[Milsurplus] TBY on Saipan '44 ?

[Mike Morrow]

Bruce quoted a USMC veteran:

>"One item of signal equipment left much to be desired: the infantry
>platoon leader's radio (SCR 536). Unpredictable, fragile, short-ranged,
>easily affected by moisture, the tiny sets did not answer the requirements."

This was interesting information that further indicates that the USMC had adopted Army radio gear by late in the war.  With respect to the quote above, I wonder how the MAB would have been evaluated under the same usage conditions as the SCR-536.  The BC-611 doesn't appear to be as water resistent as it should have been, but neither does the MAB or DAV.  The MAB must have been even shorter-ranged than the BC-611.

Mike / KK5F