[Milsurplus] Re: AN/GRC-9 Usage

[Tom Norris]

About 5 years ago I had a thing for Mercedes Unimogs* and ended
up buying one. While the German model I bought had all its radio
gear taken out, some of the (more expensive) Swiss models that the
dealer had gotten in had GRC-9's in them - some tagged as last being
inspected during the 90's. Whether they  were actually being used --
or just marked off --  is another story.  I do know for sure that several
local KY Army Guard units still had GRC-19's and PRC-6's in storage in
the early 80's. (They didn't use them ,they just had them in storage...)

Tom

*A mucking large lumbering truck built by Mercedes. I sold mine
a couple years ago, it was too lumbering....

Robert Downs wrote --
>Hue & Group,
>
>I don't have any anecdotal info to recount but I have a French TM on the
>AN/GRC-9 dated 11/01/1960.  The TM also includes info on the AM-66A 
>RF amplifier
>and its associated dynamotor power supply.  This was after the French pulled
>out of Indochina I think (the bar on my Vietnam Service Medal says 
>"1960-    ").
>
>In a message dated 3/9/2004 11:55:23 AM Central Standard Time,
>kargo_cult@msn.com writes:
>>  It occurred to me that most probably the French forces used GRC-9s
>>  in their war to reclaim the Indochina colonies. Then after they pulled
>>  out, the VietMinh and VietCong probably also used captured GRC-9s.
>  > Remember, the GRC-9 remained in use at least thru the 1960s.
>