[ARC5] BC-611 Production numbers

[Bart Lee]

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On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 1:20 PM Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Clare - I like your and your son's thinking!  ... Maybe another factor
> of 3 involved in very rough estimates?  3 Companies per Battalion, 3
> Battalions per Regiment.......
> I dunno, I'm just a Navy puke....  ;o)
>
> A truly monumental effort by any measure...
> Tim
> N6CC
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 1:00 PM Clare Owens <clare.owens at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I was telling my son Bill (N2RKL) about the production numbers yesterday
>> and he immediately began to Google.  He came up with:
>>
>> 3 platoons per WW II infantry company, with one SCR-536 per platoon plus
>> one for the company commander.
>>
>> 3 companies per regiment
>>
>> 3 regiments per brigade
>>
>> 3 brigades per division
>>
>> 90 infantry divisions
>>
>> So, about 10,000 SCR-536 were issued at any time.
>>
>> My wild guess is that the 206,000 figure was based on the possibility of
>> all out war in 1944, 45 and 46, if we had to invade Japan.  Then roughly
>> dividing thee production by 3 gives 60,000 per year and that implies to me
>> that the expected life of the radios in war service was about two months.
>> And considering how they are constructed and the 7 day 24 hour in any
>> possible weather use, two months sounds pretty generous to me.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Clare  N2RJB
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 11:05 PM Gene Smar <ersmar at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Clare:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      Also many thanks.  I see that I must revise my PPT deck on squad
>>> radios that I deliver to local Ham venues to show the correct figure of
>>> 206,000+ SCR-536s produced in WW2.  Somewhere I had read this figure was
>>> 60,000.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 73 de
>>>
>>> Gene Smar  AD3F
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:
>>> arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On Behalf Of *Tim
>>> *Sent:* Monday, February 15, 2021 4:56 PM
>>> *To:* Clare Owens <clare.owens at gmail.com>
>>> *Cc:* ARC-5 List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [ARC5] BC-611 Production numbers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Clare - That's the one.  An interesting Rabbit Hole to go down.
>>> A tidbit:  we produced over 25 *Billion* rounds of 30-06 ammo....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>> N6CC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 1:34 PM Clare Owens <clare.owens at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The file is at:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.alternatewars.com/BBOW/Stats/USA_in_WW2_Stats-Procure_9-APR-52.PDF
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Clare
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 3:12 PM Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The Chief of Military History published a procurement and statistics
>>> document in 1952 detailing WWII procurements for the US Army.  It shows
>>> 206,753 SCR-536 radio sets procured from 1940-1945 inclusive...It did not
>>> detail the manufacturer(s).  It may take a little digging in a search
>>> engine to find it, sorry I don't have a good link...:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *The United States Army WWII Statistics and Procurement*, Crawford,
>>> Cook, Office of The Chief of Military History, 9 April 1952
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>> N6CC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 10:47 AM <k2cby at optonline.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> While it is certainly possible to conclude that the units were numbered
>>> serially, starting from 00001, it seems more likely that, to avoid
>>> duplicating serial numbers, one contractor started from 20,000 and the
>>> other from 30,000.
>>>
>>>
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