M886 Radio???

[SoylentGreen]

Anyone know what type of military radio(s) would have been used in M886's?
Thanks

 

[nattieleather]

RT524...the prc77 with mobile mount. R422 receivers... Possible the Armor or Artill versions of those radios so that they could talk inf to art to armor.

 

[maddawg308]

The VRC-12 series of radios that nattieleather mentioned above is standard, but there were dozens of radio configurations used in M880 series trucks. The oldest setup I've ever heard of being installed was a PRC-47 set, the newest was a GRC-206 (which is rather complex and includes the RT-524, in addition to newer and more tactical rigs).

 

[Bob H]

From TM9-2320-266-10

The M880, M886, M888, M890 and M893 are not equipped with military standard electro-magnetic interfererence components, although they do contain commercial standard SAE suppression componentry. They should not be operated within 50 feet of a vehicle with communication equipment or any ground receiver / transmitter.
The unsuppressed vehicles may interfere with operation of the communications equipment.

The above would indicate that radios were not used in M886's.
The TM lists only the M881, M882, M883, M884, M891 and M892 as having the 24v system .
Further the TM lists only the M882, M892 as having a communications kit.

Other than that , I know NOTHING about military communication equipment.

 

[nattieleather]

That's true bob...but when the army did the kits on the motors for the waterproof spark plugs and wires (Wasn't that done when they did the black-out lights) that give the truck radio surpression. I beleive the M886 had a rack up againts the bulkhead of the bead for all the different radios.

 

[Bob H]

Neither of my M886's show any signs of radio rack having been mounted.
I thought all military radios were 24v ?

 

[papercu]

Radio

From TM 11-5820-401-20-1 this is showing the setup for a M882. Wayne

 

[tmbrwolf]

RE: Radio

The M886's were never equipped for radio's, and radio's couldn't be installed due to the lack of a 24V system. The M1010's also had no provision for radio installation. If a radio needed to be carried we used PRC-25 / 77's with batteries. The first ambulance models that had provisions for radios were the M996 and M997 HMMWV's.

 

[papercu]

M886

A winterized M886 had the upgrade to a 24v system as per the -10, change 6 Table 2-1. Wayne

 

[Bob H]

RE: M886

Interesting, that table shows personnel heater 24v.
For the winterization of the M886 they remove the existing gasoline heater with 12 volt ignition and replace it with a 24v personel heater.
I have never seen any M880 series truck set up like this. (yet)
So with this conversion, the electrical power to operate radios would be there, yet no memtion of a radio for the M886 in the TM's though.