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=Articles=
==I have created==
* '''German U-boat'''
**[[German submarine U-1308]] [[File:Symbol_c_class.svg|17px|C-Class, WikiProject Ships]]
* '''New Zealand Grasshoppers'''
**[[Alpinacris tumidicauda]] [[File:Symbol_stub_class.svg‎ |17px|Stub-Class, WikiProject Insects]] [[File:Symbol_stub_class.svg‎ |17px|Stub-Class, WikiProject New Zealand]]
**[[Brachaspis robustus]]
**[[Sigaus]]
**[[Sigaus australis]]
**[[Sigaus childi]]
**[[Sigaus homerensis]]
**[[Sigaus villosus]] [[File:Symbol_stub_class.svg‎ |17px|Stub-Class, WikiProject Insects]] [[File:Symbol_stub_class.svg‎ |17px|Stub-Class, WikiProject New Zealand]]
* '''New Zealand Insects'''
** [[Deinacrida connectens]] - Alpine Scree Giant weta

==I have made substantial contributions to==
*[[Porters Ski Area]] [[File:Symbol_start-class.svg|17px|C-Class, WikiProject New Zealand]]

==I have add a drawing or picture==
* '''New Zealand Birds'''
** [[Black-fronted Tern]] [[File:Symbol_start-class.svg|17px|C-Class, WikiProject New Zealand]]
** [[Double-banded Plover|Banded Dotterel]] [[File:Symbol_start-class.svg|17px|C-Class, WikiProject New Zealand]] [[File:Symbol_start-class.svg|17px|C-Class, WikiProject Australia]]
* '''Reptiles''' 
** [[Oligosoma waimatense]] - Scree skink [[File:Symbol_start-class.svg|17px|C-Class, WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles]] [[File:Symbol_stub_class.svg|17px|Stub-Class, WikiProject New Zealand]]

==I have contribute to ==
===New Zealand===
* [[New Zealand dollar]], [[South Island]], [[Frederick Wollaston Hutton]], [[Radar]]

===Insects===
*[[Argyrophenga]], [[Butterflies of New Zealand]], [[Zizina otis]]
===German submarine===
*[[German Type VII submarine‎]], [[Thetis (decoy)]], [[Anechoic_tile|Anechoic tile]], [[3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43]], [[HMS Plover (M26)]], [[Metox]], [[Seetakt radar]].
====U-1 to U-200====
*[[German submarine U-3 (1935)|U-3]] [[German submarine U-6 (1935)|U-6]], [[German submarine U-11 (1935)|U-11]], [[German submarine U-14 (1936)|U-14]], [[German submarine U-17 (1935)|U-17]], [[German submarine U-29 (1936)|U-29]], [[German submarine U-30 (1936)|U-30]], [[German submarine U-37 (1938)|U-37]], [[German submarine U-57 (1938)|U-57]], [[German submarine U-58 (1939)|U-58]], [[German submarine U-73 (1940)|U-73]], [[German submarine U-74 (1940)|U-74]], [[German submarine U-120 (1940)|U-120]], [[German submarine U-190|U-190]].

====U-201 to U-400====
*[[German submarine U-230|U-230]], [[German submarine U-298|U-298]], [[German submarine U-300|U-300]], [[German submarine U-317|U-317]], [[German submarine U-324|U-324]], [[German submarine U-325|U-325]] and [[German submarine U-486|U-486]].

====U-401 to U-600====
*[[German submarine U-530|U-530]], [[German submarine U-546|U-546]]  and [[German submarine U-534|U-534]],

====U-601 to U-800====
====U-801 to U-1000====
*[[German submarine U-761|U-761]] and [[German submarine U-889|U-889]].

====U-1001 to U-4000====
*[[German submarine U-1021|U-1021]], [[German submarine U-1063|U-1063]], [[German submarine U-1065|U-1065]], [[German submarine U-1105|U-1105]], [[German submarine U-1163|U-1163]], [[German submarine U-2501|U-2501]], [[German submarine U-2511|U-2511]], [[German submarine U-2513|U-2513]], [[Roland Morillot (S613)|U-2518]], [[German submarine Wilhelm Bauer|U-2540]], [[German submarine U-3008|U-3008]], [[German submarine U-3505|U-3505]], [[German submarine U-3506|U-3506]], [[German submarine U-3508|U-3508]] and [[German submarine U-3519|U-3519]]

===Other Things===
* [[German cruiser Nürnberg]], [[List of World War II electronic warfare equipment]], [[Radar]] & [[Stealth technology]].

