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The SCR-299 was a U.S. Signal Corps mobile military communications unit used during World War II. HistoryThe SCR-299 "mobile communications unit" was developed to provide long-range communications during World War II. The US Military sought improvements of range, flexibility and durability over its existing SCR-197 and SCR-597 transmitters. In 1942, Hallicrafters Standard HT-4 was selected as the SCR-299's transmitter, known subsequently by its military designation as the BC-610. The SCR-299 was first used on November 8, 1942 during Operation TORCH involving companies of the 829th Signal Service Battalion establishing a radio net that could exchange messages between beach-landed forces and bases in Gibraltar. Despite initial problems unloading the sets from convoy ships, the SCR-299s served until the installation of permanent Army Command and Administrative Network stations.[1] According to US Army military historians, "General Dwight Eisenhower credited the SCR-299 in his successful reorganization of the American forces and final defeat of the Nazis at Kasserine Pass."[2] The range of the SCR-299 exceeded original specifications, sometime establishing contact over {{convert|2300|mi|km}}.[3] The SCR-299 provided reliable communications with England during the North African campaign, and in Normandy on D-Day, served as a connection between two airborne divisions with Britain.[4] The SCR-299 was also used in the invasion of Sicily and the Allied invasion of Italy.[2] War correspondents and press reporters frequently made use of the SCR-299 and SCR-399. Access to the sets was provided to them by US Second Army and US Third Army Group Communications Teams, and in one instance, the SCR-399 became the only means of getting press copy direct to London.[5] In 1944, a short subject film was produced by the Jam Handy Organization and sponsored by the Hallicrafters Company that showed the construction of the SCR-299 and dramatized its use during World War II.[6][7] Hallicrafters Company advertising of the period sometimes used illustrations of the shelter-mounted SCR-399 to describe the achievements of the SCR-299.[8] {{-}}Specifications
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Notes1. ^Fort Huachuca Scout, January 22, 2009. Signal Corps carries the Torch, by Kristen Gregan, NETCOM Historical Staff 2. ^1 The SCR-299, United States Army Signal Center, Fort Gordon, GA {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105221519/http://www.gordon.army.mil/ocos/ac/WWII/SCR299.asp |date=2010-01-05 }} 3. ^The SCR299, Army Communicator United States Army Signal Center, Fort Gordon, GA {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105221519/http://www.gordon.army.mil/ocos/ac/WWII/SCR299.asp |date=2010-01-05 }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0bRaa7UuD6EC|title=The Library of Congress World War II Companion|first=David M.|last=Kennedy|date=2 October 2007|publisher=Simon and Schuster|via=Google Books}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/reference/normandy/TS/SC/SC3.htm|title=Normandy - The Technical Services : Signal Corps|publisher=}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/VoiceofV1944|title=Voice of Victory (Part I)|first=|last=Handy (Jam) Organization|date=1 January 1944|publisher=|via=Internet Archive}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/VoiceofV1944_2|title=Voice of Victory (Part II)|first=|last=Handy (Jam) Organization|date=1 January 1944|publisher=|via=Internet Archive}} 8. ^Dachis, Chuck (1996). Radios By Hallicrafters. Schiffer Publishing,Atglen(USA). 9. ^Directory Of Components, The SCR299, Army Communicator United States Army Signal Center, Fort Gordon, GA 10. ^Fort Gordon Museum, Transportable Sets 11. ^Fort Gordon Museum References
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