WW2 German Field Telephone Equipment… Setting Up For A Reenacting Event – Part I

Packing equipment up to go to a reenacting event.

To attend a reenacting event, I typically pack:

• 1 Amtszusatz
• Small, 10-Line Switchboard
• 3 FF33 Field Telephones (including 1 for the operator)
• 1 Tischfernsprecher 38
• 1 Betiebsuhr
• 1 F Flag
• 1 Brustmikrofon (for the operator’s FF33)
• 1 Spare Handset
• 1 Tablet Of Sprechformularen
• Colored Pencils And A Pencil Sharpener

I also pack:

• 1 Ammo Box Containing An X Link Bluetooth Device
• 2 Backpack Wire Dispensers (one rigid and one folding)
• 2 Spools Of Field Telephone Wire
• 1 Abspannbock, Including Poles And Ropes
• 1 Abspannleiste And 30-Conductor Cable
• 2 Drahtgabels And Poles
• 1 Feldmeßkätschen 18
• 1 Cammo Fabric Canopy, Support Poles, And Ropes.
• Tent Stakes
• Short Lengths Of Field Telephone Wire
• 2 Folding Chairs
• 1 Barack Stool
• 1 Table For The Switchboard
• 1 Folding Table For Two FF33s
• Miscellaneous Tools, Including A Mallet.

Lastly, don’t forget to take along a baukaren to hold some poles, the rigid backpack wire dispenser, and wire spools.

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