tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post726038877813284904..comments2024-03-28T14:35:30.147-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: Radios for AllPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-60315148564902498492020-09-02T14:50:59.595-04:002020-09-02T14:50:59.595-04:00Oh, i never looked at the volksgerät this way. But...Oh, i never looked at the volksgerät this way. But it does make a lot off sense indeed.<br /><br />Thank you for the very informative answer.crazytony0https://www.blogger.com/profile/12575734594012969629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-24961999352813719392020-09-02T08:43:07.064-04:002020-09-02T08:43:07.064-04:00Underdeveloped relevant industries most likely, wh...Underdeveloped relevant industries most likely, which then could not be easily expanded to meet the need due to lack of knowhow and trained personnel. That was the primary reason any otherwise decently-equipped military was short on radios those days (the prewar global civilian market being heavily dominated by British and particularly US manufacturers didn't help).<br /><br />Relatedly one of the few prewar Nazi "People's Something" projects that actually worked out as intended and even paid further dividends was the (IIRC, could also be Volksfunken) Volksgerät ("people's radio"). The massively subsidised cheap domestic radio receiver not only meaningfully increased the coverage and penetration of state propaganda but also greatly expanded the peacetime radio-electronic industry which was obviously beneficial when they later needed to start putting that tech to military uses. (The Nazis did a lot of objectively financially stupid investing for such future warlike purposes, the synthetic fuel industry was another example.)Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-91801005562664584812020-09-01T18:15:56.011-04:002020-09-01T18:15:56.011-04:00What was the reason why there where not enough rad...What was the reason why there where not enough radios?<br />Was it to difficult to scale up the production at the same speed? Or was there a shortage of certain subcomponents/raw materials?<br />Or was a radio just to expensive?crazytony0https://www.blogger.com/profile/12575734594012969629noreply@blogger.com