Australian Army Museum of Western Australia > Records

Post-1945, Vietnam, Radio/Transmitter RI 505 - PRC 25

1962 - 1973
Subcollections
Communications Gallery - Centenary of Royal Australian Corps of Signals
Overview

The Receiver/Transmitter RI 505 - PRC 25 was the standard field radio used by Australians during the Vietnam War. It was carried on a backpack harness with the handset clipped to the soldier's basic webbing shoulder strap.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-32-54-951
Contextual information

This radio is located in the Communications Gallery commissioned by the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia as part of the Centenary commemorations of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals in the broader context of the evolution of communications technologies. Communication devices used by the Australian Army also are presented in their operational context throughout the Museum.

Year
1962 - 1973
Last modified
Tuesday, 16 June, 2026
Completeness
44
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

25 set
25 set
Taking down a message in the thick jungle of Phuoc Tuy Province is Private Peter O'Halloran, a signaller with C Company, 2RAR The Battalion has just completed its final operation in South Vietnam and will return to Australia later in May 1971
505 set

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