) are good places to
start looking for information and parts.
Please let me know if you find any broken links on this page, or if I have linked to your site and you don't want me to. I usually ignore requests to have new links added here; I only make links here for things which interest me personally. I do not maintain any of the pages listed below, and am not responsible for their content. I have not done business with some of the companies listed here, so a link on this page should not be considered an endorsement.
If you're just getting started collecting military communications gear and/or vehicles, the links with
red bullets () are good places to
start looking for information and parts.
| AAFRadio - U.S. Military Aircraft Avionics from 1939 to 1945 |
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| AFV Interiors |
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| ALE Information Information about Automatic Link Establishment. |
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| Amateur Radio AF4K Brian Carling's web page. Sells crystals, etc. |
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| American MilSpec A surplus dealer carrying radio gear and other mil surplus. I've dealt with them on Ebay before. |
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| AN/GRC-46 David Youse's page covering his restored AN/GRC-46 radio teletype (RTTY) set. The AN/GRC-46 is an RTTY system based on the T-195 transmitter and R-392 receiver, which would be called the AN/GRC-19 without the RTTY gear. |
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| The AN/PRC-90 Legacy |
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| Antelope Valley Equipment & Truck Parts Has parts for many military trucks and trailers. |
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| Antique Electronic Supply |
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| Army Manuals Listed in the Bibliography of Scientific and Technical Reports 1946-1949 |
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| Army Radio Sales Co. British company selling military radio gear. |
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| The Armyradios Area A discussion area for those who operate, restore, or collect military communications equipment. There are several member pages with pictures of their military gear, including some interesting vehicular installations. In particular, Jeff Ciccone has pictures of his M998 HMMWV, with lots of radios installed. |
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| BC-221 and LM Series Page |
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| Bell Radio Systems Amateur Page See the only Russian-built R161A-2M HF military radio station truck in Western hands. |
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| Boatanchors Mailing List Archives |
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| Biggerhammer.net
Lots of gun manuals, blueprints, etc. live here. |
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| Brooke Clarke's web page Has technical information and pictures of many pieces of military communications gear, including the AN/PRC-126. |
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| Bulb Direct Sells many replacement light bulbs used in military radios and vehicles. They seem to have pretty quick service. |
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| Bunker of Doom
"Information for Retro-Tech Hobbyists and Hardware Hackers", including military radio and vehicle stuff. |
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| Buzz's Military Vehicle and Radio Pages |
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| Chuck Rippel's R-390A Page |
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| CipherClerk's Applet Page has a neat Java applet that simulates a U.S. Army M-94 cipher device. |
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| Cleo's Web Page Has pictures of restored AN/TRC-117, AN/TTC-41, AN/GRC-122E, etc. This cat restores gear that would scare most collectors away! |
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| CME ARMA, Incorporated Rebuilds military alternators. |
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| CNC Gunsmithing |
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| Crossroads of the West Gun Shows |
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| Crypto Machines Home Page |
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| Dave's Flight Line Dave loves his M151A2 MUTT. He has some tech manuals for download, too. |
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| Defense Logistics Information Service Look up CAGE codes, etc. |
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| Defense Reutilization Marketing Service (DRMS) Where we used to buy military surplus direct from the government... now we have to go through Government Liquidation, instead. |
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| The Diesel Page An information resource for owners of the GM 6.2L and 6.5L diesel engines. |
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| Doug's Heavy Metal Gallery |
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| Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH) |
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| Drexel International |
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| Eastern Surplus and Equipment Company |
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| Electronic Technical Manuals Online A DOD site from which many scanned publicly-available military technical manuals can be downloaded. Many manuals are restricted, and cannot be downloaded without a valid account (oddly enough, many of them are commonly available on the surplus market...). Many of the scanned manuals contain OCR (optical character recognition) errors. Netscape with 128-bit U.S.-only "strong" encryption is required. For authorized use only. |
