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

Hue Miller kargo_cult at msn.com
Wed Nov 9 16:12:55 EST 2005


I seem to recall reading, in the install manual, the Marine Corps SPGun had 
the
RUGF placed between the seats. I'm sure the vehicle artymen were not shown
more than what button to push when talking, or maybe to look at the 
transmitter
meter for pointer deflection. It would have been tuned up before missions, 
just
as were other tunable radios.
The airfield ambulance use, i also know of, for a fact, i either read that 
use
somewhere or maybe more likely, saw a photo of one installed. This was a 
low-
ceiling, smallish vehicle.
( Maybe the oddest deployment of the RUGF was in some captured Japan
aircraft brought back for testing. Monogram "Japanese Cockpit Interiors"
Vols. 1 and 2 show some shots inside airframe where you can spot some
of these rigs. ( Books may be out of print. ) I can't guess why in 1945/
1946 the RUGF would have been chosen over some, for example one-
box VHF, such as ARC-4. )  -Hue Miller




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