TUSK II.

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"This technology is very old - but it works really well."

Indeed! Sometimes in war the old ways are the best ways.

"Ukraine war: How old tech is helping Ukraine avoid detection"

From https://www.bbc.com/news | By Jonathan Beale.

"Ukrainian troops along the eastern front line are aware of Russia's ability to intercept or block communications"

INTERCEPT AND JAM! RUSSIAN MISCHIEVIOUS MISCHIEF!

"As Ukraine prepares for its major offensive, it will only get harder to hide the troop build up from Russia's forces. So Ukraine is having to work out ways to confound the enemy."

"In a trench on the eastern front, a Ukrainian mortar team knows Russia's not just trying to hunt them down with drones - it's also using electronic warfare to try to locate their position."

THE HAND CRANKED FIELD TELEPHONE. WIRE TO WIRE HARD-LINE COMMUNICATIONS. FORWARD OBSERVER IN CONTACT WITH INDIRECT FIRING UNIT VIA TELEPHONE.

"The men of Ukraine's 28th Brigade may have access to 21st Century technology - satellites, smart phones, and tablets - to help communicate and identify targets. But they're also using a machine from the distant past."

FIELD TELEPHONES. PHONE TO PHONE AND ALSO CAN BE CONNECTED TO A SWITCHBOARD.

"An antique that wouldn't look out of place in a trench during World War One: an old wind-up phone."

An antique ancient and venerable device indeed, but it works and does have advantages.

See my previous blog the TUSK field telephone retrofit as now found on American Abrams tanks.

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/02/tusk.html

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