A scenery set of searchlights to represent the Kammhuber Line/Himmelbett Zone as of 1944. Reaching from Denmark to France for CFS2 and FS2004.
The Himmelbett anti-aircraft searchlight zone or system was divised and put into action in July 1940. It was run under the command of General Josef Kammhuber who was responsible for the night defence of occupied Europe.
The Himmelbett (or literaly 'sky-bed' or four poster bed in English) system was divised to provide a highly illuminated zone or area for flak and nightfighters to hunt and shoot down the ever increasing night incursions into the Reich by the RAF.
The system came to be known by the RAF as the Kammhuber Line, and was much feared.
By 1944 the line stretched from northern France through Belgium, Holland and Germany to the border with Denmark. The zone was made up of sectors measuring about 32km long (north-south) and 20km wide (east-west). These sectors were under local command and comprised of long and short range radar; master, small and large searchlights and radio/telephone communications.
By Shessi
The Himmelbett anti-aircraft searchlight zone or system was divised and put into action in July 1940. It was run under the command of General Josef Kammhuber who was responsible for the night defence of occupied Europe.
The Himmelbett (or literaly 'sky-bed' or four poster bed in English) system was divised to provide a highly illuminated zone or area for flak and nightfighters to hunt and shoot down the ever increasing night incursions into the Reich by the RAF.
The system came to be known by the RAF as the Kammhuber Line, and was much feared.
By 1944 the line stretched from northern France through Belgium, Holland and Germany to the border with Denmark. The zone was made up of sectors measuring about 32km long (north-south) and 20km wide (east-west). These sectors were under local command and comprised of long and short range radar; master, small and large searchlights and radio/telephone communications.
By Shessi
