Y-Gerät

E196915

World War II military technology radio navigation system

Y-Gerät was a World War II German radio navigation system used by the Luftwaffe for precision bombing guidance.

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Label	Occurrences
Y-Gerät canonical	4
Y‑device	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military technology ⓘ radio navigation system ⓘ
basedOn	radio beam guidance ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
counteredBy	British electronic countermeasures ⓘ deception techniques ⓘ jamming ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Nazi Germany ⓘ
developedBy	German electronics engineers ⓘ
developedIn	late 1930s ⓘ
era	1939–1945 ⓘ
guidanceMethod	range measurement by transponder reply ⓘ single‑beam tracking ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Wotan II ⓘ Y‑beam ⓘ
hasComponent	airborne receiver ⓘ ground transmitter ⓘ transponder in aircraft ⓘ
inServiceDuring	Baedeker Blitz ⓘ surface form: Baedeker raids Battle of Britain ⓘ The Blitz ⓘ
languageOfName	German ⓘ
militaryBranch	German Air Force ⓘ
nameMeaning	Y-Gerät self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Y‑device
operatedBy	Luftwaffe bomber crews ⓘ
operationalLimitation	dependence on line‑of‑sight propagation ⓘ vulnerability to jamming ⓘ
operator	German pathfinder units ⓘ Kampfgeschwader 100 ⓘ
predecessor	Knickebein ⓘ X-Gerät ⓘ surface form: X‑Gerät
rangeAccuracy	suitable for precision bombing ⓘ
successor	more advanced German radio navigation aids ⓘ
technologyType	beam‑riding navigation ⓘ radar‑related system ⓘ
usedBy	Luftwaffe ⓘ
usedFor	bombing navigation ⓘ precision bombing guidance ⓘ
usedInRole	night bombing ⓘ strategic bombing ⓘ
usedOnPlatform	Dornier Do 17 ⓘ Heinkel He 111 ⓘ Junkers Ju 88 ⓘ other Luftwaffe bombers ⓘ
uses	VHF radio signals ⓘ time‑of‑flight measurement ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

X-Gerät radio navigation system → relatedTo → Y-Gerät ⓘ

subject surface form: X-Gerät

Knickebein radio navigation system → successor → Y-Gerät ⓘ

subject surface form: Knickebein

X-Gerät → followedBy → Y-Gerät ⓘ

Knickebein → relatedTo → Y-Gerät ⓘ

Y-Gerät → nameMeaning → Y-Gerät self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Y‑device