CLANSMAN    
 

CLANSMAN is the name given to the in-service family of tactical radios with which the British Army is currently equipped to provide communications from formation headquarters forward to the fighting units.


CLANSMAN is a lighter, far more reliable and adaptable system than the ageing LARKSPUR  system that it replaced during the early 1980s. In its turn, CLANSMAN  will be replaced by BOWMAN.

CLANSMAN MANPACK RADIOS

 

Radio

Used by

Weight

Range

Freq coverage

PRC 349

Inf Sec

1.5kg

2km

37-46.975

PRC 350

Inf Pl or Sec

3.6kg

5km

36-56.975

PRC 351

Coy/Sqn

6.3kg

8km

30-75.975

PRC 352

Coy/Sqn

9.2kg

16km

30-75.975

PRC 320

Coy/Pl

11kg

50km

2-29.999

CLANSMAN VEHICLE RADIOS

 

Radio

Used by

Weight

Range

Freq coverage

VRC 321

Command Nets

23kg

60km

1.5-29.999

VRC 322

Command Nets

52kg

80km

1.5-29.999

VRC 353

Bn/Coy/Sqn

22kg

30km

30-75.975

On the FEBA, these CLANSMAN radios are operated by the Battlegroup Signal Platoons, but further back, (generally Brigade level and backwards towards Divisional, Corps and Army HQ), will be the responsibility of the Royal Signals.