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| Fair Radio Sales One of the big electronic surplus dealers... Warning: their catalog causes uncontrollable drooling! |
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| Ferret-AFV |
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| Front Line Military Vehicles |
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| G503.com
Good site with information and forums for WWII military Jeeps, and most other common military vehicles. |
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| Gamagoat.com |
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| Gempler's Carries tools, fuel transport tanks, heavy-duty creepers, etc. |
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| Gichner Shelter Systems Manufactures military communication shelters. |
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| GMA Cover Corp. |
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| The GMC CCKW |
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| Guiette Manufacturing Inc. Machine gun accessories. |
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| HF Link Amateur Radio use of Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) protocols. Selective Calling, MIL-STD 188-141B, FED-STD-1045; CCIR 493-x, etc. |
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| HFpack An international resource for portable High Frequency communications. |
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| Humvee.net Home of the Hummer Mailing List (HML). Mostly geared towards the civilian Hummers, but also has lots of useful information for HMMWV owners and enthusiasts. |
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| Hunter Manufacturing Company They make heaters used in many military trucks, tow bars, and other stuff. |
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| Idaho Motor Pool |
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| Individual Training: United States Army Training Support Center
(formerly the Army Doctrine and Training Digital Library) Many Army Field Manuals are available in PDF and HTML formats here. |
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| International Repo-Depo |
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| James A. Moorer's personal website Has some excellent scans of manuals for the BC-348 receivers. These scans are much better than the others that I've found online. Also has information and scanned documentation for the R-390, R-1051, etc. |
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| J.C. Taylor Lots of folks recommend these guys for affordable insurance of antique vehicles, including historical ex-military trucks which are old enough to qualify. If you have a shop van like mine, whatever you do, don't call it a "van"... they don't insure vans... |
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| Joseph W. Pinner, KC5IJD |
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| K4CHE Military Radio and Boat
Anchors Includes instructions for rebuilding various military battery packs like the BA-48, crystal package modifications, and lots of other technical stuff. |
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| Kascar, LLC Sales, service, and parts for military surplus HMMWVs. I haven't done business with them yet. |
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| Ken's Muttpage Ken (AKA Muttguru) has a bunch of information about the M151-series MUTTs here. |
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| Ken-Tool Makes tire inflation cages, bead breakers, tire hammers, truck lug wrenches, etc. You can order their tools through a NAPA Auto Parts Store. |
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| Khaki Corps Imports British military vehicle imports. |
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| Kublo's Government Surplus Supplies |
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| Land Warfare Systems Contains descriptions and diagrams for many US military land vehicles, armor, weapons, etc. This is a sub-page of the Federation of American Scientists web page, which contains all sorts of other interesting information. |
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| Lasmer Industries, Inc. Manufactures modification kits, such as composite (plastic) battery boxes for 2.5-ton trucks, seat upgrades for HMMWVs, etc. I do not know if they sell in single quantity to civilians, but I heard that as of 1/8/2001, they were selling 2.5-ton battery boxes at a discount due to overproduction. |
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| M1919A4 page
Information and forums for collectors of belt-fed .30 caliber M1919A4 machine guns (yes, you can legally buy/build/own/shoot semi-auto conversions of these... and maybe even full-auto ones depending on where you live and how much money you have). |
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| The M1 Carbine Page |
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| M2HB.net
Information and forums for collectors of belt-fed .50 caliber M2HB machine guns (yes, you can legally buy/build/own/shoot semi-auto conversions of these... and maybe even full-auto ones depending on where you live and how much money you have... unless you're in California, then you're screwed). |
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| Marcus Glenn British fighting vehicles and spares. Ships worldwide. |
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| McMaster-Carr Supply Company Carries lots of obscure hardware and tools, like those Stover® locknuts commonly used in military vehicles. They have a nice on-line ordering system, and get your parts to you very quickly. |
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| Memphis Equipment Co. A good source of parts for your 2.5-ton 6x6 truck, M37, etc. (order by phone... no on-line ordering yet). |
