[Milsurplus] RBZ in WWII

[Hubert Miller]

For those who are interested in production numbers, here's something from antiqueradios.com 
that I don't want you to miss. Follows quote from 3 posts:

Bruce MacMillen 

At the beginning of 1944 the OSS learned that Emerson had produced 12,000 of the RBZ.
Of these 5,800 were available. By March of 1944 2,500 had been modified and shipped to Europe for SOE/OSS use.

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Hue Miller 
Posted: Dec Sun 08, 2019 4:56 pm 
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Location: Newport, Oregon, 97365 U.S.A.

Source?
BTW, i have never seen an actual photo or read any account of U.S. Marines using the thing. I suppose most, almost all, were surplused unused after the war.
Also, kind of interesting is that the "two" manuals are identical except for a front cover stamp with the new frequency range. I suppose repair of the 'Special'
was not actually considered likely or practical.
Disintegration of the headphone and power cords is a common problem with these sets.
FYI, for anyone doing mechanical work on the dial system, Mark Francis in one of his 'Mil Spec Radio Gear' books advises that the dial scale is radium
painted.

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Bruce MacMillan
 Post subject: Re: Navy RBZ Receiver
Posted: Dec Sun 08, 2019 9:53 pm 
Location: United Kingdom

Source is declassified CIA document on the OSS era.
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP13X00001R000100140005-4.pdf

go down to where the page numbers start. It's on page 11.