-re the walkie-talkie example (which you've got to admit is quite funny) there is a key integration issue, with the man. It is what the Army refer(red?) to as the left shoulder problem, whereby a slack handful of kit is allocated a spot on the PLCE left shoulder harness/strap. Aforementioned PRR, LCAD, PRC349 (in turn, stressing the antenna) and so on. The PRR battery compartment, as well as the Argos kiddie toys, leaked like a sieve, which tends to make electronics fizz. ("What, you wanted it splashproof?") As the trials included a jaunt round the Warminster obstacle course, including watery holes and ditches, a few questions were asked about why the product selected even passed, never mind "won". Well, actually, it didn't, coming a resounding last in many trials elements. A possible explanation emerged when, the next day, a picture of Lord Willie Bach appeared in the press, having just had a "winning" PRR thrust into his mits by a sharp company marketing chap. By no means the strangest procurement selection tale!