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| Military Commo Equipment List |
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| Military Convoy Joe and John Naglich, a father/son dealership in St. Marys, PA, specializing in 6x6 trucks. |
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| Military Mules |
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| The Military Radio Swop Shop |
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| Military Radio Collector's Group (MRCG) Website The official website for the annual Military Radio Collector's Group meeting. |
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| Military Vehicle Broker & Appraisal Service |
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| Military Vehicle Data Plates |
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| Military Vehicles Magazine If you're interested in collecting vintage military vehicles, you should subscribe to this magazine. It's a great resource. |
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| Milweb.net Classified ads for military vehicle collectors; mostly from the UK, but also from the US and other countries. |
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| Mobile Military Radar |
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| Murphy's Surplus Warehouse A good source for recent-vintage military electronic surplus... sometimes very inexpensive, and sometimes very expensive, depending on what you're looking for! |
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| MUTT Parts AKA Riv.Rad. Inc., This is where to find those M561 Gama Goat parts! |
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| MUTT Motorpool |
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| MVPA Online Home page of the Military Vehicles Preservation Organization, an international organization which promotes the collection, preservation and restoration of historic military vehicles. |
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| MVTrucker's Home Page Joe Young's home page. |
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| National Band & Tag
Makes lots of metal and plastic tags. Their #1631 tag is correct for marking 14 ga. wires in US military trucks, and their #1633 tag is correct for battery cables. |
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| National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Many Army TMs are available here. Go here to just see Army publications. Prices are very high... |
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| NJ7P's Online Manual Listing |
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| National Stock Number Search
Look up a description of a National Stock Number (NSN) or National Item ID Number (NIIN), including current stock, price and manufacturer information. Another site that has NSN data is the DRMS site. Their database has fairly detailed descriptions of some items, sometimes even including mechanical dimensions. They don't have a fancy search page (that I've found) just for looking up NSN data, but you can take this link: http://www.drms.dla.mil/servlet/FlisPlusQuery?niin=000771636 and replace the number at the end with the NIIN (last 9 digits of a 13-digit NSN, or "00" followed by the last 7 digits of an old 11-digit NSN). |
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| Northwest Equipment |
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| Olive-Drab A great resource for collectors of military vehicles and other militaria... especially if you're just getting started. Go here first if you're thinking about getting your first military vehicle. |
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| Olive Drab Planet Rob Kiser's web page has pictures of M37 and M42 trucks. |
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| Oshkosh Equipment Sales, LLC |
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| Oshkosh Truck Corporation They make big trucks, like the HEMTT. |
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| Owens Export Service A surplus dealer in California. I got some parts for my M998 HMMWV here. |
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| Parramore Surplus Company |
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| Phil's Old
RadiosTM Although this site doesn't deal with military radios, it does contain some information which may be helpful to folks who restore older military gear, such as the article on re-capping old radios on the "Radio Beginner" sub-page. |
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| P.K. Neuses Inc. Manufactures and sells telecom tools, some of which may be useful for restoration and repair of radio gear, such as relay contact burnishers, special screwdrivers for the small screws with a hole in the middle of the head which are used in some military and aircraft connectors, etc. I have not done business with them yet. |
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| Portrayal Press Sells original and reprinted technical manuals for military vehicles, and other books. |
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| PS Magazine A periodical published by the US Govt. for folks involved in maintenance activities. Contains lots of tips on vehicle repair and maintenance. You can download recent issues in PDF format, but beware: the files are quite large, and have lots of graphics, to they can be difficult to view on a low-end machine. |
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| The R-390A Frequently Asked Questions Page. |
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| Ranchers Supply Company |
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| Real Radios Have Motors Dave Ross N7EPI's home page. |
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| rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors FAQ |
