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.
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