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Originally Posted by Feanor
I thought it was every 10th tank that had a radio in the Soviet Army, as tank companies were 3 platoons of 3 tanks each and one command tank, which had the comms.
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Perhaps it depended on the platoon organization and availability of radios. But on the History Channel a former German tank commander was interviewed and he said it was only one in five Soviet tanks had a radio. The Germans had radios in every tank and used throat microphones so communications were very clear without engine noise deafening the driver as in our M-41 Walkers some years later. For some reason we never adopted the throat mike which would have prevented lots of rear end collisions with tanks traveling in dust cover.