A Message From India
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:43 am
Here is a letter to Divya from her uncle, who is an Indian Army officer. I had made an enquiry regarding the mark pictured here and Divya passed this on to her uncle who was nice enough to make this reply. I quote:
"My dearest Divya,
...Finally I have managed to get the required information. The sign is basically an arms inspector's mark. The arrow (referred to in the army as a Broad Arrow) signifies the fact that the weapon belongs to the army. T stands for Technical, E for Establishment and (W) for Weapon. D is the inspectors personal mark. I hope this makes sense."
Well, it makes sense to me---much more so than the WAGs I have seen on the internet before this.
Reference books all list this mark as "unknown"---including "India's Enfields" who's author had good connections inside the Indian Army, himself.
So this is offered without guarantees.
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-----krinko
"My dearest Divya,
...Finally I have managed to get the required information. The sign is basically an arms inspector's mark. The arrow (referred to in the army as a Broad Arrow) signifies the fact that the weapon belongs to the army. T stands for Technical, E for Establishment and (W) for Weapon. D is the inspectors personal mark. I hope this makes sense."
Well, it makes sense to me---much more so than the WAGs I have seen on the internet before this.
Reference books all list this mark as "unknown"---including "India's Enfields" who's author had good connections inside the Indian Army, himself.
So this is offered without guarantees.
-----krinko
