[Milsurplus] SCR-178/179

[Kludge]

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From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Morrow
> Michael wrote:
>> SCR-178 - wasn't that the prewar set that was supposed to be packed
aboard mules?
> That was the SCR-179, otherwise identical to the SCR-178.  I actually have
> a manual somewhere for this pack-animal set.

Ah, okay.  I remembered it backwards.  Note earlier comments on my mental
capacity.  :-)

> I have never understood why the SCR-178 was made after 1935.  It seemed
well
> obsolete even then.  But my SCR-178 was made on a 1942 order.  Nonsense,
it
> seems to me.

Congress didn't love the Army as much as they did the Navy so didn't give
them anywhere near enough money.  As a result, the Army had to make do with
what they could get which wasn't a lot.  Was it obsolete?  Oh, yeah, but it
was what they could afford so was, among other things, what they went into
the war with.  This is reflected in the 1942 contract date since not a lot
newer was on hand.  Again, it's a case of "Run whatcha brung."

Best regards,
 
Michael, WH7HG ex-K3MXO, ex-KN3MXO, WPE3ARS, BL01xh ex-Mensa A&P PP BGI 
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