[Texas_Jarhead]

hmmmm... something not right here. Unless things have changed I do not think that it is SOP for each vehicle to have a radio. Lead, rear, and command. Of course, I'm not in country so I could be wrong.

[GailA]

CB radios are not dependent on transmission towers/repeaters like 2 way radios are, that much I do know. I don't think 2 way transmission towers/repeaters would be in abundance in Iraq. I don't have a clue as to range on a CB, but on a good 2 way radio transmission for dash mounted systems is about 20-30 miles. Not sure what the range for a 2 way hand held unit is.

2 way radios operate on higher frequencies than CBs do.

Those little hand held units that we see on the market that are the size of small cell phones have a range of about 2 miles and operate on lower frequencies than 2 way radios. Haven't a clue as to range on those CB units mounted on/in the dash like truckers use.

Those large convoy trucks should be equipped with dash board mounted 2 way radio systems as standard equipment.

But there again they DEPEND on 2 way radio transmission/repeaters towers for relay of transmissions.

[Prodigal Son]

Unless things have changed I do not think that it is SOP for each vehicle to have a radio.

Aye, these guys are HET drivers from the sound of it (and from what they're hauling). I know it's been five years since I got out but it would've been unusual for every truck in a convoy like that to have a radio. I was never in a unit where the support platoon had radios in each HEMTT or Five Ton.