Telaupad
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Telaupad is the contemporary British term for headset telephones used in a variety of shipboard applications, often in Fire Control tasks where the operator had to keep his hands free.
Form Factor
Telaupads featured headphones and a speaking horn angling down to a box strapped high on the sternum of the operator. They were bulky by modern or even World War II standards, but liberating.
Application
Sightsetters were an ideal candidate for wearing a telaupad, particularly in the days before F.T.P. sights came into service. It required very little engineering and fuss to wire up a ship so a telaupad could be tethered fairly near each gun.
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