[Boatanchors] Military Wonders

Sandy ebjr37 at charter.net
Sat Oct 16 16:06:01 EDT 2010


The Field telephones were EE-8.  There is still a bunch of those around if 
anyone wanted them any more.  All the surplus outlets in the 1950's sold 
them and the field phone wire reels as well.

Sandy W5TVW

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Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Military Wonders


> Duane,
>
> The standard set in US tanks from about 1942 through 1952 was the SCR-508
> (or SCR-528).
>
> In a message dated 10/16/2010 12:11:01 PM Central Daylight Time,
> jfor at quik.com writes:
>> Most of the Commonwealth countries used the WS 19. Both Mk II and MK III
>> sets were fielded in huge numbers, with the Canadian MK IIIs being the
>> best of the lot IMO.
>>
>> They were even tens of thousands of MK II sets made in the US by Zenith
>> with dual English/Russian markings for Lend-Lease.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -John
>>
>> ==============
>>
>>
>> >
>> >     `
>> >Hi All,
>> >
>> >I was "watching" a program on the 'Military Channel' and got to 
>> >wondering
>> >what radios were used in the USA and British tanks during WW2?
>> >
>> >Additionally, what was used for the field phones?
>> >
>> >Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> >Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
>> >E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
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>>
>
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