Mystery tool.....or not.

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Darrell Zinck

Hi

While doing some cleaning of the TQMS holdings, a soldier found a tool :



Illegible marking on the top:



No one knows what it is. We assume weakly that perhaps it's an AFV tool of some sort only because it was in the Armour School lines.

Any thoughts?

regards
Darrell

It is a backing out punch and hammer..for rivets..Designed for backing out bolts, rivets and pins. Not for grouser pin installation or removal. The punch end is about the same diameter from point to body. The striking face of the hammer you use should be approximately 3/8” larger than the face of the backout punch.

Sometimes the big end is filled with sand or shot top absorb the shock..called a dead drop hammer design..
Armour or iron workers use them.
http://www.hammersource.com/Maul_and...6_Wood_handle/