Old soviet flashlight.

[alpg88]

Got this one over a decade ago, then I thought i lost it during move, found it yesterday, It is an old soviet light made in 40s or 50s. has some rust, scratched paint, but it still works, i only changed glass, and cleaned the reflector, everything else remain original. the lettering is name of the factory, and its location, moskow.

 

[ampdude]

Cool, I love history. What type of battery does it take?

 

[alpg88]

A flat 4.5v alkaline aka 3lr6

 

[ampdude]

A flat 4.5v alkaline aka 3lr6

Never heard of that before. Thanks.

 

[Monocrom]

There's at least one seller on Etsy who has a few for sale.
They're in suspiciously good condition, but likely just New/Old Stock that was never issued back during the good ole' days. 🙄

 

[letschat7]

Theres sellers in Germany that make a AA adapter for that battery otherwise you have to order from Europe and it takes so long you forget it is coming in the mail.

 

[fivemega]

A flat 4.5v alkaline aka 3lr6

That's 3 cells of B connected in series (side by side) with short flat strip for positive and longer flat strip for negative terminals.

 

[yellow]

Petzl once had Adapters for AA cells to put into their headlamps running on that battery.

 

[LuxLuthor]

I wouldn't know how to operate it as everything is in Communist.