What accessories were fitted to m880 series

[w200/m880]

I have allways wondered what accessories came with the m880 shape,i have a couple of earth lead reels which were fitted to them in a usaf refueling mode,any one seen anything else interesting and can impart too all where they were fitted and why ?

 

[w200/m880]

i just remembered a pal used to have a 80 w200 crew cab ex usaf which had a cage in the bed with shakles attached,blue lights on stalks at each diagonal corner and flashing red lights in the grill it was a mp wagon,not a m880 i know but i thought it was cool.

 

[w200/m880]

Still no takers on what i thought was an interesting subject

lets try cargo bed light and switch

 

[Bob H]

Other than troop seats, radios & shelters, nothing official was fitted.
US Military units regularly adapt vehicles to suit their needs.
Back in 1980, on USMC base Camp LeJeunne, The MP's had cages made of chain link fence in the back of many M880's

 

[w200/m880]

I thought i was all alone in the world bob,how about first aid kits and fire extinguishers ?

 

[maddawg308]

Here's a pic of the radio setup in the back of the M880. Kinda blurry, but it's the real deal. Other than that, seen a few guys modify a CUCV brushguard to fit the front of the Dodge.

 

[w200/m880]

thats the closest weve got so far,thanks Mike.
Im intreaged to see some pics of a restored all correct truck with radio in back and all the associated radio stuff in the cab,heres a pic of my last m882 in 2002.

 

[w200/m880]

found a couple of radio rack pics on the net,none with radios in yet.

 

[maddawg308]

What I can see so far in the radio rack picture is:

Top shelf left: fire extinguisher
Top shelf right: AN/GRR-5 receiver
Middle shelf left: RT-524 transceiver
Middle shelf middle: R-442 receiver, C-1439 control box mounted to center beam
Middle shelf right: RT-441 transceiver, part of AN/VRC-24 set
Bottom shelf left: AM-2060 power supply with AN/PRC-77 backpack radio
Bottom shelf middle: unknown power supply or switch box
Bottom shelf right: LS-454 style speakers mounted to center beam

Misc in back of truck:

TA-312 field phone
SB-22 manual switchboard
field phone cable on reel
misc. radio and antenna accessories

So, now you know what you need to complete the setup, at least as shown in the photo.

 

[w200/m880]

your next mission jim should you choose to accept it is radio parts as fitted to dash,switch box,control box and loud speaker,thanks for info so far Mike.

 

[mutt1966]

Thats a pic of John Bensh's M880 withh the 24V 60Amp conversion in it here are some pics of the truck and the radio setup thats in it now in Maddawgs pic it was USAF it now Army Engineering

 

[w200/m880]

excellent,thank you.