http://www.goldmine-elec-products.co...?number=G22225

I found out about these from an e-mail alert I received from Electronic Goldmine. There's not much information to go by, but given that they said they can't export these rods outside the USA, my guess is that these are surplus rods from the old Army Tank Rangefinder lasers, which were flashlamp-pumped YAGs. 80 mm x 5 mm diameter sounds about right, based on my memory at least - perhaps others can comment.

Anyway, I just wanted to share the link with folks here in case anyone was interested in one of these. They are going for $80 each...

Adam