barrack settings and styled with dress uniform. However, soldiers sometimes chose …
Tools, Horse, Grooming and Cleaning
Horses were widely used before and during the First World War by Cavalry, Artillery and Service Corps personnel before mechanization. Approximately 25,000 horses and mules were used overseas by Canada in the 1WW. Keeping a horse’s hooves cleaned was an important part of keeping a horse healthy. If a horse’s shoes were filled with twigs, …
Gauge, and Patch, Tire
Tire flats happen. Nails, screws and other sharp objects puncture tires. Since Scottish inventor John Dunlop invented the pneumatic rubber tire (air-filled) in 1888, people have been repairing them. Before the tubeless tire (a rubber tire designed for use without an inner tube), people patched the inner tube, removed the offending item from the tire …
Tool, Remover, Frost Shield
When temperatures drop to or below freezing temperature, military vehicles are no different than a family car. Vehicle windows form a layer of ice on the inside from freezing condensation preventing one from driving. The area where frost shields used to be installed kept the windows clear. Car shields were plastic rectangles with a raised …
Rounds, Ammunition
The 20 mm calibre shell is a specific size of popular autocannon ammunition. It is typically used to distinguish smaller-calibre weapons, commonly called “guns”, from larger-calibre weapons such as “cannons” (e.g. a machine gun vs. an autocannon). All 20 mm cartridges have an outside projectile (bullet) diameter and barrel bore diameter of 0.787 inches (20.0 mm). Weapons using this calibre range from anti-materiel rifles and anti-tank rifles to aircraft autocannons and anti-aircraft guns. They …
Stamp, Commemorative, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Diamond Jubilee
The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) Diamond Jubilee (1903-1963) stamps celebrate 60 years of the Canadian Ordnance Corps (COC). Stamps on the left are in the CSS Museum. The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army. The RCOC traces its roots back to the Canadian Stores Department. Formed in 1871, the Canadian Stores Department …
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Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT)
The Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) Mk I was a British man-portable, anti-tank weapon developed during the Second World War. The PIAT was designed in 1942 to respond to the British Army’s need for a more effective infantry anti-tank weapon and entered service in 1943. The PIAT was based on the spigot mortar system (see below), and projected (launched) a 2.5 pound (1.1 kg) shaped charge bomb …