[Milsurplus] Unid radio in Vietnam photo

[Al Klase]

Hugh,

The most used squad radios in Vietnam before 1968 were members of the 
PRC-8/9/10 family.  This is consistent with the long aspect radio seen 
in the sets in the picture.  I don't know about the fat antenna.  MAY 
would have been pretty obsolete by this time.

AL



On 6/24/2024 6:16 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
>
> I am posting a photo from an article in ‘Vietnam’ magazine, Summer 
> 2023, p54. The radio just to left of the chopper nose, what is it?
> The antenna is “fatter” than a PRC-25 antenna, isn’t it? Couldn’t be 
> something like an MAY, could it?
>
> Also: Cessna O-2 Skymaster has a wire antenna from ( looks like ) 
> cockpit to left side tail. What radio would that be for, an HF radio ?
>
> and: The crew on something like Ontos M50, which i think was a more 
> specialized job, were those crew also draftees or enlisted?
>
> ( I don’t know how quickly you could train people to operate such 
> armored vehicle. )
>
> thanks-
>
> Hue Miller
>
>
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