[Milsurplus] Connector history

[J. Forster]

My (possibly incorrect) usage has been:

Course Acme threaded- as in ART-13, MN-26, and ARB = Cannon connectors
Fine triangular thread- as in APN-1, APN-2, ASB = MS connectors

FWIW,

-John

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> 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".
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