09-24-2009, 03:37 PM
An answer to my own question from the GPW encyclopedia dated 1985:
"a type of anti-aircraft barrier. Widely used to defend cities, industrial regions, naval bases, and other military sites from aerial attack. These were designed to destroy or damage aircraft during their collision with the cables (especially at night or in fog)...Singly they could be employed up to 2500m and in pairs up to 4500m..."
They were apparently nicknamed "swans" and were intended to cause attacking aircraft to fly at higher altitudes, thus affecting their bombing accuracy and divebombing ability.
"a type of anti-aircraft barrier. Widely used to defend cities, industrial regions, naval bases, and other military sites from aerial attack. These were designed to destroy or damage aircraft during their collision with the cables (especially at night or in fog)...Singly they could be employed up to 2500m and in pairs up to 4500m..."
They were apparently nicknamed "swans" and were intended to cause attacking aircraft to fly at higher altitudes, thus affecting their bombing accuracy and divebombing ability.
