Wireless Communications of the German Army WW2

During World War II, the German Army relied on an diverse array of communications to maintain contact with its mobile forces and in particular with its armoured forces. Most of this equipment received the generic prefix FuG for Funkgerät, meaning "radio equipment". Occasionally the shorted Fu designation were used and there were exceptions to both these systems. Number ranges were not unique between the services so sometimes different equipment had the same FuG prefix. This article is a list and a description of the radio equipment.

FuG 2: A high-band HF/low-band VHF receiver. It operated in the 27,000 to 33,3000  kHz (27-33.3 MHz) range. The Fu 2 was never used on its own but as an additional receiver in command tanks and relay devices. It was usually installed in Section leader and company commanders vehicles, to allow then to listen on one frequency while transmitting and receiving on another. As it operated on the same band as the FuG 5 it allowed them, for example,to listen to the regimental command net while talking to the subbornate units at the same time. Matching the transmitters that operated in this frequency range, this receiver provided for 50 kHz channel steps in the 27.0 to 33.3 MHz range for a total of 125 available channels.

FuG 4: A medium wave receiver used in command tanks. It operated in the 1,130 to 3,000  kHz frequency range. It was used with the same antenna as the Fug 8. It was usually used for communication with a Fug 8 in the same installation. (Fug 8 + Fug 4)

FuG 5: A high-band HF/low-band VHF transceiver. It operated in the 27,000 to 33,3000  kHz (27-33.3 MHz) frequency range with a transmit power of 10 Watts. This equipment provided for 125 radio channels at 50 kHz channel spacing. It was usually used with a 2-meter antenna. Was present in almost all German tanks and some other vehicles. Was the standard kit for tank-to-tank communication within platoons and companies. Range was approx 2–3 km when using AM voice and 3–4 km when using CW.

FuG 6: A high-band HF/low-band VHF transceiver. It operated in the 27,000 to 33,3000  kHz (27-33.3 MHz) frequency range with a transmit power of 20 Watts. It was usually used with a 2-meter antenna. It was used by armoured observation posts. These were usually early model tanks with some of their armament removed and replaced by equipment for artillery observers. It was used by the observers to communicate with the armoured unit leaders via their Fug 5 radios. Main advantage over the FuG 5 was greater range. Range was approx 4–6 km when using AM voice and 6–8 km when using CW. Comparable with the American SCR-508 tank radio, which covered a similar frequency range (20-27.9 MHz) at 25 watts. The major difference between German Army tank sets and US Army tank sets was the American use of FM for the high-HF/low-VHF bands.

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