TO RADIO I. 6.".,.1 a. The BUCCft18 or failure of any military misBion dePend.!! on the efficiency of its communication system. In these days high-Iipet'(.! warfare, rapid positive communication iB more vitally important thall ever before. The advent of mechanir..ed warfare, made by the development of motor vehicles, airplanes and tanks, has creatt'd a demand for a fast, flexible, and mobile communication system, and ractio iB the only means of communication which will meet these requirements. The 8ucce.ful coordination of all the units which constitute a modern fighting foree would be virtually impossible without radio communication. Hundreds of tboll!l8nds of radio lieU are used by the Army to direct our tanks in battle, detect the approach of hOlltiJe airplane!l, .
DesignationTM 11-455
EditionMay 1944
StatusSuperseded
Pages149
FunctionComms Signal
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)