[Milsurplus] Re: RS-6 Radio use

[Hue Miller]

> 1) The following survival kits will be carried for aircraft as indicated
> .....RS-6 (qty 1) ...B/RB-47E, B-47 ECM, RB-47H, B-52, RB-52


Some comments:

Anyone have a ballpark guesstimate on how many RS-6 might be needed 
to fill this role, based on approximate total numbers of the above aircraft?
( Wouldn't be a 1:1 ratio, i'm certain. )

The use as a general large-aircraft crew survival radio might help explain the
relatively large RS-6 numbers. Total numbers might come from:
original "Operation Armageddon" (WWIII scenario) radio + survival radio +
(possible) CIA use.

In the list of aircraft from the survival manual, aren't these all aircraft that would
be flying (ECM) near enemy territory, or over it, in time of war (bombing mission) ?

However, note also, this still doesn't quite explain this one interesting feature:
NO standard military nomenclature, no ID plate.  That certainly does look
clandestine, doesn't it?

As for it's untized design, I suspect that is from lessons learned in WW2, when
it was found useful by some resistance users to have separate units that could
be moved by several people. I am thinking of mybe the SSTR-1 and also the
experiences of the Polish reistance, who moved at least some of their equipment
around in pieces ( ref. "Fighting Warsaw" ). If you had to hide it or bury it (wrapped
in the pouches), it might be easier in 4 small pieces than one large.
I also note, the German WW2 spyset SE-100/11 has 3 units, each about the size
of an RS-6 unit, but different in that there are no interconnect cables, the units
push together in that set.  The fold-down key is not a new idea with the RS-6,
this was used in several other WW2 sets i have seen, Japanese and Italian, and
also in the German SE-100 set.
-Hue Miller