[ARC5] BC-611 Production numbers

[Tim]

 "Always multiply everything by *pi"*

True!  Required to complete the Circular Learning Curve....

Tim
N6CC

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 3:50 PM Bart Lee <bart.lee.k6vk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Always multiply everything by *pi*
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> ... adds precision!
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> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 1:20 PM Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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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