DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TECHNICAL BULLETIN

TB 11-5820-890-10-16

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TECHNICAL BULLETIN

OPERATION OF THE BATTERY COMPUTER SYSTEM (BCS)

TO GUN DISPLAY UNIT (GDU) WITH

SINCGARS GROUND RADIO SETS

Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, DC

1 APRIL 1993

REPORTING OF ERRORS AND RECOMMENDING IMPROVEMENTS

You can help improve this technical bulletin. If you find any mistakes or if you know of a way to improve the

procedures, please let us know. Mail your letter or DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications

and blank forms), direct to: Commander, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command and Fort

Monmouth, ATTN: AMSEL-LC-LM-LT, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5007. A reply will be furnished

direct to you.

Purpose. This technical bulletin provides the information and procedures for operating the BCS to GDU with

the SINCGARS family of ground radios. lt is necessary that the operator be properly trained in the operation

of the BCS, GDU, and SINCGARS. This technical bulletin is a supplement for the purpose of interoperability.

Application - Radio Sets. The radio sets covered by this technical bulletin are AN/VRC-87, AN/VRC-87A,

AN/VRC-87C, AN/VRC-88, AN/VRC-88A, AN/VRC-89, AN/VRC-89A, AN/VRC-90, AN/VRC-90A, AN/VRC-91,

AN/VRC-91A, AN/VRC-92, and AN/VRC-92A.

References. Refer to the following technical publications for normal operation and maintenance of the

equipment.

TITLE

PUBLICATION NUMBER

DATE

Data Display Group, OD-144, P/O Computer System,

TM 11-7440-283-12-2

27 September 1982

Gun Direction AN/GYK-29

SINCGARS ICOM Ground Combat Net Radio

TM 11-5820-890-10-1

1 September 1992

SINCGARS NON-ICOM Ground Combat Net Radio

1 September 1992

TM 11-5820-890-10-3

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