My suspicion has always been that the equipment was obtained through MARS and when the recipient wanted to sell it, the tags with serial numbers were removed so it could not be traced back to them.

73, Dave N9ZC 

On Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 9:30 AM Joe Connor via Milsurplus <milsurplus@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
How come so many WW2-era military radios are missing their nomenclature tags? Who removed them and why?

I'm currently working on a Navy RBH that's missing the tags on the top of the cabinet. The screws are still there, but the tags are long gone. 

                           Joe Connor

______________________________________________________________
Milsurplus mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milsurplus
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:Milsurplus@mailman.qth.net

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html