[Milsurplus] Connector history

[Jim Haynes]

On Sun, 27 Nov 2011, Ralph Cameron wrote:

> Some of the connectors on my Bendix TA-12 transmitter were nomenclated
> MS types. We called them Bendix connectors but perhaps that only applied
> to that particular war assets product circa 1958.
>
I've heard MS connectors referred to as "Cannon plugs" just because
Cannon was one of the makers.  So I suppose people might call them
"Bendix plugs" or "Amphenol plugs" for the same reason.  But then
Cannon had a specific line of circular connectors made only
by Cannon and not inter-mateable with MS connectors, although they
were used on some of the older military equipment.  So those could
more legitimately be called "Cannon plugs".