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The EE-8 Field Telephone was used by the Signal Corps from before World War II through the Vietnam War. It was housed in leather, then canvas, and its last production had a nylon case and straps, after the changeover to that material in 1967.

The EE-8 Field Telephone was standardized in 1932 and procurement began in 1937, providing a lighter and more functional unit just in time for the huge mobilization of the U.S. military for WW II. Among other improvements, the EE-8 increased the maximum transmission range of the predecessor EE-5 Field Telephone by six miles or more. utilizes ME-22 maintenance equipment.

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Images

Related Files

Adobe PDF icon.png TM 11-333

War Department Technical Manual
Telephones
EE-8,
EE-8-A
EE-8-B
March 1945


Adobe_PDF_icon.png EE-8A Manual in Russian[1]
Manual in Russian
EE-8A
1943


References

  1. EE-8A Manual in Russian,
    "US Army Technical Manual Collection,"
    from the CECOM Historical Office archive, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
    CECOM Historical Office