Talk:Siemens and Halske T52

Rename

Ah, good move on the rename! I was just about to suggest it! Not only does it use the same article naming scheme as the Lorenz machine (always good in itself :-), but the term "Geheimfernschreiber" is slightly ambiguous; unless you look hard, it's easy to confused with "Geheimschreiber" - which I did for quite a while! :-)

And "Geheimschreiber" was apparently applied to both machines; as you can see from the title of the Mache article I just added to this page.

BTW, According to that article, as of July 20, 1942 the official name in all Wehrmacht arms (the T52 was originally done for the Reichsmarine, so the Kriegsmarine had quite a few of them) was actually "Schlüsselfernschreibmaschine T52". (BTW^2, that article also makes referernce to other "Fernschreib-Schlüsselmaschinen", including some made by Olivetti, and also Hell.)

Anyway, "Geheimschreiber" was also widely applied in the literature to the Lorenz SZ 40, too; e.g. Johnson Secret War uses it extensively. So all in all, I think the T52 name is far superior as it's far less likely to be confused with the Lorenz. Noel (talk) 18:01, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Interesting; and, crikey, yes, I'd never noticed the difference between the words Geheimfernschreiber and Geheimschreiber before! — Matt Crypto 18:04, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

ROTFLMAO!!! :-) Noel (talk) 18:35, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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a well researched source is: Frode Weierud: sturgeon - the fish Bletchley never really caught, on his homepage

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