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Originally Posted by Dave Mills
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The CPRC-26 was also known as the SR A40 in UK usage.
That cable drum is "Reels, Cable, No.4" and is a split drum originally used with "Assault cable No.2" a pvc insulated 7 steel 1 copper stranded single wire supplied in hessian-wrapped 'doughnuts'. It could (supposedly) be air-dropped without a parachute. The wrapping would be removed, then the doughnut inserted into the drum so that the wire ends were accessible, the drum tightened up and the string ties removed, then "off you went". The matching "Apparatus Cable Laying No.10" (I think) is an aluminium hook that goes over your arm (drum hanging below on a spindle with a captive locking pin). They are a very useful drum and remained in service because of that, long after the assault cable disappeared into history.
Chris.