Germans Captured a Sherman's Radio — Couldn't Explain How Every Tank Answered at Once

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  @NathanFisher-x8h · 12 hours ago

  to be clear, the box welded onto the back of the tank is a universal feature on tanks nowadays, and there's no radio transmitter in it, it's just a phone to talk with the crew.

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  @CFPVideoProductions · 2 weeks ago

  I was happy to hear a well written story and true story about Major Edwin Howard Armstrong. His accomplishments have been largely taken away from history.

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  @Rick92040 · 2 weeks ago

  Nice video. I'm glad there are no subtitles.

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  @donlowry6469 · 2 weeks ago

  Now, units can share targeting data, radar, and other detection data on the net. Something you never saw can send data to something else you never see that targets and hits you.

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  @thomasclark4267 · 4 days ago

  We're talking about the BC 604,  BC 603 crystal controlled fm transmitter & rcevior system on 26 mhz .

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  @eeengineer8851 · 2 weeks ago

  The legal battle between Armstrong and RCA over patents has been the subject of some documentaries.  Armstrong died by jumping off a radio antenna tower.

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  @georgegonzalez2476 · 4 days ago

  The radios were BC-603.  Made by Motorola.  the pushbuttons were from their car radio.  Chrome buttons looked out of place!

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  @WatchTrenchTV · 8 days ago

  You guys rock!

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  @SilentPayback-45 · 2 weeks ago

  Amazing 👏

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  @tomschmidt381 · 2 weeks ago

  Couple of tidbits I&apos;ve gleamed from the Signal Corps history of WWII. Crystal Control was controversial early on because there was not enough natural Quartz to make them. It was also a matter of production capability. Granted FM was much better then German AM radios but my understanding and a point you touched on is American tanks all had transmitters. On the German side some only had receivers. <br><br>The fate of Armstrong was despicable as mentioned, he invented the regenerative, super regenetitive and superheterodyne receiving technology. The FM legal battle with RCA&apos;s David Sarnoff destroyed him.

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  @AmericaWasHere-YT · 2 weeks ago

  Since we didn&apos;t live through those times, it seems so strange and simple—yet it is obvious that it was an incredible and challenging process!😮

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  @grandpawoods2275 · 2 weeks ago

  We are so fortunate that the decision was made to go with FM because one of the things that made the US Army so potent was clear communications. &nbsp;Much has been made of the &quot;inferiority&quot; of the Sherman tank (some deserved, but most is not considering is was a 32 ton tank up against 45 ton Panthers and 60 ton tigers). &nbsp;But the Shermans not only greatly outnumbered the German tanks (we made 50,000 of them, the Germans made about 10,000, the majority of which went to the Eastern front), they were simply one part of a killing machine that, because of our superior communications, was able to coordinate Shermans, tank killers, air power (mostly P-47&apos;s) and artillery that itself was using a communication system called TOT. &nbsp;This is something the Germans couldn&apos;t do, nor could the Brits.