AN/PRC-6 Radio Set [US-Army]

The Radio Set AN/PRC-6 consists of Radio Receiver-Transmitter RT-196/PRC-6 and other operating components. The frequency band had been chosen to overlap the frequency bands of certain communications equipment used by Armor and Artillery, in the 47 mc to 55.4 mc band. FM modulation is used. The power supply is the BA-270/U battery which provides four voltages in one package: +1.5v, -4.5v, +45v and +90v. There is a single plug to connect the battery. The weight of the complete unit, including battery, is approx. 6.5 pounds.

 

Radio Set AN/PRC-6, Korea-Vietnam Walkie Talkie. 

 

Radio Set AN/PRC-6 in use.

SCR-194 / SCR-195 Walkie US-Army

SCR-195 consisting of BC-322 with accessories.

	Radio Unit	Frequency	Antenna	Headset/Handset
SCR-194	BC-222	28-52 MHz	AN-29	HS-22, Microphone T-24
SCR-195	BC-322	52-65 MHz	AN-30	Handset TS-11, Remote Control RM-14

The other characteristics of the radio sets were the same:

Modulation	AM
Channel Spacing	400 kHz
No. Channels	One
Frequency Control	VFO
Tx Power	100 mW
Rx Sensitivity	10 uV
Weight	25.1 pounds
Case	Metal, black wrinkle finish
Dimensions (WHD)	5.5 x 7.9 x 8.7 inch (140 x 200 x 220 mm)

SCR-195 with antenna fully extended. Photo: Popular Science, August 1941.

German Schwimmwagen Amphibious Vehicle PD-II

Schwimmwagen was mainly used by the Waffen SS in the roadless wastelands of Russia.

Volkswagen Type 166 Waffen SS Schwimmwagen. Pictured unit built in 1944 as marked on Volkswagen factory data plate (last year of production). Photo: Courtesy Leon DeSpain. 

Hawaii-American soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 34th Division, move up in the battle for Leghorn, Castellina Sector, Italy using a captured German Schwimmwagen, 12 July 1944.

XM147 "Super DUKW" Amphibious Truck PD-II

Restored Super DUKW provided by the Blue and Gray Military Vehicle Trust, Armed Forces Day Parade, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 31 May 2001. 

XM147 Super DUKW restored by Tom Buonaugurio of the Washington Area Collectors, Blue and Gray Military Vehicle Trust, 31st Annual East Coast Military Vehicle Rally held at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, MD, 6-8 May 2004

DUKW Amphibious 2 1/2 Ton 6x6 Truck PD-II

DUKW landing in the Philipines. 

DUKW rear view, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, VA, 3 February 1943. 

DUKW at the Texas Military Forces Museum, Camp Mabry, TX, 3 February 2006.

Ford Truck, Amphibian, GPA, 1/4 ton, 4x4 PD-II

Ford Truck, Amphibian, GPA, 1/4 ton, 4x4 (G-504). Photo: Courtesy of Dennis P. Nolan. 

45th Division GPAs ready for shipment with the Division for service in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, 27 May 1943. The officer is identified as Capt. W. Young. 

Ford GPA assigned to Lend Lease for the Soviet Union, employed by the Soviet 14th Army to cross water obstacles. 

Ford GPA crossing river during training, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, World War II. 

Ford GPA with trailer, during training, World War II. 

Ford GPAs being tested in the Huron River near Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant, Detroit, MI, during World War II. Original caption calls the GPA an "amphibian reconnaissance car." 

Ford GPA amphibious jeeps waiting transport at the factory, Detroit, MI, April 1943.

German Army & NATO Unimog Military Truck

Unimog S-404. Photo courtesy Rich Sherman. 

Unimog S-404. Photo courtesy Sindorf Trading Holland. 

Unimog S-404. Photo courtesy Sindorf Trading Holland. 

Unimog S-404. Photo courtesy Sindorf Trading Holland. 

Unimog 416.

German Army Wehrmacht Sd.Kfz 10 Semitrack

Demag D7, Sd.Kfz.10 Photo: Courtesy of Richard Notton. 

Zugmaschine (1t)=Sdkfz 10. Photo: Courtesy of Dr. Thomas Hott. 

Demag D7, Sd.Kfz.10. Photo: Courtesy of Richard Notton.

German Army Wehrmacht Sd.Kfz 7 Semitrack

Sd. Kfz. 7 KM m 11. Photo: Courtesy of Richard Notton.

Sd. Kfz 7 scan: Courtesy of Richard Notton from Bart Vanderveen's "Observer's Fighting Vehicle Directory, WW 

II". 

Sd. Kfz 7 scan: Courtesy of Richard Notton from Bart Vanderveen's "Observer's Fighting Vehicle Directory, WW II".

M-16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, Halftrack

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M-16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, 21 AAA, Korea, 1953. 

M-16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, Halftrack

M-16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, Halftrack at 4th Infantry Division Museum, Ft. Hood, TX, 2 December 2005. 

M-16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, Halftrack at 4th Infantry Division Museum, Ft. Hood, TX, 2 December 2005. 

M-16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, Halftrack at the Ft. Bliss, TX Air Defense Artillery Museum.

M-3 Halftrack

M-3 half-track during training exercises at Ft. Knox, KY, June 1942. 

Rear view of M-3 half-track during training exercises at Ft. Knox, KY, June 1942. 

Interior of an M-3 half-track during training exercises at Ft. Knox, KY, June 1942. 

An M-3 half-track carrying the flag of a medical unit fords a river. Photo taken during the Second Army's Middle Tennessee maneuvers in 1942. A second halftrack can be partially seen in the brush, upper left. Thanks to Bukvoed for proper ID of the M3 halftrack. 

M-3 Halftrack crossing the Seine River in France, 1944. 

M-3 Halftrack at 4th Infantry Division Museum, Ft. Hood, TX, 2 December 2005.

M-3 Halftrack at 4th Infantry Division Museum, Ft. Hood, TX, 2 December 2005.

Restored M-3 Halftrack.

M-2 Halftrack (G-102)

M2 halftrack, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. Photo: Popular Science Magazine, August 1941. 

 

Assembly line for production of M-2 Halftracks at the Diebold Safe and Lock Company, Canton, OH, December 1941. The bodies were made in this plant and mounted on chassis produced in a converted automobile plant.

Philippine Scouts M2 Halftrack, December 1941. Photo: Life Magazine, 22 December 1941, P28. 

 

An M-2 half-track during training at Fort Benning, GA, April-June 1942. The other halftracks in the photo are M-3 halftracks with the longer body.

 

M2 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) followed by column of M3 Gun Motor Carriage halftracks.
Thanks to Steve Allen and Bukvoed for correct identification.

 

M-2 Halftrack at the Musée des Blindés (Armor Museum), Saumur, France in 2003. Photo: Courtesy of Jeff Hollerman.