The C42 was a pretty standard radio for the army in Canada starting, I believe, in the late 50s. In the early 70s, the US radios started to appear for the regular army, but a lot of the reserves continued to use the C42 radio until about 1980.
I have the equipment logistic directives at work for the Centurion. I am pretty sure it had information on which radios were used. I'll check tomorrow and post the results here if someone doesn't beat me to it.
While you don't see sales of the C42s that often these days, a big part of the reason, likely, is because they are so darn huge and heavy. Most guys don't want them in their jeeps. But they are out there, hiding in sheds and warehouses.
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