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From: garfield hts ohio usa
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was an interconnection of eight (or six) Freya antenna fields at two Freya devices. So that objectives in 8000 m altitude to 300 km away could be located. The antennas were permanently mounted. The directional beam could be electronically rotated by ± 60 °. It was the first phased array radar in the world.
that is from Wiki, and with in reason, matches what I got in my notes
so basicly, it is a double Freya, with a much bigger Antenna Array, and much more power, so giving it better range
(if Shaggy is around, he may be able to give you a much better detailed account)
so, yes, RCM will work vs the Freya, with a lesser chance of also working with Mammut
as other models come out, they will have the chance to work with other radars, and lesser chance to work with others
a Real late war RCM plane, had a lot of devices on them, and each one, would be fine tuned to each radar it picked up, as it picked them up
so, that is why you may seen, the same device in the plane, each is set to work vs some type of radar (with a 2nd lesser chance vs the rest)
(which if you watch the map, with the radar circles showing, you will see how they will come on and off, most times that is the 2ndary effect, winning and losing the die rolls)
Can you tell me if either are associated directly with the NJG operations more so than the other? Or is there really not any separation of use within Luftwaffe NJG operations between the two types?
greeesh, that is a ruff one bud, I got book after book, trying to explain the effects
you would have to also bring in the Wassermann and the Wurzburg, they all worked together
a simple early form
you would use the long range to pick up the raid, the shorter range would track it, then once with in range, the short range would lock on, and another would lock onto the night fighter, and guide them to each other (well, one to the other) once in view, the pilot would call out, and the tracker could try and pick up a new target
in the older 4 poster/square system, the radar could only work with one target and one NF, and worked very well, until the streams started, then, maybe 50, or more bombers could pass though a box/square while the defenders were working on hitting one
really, if your interested, there are a lot of books out there about the Beam war, and they are very interesting (some are very dry though)
and all of the tricks that both sides used
one simple one, was a radio station, would play different kinds of music, while a bombing raid was going on, that was to tell the pilots where to head (while on freelance) most times there ground to air comm was being jammed, but the radio station wasn't (later on, the English, started to notice that the station played music that wasn't normal, and added 2 and 2 together, and then started to jam the radio station)
you would have seachlights that worked together, to send out messages, as in all coming together and then all lowering to the ground, pointing towards where the raid was heading
and of course, one that the pilots didn't like, but the first one to find the stream, was to climb about it, and start dropping flares, to guide in the other NFs, of course, the first guy didn't like this, it gave away his surprise, plus later, they thought it pinpointed them to the Mossies
of course, some good attacks, would also help, pilots who were flying looking for the raid, could see the flames, or burning planes going down, and get a vextor to follow
the NFs later had bacons, that they would fly to, and then circle, sort of a pecking order, the top guy, getting the first Ground controlled lock on, and then next guy would climb to the top of the circle, you could put dozens of planes into the beacon this way
one late war raid, the unit commanders didn't like the plot to begin with, after the raid, that got hammered, a lot of complaints were made, when it was noticed that the plotting used some of the known NF beacons as waypoints
and of course, I have mentioned the story about the scarecrow flak shells
very interesting
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