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Offline Charge

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #300 on: December 28, 2014, 11:42:32 PM »
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #301 on: December 29, 2014, 03:55:24 AM »
Quote from: Charge on December 28, 2014, 11:42:32 PM
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #302 on: December 29, 2014, 10:30:57 AM »
This device was used e.g. in Short Stirlings and Avro Lancasters. The germans did not have such device but they did eventually produce their copy of it.



What is it and what was it used for?

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #303 on: December 29, 2014, 10:53:22 AM »
Quote from: Charge on December 29, 2014, 10:30:57 AM
This device was used e.g. in Short Stirlings and Avro Lancasters. The germans did not have such device but they did eventually produce their copy of it.



What is it and what was it used for?

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #304 on: December 29, 2014, 11:03:43 PM »
Indeed it is a british CV-76 cavity magnetron. Cavity magnetron was an essential part of a centimetric radar and it was used in e.g. H2S and it gave the allies an advantage in radar technology over that used by the germans. Microwave radar technology was not unknown to germans however, but the decision to pursue metric radar technology provided more advantage and quicker, so the idea of centimetric radar was ignored until cavity magnetrons were discovered from downed allied planes.
The use of microwave radar was essential for creating detailed radar pictures due to its smaller wavelegth.

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #305 on: January 08, 2015, 01:59:27 PM »
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #306 on: January 08, 2015, 03:13:49 PM »
jebus - that looks like something the Soviets would do but it looks like a Thomson MG turned into a range finder - would it be used like some kind of training tool on the Sherman? That would be the only use I could think of.
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #307 on: January 10, 2015, 08:20:34 PM »
Quote from: Mister Fork on January 08, 2015, 03:13:49 PM
jebus - that looks like something the Soviets would do but it looks like a Thomson MG turned into a range finder - would it be used like some kind of training tool on the Sherman? That would be the only use I could think of.

Lol, I found it hysterical
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #308 on: January 12, 2015, 09:51:37 PM »
MOS 666, rangefinder operator.
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