Disambiguation evidence for Knickebein radio navigation system via surface form

"Knickebein"


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Predicate Object
accuracy high accuracy for era
basedOn Lorenz beam system
beamName elevation beam
beamName guidance beam
beamStructure two crossing radio beams over target
category German World War II electronic warfare equipment
category aircraft navigation system
category radio direction system
codeNameByBritish Headache
conflict World War II
countermeasureType radio jamming
countermeasureType spoofing beams
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
deploymentMode airborne receivers
deploymentMode ground-based transmitters
developedBy German Luftwaffe signals units
developedInPeriod late 1930s
era 1939–1941
firstOperationalUse 1940
guidanceType beam-riding guidance
guidanceType radio beam guidance
identifiedBy British intelligence
installedOn German bombers
instanceOf World War II military technology
instanceOf beam guidance system
instanceOf radio navigation system
nameLanguage German
nameMeaning crooked leg
navigationMethod audio signals in pilot headphones
navigationMethod course indication by tone patterns
notableUse Battle of Britain
notableUse The Blitz
surface form: Blitz over the United Kingdom
operator Luftwaffe
opposedBy British countermeasures
purpose to guide bombers accurately to targets
range hundreds of kilometers
status obsolete
successor X-Gerät
successor Y-Gerät
targetRegion United Kingdom
targetType urban bombing targets
usedBy German bomber crews
usedFor bomber navigation
usedFor bombing in poor visibility
usedFor night bombing
uses VHF radio frequencies
uses intersecting radio beams