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Clock for Torpedominen

Antoon

Antoon

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Hello,

Who has information about this clockwork as used bij German Frogman in there "Torpedominen" during the attack on the Waal-river bridges in the Netherlands, after Operation Market Garden?
 

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It does look a lot like a regular UES (Uhrwerkseinschalter), are there any markings on the baseplate ?

Best regards,

Zünder
 
Zunder said:
It does look a lot like a regular UES (Uhrwerkseinschalter), are there any markings on the baseplate ?

Best regards,

Zünder
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Oeps, Not available. Will ask the museum if they have a picture of the bottom.

Is there documentation available?

Greetings
 
Antoon said:
Oeps, Not available. Will ask the museum if they have a picture of the bottom.

Is there documentation available?

Greetings
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Yes,

see: https://www.scribd.com/document/734410407/Op-1673a-German-Underwater-Ordnance
Starts at page 235

There's also a Kriegsmarine manual: M.Dv. Nr. 658, but i am still looking for that one.
A good book to have is Wolfgang Thamm's "Einsatzfähige deutsche Fernzündgeräte", which describes german WW2 fuzesystems for naval and aircraft mines as well as clocks like the UES.
It was/is published by comprints.de, ISBN 3-86611-108-8.

Groeten,

Zünder
 
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