I need help to Id. Flakscheinwerfer

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A German naval searchlight. Any idea about the model and/or manufacturer ?

Image from Ebay
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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An 200cm Flakscheinwerfer 40 in Denmark. I think the image was taken after surrender, probably...

Image from https://samlinger.natmus.dk/assetbrowse ... 3%A6stning

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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A German 150cm Flakscheinwerfer. It seems that a Flakfernrohr 10 x 80 binoculars is linked to the searchlight.....
I never had seen this...

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[factfndr54]

Sturm.

It looks like the photograph is a mirror image.
I attached a horizontally flipped copy.

Also included a picture of a Marine Flak searchlight with a device coupled on its right side.
Source: http://spurensuchesh.de/die-flugabwehr/

Could the device be some kind of DSG-Dunkelsuchgerät?

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An image from Ebay: I think a 200cm Flakscheinwerfer 43, probably

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[factfndr54]

Sturm,
Nice picture(again).
In the backgound: Dish of a small Würzburg radar.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

According to Ebay photo caption, Cherbourg. French searchlight ?? Model ??

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Nobody ??

Well, here another image from Ebay. I think another French model. Any idea ?

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[factfndr54]

Sturm,

Looks like a searchlight made by Sautter-Harlé.

[Sturm78]

factfndr54 wrote
Looks like a searchlight made by Sautter-Harlé.

Hi, factfndr54

This is a Sautter-Harlé searchlight. I am not sure....I think there are some differences...

Regards
Sturm78

[factfndr54]

Sturm,
You are right.
Maybe 'Bregeut' is more likely, because of the typical doors.
See attachment from:
https://artillerie.asso.fr/docs/DIVERS/ ... LK%202.pdf
Unfortunately this document does not cotain a photograph of the model we are looking for.

[ROLAND1369]

Here is another version produced by Sautter-Harle . It is only one version depending on the use Naval, Coast Artillery, or AAA use.

[Sturm78]

factfndr54 wrote
You are right.
Maybe 'Bregeut' is more likely, because of the typical doors.
See attachment from:
https://artillerie.asso.fr/docs/DIVERS/ ... LK%202.pdf
Unfortunately this document does not cotain a photograph of the model we are looking for.

Well, It is possible. I think Breguet and Sautter-Harle were the only French manufacturers of military searchlights. The document does not specify the different models of searchlights in service with the French anti-aircraft artillery in 1939-40....

Regards
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Can somebody identify the model / manufacturer of this Swiss searchlight ?
I think that the Swiss used a 150cm Flakscheinwerder model (probably Siemens) on a 2-axle trailer. It would be similar (although not identical to the German 150cm Flakscheinwerfer 34)

The searchlight of this image used the same trailer although with different wheels but the searchlight is quite different to the Germans Flakscheinwerfer 34 or 37 models ... Perhaps an indigenous Swiss design ??

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[factfndr54]

Sturm,

They were manufactured by Color-Metal A.G. in Zürich.