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Radar-Euipment

Version: 16-12-09 (D-M-Y) - 10 pics

   FuG 202 LICHTENSTEIN B/C (used from end 1942 on)

   FuG 212 LICHTENSTEIN C-1 (used ca. mid-end 1943)

  The difference to the FuG 202 Antenna is: It is fitted with one pole to the fuselage.
  This is the one, that could be cheated with "Dueppels", which led to the "success" of the fatal bombing raids of the RAF against Hamburg.
 "Operation Gomorrha"

   FuG 220 LICHTENSTEIN SN-2 (used from early 1944 on)

  By the end of the 1943 however, the Bf 110G-4b was in production with the FuG 220 Lichenstein SN-2.
  This set worked on longer frequencies against which the chaff was useless. The only drawback on the new set was:
  It required a massive antenna array, called the "Hirschgeweih" (deer antler), and had a minimum range of 1,148 ft / 350m !
  The 110s had, therefore to keep their C-1 sets to guide them to their target over the last 1,148 ft.
  Since it was only used for the short distance, only one antenna set was used, instead of four before.

  FuG 220a Antennas:

  FuG 220b Antennas, with single mast Antenna for the older FuG 212 in the middle

   By February, 1944 though, the SN-2 was able to close to 990 ft / 300m and many aircraft had the C-1 radar removed.
Am 13. Juli 1944 fiel diese verbesserte Version den Alliierten in die Hände, als eine voll ausgerüstete Ju 88 G-1 in der falschen Richtung auf ein Landefeuer zuflog und irrtümlich auf der Woodbridge-Basis der RAF in England gelandet war. Die Besatzung hat den Fehler zuerst nicht bemerkt und dann war es für eine Zerstörung des Radargerätes oder des deutschen IFF-Gerätes zu spät. Ebenfalls an Bord dieser Ju 88 war das den Alliierten bisher unbekannte FuG 227 Flensburg zur Anpeilung von Emissionen des in britischen Bombern installierten Monica- Radarwarngerätes. Dieser Fehler der Besatzung führte zur umgehenden Abschaltung aller Monica-Radarwarnanlagen und der Blockierung einiger Frequenzbereiche des SN-2. Deutsche Nachtjäger erhielten darauf eine neue Version der Hirschgeweih-Antenne mit um 45 Grad geneigten Dipolen für besseren Empfang der nicht blockierten Frequenzen.

  FuG 220c Antennas:

   FuG 218 NEPTUN, R3, J3, V/R, G/R

 This set was developed during summer of 1944 both by Siemens and FFO together, to substitute the SN-2 as the Allies discovered new
 countermeasures against the latter. It was a derivative of the FuG 217 from which it kept the name.

 Four versions were provided: R3, J3, V/R and G/R.

 The Neptun entered service during the last months of 1944 and featured also tail warning capabilities using a small curved mast with two horizontal
 elements all installed on the tip of the vertical fin.
 The FuG 218 was mounted in a "X" support similar to the earlier SN-2 antennaes but smaller.
 The dipoles -of two different lenghts- were mounted on this "X" support which was installed on a single main mast mounted on the centerline of the
 nose of Ju 88, He 219 or Me 110.

  FuG 218 Neptun V/R

   FuG 240 "BERLIN", R3, J3, V/R, G/R

 Based on the technology of a captured allied Magentron. 9cm wavelength.
Tested on some Ju 88G-6, but probably not used in combat.

  FuG 240 Berlin