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

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On 11/9/05, Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> 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.

I can't recall who it was now (maybe you, Hue) who told me of the
RU/GF being used in tanks. Perhaps they meant SP Guns, but either way
I found it odd, having always viewed it as an aircraft set until then.
It's an awfully complicated/complex set from the 'number of boxes
required' point of view. I suppose for simple installations you could
lose some of the items, but you'd still need the basics: transmitter,
receiver, dynamotor, junction box, transmitter control box, perhaps
tuning head also?

> 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

Maybe it was what they had handy at the airfield at the time? I often
wonder if the simply issue of expediency could really explain a lot of
the out-of-the-ordinary (to us) things that we see or hear of.

de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