[Milsurplus] TBW remote

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At 01:29 AM 02/17/2004, POWERMWT@aol.com wrote:
>I have some documentation on 2 each 1 ton radio shielded reconnaissance cars
>(actually IH M-2-4 trucks) allotted per Division that carried GFRU's /TBW/MM
>receiving and transmitting equipment. These rigs were to be used during 
>island
>invasion landing operations and seizure of the beachhead. This documentation
>was in letter form arguing within the Marine Corps command structure on the
>decision not to eliminate them in lie of the MZ series radio jeeps with 
>the TCS.
>
>This documentation was between the 1st and 2nd Division Marine Corps
>Commanding Generals and USMC headquarters in Washington, DC between 20 
>April, 1943 and
>8 June, 1943.

Thanks, Mark.   Very interesting...  and ties in with the "portable" use 
envisioned for them.
I can almost picture them installed in an M-2-4....

Perry