[Milsurplus] Merrill's Generator

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No.  It isn't a GN-45.  GN-35, 37, 44, 45, 53, 57 and NT-21263 all use 
substantially the same set of castings.  The 21263 has the most difference in 
that regard as it has provision for external direct armature drive, but it 
also won't mount on LG-2 and LG-3.  In bad light, the only way to ID any one of 
the other six is the electrical output connector.  The generator in the 
photo is not GN-45, 53 or 57.  It could be GN-37.  I'll have to try to find my 
copy of TM 11-237 to say whether or not it could be GN-35.  But I rather 
doubt Merrill would have gone to the jungl in 1943 with an SCR-131.

In a message dated 02/24/2013 11:46:38 AM Central Standard Time, 
ark at ar88.net writes: 
> RE:  http://www.marauder.org/p_112.htm
> 
> Someone suggested GN-33, but I'm pretty sure he meant GN-44, the 
> generator for SCR-288/BC-474.  (Dyslexia strikes every 15 seconds, even 
> here in Jersey City.)
> 
> The picture could be either a GN-44 (SCR-288) or a GN-45 
> (SCR-284/BC-654). The share the octagonal housing.  The SCR-288 was a 
> stop-gap solution based on the RCA MI-8751 that the Signal Corps 
> commissioned when the SCR-284 project was lagging behind.  I believe 
> 288's were used in CBI, but in the long run there were a lot more 284's.
> 
> The SCR-288's a much better deal if you have to carry it.
> 
> Al

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