Name: Clansman radio installation kit for FFR Rover
Brand: Racal / Plessey / MEL (Clansman consortium) to MoD Army Code 61590

Description

The vehicle-installation kit that put Clansman sets into a 24 V FFR Land Rover: a rear radio table on legs with Dexion side racks, mounting plates for the RT-320 HF, RT-351/352 VHF and VRC-353 sets, DCCU/ARFAT plates, two- and three-way power distribution boxes, crew boxes and harness, and the wing-top antenna tuning unit boxes feeding side-arm aerial bases. Layouts and testing were laid down in Army Code 61590, with separate supplements for the VHF rebroadcast station (June 1980) and the PRC-320/351/352/VRC-353 fits (March 1987).

Series Rover layouts in EMER Communication Installations M 050-059 to M 740-749; TUL/TUM (Wolf) installations were Army Coded publications

Rarity. Fitted across the British Army FFR fleet for three decades; tables, wing boxes, distribution boxes, DCCU and ARFAT mounting plates are stocked by several UK surplus dealers (radio table sets offered at GBP 32 posted in 2026; 2-way distribution box new-old-stock at H and H Surplus).

Record: 5 sources; designation recorded; no price recorded.

Specification

MAKERRacal / Plessey / MEL (Clansman consortium) to MoD Army Code 61590, United Kingdom

DESIGNATION / PARTClansman radio installations in Trucks 1/2 and 3/4 ton FFR and GS Rover (Army Code 61590); UK/PRC-320, UK/PRC-351/352, UK/VRC-353

MADE1978–2010

RARITYCommon — Fitted across the British Army FFR fleet for three decades; tables, wing boxes, distribution boxes, DCCU and ARFAT mounting plates are stocked by several UK surplus dealers (radio table sets offered at GBP 32 posted in 2026; 2-way distribution box new-old-stock at H and H Surplus).

RADIO TABLENSN 5820-99-052-5295 with legs 5820-99-075-9069

WING BOXClansman antenna wing box NSN 5820-99-637-0785, approx 26 x 20 x 20 cm, 5.1 kg

DISTRIBUTION2-way power distribution box NSN 5820-99-573-8255; 3-way box

HANDBOOKSArmy Code 61590 Pt 7 Supp 16, VHF rebroadcast station, June 1980, Army Code 61590 Pt 10 Supp 28, PRC-320/PRC-351/352/VRC-353Z into 1/2 and 3/4 ton FFR and GS Rover, March 1987

SETSUK/PRC-320 HF, UK/PRC-351 and 352 VHF, UK/VRC-353 (3/4 ton FFR only)

NSN UNVERIFIED5820-99-052-5295 (radio table), 5820-99-075-9069 (table legs), 5820-99-637-0785 (antenna wing box), 5820-99-573-8255 (2-way power distribution box) (search snippet only)