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THE DIVISION IN BATTLE

This booklet gives details of the radio equipment in common use in the Australian Army in 1970.

               Standard Radio Stations:

CHARACTERISTICS OF MAJOR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT USED WITHIN THE DIVISION

EQUIPMENT	FREQ.	MODE	WEIGHT	LOAD	ROLE
AN/ARC-54	30-70	FM	25 pds.	airborne	Airborne VHF equipment for air to air and air to  ground communication for Army aviation aircraft
AN/GRC-106	2-30	AM, SSB,  RATT, CW	122+ pds.	vehicle	Vehicular ground station used in A type radio  stations
AN/PRC-125           or  AN/PRC-160	30-76	FM	38.5 pds.	man pack	Short range man pack VHF equip  for unit/sub-unit voice communication. Used in B type radio stations. (AN/PRC-77 used for secure voice)
AN/PRC-25 or  AN/PRC-77	30-76	FM	24.5 pds.	man pack	Short range man pack VHF equip for unit/sub-unit voice communication. Used in B type radio stations. (AN/PRC-77 used for secure voice)
AN/PRC-41	225-400	AM	43.5 pds.	man pack  /vehicle	Portable UHF equipment for ground to air communications in tactical air support and by army aviation units and FAC
AN/PRC-47	2-12	SSB, RATT,  CW	80 pds.	team pack  /vehicle	Vehicular/portable ground station equipment used in B type radio stations
AN/PRC-64	2.1-6	AM, CW	7.5 pds.	man pack	Light-weight HF equipment for long range infantry patrols
PRC-F1	2-12	AM, SSB,  CW	20 pds.	man pack	Light-weight HF equipment for general purpose use
GRC-F2	2-12	AM, SSB,  CW	55 pds. 29.5 pds.	vehicle  ground	Vehicle/ground station version of the PRC-F1
618F-1A	118-136	AM	12.7 pds.	airborne	Airborne VHF equipment for air to air and air to ground communications for army aviation aircraft
ASB-100	2-18	AM, SSB	18 pds.	airborne	Medium power airborne VHF equipment for air to ground communication by army aviation aircraft
AN/MTC-7			1410 pds.	Fitted with  mobiliser,  towed by 1  ton truck	60 line switchboard  Fmn/unit headquarters telephone exchange
AN/MGC-17			1400 pds.	Fitted with  mobiliser,  towed by 1  ton truck	one duplex tg circuit  Fmn/unit headquarters communication centre  telegraph terminal
AN/MSC-29			3643 pds.	Fitted with  mobiliser,  towed by 5  ton truck	4 duplex tg circuits  major headquarters tape relay station
AN/MTC-3			3398 pds.	Fitted with  mobiliser,  towed by 5  ton truck	2 x 60 line s/boards  Div/TF headquarters telephone exchange
SB-611/MRC			1831 pds.	Fitted with  mobiliser,  towed by 1  ton truck	circuit patching, routing, testing and monitoring for speech and telegraph circuits. System switching centre used when multiple shelter systems are employed

    1" (one inch) = 25.4mm        1 pd (pound) = 0.454 kg

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