Wermacht smoke launchers

[doc larsson]

hi

anyone know how they were set off ? Electrically or by cord ?
I've seen some early versions and they are basically a smoke pistol in a tube. Also what did the projectiles look like ? I'm assuming a canister shape,cylinderical ; like a can of beer ?

advice please.

[Saxondog]

Fired Electrically from inside the Tank,I added the wiring on my Tiger as follows a single wire in the center of the canister rear,these then joined together and were run along the mounting bracket to enter the Turret.
http://www.custermen.net/nahvert/nah.htm

This picture shows the smoke discharge system as mounted on the Tiger I (Ausf E) from August 1942 until . Likewise mounted on the Tiger I was a unique system of close defence that featured five small S-Mine dischargers spaced around the hull (3 on the left, 2 on the right). Like the smoke dischargers above, they were fired electrically from inside the tank. These were first installed in December 1942 and dropped from production in November 1943. I haven't been able to find any reports of their use in combat. The Nahverteidigungswaffe first appeared on the Tiger I in March 1944, although the machinepistol ports were deleted in January 1944 in anticipation of the Nahverteidigungswaffe.
http://www.custermen.net/nahvert/nah.htm

Smoke Discharge Unit Assembly.jpg (14.42 KiB) Viewed 311 times

[doc larsson]

cheers for that sax !