This scene may have played out somewhere around Caen where the Bulk of the SS forces were deployed. Equipped with a brand new Torn.Fu.b1, our Funker at a heavy weapons staff batallion is establishing contact with one of its units in the front line.
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The Torn.Fu.b1 was typically deployed in heavy weapons role, for example with Panzerjäger, MG companies, Mortar battalions etc. Typically the staff company of a heavy weapons batallion was issued with six Torn.Fu.b1's and a crew of three for each radio.
In the semi static defensive fighting the Funker would have searched out an outhouse near the batallion HQ offering protection from direct enemy observation and occasional shelling. He would have taken care that his antenna does not face too many obstructions in the direction of the stations he is contacting, making sure that the antenna can not be spotted by the enemy.
He would have been ordered not to transmit unless telephone contact with the unit was lost and only after contact had been made with the enemy. But now
the enemy is attacking and the telephone lines have been cut by the incessant artillery fire. Our funker is receiving reports of heavy shelling and casualties but the line is holding, for now....
Each radio team would have been issued with a "Sprechtafel" and a "Tasttafel" containg code words and letter groups covering specific tactical communications. When using morse code like our Funker is doing, a certain three letter code would mean a certain type of ammunition requirement, another code might mean a specific position gained or lost.
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Our Funker is keeping his transmissions to a minimum. Intense radio traffic will almost certainly result in heavy shelling, as the enemy is listening and will try to triangulate his transmissions. Even the allied heavy naval guns lying offshore may get involved in targeting suspected HQ's. For now our Funker is concentrating intently on the radio traffic bearing witness of the heavy fighting at the front, but soon it will be time to pack up and move the HQ.....
regards,
Funksammler
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The Torn.Fu.b1 was typically deployed in heavy weapons role, for example with Panzerjäger, MG companies, Mortar battalions etc. Typically the staff company of a heavy weapons batallion was issued with six Torn.Fu.b1's and a crew of three for each radio.
In the semi static defensive fighting the Funker would have searched out an outhouse near the batallion HQ offering protection from direct enemy observation and occasional shelling. He would have taken care that his antenna does not face too many obstructions in the direction of the stations he is contacting, making sure that the antenna can not be spotted by the enemy.
He would have been ordered not to transmit unless telephone contact with the unit was lost and only after contact had been made with the enemy. But now
the enemy is attacking and the telephone lines have been cut by the incessant artillery fire. Our funker is receiving reports of heavy shelling and casualties but the line is holding, for now....
Each radio team would have been issued with a "Sprechtafel" and a "Tasttafel" containg code words and letter groups covering specific tactical communications. When using morse code like our Funker is doing, a certain three letter code would mean a certain type of ammunition requirement, another code might mean a specific position gained or lost.
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Our Funker is keeping his transmissions to a minimum. Intense radio traffic will almost certainly result in heavy shelling, as the enemy is listening and will try to triangulate his transmissions. Even the allied heavy naval guns lying offshore may get involved in targeting suspected HQ's. For now our Funker is concentrating intently on the radio traffic bearing witness of the heavy fighting at the front, but soon it will be time to pack up and move the HQ.....
regards,
Funksammler
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