[Milsurplus] PRC-68A tool?

[Alan Tasker]

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>Here's is a photo of the battery compartment of my PRC-68A.  I have the
>PRC-68 manual that mentions the alignment tool which is present. There seems
>to be another placeholder for another item to the left of the battery
>connection, but the PRC-68 manual didn't seem to mention it (as far as I
>could tell).

All of the PRC-68 etc. series (IIRC) were built to accommodate an SVM 
(secure voice module), i.e. a voice scrambler. This was a small unit 
that interposed between the radio and the battery box. It plugged in 
electrically to the radio via the small connector in the bottom of 
the radio. This connector, with the shorting plug needed to route 
both Tx and Rx audio when the SVM was not attached, can be seen in 
your picture. When the SVM was attached, the shorting plug had to be 
stored someplace, and that place is what you see as an empty placeholder.