[Milsurplus] RUGF in Marine Half Track, more

[Hue Miller]

Follow up:
Published by Marine Corps at San Francisco, Mar. 18
1943: "GF-11 / RU-16 INSTALLATION IN 75MM SELF-
PROPELLED GUN MOUNT HALF TRACK"

Mounted between driver and co-driver seat. No pix but 
sounds like a box, with door access to radio controls,
receiver and transmitter control boxes. Antenna base 
is MP-37 installed on mast base support bolded to top
of the beam above right hand door of the vehicle. 
Shift control level must be bent forward 3 inches to allow
room for shifting into reverse. Extension control box mounted
on wall behind driver, near driver's side gunner seat. 
Antenna is MP-49, MP-50, MP-51, MP-53. 8 receiver coils
and 4 transmitter coils provided.

Why did they choose this radio? Maybe they had an excess of
them, as more  274N / ARA-ATA equipment was going into 
aircraft. The gear did have a wide frequency range was was 
fairly  robust, at least more robust than a lot of other aircraft
equipment. HF use would let you listen to warning networks 
and talk to gun spotter planes.  -Hue Miller