=Test=

'''''Alpinacris crassicauda''''' is a [[species]] of [[grasshopper]] only known from [[West Coast Region]] and [[Tasman Region]], [[New Zealand]]. ''A. crassicauda'' was described in 1967 by Robert Sidney Bigelow,<ref name="Bigelow"/> with a [[type locality (biology)|type locality]] of Lead Hills, Boulder Lake ({{coord|-45.322814|169.207411|scale:100000|format=dms}}). A male [[holotype]] and [[paratype]] are deposited in the [[Canterbury Museum, Christchurch]].<br />


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=Boats=
The ''Balcongerät'' was standard on the [[German Type XXI submarine|Type XXI]] and the [[German Type XXIII submarine|Type XXIII]] nonetheless was also fitted to several [[German Type VII submarine#Type VIIC|Type VIIC’s]] and [[German Type IX submarine|Type IX’s]] and one [[German Type X submarine|Type X]].


* Five known [[German Type VII submarine#Type VIIC/41|Type VIIC/41]] U-boats with a ''Balcongerät'' were [[U-995]], [[U-997]], [[U-1021]], [[U-1105]] and [[U-1308]].
* Five known [[German Type IX submarine|Type IX’s]] U-boats with a ''Balcongerät'' were [[U-534]], [[U-805]], [[U-858]], [[U-873]] and [[U-889]].
* One known [[German Type X submarine|Type X]], U-boat with a ''Balcongerät'' was [[U-234]]

A new design of GHG had been asked for by the [[Oberkommando der Marine]], a new system was required to reduce noise interference and to have a greater detection range<ref name=u-historia.com>{{cite web|url=http://www.u-historia.com/uhistoria/tecnico/electronica/hidrofonos/hidrofonos.htm|title=Hidrófonos|publisher=u-historia.com|accessdate=16 December 2010}}</ref>. In February 1943, the first Balcony [[hydrophones]] was successfully tested on [[U-194]] a [[German Type IX submarine#Type IXC/40|Type IXC/40]]<ref name=Bauer>Bauer A.O. 2005: Some hardly known aspects of the GHG, the U-boat's group listening apparatus.</ref>. The ''Balcongerät'' was integrated into a hull casting and placed in front of the keel. It consisted of 48 [[hydrophones]] compare to 24 on the older GHG's<ref name=Bauer />. With its lower position on the hull casting and its hydrodynamics shape, it made it less vulnerable to many sorts of hampering interference<ref name=Bauer />.
From photographs of [[U-995]] ''Balcongerät'', other attempts can be seen to reduce the noise interference, from outside the U-boat. No exterior [[Rivet|riveting]] can be seen, the outer shell of the ''Balcongerät'' was likely [[Welding|welded]] to the internal framing and then the welds on the surface grinded smooth. Also no fixing points can be seen on the cover plate for the [[hydrophones]] so it is expected that they used countersunk screws to secure the cover plate to the ''Balcongerät''.
The ''Balcongerät'' give a far better detection range than either the older GHG or KDB systems<ref>Williamson, G. ''Wolf Pack - The stroy of the U-Boat in World War II''. Osprey Publishing. United Kindom. p 84</ref>. The detection range was increase approximately 70%, compared to older GHG hydrophones system and with improved electronics, enabled more accurate reading<ref name=Bauer /><ref name=uboataces.com />.
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File:UBOAT1308_1.png|A exterior view of a Type VIIC ''Balcongerät''<ref name="Balcongerät">This drawing of a Type VII ''Balcongerät'' is based foremost on the internal framing of the Type VIIC and photographs of ''U-995''{{'}}s ''Balcongerät''. Its dimension, attachment points and location are based principally on the internal framing of the Type VIIC.</ref>.
File:UBOAT1308_2.png|A interior view of a Type VIIC ''Balcongerät''.<ref name="Balcongerät"></ref>.
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=References=
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