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Our Fahnenjunker – Gefreiter Keller an insight into some of the equipment used in his trade in the Signals section of GD.

 

 

Radio Operators Tornister

Unit Dated 1942 Use: Carrying; Ariel, manuals, spare parts; ie batteries, switchboard leads, headphones, valves.

FF – 33 Field Telephone
(Feldernsprecher 33)

Based on a First World War design, these units were produced in there hundreds of thousands, and were used in most branches of the armed services (Wehrmacht).

Developed 1933
Weight 5.84 Kg
Supply 1.5v cell

Torn. E.b. Receiver
(Tornister Empfänger betreibsfertig)

Developed 1935, by Telefunken
Unit Dated1943
Frequency Ranges 100 KHz to 6970KHz
Unit Weight (complete) 24 Kg
Supply 90V dry cell, + 2V cell for H.T.
(also can run from a 12v automobile battery; varied frequencies of A.C. mains, via a vibrator unit)
Frequency Range
96.6KHz – 7095KHz (within 8 separate band levels)

Most commonly used receiver unit by the army (das Heer).

Wire Dispensing Equipment
(Telephone)

Weight 14 Kg
Unit Dated 1942

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