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  2. German searchlights of World War II - Wikipedia

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    German searchlights of the Second World War were used to detect and track enemy aircraft at night. They were used in three main sizes, 60, 150 and 200 centimetres. After the end of the First World War, German development of searchlights was effectively stopped by the Treaty of Versailles, it resumed in 1927. At the outset of the war ...

  3. SSK 90 helmet - Wikipedia

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    The SSK 90 helmet was a short-lived World War II Luftwaffe helmet. Manufactured by Siemens, the helmet consisted of an inner core of interlocking steel plates, a goatskin exterior, and an underside with foam rubber padding and a cloth lining; a prominent protrusion at the front helped to put on and take off the helmet quickly, and served as extra padding in case of a crash.

  4. Luftwaffenhelfer - Wikipedia

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    Hitler Youth operating an acoustic locator in early 1943 Hitler Youth (Luftwaffenhelfer – born 1927) as crew for an anti-aircraft searchlight in Berlin (1943) 2cm-antiaircraft gun with Hitler Youth (Flakhelfer – born 1927) on the Flak tower Berlin-Gesundbrunnen (Humboldthain), 1943

  5. Uniforms of the Luftwaffe (1935–1945) - Wikipedia

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    Fallschirmjäger (Wehrmacht) British WW2 poster ca 1942 showing "Enemy Uniforms; German Parachutist; German Soldier". Knochensack (bonesack) was the nickname for German parachute jump smocks designed to be worn over a paratrooper's equipment made for the Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger during World War II. They were made in a variety of camouflage ...

  6. Turbinlite - Wikipedia

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    Douglas (Turbinlite) Havoc NF.II (Z2184), at the A&AEE, Boscombe Down. The Helmore/GEC Turbinlite was a 2,700 million candela (2.7 Gcd) searchlight fitted in the nose of a number of British Douglas Havoc night fighters during the early part of the Second World War and around the time of The Blitz.

  7. Zielgerät 1229 - Wikipedia

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    The ZG 1229 Vampir weighed 2.26 kilograms (5.0 lb) and was fitted with lugs on the StG 44 at C.G. Haenel in Suhl, the weapons production facility.As well as the sight and infrared spotlight, there was a wooden-cased battery for the light weighing 13.59 kilograms (30.0 lb), and a second battery fitted inside a gas mask container to power the image converter.

  8. Searchlight - Wikipedia

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    ATS officers-in-training crew a 90 cm searchlight in Western Command, 1944. A searchlight (or spotlight) is an apparatus that combines an extremely bright source (traditionally a carbon arc lamp) with a mirrored parabolic reflector to project a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays in a particular direction.

  9. Stahlhelm - Wikipedia

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    The Stahlhelm (German for "steel helmet") is a term used to refer to a series of German steel combat helmet designs intended to protect the wearer from common battlefield hazards such as shrapnel. The armies of the great powers began to issue steel helmets during World War I as a result of combat experience and experimentation.