Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
AN/PRC-77 Portable Transceiver
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
== Users == [[Image:PRC-77.svg|thumb|right|250px|Control Panel of a PRC-77]] {{more citations needed section|date=August 2023}} *{{flag|Austria}}: The [[Austrian Federal Army|Austrian Army]] still uses the AN/PRC-77, though in a limited capacity such as training cadets in radio communications. For border patrol the Austrian Army now uses a new device called "TFF-41" (Pentacom RT-405), which is capable of frequency-hopping and digital encryption. The Austrian Army also uses the AN/PRC-1177 for example the Austrian AN/PRC-77 have a special switch for a 25 kHz mode, which reduces the bandwidth of the selected channel by 25 kHz and therefore doubles the number of available channels. *{{flag|Bangladesh}}: The [[Bangladesh Army]] use the AN/PRC-77 as a section level communication equipment. In Chittagong Hill Tracts area it is still used for operations. Some modified/improvised local antenna concepts often increase the communication range up to 15–20 km. Now being phased out by far superior Q-MAC's VHF-90M *{{flag|Brazil}}: In Brazil it is used by [[Brazilian Army]] It was nicknamed EB-11 RY-20/ERC-110 manufactured by Associated Industries U.S.A and manufactured by [[AEG Telefunken]] do Brasil S/A, São Paulo 1970 the radio is used today but is now being replaced but still the PRC-77 remains stored in military units also used for training of technicians in military communications sergeants communications. *{{flag|Chile}}: The Telecomm Regiments in the [[Chilean Army]] still using the PRC - 77. (In process of modernization). *{{flag|El Salvador}}: Salvadoran military and security forces used both American and Israeli-manufactured versions during the civil war.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soc.mil/ARSOF_History/articles/v3n1_paraiso_page_1.html |title=El Paraiso and the War in El Salvador: Part I (1981–1983) |website=www.soc.mil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411234721/https://www.soc.mil/ARSOF_History/articles/v3n1_paraiso_page_1.html |archive-date=2019-04-11}}</ref> *{{flag|Finland}}: The [[Finnish army]] uses this radio as a "battalion radio", using it as a common training device. The radio is designated LV 217 'Ventti-seiska' ('ventti' is Finnish slang for '21', from the Finnish variant of [[blackjack]]), slowly being phased out of reservist service. FDF also operates '''PRC-1077'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radionerds.com/index.php/PRC-1077|title=PRC-1077|website=www.radionerds.com}}</ref> under the designation {{Interlanguage link|LV 217M|fi|LV_217M}}. *{{flag|Israel}}: The [[Israel Defense Forces]] used this radio extensively from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, when it was gradually replaced by modern digital devices. However, it can still be found in some units, mostly in stationary temporary posts. *{{flag|New Zealand}}: The [[New Zealand Defence Force]] used the '77 set' as its VHF combat arms communications equipment, both manpack and vehicle-mounted [[Land Rover series|Land Rover]] 'fitted for radio' (FFR) variants, from the late 1960s until the 1990s. It came into New Zealand service with a lot of other US equipment during New Zealand's contribution to the [[New Zealand in the Vietnam War|Vietnam War]], replacing the New Zealand-built ZC-1 and British equipment dating back to the Second World War. *{{flag|Norway}}: The AN/PRC-77 has been replaced as a main source of radio communication for regular forces of the [[Norwegian Army]] by indigenously developed radio sets called [[Multi Rolle Radio|MRR]] (Multi Role Radio) and LFR (Lett Flerbruks Radio) (Norwegian for Light Multi Role Radio), and other modern radios. However the Norwegian Army did not throw these radio sets away. Instead many of them were handed over to the Home Guard which still uses it as their backup radio as there is a limited supply of MRR sets for the force totalling 40 000 soldiers. *{{flag|Pakistan}}: The [[Pakistani Army]] has used the set for the past 25+ years. Purchased from different sources including the US, Brazil and Spain, it is scheduled to be replaced in the next 5 years. *{{flag|Peru}}: Used alongside the French [[TRC 372]].<ref name="sof90">{{cite magazine |last=Marks |first=Tom |date= January 1990 |title=Professionals In Paradise |magazine=Soldier of Fortune|publisher=Soldier of Fortune}}</ref> *{{flag|Philippines}}: The [[Philippine Army]] made extensive use of the AN/PRC-77 for several decades until they were phased out of service with the introduction of newer manpack radios such as the Harris Falcon II during the 2000s. *{{flag|Singapore}}: The Singapore Armed Forces formerly used the AN/PRC-77 up to around the 1990s. *{{flag|Spain}}: The Spanish Army, Spanish Navy (Armada Española), Spanish Marines and Spanish Air Force formerly used the AN/PRC-77. It was replaced by the French PR4G since 2002 *{{flag|Sweden}}: In the [[Swedish Army]] the radio system goes under the name Radio 145 and Radio 146 (Ra145/146), predominately the Homeguard (National Guard) is issued the Ra145/146. *{{flag|Swiss}}: The [[Swiss Army]] used the radio as SE-227. *{{flag|Taiwan}}: The [[Republic of China Army|Taiwanese army]] nicknamed the radio as "77", and had used it for over 40 years when AN/PRC-77, along with AN/VRC-12,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://city.udn.com/forum/article.jsp?no=59263&cate_no=0&pno=3&aid=2893526|title=立委:國產3武器明年量產|date=2010-09-17|website=國際軍武網友聯誼會|access-date=2018-11-17}}</ref> were replaced by indigenous radio systems in 2010s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=37&t=1762028|title=超耐用通訊77終於要退休了 ...|date=2010-09-18|website=Mobile01|access-date=2018-11-17}}</ref> *{{flag|Thailand}}: Still found in some units within the [[Royal Thai Army]]
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)