[ARC5] Command and Liaison Sets for Tanks

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QST had an article on the SCR-506 in one of the 1945 issues, front cover 
and all!  Command tanks did have HF.  The QST article seemed to indicate 
the installation in half-tracks and other combat armored support 
vehicles.  It was positively an armor designated asset, as indicated in 
the Signal Corps history series.

Jeep - K3HVG

On 6/2/2015 6:14 PM, Robert Eleazer wrote:
> I have been reading the Haynes M4 Sherman Tank Owner's Workshop Manual.  Despite its name it is not on how to change the oil in a Sherman tank but provides a detailed history of the vehicle as well as extensive information on its construction.
>
> The book has very little on the radios, but what is there is interesting.  It says the SCR-508/528/538/608B type radios were used, as you would expect, but also mentions that command tanks had additional radios, such as the SCR-193, SCR-245, or SCR-506.
>
> So it appears that the tanks had the low band VHF radios for local "Command" use in a manner similar to the SCR-274-N in aircraft, while the Command tanks also had the HF radios for use in Liaison functions, in a manner analogous to the BC-375 and BC-348 in aircraft.  The Liaison radios used BC-312's receivers for the SCR-193 and SCR-245 while the SCR-506 used the BC-652-A, a fine example of which I have in my bedroom and one that does a good job of stubbing my toe on occasion.
>
> Anyway, this clears up a mystery for me!
>
> Wayne
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