Fantastic relic German Wehrmacht Panzer radio set Fu 5 transformer recovered from a field near the village of Trun in the battle of the Falaise Pocket in Normandy the 1944

This is a German Wehrmacht Panzer radio set Fu 5 transformer - Umformer E.U.a2 used on all types of panzer tanks and stug assault guns. The radio still has one of its maker labels it is not complete missing its top cover and still has some of its internal parts but still has some electrical parts with maker markings it is in nice condition for a relic still with some original colours it has been very nicely cleaned and is in very solid condition and a nice one for the collection perfect for display. The radio was recovered from a field near the village of Trun from a pit dug by the Allies where lots of German equipment was thrown in and buried after the battle in the Falaise Pocket in Normandy the 1944 summer battlefield.

The radio comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards.

With the modernization of the German Army's armored Panzer forces following Hitler's rise to power, it became clear that better unit coordination required radio equipment. Ultra-shortwave receivers were standard equipment for the Wehrmacht's Panzer and Stug vehicles. These devices were equipped with specific EUa. transformers (Empfänger Unformer, Receiver Transformer) for UKW.e.E. receivers (Ultra Short Wave Empfänger, Ultra Short-Wave Receiver). They were characterized by a 12V input and a 130V high-voltage output.

The Falaise Pocket or Battle of the Falaise Pocket (12–21 August 1944) was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy. A pocket was formed around Falaise in which the German Army Group B, with the 7th Army and the Fifth panzer army (formerly Panzergruppe West) were encircled by the Western Allies. The battle is also referred to as the Battle of the Falaise Gap, after the corridor which the Germans sought to maintain to allow their escape and is sometimes referred to as the Chambois Pocket, the Falaise-Chambois Pocket, the Argentan–Falaise Pocket or the Trun–Chambois Gap. The battle resulted in the destruction of most of Army Group B west of the Seine River, which opened the way to Paris and the German border for the Allied armies.