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<a class="fancybox" rel="45336ece650a08f2e613e950bbf8f2c1" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/060/671/for_gallery_v2/7ddc77d8.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/060/671/large_v3/7ddc77d8.jpg" alt="7ddc77d8" /></a></div></div>I would teach my Soldiers about the history and operation of it. Every unit I was in had one of these because of MILTOE requirements.Have you actually used a KOI-18 Tape Reader?2015-09-21T08:53:30-04:002015-09-21T08:53:30-04:00SGT Ben Keen981261<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Heck yeah, that thing was a staple for us. Just had to pray you didn't wriggle the paper!Response by SGT Ben Keen made Sep 21 at 2015 8:54 AM2015-09-21T08:54:20-04:002015-09-21T08:54:20-04:00TSgt David L.981340<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes. I had the unfortunate duty of being the COMSEC and COMPUSEC NCO and had to fill/load, maintain, inventory and babysit the folks who didn't know how to do any of the above. PITA, but someone had to do it! LOLResponse by TSgt David L. made Sep 21 at 2015 9:33 AM2015-09-21T09:33:04-04:002015-09-21T09:33:04-04:00SFC Stephen King981359<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Used to use it all the time as a 25C (RATT Rigger)Response by SFC Stephen King made Sep 21 at 2015 9:38 AM2015-09-21T09:38:46-04:002015-09-21T09:38:46-04:00MSG Private RallyPoint Member981380<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'll be honest, in all of my years in......I have never heard of nor seen this piece of equipment.Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 21 at 2015 9:48 AM2015-09-21T09:48:07-04:002015-09-21T09:48:07-04:00SGT Bryon Sergent981502<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>never seen or even heard of one!Response by SGT Bryon Sergent made Sep 21 at 2015 10:42 AM2015-09-21T10:42:51-04:002015-09-21T10:42:51-04:00MAJ Private RallyPoint Member983014<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I used to pull tape through a KOI-18 and then have to burn the tape. Which sucks because that tape is waxy and does not burn for crap. This was in the early 2000s, so not that long ago.Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 21 at 2015 9:27 PM2015-09-21T21:27:48-04:002015-09-21T21:27:48-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member983222<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes! Those things suck! The paper tapes were really thin and crappy. Every time you would try to feed the tape in, it would just crunch up on the feeder side. Once you got a wrinkle in that tape, good luck ever feeding it through the reader again. Talk about ancient technology...Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 21 at 2015 10:48 PM2015-09-21T22:48:51-04:002015-09-21T22:48:51-04:00CW5 Private RallyPoint Member984241<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>used it in Korea in 2001-2. Remote mountain sites couldn't just up and leave to get keys in the winter.Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 22 at 2015 11:40 AM2015-09-22T11:40:23-04:002015-09-22T11:40:23-04:00SPC Karl Tigges985134<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In the field I received this data on tapeResponse by SPC Karl Tigges made Sep 22 at 2015 3:47 PM2015-09-22T15:47:23-04:002015-09-22T15:47:23-04:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member985148<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Counted many times, never used.Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 22 at 2015 3:50 PM2015-09-22T15:50:56-04:002015-09-22T15:50:56-04:00SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member985277<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We were just talking about these at drill this weekend. Apparently there is still one on our books...Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 22 at 2015 4:23 PM2015-09-22T16:23:57-04:002015-09-22T16:23:57-04:00SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member985284<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So is there a way to remove duplicate posts?Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 22 at 2015 4:25 PM2015-09-22T16:25:21-04:002015-09-22T16:25:21-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member985321<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Bro! It's an obsolete piece of equipment. There are better things to teach and learn about.Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 22 at 2015 4:43 PM2015-09-22T16:43:15-04:002015-09-22T16:43:15-04:00SPC David S.986323<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never used it - just babysat it with all the other stuff chained to the floor.Response by SPC David S. made Sep 23 at 2015 12:39 AM2015-09-23T00:39:01-04:002015-09-23T00:39:01-04:00SSG John Gillespie986375<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, I used one to load crypto twice a day for years, from 2002 through 2006.Response by SSG John Gillespie made Sep 23 at 2015 1:27 AM2015-09-23T01:27:15-04:002015-09-23T01:27:15-04:00PVT Maggie Todd986405<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wish I learned this, my ncoic knew it, but it was consider obsolete to usResponse by PVT Maggie Todd made Sep 23 at 2015 1:56 AM2015-09-23T01:56:55-04:002015-09-23T01:56:55-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member986577<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Used this a long time ago in the Marines... This is the godfather of fill devices. The hard part was shredding all the paper tapes after lol. Personally, I miss the KYK-13< old reliableResponse by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 23 at 2015 7:11 AM2015-09-23T07:11:56-04:002015-09-23T07:11:56-04:00CPT Jim Pratt986598<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes- in my Signal Bn that U.S. How we did the first initial key when keying up.Response by CPT Jim Pratt made Sep 23 at 2015 7:29 AM2015-09-23T07:29:46-04:002015-09-23T07:29:46-04:00SGT Kenneth Waltenbaugh988965<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>yes a long time ago in ratt rigs iResponse by SGT Kenneth Waltenbaugh made Sep 23 at 2015 9:46 PM2015-09-23T21:46:11-04:002015-09-23T21:46:11-04:00PO1 John Miller989512<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br />I used this many times for daily, weekly, and monthly loads in addition to other paper key fill devices.Response by PO1 John Miller made Sep 24 at 2015 5:43 AM2015-09-24T05:43:13-04:002015-09-24T05:43:13-04:00SFC Michael Hasbun989560<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never heard of it.... Is this somehow connected to that elusive box of grid squares?Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Sep 24 at 2015 6:50 AM2015-09-24T06:50:41-04:002015-09-24T06:50:41-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member989661<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We used it in the Arty to encrypt our digital commo. some times you would have to feed it a couple of times before it took, and if the tape was wrinkled ... good luck loading that up. burned the last tape every day, it was waxie so it gave out black smoke when burned. Bur prior to that we had a KOK card that you would have to manually set, UGH if one setting was off by just a smuge, so ya a tape reader was big improvement......Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 24 at 2015 8:08 AM2015-09-24T08:08:51-04:002015-09-24T08:08:51-04:00TSgt Marco McDowell1049892<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>KOI and a KYK got me all types of letters and comms. Mainly because the OICs and SNCOs thought I was a magician whenever a radio or the 57 lost a fill. All praise crypto!Response by TSgt Marco McDowell made Oct 19 at 2015 5:01 AM2015-10-19T05:01:59-04:002015-10-19T05:01:59-04:00TSgt Private RallyPoint Member1682202<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>More times than I care to try to remember.Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 2 at 2016 12:36 AM2016-07-02T00:36:59-04:002016-07-02T00:36:59-04:00SGT Greg Peno2350537<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A better question might be how many people that have used it actually wrote the date when they changed the battery.Response by SGT Greg Peno made Feb 17 at 2017 5:35 PM2017-02-17T17:35:37-05:002017-02-17T17:35:37-05:00John Murdock6970147<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I used one from 2000-2008 as a civilian defense contractor at the AF Reserve. I actually almost never had any problems using it. I have a KOI-18 on my bookshelf today. There was an electronics surplus company selling them a few years back. They were demilled, so there is no electronic components inside--just the complete aluminum casing. they also removed the label saying what it is. They sold for $15 each! The company sold out of them very quickly.Response by John Murdock made May 12 at 2021 1:11 PM2021-05-12T13:11:45-04:002021-05-12T13:11:45-04:002015-09-21T08:53:30-04:00