PRC-343

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Originally the Marconi H4855 Personal Role Radio in British service, or AN/PRC-343 in the U.S. Marine Corps, this is a short-range intra-squad radio to be carried by every soldier in an infantry squad. The U.S. version is made by Motorola. A total of 28 countries use versions of the unit.

UK BOWMAN, US AN/PRC-343 intra-squad radio

The radios have an approximate range of 500 meters, and can operate in two separate talk groups (i.e., voice nets) as well as send low-speed data at 38.4 Kbps. The initial version does not have encryption, but usea UHF spread-spectrum wireless 2.4 GHz LAN technology that is hard to intercept. A more advanced version made by SELEX does have encryption.

It can be used with the QuietPro Enhanced Hearing Protection in-ear communication headset, which not only is a radio interface, but protects the ear against noise but also gives the Marine a sound amplifier for hearing slight sounds.