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Philco Battery-WWII vintage - klondike98 - 04-20-2025

We received an inquiry from a metal detecting group who was at a WWII site. They unearthed the Philco battery you see in the photos and were curious about it. I told them of Philco's early battery history and of the switch to military gear production during the war. I suspect this battery powered one of the wartime pieces of equipment. Does anyone have any other specific info about this that we could share with the group?

Relevant Links:
From our History page: https://philcoradio.com/library/index.php/philco-history/chapter-4-diversification-and-war/
From our Library, a 1942 annual report with wartime production discussion: https://philcoradio.com/library/index.php/documents/philco_docs/company/1942-philco-corp-annual-report/
From Library, 1944 Army Navy Philco Service: https://philcoradio.com/library/index.php/documents/philco_docs/company/philco-army-navy-service-ca1944/
1944 Philco Ordnance for Victory brochure: https://philcoradio.com/library/index.php/documents/philco_docs/company/philco-ordnance-for-victory-exhibit-booklet/
Probably not relevant to this battery but WWII related, Radar on Wings: https://philcoradio.com/library/index.php/documents/philco_docs/company/radar-on-wings-philco-corporation-1945/
Philco display during WWII: https://philcoradio.com/library/index.php/documents/philco_docs/photos/philco-display-during-wwii/
Another dislplay photo during WWII: https://philcoradio.com/library/index.php/documents/philco_docs/photos/philco-display-during-wwii2/

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RE: Philco Battery-WWII vintage - Paul Philco322 - 04-20-2025

Scaled to the persons foot in photo safe to safe that's a big one. I am sure there was all kinds of war materials they provided.

Paul

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RE: Philco Battery-WWII vintage - morzh - 04-20-2025

While a kid, in our garage there was a 12V Lead-Acid battery from T54 tank.
This job was probably 150 lbs or so, ad was 3 times longer than a battery taht would go into a Jeep Cherokee (those were much larger than the modern Japanese jobs).
We used it to start the car in winters when the battery inside the car would get anemic.

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