Branchentypische Inventarisierung von Bodenkontaminationen auf Rüstungsaltlaststandor

[Richard T Eger]

The full title of this page of a website is:

Branchentypische Inventarisierung von Bodenkontaminationen auf Rüstungsaltlaststandorten -Band 1+2

The site, itself, appears to be about remediation of contaminated soil in Germany. Buried within this is this webpage which appears to deal, at least in part, with chemicals used in the manufacture of munitions. This being in German, I'll do my best to make sense of what I see here. The webpage address is:

http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/altlast/web1/berichte/branchen/brakot_t.htm

Sections of interest are:

Erläuterung der Abkürzungen, Maßeinheiten, Symbole

This is a useful list of abbreviations and their meanings. Here are a number of examples:

allg. allgemein (adj: general, universal)
Aufl. Auflage (edition)
BAK Bundesarchiv Koblenz
BA/MA Bundesarchiv - Miltärarchiv Freiburg
BAP Bundesarchiv, Außenstelle Potsdam
Bd.,Bde. Band, Bände (volume(s))
BIOS British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee
bzw. beziehungsweise (adv.: respectively, or, or...as the case may be; in certain respects, relatively)
CIOS Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee
FIAT Field Information Agency, Technical
Flak Flugabwehrkanone
OMGH Office of the military Gouvernment of the United States, Hessen
OMGUS Office of the military Gouvernment of the United States
USSBS United States Strategic Bombing Survey

B 5 Pyrotechnische Mittel - Apparently dealing with the chemicals used in tracer ammunition.

Some of the other sections deal with the chemicals used in munitions, but I couldn't determine if any related exclusively to the Luftwaffe.

Regards,
Richard


[This message has been edited by Richard T Eger (edited 20 July 2001).]

[Richard T Eger]

The lead for the above webpage began with the following posting from 12 O'Clock High!:

Ruy Horta
Luftwaffe tracer color(s)...
Thu Jun 28 19:42:19 2001


Anyone know/care to share details on this matter?

Thank you,

Ruy Horta
12 O'clock High!

[This message has been edited by Richard T Eger (edited 20 July 2001).]

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Harald
LW Tracer Colors - well, quite a lot
Sat Jun 30 06:20:33 2001


Dear Ruy,

from a very exhaustive source concerning the
environmental impacts of WW2 munitions production,
it seems you could have quite a selection of colors:
white, orange, yellow, red, and - though only for a limited time, green. Which one(s) the Luftwaffe used
will be harder to find out - maybe all of them, at different times and places?

For this and many other details about German tracers
please go to http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/altlast/web1/berichte/branchen/brakot59.htm

The text is in German, but given that you live in the Netherlands ... I know you don't like us "Moffen", but on the other hand, you always seem to go skiing in our mountains ;->

Harald

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Ruy Horta
Thanks!
Sat Jun 30 11:14:14 2001


Thank you Harald, interesting article indeed!

What you say about "de Moffen" is quite true...however I have never been to the German mountains http://www.lwag.org/ubb/smile.gif

Being only half dutch I can see the irony of this situation, the dutch will show that in general they dislike germans and germany, however in a economical and even to some extend political sense the Netherlands is very much dependant on Germany. So while the left hand is showing the bird, the right is selling some product.


In fact I really believe that in some way the Dutch were mostly offended by the fact that they could not profit from WW2 like they did in WW1, when they were neutral and sold products to both sides, especially to the Germans.

Also with the exeption of a minority, during the first couple of years of occupation, it was business as usual and only after '42 when germany started its slow decline did things change.

Ruy Horta