[Milsurplus] Radio in USMC Gun Motor Carriage 75mm M3

[Hue Miller]

>It seems to me that the RU/GF would be a fragile radio to use for beach 
>assault and ground combat;not to say it wasn't done.But can you just see a 
>leatherneck sitting down on top of the set and squashing the thing?
>  The four ART-13's I've had all seem to have been used as seats from the 
>shape of the top covers!
>  Jay

Well, we're not saying the RUGF was set up in any foxhole. We do know for a 
fact they
were installed in some vehicles, and i recall from the Marine SP gun, the 
radio was
installed out of the way so there'd be no way anyone set on it. Road 
vibration and
concussion from the guns must have done wonders for the GF set frequency.
I'd guess the RUGF vehicle use was in that period before FM came online. 
Push-to-talk
FM intercom-like radio replaced that. But in the period it was needed, there 
really
wasn't much in the category of simple to use, non-radio operator controlled, 
voice
radio for vehicles. Some LINK HF vehicle radios like the 25 series and maybe 
some
30-40 MHz police radios are the only options i can think of, dunno why they 
didn't
go to these for mil vehicles more. -Hue Miller