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Originally Posted by fitzcarraldo
Yes. But the R3 as simulated by GrenSo works very well AND is in the movie Das Boot. That is a point...
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The Radione R2 was produced in Wien starting from 1939, while the R3 was introduced a couple of years later as the military version of the R2.
Sources:
https://www.cryptomuseum.com/spy/radione/r3.htm
https://www.roetta.it/ik3hia/pages/O...radione_r2.htm
Both were adopted by the Kriegsmarine, and the usage of both aboard U-boat is well documented.
Uboatarchive.net, for one, mentions the R2 among the U-boat radio equipment. The R3 is not mentioned though. For sure the later model was not available during the first one and half year of the conflict, but it is likely that it became more common towards middle-late war. Those are actual points, I am sorry to say that a motion picture proves nothing
