Nack Posted November 13, 2018 Share #1 Posted November 13, 2018 Bought this a couple years ago and still havent figured out what it is. Anyone have an idea? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB45 Posted November 18, 2018 Share #2 Posted November 18, 2018 Do you have a Fl number http://www.deutscheluftwaffe.com/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/r/RLM/Geraeteblatter/Geraetebleatter%20PDF/gereatebleatter.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted November 19, 2018 Share #3 Posted November 19, 2018 Duse (with an umlaut) translates to "nozzle". Pressluft is compressed air. Drucken can mean to press. The button is apparently to activate compressed air either in or out of the nozzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nack Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted December 8, 2018 Thanks much! Heres a shot of the markings on the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nack Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted December 8, 2018 Hey - looks like I fo7nd it - great tip! Thanks! https://www.deutscheluftwaffe.de/fl-60060-ask-n-1941 Now what is it for? The website says it’s fir operation of the fogger. Maybe something lost in translation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted December 9, 2018 Share #6 Posted December 9, 2018 A Luftwaffe on-line parts catalogue? Will wonders ever cease? Defroster, perhaps? Kind of neat to know that it was used in ME-110'S and FW-189's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nack Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted December 9, 2018 I know - amazing! Hmm. I’ll have to dig further. “Discharge switch box” and “Use: Operation of the fogger” are a little cryptic. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nack Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted December 9, 2018 Ok, so I’m thinking the translations google supplied me are terrible and misleading. The reference website calls this device an “abwerfschaltkasten”, which google translates to “discharge switch box”. I think “weapons release control box” may be better. Also, the website says that this thing’s fuction is “Betätigung des Nebelgerätes”, which google translates to “operation of the fogger”. But I wonder if Nebel here is not a reference to fog or smoke but mortars/rockets as in Nebelwerfer. So, I’m wondering if this thing is the control box for the air-to-air rockets called the Werfer-granate 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkers88 Posted October 12, 2020 Share #9 Posted October 12, 2020 Hello, Old post but I'll still give it an answer. My guess is this device was used to inject oil in/on the hot exhaust of an aircraft engine to create smoke. It is described as a "Betätigung des Nebelgerätes" which can be translated as "Operation of the Smoke Device" (Nebel in german can mean either "fog" or "smoke"). They used this device on the Ju88, Fw 189, Bf 110 in an attempt to fool enemy pilots into thinking that they had damaged the engines, in the hopes that they would move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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