Military Radio and its Transport
One of my longtime favorites is the K9 Radio Truck I would have love d to have owned one of these but it was never to be but the Landrover FFR has given me many years of pleasure but the display has got to much to setup so now gone to a new owner.
The new project is the Renault Boughton RB44 from 1993 in this section we will try and list military vehicles that played a major roll in day to day use in Military coms this will be all aspects of Radio Communication , eves dropping, Jaming and Re Brow (rebroardcasting) and many others
Morris K9 Radio Truck
The first military K9 was introduced in 1952. It was derived from the civilian Loadstar range but was modified to make it more suitable for military service, with increased track and ground clearance and all-wheel drive. Designated as the FV16000 series the 4x4 K9 was rated at a very conservative 1 ton and the chassis was adapted for use as a cargo vehicle, ambulance, water tanker and the most numerous was the wireless body.
The Services model saw duty with the Army and RAF from 1951 until as late as 1980 when some of the ‘signals vans’ were still in the hands of the ‘Territorials’, and others were in storage depots. None were bought by the Royal Navy and there is no evidence any were even used by the Senior Service. K9 was equipped with the familiar petrol, overhead valve, 3,995 cc six cylinder developing 92 bhp at 3000 revs. But to create the revised model, rifle clips, a gun ring in the roof, and larger tyres (9.00 x 20) – single all round – were fitted. There was a transfer box to take the drive to the front axle, but even so, the off-road capability was very limited.
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Volvo Suga TP21
In the 1950's, the Volvo TP21 fulfilled its original role as a rugged, off-road radio communications vehicle for the Swedish Armed Forces. Because of its snout-like front end and rounded rear end, the vehicle was nicknamed "Sugga", meaning sow, or mother pig, in Swedish.
Mercedes Unimog 404 Radio Truck
I have very little info on the Unimog and the radios also teleprinter if you can help with this one it would be much appreciated
Zill 131 Radio Truck 161
This was a truck restored by a good friend of mine Joe Bell well known in the radio amateur world he was so meticulous to get all the Russian radio up and running the truck was fully functional by the time he finished what a credit to Joe I attended lots of shows with him and he tort me a lot about military radio. Lots of info is hosted by Armyradio.com just follow the
link http://armyradio.com/Zil_Radio_Truck.html
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