The K-4 cart is a 2-wheel strongly constructed
signal cart similar to
artillery
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caissons, but equipped for carrying signal equipment; used with the Wire cart, type K-3, to form the wagon formerly called "Pintle wire wagon, M1910".
Description
The image from Electrical instruments and
telephone
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s of the US Signal Corps 1911 2) is accompanied by the following text: "In the latest model the front element of the
vehicle
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carries the reel and wire and is known as the reel
cart
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A handcart ...
. The rear element, known as the signal cart, is a chest of compartments suitable for carrying the buzzers, batteries, flags, field glasses and other equipment used by field companies of the Signal Corps.
The rear signal cart may be detached from the reel cart and the former used alone in laying and recovering wire. The pintle type wagon is drawn by four horses. The signal cart chest can be moved forward and backward to adjust weight on the horses' necks".
Electrical instruments and telephones of the US Signal Corps
(1911)]
See also
* List of U.S. Signal Corps vehicles, List of Signal Corps Vehicles
*K-1 cart
The K-1 cart is a wire cart type K-1. It comprises a 2-wheel reel cart used for the rapid laying and recovering of telephone and telegraph lines in the field. It is completely equipped with a reel, mechanically rotated and controlled, 1 chest with ...
* K-2 Lance wagon
* K-3 cart
* K-5 truck
*K-8 cart The K-8 cart was a two-wheel horse-drawn cart used by the U.S. Signal Corps, designed for transporting in the field a large assortment of signalling equipment in the field. The cart's gauge is 5 ft 2 in, the wheel rims inches wide, and the wheel di ...
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