Airborne Cigar
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airborne-cigar-219-4715199
title:
Airborne Cigar
text:
Airborne Cigar, or ABC for short, was a World War II electronic countermeasure (ECM) system developed by the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) to jam Luftwaffe ground-to-air radios operating in the very high frequency (VHF) band. When used properly, the system made enemy night fighter communications almost impossible. The Germans referred to ABC as "dudelsack", German for bagpipes, in reference to the warbling sound. The system consisted of a wide-band receiver and three tunable tr
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encyclopedia
description:
World War II-era electronic countermeasure system
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_Cigar
date created:
2020-08-06T20:01:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T12:20:43Z
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