[ARC5] Airplane radios in tanks

[David Stinson]

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Subject: Re: [ARC5] Airplane radios in tanks


> The standard WW-II FAC Jeep carried the AN/VRC-1, which also saw service 
> in
> Korea.  AN/VRC-1 consists of SCR-193 (not 287) plus SCR-542 (not 522) plus
> cabinet, antennas and 12 Volt aux generator.  Which isn't to say that
> SCR-522, SCR-187 or SCR-287 were never tossed into the back of a Jeep and 
> used.

The group I worked with were Korea vets.
The set they needed was indeed SCR-287 / SCR-522,
not the AN/VRC-1 of WWII.  They were 24-volt jeeps.