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Enigma KD
Enigma-K with UKW-D

The Enigma KD was based on the standard Enigma K, but had differently wired wheels and a rewirable reflector (UKW-D). It first appeared on 3 December 1944 and remained in use throughout the rest of the war. It was used by the Militärisches Amt (Mil Amt) on the Berlin - Madrid - Lisbon link. Mil Amt was a department of the German secret intelligence service and the successor to the Abwehr [1] .
 
During the Enigma Reunion 2009 we were able to see the Enigma KD for the very first time. It was brought to the event by members of the Swedish intelligence service, the FRA. The photographs presented on this page were made during that event.

The wiring of this machine is currently unknown.

Courtesy FRA Sweden [2]
  

 

 
References
  1. David Hamer, Geoff Sullivan and Frode Weierud
    Enigma Variations: An Extended Family of Machines

    Cryptologia, July 1998, Volume XXII, Number 3.

  2. Försvarets Radioanstalt (FRA), Sweden (National Defence Radio Establishment)
    Enigma KD from private collection of FRA.

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