Düppel
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Düppel is a World War II-era radar countermeasure consisting of clouds of metallic strips or chaff released from aircraft to confuse enemy radar systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Düppel canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronic warfare technique
ⓘ
military technology ⓘ radar countermeasure ⓘ |
| affectsSystem | radar ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
World War II German inventions
ⓘ
aerial countermeasures ⓘ electronic warfare equipment ⓘ |
| category | passive radar countermeasure ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | active jamming ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| deployedFrom | aircraft ⓘ |
| designedFor | specific radar wavelengths ⓘ |
| developedBy | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| developedDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| effect |
complicates anti-aircraft gun laying
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complicates enemy fighter interception ⓘ reduces accuracy of enemy radar tracking ⓘ |
| firstUsedAs | airborne radar countermeasure ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Window
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chaff ⓘ |
| hasModernDescendant | modern chaff cartridges ⓘ |
| influenced | postwar electronic countermeasures ⓘ |
| introducedApproximateTime | early 1940s ⓘ |
| madeOf |
aluminium foil strips
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metal-coated paper strips ⓘ metallic strips ⓘ |
| mechanism |
creates clouds of radar-reflective material
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masks real aircraft on radar screens ⓘ produces multiple false radar echoes ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Steglitz-Zehlendorf
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surface form:
Berlin-Düppel area
|
| operationalDomain |
air warfare
ⓘ
electromagnetic spectrum ⓘ |
| purpose |
to confuse enemy radar systems
ⓘ
to degrade radar-based air defense ⓘ |
| requires | release in large quantities ⓘ |
| stillUsedIn |
contemporary military aviation
ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ |
| targets |
airborne radar
ⓘ
ground-based radar ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Luftwaffe
ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| usedInOperation |
Allied bombing raids over Germany
ⓘ
RAF night bombing operations ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Window (radar countermeasures)