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Old 14-11-20, 08:35
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Here are a couple of inside shots showing wiper motor, plug and switches. Appears to have both wiper and heater/defroster elements in the glass.
As far as I can see, the semi circular base on the bottom of the windshield matches the gutter of the small hatch Sherman.
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Old 15-11-20, 00:29
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Thanks for help with identification Hanno, all I need now is the small hatch Sherman to go with it! After I posted the second bunch of photos I got to thinking about a similar item I had bought 25 years ago. They were similar windshield type fixtures. I thought I had sold them all but I went out this morning to my storage yard and went digging. I found two left in a racoon infested bus ( gloves, mask and spray disinfectant required) and offer up a couple of photos. These must be 1950s NATO but I have no idea what application. They look very similar!

defrost3.jpg defrost1.jpg defrost2.jpg defrost4.jpg
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Old 15-11-20, 11:53
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I don't think that that is a NATO stock number. If it was the '99' would make it a British item.
Note that this is not an AFV bad weather windshield to fit into a hatch opening but a (very) cold weather defroster to stick onto the inside of an existing windshield, and it talks about being for a car. If it was British it would use the word 'windscreen' instead of 'windshield' so I would guess it is Canadian or USA origin despite the German (?) packaging. Could it be for Canadian contract Iltis ?

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Old 15-11-20, 13:18
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The screen appears to have been made by SWF, a German auto parts manufacturer. As the instructions are in English they may have been made for US, Canadian or British forces in Germany. Cold winters there and need for something to cope with that.
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