AT5/AR8 in USA

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

....also supplied to US Forces under Reciprocal Lend Lease (RLL) arrangements.

Mike C

Ah yes , true

The Australian radio industry manufactured various equipments for the US forces in the SWPA. A few Aust. sets have turned up in the USA . And, one of the GMH ambulance Jeeps has turned up over there as well . Seems like the yanks took a few things home when they left.

I have seen US army markings on these Aust. radio types

AWA AT21

AWA 3BZ

AWA AMR 101

Radio Corps. ATR4

I believe they also used the locally made mobile radar sets , because they were better than the US made sets. There was a few articles published in EA magazine years ago on this topic, the Aust. designed and built mobile radar sets were considered the best . Until the rest of the world caught up and overtook .

Mike