Panel guard mod for an RT-524 transceiver.   Basically early days it was discovered the hard way that the existing panel guards were being used as handles and/ or taking the brunt of a lot of impact to the point they’d break right out of the front panel – and take some chunks of the panel with them.    The fix was to get these things made up – one per side – which picked up the mounting screws top and bottom and installed over the existing panel guards – the idea being that any impact trauma etc. would be transferred to the more solid mounting and/or the new guard,  preserving the factory guards and saving an awful lot of panel replacements (which I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy…even in a depot environment.) 

Some people take them off and just go with the factory look (at their own peril) – and apparently later runs of the RT-524 had strengthened panel guards, though I’ve yet to come across one. 

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of B. Smith via MRCA
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 6:05 PM
To: Military Radio Collectors Association <[email protected]>
Subject: [MRCA] What is Dis?

Was doing an inventory of my M151A1 spares box and found this bracket/mount?
What is it?
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