Zahme Sau (Lit. tame wikt:sow; generally known in English as "Tame Boar"[1]) was a night fighter interception tactic conceived by Viktor von Loßberg and introduced by the German Luftwaffe in 1943. As a raid approached, the fighters were scrambled and collected to orbit one of several radio beacons throughout Germany, ready to be directed en masse into the bomber stream by running commentaries from the Jagddivision. Once in the stream, fighters made radar contact with bombers, and attacked them for as long as they had fuel and ammunition.
^John O’Connell (2007) The Effectiveness of Airpower in the 20th Century Pt 2 p.53 ISBN 9780595457243
ZahmeSau (Lit. tame wikt:sow; generally known in English as "Tame Boar") was a night fighter interception tactic conceived by Viktor von Loßberg and...
solutions, and the result was the two-prong concept of Wilde Sau ("wild boar") and ZahmeSau ("tame boar"). In the former, day fighters would be sent up...
Loßberg's influential report, the use of the Wilde Sau tactic was increased and together with the ZahmeSau tactic generally integrated in a new German aerial...
This tactic would later be further developed into what became known as "ZahmeSau". Five bombers were shot down by night fighters over the North Sea, eight...
Wilde Sau (Wild Boar) – German freelance night fighters, i.e. not parked round a visual beacon like the ZahmeSau (Tame Boar) fighters. ZahmeSau (Tame...
at an early stage of the evening. Under a new tactical system known as ZahmeSau ("Tame Sow"), night fighters were directed at the bombers by Luftgau-Kommando...
became another notable victim of Braham in September 1943]. In August ZahmeSau (Tame Boar) tactics were used to some effect. Viktor von Loßberg's idea...
casualties on the ground. For the first time, the Germans employ new ZahmeSau ("Tame Boar") tactics – the use of ground-based guidance to direct night...
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