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Siemens T-36
Fernschreiber T Type 36 b - this page is a stub

T. Typ 36 b, commonly abbreviated to T-36, is an electromechanical teletypewriter (German: Fernschreiber), developed around 1931 by Siemens & Halske in Berlin (Germany), as successor to the T-25. It was intended for use on digital 5-bit telegraphy communications networks (telex), using the ITA-2 (baudot) standard, and was also used as the base for the T-52 cipher machine.

Although the T-36 was a further development of the T-25 (of which just 223 machines had been made), it supported the standard ITA2 alphabet rather than the proprietary 29-character set of the T-25. This made the machine compatible with other ITA2-compatible equipment such as the American devices of the Teletype brand.

Although Crypto Museum does not have a T-36 in its collection, the machine is featured here, as it forms the basis on which the high-level T-52 cipher machine (Geheimschreiber) is built. It was used by the German Army during World War II.
  





Production of the T-36 started in 1931 and lasted until the end of World War II (1945), by which time approx. 8000 machines had been produced. In 1933, shortly after the introduction of the T-36, its successor - the T-37 - was introduced. The latter remained in production until 1960 [1].

 More about the T-52


Documentation
  1. Der technische Fernschreibdienst, Teil 1, Die Fernschreibgeräte
    Detailed description of the Siemens T-36 by the German Navy (German).
    M.Dv.Nr.36/I. Oberkommando der Marine. Berlin, 1940.

  2. Elektrische Fernschreiber T Typ 36
    Hilfsblätter für den Unterricht (traning manual) (German).
    Luftnachrichtenschule Halle (Saale), August 1940.
References
  1. Teleprinter Museum, Siemens telex machines
    Retrieved January 2018.
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