TheK-1 cart is awirecart type K-1. It comprises a 2-wheel reel cart used for the rapid laying and recovering oftelephone andtelegraph lines in the field. It is completely equipped with a reel, mechanically rotated and controlled, 1 chest with wire-laying equipment, a driver's seat, and appropriate parts and fittings specially designed and used for only on this cart; designed to carry 5 miles ofwire, type W-39. It was formerly known as "Wire reel cart, type N".[1]
A rare sample of the Wire reel cart, type N can be found in theSignal Corps Museum atFort Eisenhower, Georgia.
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