[Milsurplus] Question on USMC 1942 tactical radio gear

Marty Reynolds cosmoline at ba-watch.org
Wed Jan 5 16:34:42 EST 2005


>
> It's hard to tell anything about the type of gear from just a couple of
> short references.  "SCR" could have been a shorthand term for radios the
> troops used during training that was retained later in combat, regardless
> of what set was actually in operational use.
>

Mike to a degree that dovetails with my Kasserine Pass vet pal's
recollection of the BC-191.  It's not a BC-191 but a SCR-188.

He was an operator & a kid concerned with survival.  No time to learn
nomenclature specifics


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