List of British Army radio sets
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Tactical systems
- W/T Set 120 Watt
- W/T Set "A"
- W/T Sets "C"
- No. 1 Wireless Set - short range radio developed in 1933
- Wireless Set No. 3
- Wireless Set No. 9
- Wireless Set No. 11Army No. 11 Wireless SetThe No. 11 Wireless Set was a wireless radio transceiver used by the British Army during World War II.-History:The No. 11 Set was designed in 1938 to replace the 1933 No. 1 Wireless Set. Originally intended for tanks, it was used for ground communications of the British Army for the early part of...
- Use by the likes of the Long Range Desert Group during WW2 - Wireless Set No. 12 - static or vehicle mounted transmitter station, range about 60 miles
- Wireless Set No. 17 - 2-valves, 44 - 61 MHz Used by Searchlight Units.
- Wireless Set No. 18 - 3 Marks, for "short range telephony and C/W working in forward areas", about 5 miles maximum, Bn HQ to Company HQ, 6-9 MHZ
- Wireless Set No. 19Wireless Set No. 19The Wireless Set No. 19 was a Second World War mobile radio transceiver designed for the British Army to give armoured troops reliable communications.- Specifications :...
- Standard WW2 Tank set. Used in every theater of operation. HF, 2 to 8MHz, AM or Morse Code - Wireless Set No. 22 - Jeep mounted HF set, low power HF, AM/CW, used by Airborne troops etc.
- Wireless Set No. 31 - manpack radio set The US SCR-300SCR-300The SCR-300 was a portable radio transceiver used by US Signal Corps in World War II. This backpack-mounted unit was the first two way radio to be nicknamed a "walkie talkie".- History :...
design adopted for British use. - Wireless Set No. 37 - short range lightweight transmitter/receiver for use by paratroops. Some components used in S-PhoneS-PhoneThe S-Phone system was an ultra high frequency duplex radio telephone system developed during World War II for use by Special Operations Executive agents working behind enemy lines to communicate with friendly aircraft and coordinate landings and the dropping of agents and supplies...
. - Wireless Set No. 38 - also as an AFV version used in vehicles to link infantry and vehicle radio nets.
- Wireless Set No. 46 - Manpack, used by beach landing troops, waterproof, 1W output AM or MCW.
- Wireless Set No. 48 - US made version of WS18. Manpack HF AM or Morse Code.
- Wireless Set No. 58 - Canadian made version of WS18.
- Wireless Set No. 68 - similar to No. 18 set, lower frequency range.
- Wireless Set No. 88 - VHF manpack set from 1947
- Wireless Set No. 108
- Station Radio C12 - Interim HF AM/CW set designed by Pye
- Station Radio C13 - AM, NB-PhM & CW. Forward area HF set used where VHF was not appropriate.
- Station Radio C42 - VHF/FM set for mobile communication in the forward battle area.
- Wireless Set B44 - Short range duplex AM set for artillery and anti-aircraft batteries.
- Wireless Station A41 - British copy of the US PRC-10. Replaced No. 31 Set
- Larkspur radio systemLarkspur radio systemLarkspur was the name of a tactical radio system used by the British Army. Its development started in the late 1940s with the first equipments being issued in the mid-1950s. It remained in service until replaced by Clansman in the late-1970s although some elements of Larkspur were still in service...
- ClansmanClansmanClansman is the name of a combat net radio system used by the British Army from 1976 to 2010.Clansman was developed by the Signals Research and Development Establishment in the 1960s, to satisfy a General Staff Requirement laid down in 1965...
- Bowman (communications system)Bowman (communications system)Bowman is the name of the tactical communications system used by the British Armed Forces.The Bowman C4I system consists of a range of HF radio, VHF radio and UHF radio sets designed to provide secure integrated voice, data services to dismounted soldiers, individual vehicles and command HQs up to...