[Milsurplus] Why Germany lost the war

[Ray Fantini]

http://www.cdvandt.org/index.htm

One of the more useful pages I have found on German equipment, good links on the Wuerzburg radar and items like the Koln 52 receiver. I would propose that the Telefunken E52 was possibly one of the best receivers ever produced at that time. equal if not  superior to things like the BC-342/348
When you’re  looking at the examples of radios like the Torn Eb regenerative sets may not be that impressive but the German engineers and manufactures were not completely inept, ideas like using just one type of tube to cut down on operational spares and all modular construction to facilitate easy replacement of an entire assembly. They had a couple good ideas and  remember the Germans  had operational ME-262 jet fighters, the V-1  cruise missile and the V-2 ballistic missile. We may have been better at mass production and the use of interchangeable components but under the circumstances they did not do that  bad, look at the junk the Russians and the Japanese put out for example.

The Telefunken E52 receivers is one of those things I always wanted to see if not own but unlike the Torn Eb not many around!

Ray F/KA3EKH
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