I just retired in Feb after 23+ years in the Army, Regular and Guard, differrent units, MOSs. Much of that time either in my Infantry years or later LRSU commo years was using, carrying , troubleshooting the PRC 25/77 series of radios (along with the newer SINGARS, HF systems, and different vehicle mount older FM systems) . Yes they came with two antennes, long whip and short tape whip, different base for each antenna, plus a hand mic in the canvas accessory bag that carried all the parts. Externally the 77 and the 25 looked the same, the only difference being that the 77 had the capability of a comsec device attachment. That only added a few more pouinds of gear and batteries to be carried in the manpack mode...
As a side note, RTOs in a tactical situation usually liked to use the short whip tape antenna and angle it forward/down into their web gear to make them less of a target.
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
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