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old handheld military radio or receiver?

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Anyone know what this is? Says General Electric on the front and that's it. Was given to me by a buddy and not sure if it is something to save or throw away. I don't have the battery pack for it.
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Looks like it's late sixties/early seventies tech. Reason I say that is the knobs and such look to be metal. Seems like anything after 1980 is made with plastic. Is there a sticker with a serial number in the battery compartment? Nothing else you can try contacting GE with the serial number and see what they say.
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Major_A wrote:Looks like it's late sixties/early seventies tech. Reason I say that is the knobs and such look to be metal. Seems like anything after 1980 is made with plastic. Is there a sticker with a serial number in the battery compartment? Nothing else you can try contacting GE with the serial number and see what they say.
The knobs look to be made from a combination of metal and plastic.

Back Label:

General Electric Co.
MPR Series
FCC XMTR DATA - KT176-B
FCC RCVR DATA - ER114-B
COMB. P2BNN 56 DEN
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This is the best I could come up with.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Marc_V
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