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Originally Posted by Capt. Teach
Very cool info ... but it does raise the question in my mind ... how then did they equip all those panzers with radios? I was always under the impression that one of the key features of the blitzkrieg was radio comms for all the tank commanders. Also, I'm not sure but ... didn't the panzers utilize vertical antenna's?
[Although ... it still would not solve the battery problem for a remote radio decoy or that it would have to be waterproof ... not to mention cooling considerations once all those tubes were fired up ... I think they would fry up after a short time anyway since there wouldn't be a venting system for the heat if it was waterproof.] |
The plan to have every vehicle have a radio started in 1934, but wasnt really fully finished until just before the beginning of the war. The first series of radios was the FuG1 (which could only receive) but the most common series for early combat vehicles (like the III and IV series) were FuG5 that could transmit and receive, at short range. Many command vehicles early in the war carried the FuG6 and 11 series that could transmit and receive from much longer distances, and was one of the more recognizable ones by the large rack on top of the vehicles (like on 232 and panzer I command vehicles). I cant think of any german units that went into war without at least 1 radio, and the very few that didnt have radios in every vehicle were recently acquired from other countries like france.
The artillery used Fug 4, 15, and 16.