Vehicle Mounted PRC-77 Sets

[David Dunlop]

For those of you with a canvas cover on your 524 or C42 Set, can you photo/posts
any markings on the cover, or write out what the markings are on a post. It is not unusual to find a lot of canvas bits at a local surplus store but have no idea what they are for when one cannot make sense of any mil codes on the item.

Thanks.

David

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

For those of you with a canvas cover on your 524 or C42 Set, can you photo/posts
any markings on the cover, or write out what the markings are on a post. It is not unusual to find a lot of canvas bits at a local surplus store but have no idea what they are for when one cannot make sense of any mil codes on the item.

Thanks.

David

RT-524A:

CW-653()VRC stencilled centre top. Two zippers, one each side. Front panel dome fastens to top of cover (doing that covers up the above stencil). Reinforced vent hole RHS, Rectangular vent hole on rear panel, "U" shaped dome fastened flap to left of rear panel.Securing strap w/dome fasteners located under the front panel and fastens around the handles.

HTH, regards

[David Dunlop]

Thanks for the specs, Jon. I will see what I can spot locally now.

By the way, I have now found an AT-912 system for my PRC-77.

Thanks to everyone for your information.

David

[Frédéric Lapierre]

Sorry to bring a post back from the dead but anybody knows around what year the prc77 (and variants) was retired from service? I kinda wanted to mount one on my mt500 but only if its period correct.
Thanks gents.

[David Dunlop]

I know the 77-Set was still in use when Kapyong Barracks in Winnipeg closed and 2PPCLI relocated to Shilo, but I cannot recall what year that was at the moment.

David

[Frédéric Lapierre]

According to google that would be 2004. Thanks for the info!

[rob love]

The 77 set would have been long gone in regular force/2VP service by 2004. There may have been some still in reserve force service, or languishing in backrooms, but the TCCCs was in sometime in 2001/2002.

Some of the advance party elements of 2VP started showing up in 2002, so it was close, but they did not even have a building yet, so I doubt they would have dragged legacy equipment to here. I was with 1RCHA at the time, and we had a portion of a warehouse full of the older radio stuff that was not on charge. The QM finally had a scrap metal bin brought in and it all went to the local scrapyard.