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SCR 189

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Type
  
Vehicle Radio

In service
  
standardized 1933

Designed
  
1932

Place of origin
  
United States

Used by
  
US Army

Variants
  
1

SCR-189

The SCR-189 was a mobile Signal Corps Radio tested by the U.S. Army before World War II. It was designed for armored forces, and mounted in the Six Ton Tank M1917. The original production run of these tanks included 50 "radio tanks" but the original radio components are unknown, so what or how many tanks were fitted with the SCR-189 also appears to be unknown.

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Use

Evidently an experiment in a tactical vehicle radio, it was the first Army set to utilize the Superheterodyne. As the M1917 tank was phased out the new M1 Combat Car and M2 Light Tank were equipped with SCR-189's. The SCR-189 was replaced by the SCR-245 in 1937.

Components

  • BC-175 Receiver
  • BC-176 Transmitter CW/voice, 2.200 kHz, to 2.600 kHz at 7.5 Watt, range 8 Miles
  • BC-177 Control box
  • BC-206 Control box
  • PE-48 Power supply
  • Battery box BX-3 (Battery BA-27)
  • Variants

  • SCR-190 Receiver only set
  • References

    SCR-189 Wikipedia