Guys,
Would someone have a set of positively identified and confirmed "Funkhaube a" headphones to show?
I have read and heard about these for sometime, but never found any actual period photographs of them being used by tank crews.
They should be the type of headphones that came in response to the standard panzer Dfh.b's problem of being impossible to use properly with helmets and other protective headgear.
I have seen sets that could be possible candidates, but the only set that actually looks like the drawing in page 167 of Uniforms, Organization and History of the Panzertruppe by Roger James Bender & Warren Odegard are the ones in this thread, despite the plugs and switchbox arrangement: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=475199
I say they look like the one in the book because not only they seem to have the necessary strap to go over the head but also the system of bringing the receivers slightly down to give room for the M35, M40 and M42 helmet skirts.
Plus dates on some receivers seem to match with the date the book mentions (1944) for production of Funkhaube a.
So, maybe the frames of the headsets in that thread were basically the ones used in "Funkhaube a" not only used by tank crews, but also shared with other telephone and flak communication equipment so that helmets could be used by all tank, flak, field phone personel?
What do you guys think?
Best Regards,
Cristiano
Would someone have a set of positively identified and confirmed "Funkhaube a" headphones to show?
I have read and heard about these for sometime, but never found any actual period photographs of them being used by tank crews.
They should be the type of headphones that came in response to the standard panzer Dfh.b's problem of being impossible to use properly with helmets and other protective headgear.
I have seen sets that could be possible candidates, but the only set that actually looks like the drawing in page 167 of Uniforms, Organization and History of the Panzertruppe by Roger James Bender & Warren Odegard are the ones in this thread, despite the plugs and switchbox arrangement: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=475199
I say they look like the one in the book because not only they seem to have the necessary strap to go over the head but also the system of bringing the receivers slightly down to give room for the M35, M40 and M42 helmet skirts.
Plus dates on some receivers seem to match with the date the book mentions (1944) for production of Funkhaube a.
So, maybe the frames of the headsets in that thread were basically the ones used in "Funkhaube a" not only used by tank crews, but also shared with other telephone and flak communication equipment so that helmets could be used by all tank, flak, field phone personel?
What do you guys think?
Best Regards,
Cristiano