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During the war, the standard infantrymen's radio was the PRC-25, man-portable back packed radio; as seen in the films: Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Hamburger Hill, etc. The radio had two antenna's available for use, the whip and the fishing pole type, both were used, in order to get the best reception. A pork chop (microphone) was kept in a clear plastic bad with a rubber band securing it, so the pork chop wouldn't get wet. GIs spoke thru the plastic bag.

After the war in '75, the army went to the PRC-77, it looks exactly like the PRC-25, you cannot tell them apart.

AFV's (Armored Fighting Vehicles) in Vietnam used VRC-12s, 46s, etc. Those were mounted in the M551 Sheridan tanks, M48 Patton tanks, and M113 ACAVs (Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles), and were mounted in the jeeps (1/4 tons). The VRC (Vehicle Radios) were capable of communicating with several platoons at once. But during battle, it was common for only one net to be used (because everyone wanted to hear what was going on) and they's clog up the net. So it was VERY common for the highest ranking officer on the net to state in a very angry voice, "clear the net!" Most fighting occurred using the company net (or troop net in a armored cav unit). The Captain would fight the battle talking with his platoons (Lieutenants), and if higher wanted to listen in, they'd have to drop to company/troop/battery nets. If the Captain wanted an air strike, the jets might drop to his net, or the Colonel (Battalion Cdr) would drop to the Captains net, get the information, then go to his higher net to request the air strikes. Then he'd drop back to the company commander's net and say, "get your men down, ETA 05 mikes!" (Jet strike on it's way in 5 minutes).

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