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German radio, what use?

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« on: 3 September 2009, 05:30:26 »
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To what purpose is this radio being put?
Obviously the German army is involved but is it for broadcasting from the field or communicating between units?
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« Reply #1 on: 3 September 2009, 10:49:06 »
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freely translated:

Unser Heer: our regular groundforces (not-SS)
Nachrichtentruppe: newscrew
Am funkgerät: on the radio
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« Reply #2 on: 3 September 2009, 13:28:21 »
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In this context nachrichten means : signal unit.
Looks like a standard German field radio for coms between units.
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« Reply #3 on: 3 September 2009, 21:21:54 »
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Thanks, guys!  I used Google translate and it came up with news crew but I didn't think the German Army was that involved with news propigation with the news in nazi Germany! 

Would an officier be involved in transmitting radio traffic? (that's a private on the right, correct?)
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« Reply #4 on: 4 September 2009, 02:16:53 »
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Nachrichtentruppe is not exactly "news crew" (though "Nachrichten" is "news" nowadays), in military context a "Nachricht" simply means a "message", so the caption uses the old word for "Communications Formation" (later: "Fernmeldetruppe").

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