I need help to Id. german equipment

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Re: I need help to Id. german equipment

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Post by Sturm78 » 13 Feb 2015, 13:06

Hi all,

An image of a German artillery theodolite :

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Re: I need help to Id. german equipment

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Post by Sturm78 » 05 Mar 2015, 00:35

Hi all,

Any idea about this ??

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Re: I need help to Id. german equipment

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Post by von thoma » 06 Mar 2015, 13:39

A subtense bar for topographical works.
Possibly it's a spanish gefreiter of Cartography Service ( Blue Division ).
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Post by Sturm78 » 07 Mar 2015, 14:16

von Thoma wrote
A subtense bar for topographical works.
Possibly it's a spanish gefreiter of Cartography Service ( Blue Division ).
Probably Finnish soldier, because the source of the image is a Finnish wartime images archive

A subtense bar ??? :?

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Post by von thoma » 07 Mar 2015, 20:15

A subtense bar ??? :?
Called INVAR.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachymeter_%28survey%29
Probably Finnish soldier
It has not a very finnish aspect this man to me...
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Post by Sturm78 » 08 Mar 2015, 13:32

Thank you very much for the link...
von toma wrote
has not a very finnish aspect this man to me...
According to photocaption :
Saksalaisia mittaustöissä.
Wermanjoen linja JR33 1941.11.15

German soldier.....

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Post by Sturm78 » 17 Mar 2015, 15:18

Hi all,

theodolithe (I think):

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Post by Eax-E » 22 Mar 2015, 20:15

Hello,

Any ideas on this ???
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Post by Sturm78 » 24 Mar 2015, 10:59

Hi Eax-E

See these images:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... &start=135 08 Jul 2013 and 11 Oct 2013
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 3&start=90 22 Aug 2012

It seems an artillery training equipment. I do not know the exact German designation....

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Post by Sturm78 » 18 May 2015, 09:58

Hi all,

What is the purpose of the device managed by the soldier, like a static bike ??
German designation ??

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Re: I need help to Id. german equipment

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Post by SES » 18 May 2015, 10:40

Hi,
A WAG is a power generator.
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Post by Sturm78 » 18 May 2015, 11:20

Thank you, SES,

WAG is an acronym of ....

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Post by ChristopherPerrien » 18 May 2015, 11:47

Wave activated generator.

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Post by SES » 18 May 2015, 11:48

Wild Ass Guess. :-)

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Post by ChristopherPerrien » 19 May 2015, 02:28

That too.

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