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our FACs were Air Command guys usually back in the cp

The 1st radio I used was the C42 set and surplus US 77 sets & we thought we were in high cotton when we got 524 sets (VRC 12)

1970s into 1980s RCDs & LdSH the last was a job as a civilian consultant with 163 Battalion MNG US Army

OK quit picking on the '64 pattern it was way way better than '51 pattern shit & IMO better than the '82 crap that dissolved when it got wet. check the pams you will find listed a ammo/mess tin/universal carrier that would hold 4 C1A1 mags each. If you were issued a SMG you used a '51 bren gun...

second in all my time in I can't recall sigs ever being on my side of the FEBA

Thats the difference there I was recce I want a radio that works when the crap hits 1 good VHF or HF set so I can call next higher for to rain hellfire on the bag guys so I want something that works, not a fancy POS that takes 15 min to operate. I don't need to talk with Ottawa I need to talk to...

this is off topic but congrats on the new Mk 3 '64 ruck Matt looks like some good upgrades. how about some simple LC dressing type pouches that the 4" & 6" trauma dressings will fit into. Cal

same old gripes nothing works right and someone else has something better. Back in the day we had the same probs, we all called our radios 25 sets and some griped that the US was using PRC 77s not realizing that if you opened them up they were 77s. Point 2 the prob with the 521s is DND tried...