60 cm Scheinwerfer 36 (protiletadlový světlomet)

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Original title : Flak Scheinwerfer 60 cm
Diameter of parabolic mirror : 60cm
Focal length : 250 cm
Luminosity : 1 500 000 000 candel
Range - scattered light : 3200m
Range - focused light : 5200m
Current consumption at 60V : 90 Amps (i.e. 5400W)



Photos are from the museum in Vienna (Arsenal)
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The depicted 60 cm searchlight was also used in our post-war air force (because it was originally a German design with the designation "Světlomet 60N") as a lighting device of the air safety service and served to illuminate the runway, especially its threshold and landing point.


In 1953, the M.J. was in the 5th Company of Air Defence Equipment at Žatec Airport. (Replaced by a mobile APM-90).
It was still in a non-functional state in 1957!
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Gentlemen,
according to my information, this headlight also had these German markings:


- Wehrmacht / SS-Waffen markings: 60-cm Flak Scheinwerfer 36, or 60-cm Scheinwerfer 36
- Abbreviation: 60-cm Flak-SW 36, or 60-cm SW 36
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A few shots from my last visit to the museum in Vienna.
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60 cm Scheinwerfer 36 (protiletadlový světlomet) -


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Photo EC 8 kW from own archive
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