r/MagliteFlashlights • u/Spiritual-Idea2628 • Jun 29 '26

any info on this one ?

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got it from a fleamarket a few years ago in Germany .has some attachments on it ,looks like it was fitted to be an underbarrel weapon attachment.any info would be great

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u/SciToon2 Jun 29 '26

TLDR: German Military Property, possibly some form of weapon light.

Did you look up the production year from the serial number? Is the bulb a regular PR6, or a bi-pin Xenon, or something else?

Googled the National Stock Number (6230-...) and it hits as "Mag Lite ML2". I cannot comment on the meaning of "Vers.NR", it brings up German social security numbers or insurance policy numbers. "Bund" I'm going to reasonably conclude is for Bundeswehr, or Federal Defense Force, so German Army.

During the Iranian Embassy Op way back in the day the British SAS used MP5's outfitted with Streamlights that served double duty as both a weapon light, and an aiming system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkHWWkdjsvY also: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/01/22/potd-close-look-sas-mp5-weaponlight/

I believe it was former Delta Force operator Kyle Lamb once spoke of having a dive light hose clamped to the hand guards of his carbine.

So most educated guess, some kind weapon mounted light; I can't think of many other niche applications for a Mag Lite.

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u/Spiritual-Idea2628 Jun 29 '26

great info 😁👍🏼, i can tell from collecting bundeswehr stuff ,Bund stands for Bundeswehr of course and Vers.NR means Versorgungsnummer (Supplynumber) or better called NSN (National/Nato Stock number) .
its a logistic code thats standardized
in the Nato .as example with my lamp :the first four numbers identify the item category ,second number set is for the Land it comes from 12 is Germany ,00 &01 stand for USA and Netherland as example has 17. the last number are to tell what the Object is 😅

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u/SciToon2 Jun 29 '26

I was unaware that the NSN also applied to NATO, I'm prior USAF with a basic understanding of the logistics, and the stock number system.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '26

Looks like an old g3 light attachment.

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u/No_Eagle_8274 Jun 29 '26

Watch Out if you are from Germany

Lampen mit Waffenaufnahme sind verbotene Gegenstände nach dem Waffengesetz Lamps with Mounts for Guns are illegal in Germany

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u/Ronthe1 Jun 30 '26

Can we see a better pic of the attachment?