Countermeasure, radar
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1940–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2005.0078.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- aluminum ribbon wrapped around aluminum spool; outer layers of synthetic fabric; card stock box; paper outer wrapping;
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.5 cm
- Width
- 8.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 2.0 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
intended to be dropped in large clouds from airplanes over target to confuse enemy radar by creating false echos that were indistinguishable from real aircraft/ the length of the strips corresponded to the wavelength of the radar signals against which it was to be used - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- none
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- silver chaff ribbon & spool, white cloth ribbon; light brown box & paper wrapping
- Decoration
- none
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Unknown Manufacturer, Countermeasure, radar, between 1940–1945, Artifact no. 2005.0078, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2005.0078.001/
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