DM-Gerat ( Drehmoment Gerat = Torque device )

[Marco+39]

Hello everybody,

I’m in searching info about DM Gërate, for historical purposes and reconstruction of the story about this equipment types.

Every contribution are will welcome

 

[spotter]

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DM Gerat

Here my German DM-Gerat ( Drehmoment Gerat = Torque device ) used to remove fuzes from British aerial bombs. It has a turbine powered by a black powder charge giving inertia to break the bomb fuze loose and unscrew it fast enought to avoid the anti-removal mechanism to explode the bomb. This was...

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[Marco+39]

Thank you SPOTTER!
I’ve been seen the topic, very interesting, I’m searching for more detailed info like blueprints or official documentation

 

[Fusse2004]

The torque tool in pictures.

 

[Marco+39]

Thank you very much for this great pictures Fusse2004! Did you have also a detail of the powder chamber where are located the Venturi cones? I’ve bought a tech report from National Archive in U.S. but unfortunately the blueprint was missing

 

[Fusse2004]

No, unfortunately not! I'm sorry. Harry