Posted: 9/23/2017 9:48:46 AM EDT
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Not sure if this is the right place to ask this stupid question but it's the closest related forum I can find on Arfcom.
I was not in the military so my only experience with comms gear is movies and books. How do Spec Ops guys have team communication after a wet insertion? Like in Act of Valor after the swim in to the South American compound. Are their radios waterproof or sealed in something for the swim? Or is it just Hollywood crap and Op's stupid for buying it? Thanks much guys, have a great weekend. |
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The radios themselves are waterproof and sealed well enough to be submerged under a small amount of water ( a meter or two) without damage.
The accessories (handset, microphone/earphone) sometimes aren't, and are wrapped and sealed to keep the water out if they aren't built to be waterproof. It's also not uncommon to ghetto-seal non-waterproof equipment in plastic bags as well, and that's actually called out as standard procedure in the operating manuals. There are also specialized waterproof cases for non-waterproof radios as well. Here's some examples of older gear, some of which is still in use (especially the SINCGARS radios.) |
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Originally Posted By Knothead71:
Thank you, sir. I figured there was a "been there, done that" cat in this forum. Thank you for the information. 
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Battery type has nothing to do with immersion capability. It's all in how the radio is packaged.
The ubiquitous special op's body worn radio, the Thales MBITR, is available in a version that is depth rated to 20M. That's plenty deep as the rebreather type scuba gear they use doesn't go much past that anyway. |
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Originally Posted By aa777888-2:
Battery type has nothing to do with immersion capability. It's all in how the radio is packaged. The ubiquitous special op's body worn radio, the Thales MBITR, is available in a version that is depth rated to 20M. That's plenty deep as the rebreather type scuba gear they use doesn't go much past that anyway. Attached File And the 117 Attached File Attached File |
| As folks have mentioned, some smaller HT type radios have been built/rated for submersion, there are also some specialized diver radios, meant to be used on the surface that are fairly waterproof. Especially for rebreather ops you are probably only diving something like 5-10 meters beneath the surface. The much more generalized solution which has been used forever is called a "dry bag", which is just a waterproof bag/backpack with some air in it, and the fancy ones have a way of letting gas in/out so you can trim them for neutral buoyancy. Usually though they were a bit leaky, and you double wrapped anything you really cared about like radios/batteries/other electronics gear etc. |
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Originally Posted By gcw:
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