[Ace the Biker]

Not true, EE 8 phones and field switchboards were used all over the country in forward trains areas.

The ringing current is 90 volts, the type of magnetos that are used to stun fish, etc,

[Dinsdale]

The ringing current is 90 volts, the type of magnetos that are used to stun fish, etc,

Current is amps. Voltage is volts.

[steplock]

I could only go by my experience as a grunt - we didn't carry telephone equiment - just our PRC-25's - and I had that honor. The worst that could do is break a toe.

I can't see a need for wired telephone equipment on a swift boat either.

Hmmm... come to think of it, the firing generator for a claymore COULD (maybe) give some kind of shock, but I always found the actual claymore to be much more effective.