If you look at high-quality photographs of aircraft from the Second World War, you will notice that many fighters and attack aircraft of various countries between the cockpit and tail plumage strung some mysterious cable. More often than not, people do not pay attention to such trifles, writing them off to the thesis that "if it exists, then it is necessary for some reason." So, why not find out for yourself once and for all what this "string" is.
What is one of the most important things in modern warfare? If you use your brains, then several things will come to mind at once and definitely, the guys who are more or less "in the subject" of one of the listed will definitely have a connection. Here is the mysterious "lace" stretched between the cockpit of the WWII aircraft and its tail plumage, not at all a lace, but a cable twisted from wire, which is part of the antenna radio communications. As often happens, the most mysterious and incomprehensible things turn out to be very simple.
It is noteworthy that if you try to sort the photographs of Soviet aviation of the Great Patriotic War by years, an interesting observation can be made - in the first years of the conflict, Soviet aircraft had such antennas no. How, then, did the crew of the car communicate with the earth and its comrades in the sky? The answer is no, because most aircraft in 1941 simply did not have a walkie-talkie.
Industrialization in the USSR was carried out in a short time in the conditions of a rigid mobilization system of state administration. Already in 1933, Adolf Hitler's My Struggle was translated into Russian. The propaganda work of the Nazis was translated for the official use of the first persons of the state by Grigory Zinoviev. Everyone understood that a new war was approaching at an alarming speed. Despite the colossal efforts and sacrifices, even a country like the Soviet Union could not have time to do everything and perfectly well. So, by 1941, there were only three factories in the USSR that were engaged in the production of radio equipment for the army, including the Air Force. At the same time, first of all, communications went to the ground forces and the navy.
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With the outbreak of the war, the situation became even more complicated. All three factories in the first months had to be evacuated to the deep rear. Therefore, until the end of 1942, radio engineering in the USSR was very tight. As a rule, antennas and radios were received only by command aircraft, as well as (if possible) vehicles engaged in directing artillery fire. However, already at the beginning of 1943, radio stations were installed not only on all Soviet aircraft, but also on most types of military equipment (including tanks). Therefore, if you look at the pictures of airplanes after 1943, you can see a flaunting "lace" from the tail to the cockpit on each of them.
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Germany, as well as the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition from the West, had better radio technology. Most aircraft in Great Britain, USA, Germany and Italy were equipped with their own radios even before 1941. Some "smart guys" like to joke that in fact this is not an antenna at all, but a rope for drying clothes, and... they are right, including! This statement is eloquently confirmed by a photograph of a German pilot next to his car, who probably washed his trousers after the last meeting with Soviet planes (just kidding).
Continuing the topic, you can read about will it be of any use to shove a scrap or a rail into a tank trackas advised in the war.
Source: https://novate.ru/blogs/050220/53337/