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| Richard Lacroix's Military Communications Home Page |
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| Rovero Research
Has lots of information about the R-392 receiver, and other radios. (Alternate Link) |
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| Saturn Surplus Generator parts, M880 parts, vehicles, etc. |
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| Schott Enterprises Sells M809-series and M923-series 5-ton 6x6 trucks, and M998-series HMMWVs. Located in Maine. |
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| S&G Electronics Carries some military batteries; I have not personally done business with this company yet. |
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| Shakespeare Composites and Electronics Has an online catalog of military antenna products, and online ordering... I wonder if civilians in the US can simply order their military products? This is a manufacturer, not a surplus dealer! |
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| SkyWaves Al Klase N3FRQ's web site, including a technique for replacing leaded components in tight spots. |
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| Southern California Military Vehicle Collectors Club |
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| 12V "Space Charge" Tubes
Describes use of certain vacuum tubes with very low plate voltages. |
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| Speed Bleeder
These replacement brake bleed valves make brake bleeding a one-person job. Part number SB71620 fits 2.5-ton multifuel trucks. |
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| Steel Soldiers
Military vehicle forums, technical articles, etc. |
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| Steve Hill's Military Radio Page |
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| Surplus City Jeep Parts Military and civilian Jeep parts. Although it's not listed in their on-line catalog, I bought a NOS MT-851 mounting for one of my AN/GRC-19 sets from them. They may still have more... |
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| Surplus Military Radio The home page of Menno Putman, PE1LDZ. |
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| Surplus Radio Society (Netherlands) |
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| Swiss Army Vehicles |
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| Tactical Engineering Sells BA-5590 battery conenctors (both genders), military audio connectors, SINCGARS cables, etc. |
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| Tacticom USA
Appears to sell VRC-12 and PRC-77 series gear. |
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| Tanks 2 Go Military vehicles and armor for movie rental and for sale. |
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| TP Tools Carries lots of handy tools, including 3/4"-drive impact wrenches and sockets for those big 2.5-ton wheel lugs, 6-ton jack stands, sandblasting equipment, blower-type air respirators for painting and sandblasting, etc. |
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| Tomlin's Militaria and Collectibles |
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| Toyland Combat Vehicles |
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| US Army Trucks |
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| U.S. Military Portable Radios by Alan D. Tasker, WA1NYR |
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| USS Pampanito (SS-383) Home Page |
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| VE3FAB Home Page Jerry Proc's home page. Has some nice technical information, and pictures and diagrams of radio installations in warbirds. |
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| The Vintage and Military Amateur Radio Society (VMARS)
This site has some excellent technical articles about military radio sets. For example, here's an article about the German SEM-35 backpack set, which also contains some interesting information about the US PRC-25 sets. Also, see the Wireless Set No. 31 page. |
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| Vintage Military Locator Service |
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| W8JI.COM Antennas Radios Amplifiers Baluns and Receiving Systems for HF. Includes instructions on proper alignment of MFJ-259 and MFJ-269 SWR analyzers. |
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| W7NPA's Radio Page |
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| WB6FZH Classic & Military Radio |
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| WheelAdapter.com
I had some custom wheel spacers made by this company, to install some HMMWV wheels onto a 3/4 ton trailer with an axle for CUCV wheels, without getting tire scrub on the trailer frame. |
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| William L. Howard Technical Intelligence Museum |
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| Winget's Military Restoration & Displays |
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| Wire Connections Carries commercial truck lighting components, master disconnect switches, ignition switches, etc. Distributes brands such as Federal-Mogul, Signal-Stat, Pollack, etc. A good source for components like lighted license plate brackets, back-up lights/alarms/switches, battery master switches, etc., that can be used to upgrade military surplus trucks to meet legal requirements and/or make them safer and more practical for daily use. |
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| The Wireless-Set-No19 Group Has lots of online manuals for the Wireless Set No. 19, and other radios. You need to join their group (free) to get passwords for the manual files. |
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| WWII Research and Reenacting |