Soviets discover plugs

[PHILIP MILLER TATE]

Just think, if they’d had to rely on USB C they’d never have got off the ground.

Phil M1GWZ



> On 26 Jul 2025, at 23:41, alex fraser <beatnic50 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The very term shteker, or plug connector, made its way into the Russian language from the Germans after the war. Throughout history much has been transferred to the victors from the vanquished. Only after the war did we come to appreciate what a tremendous technical role such a seemingly simple device as the plug and socket connector was destined to play in aircraft and rocket technology!
> The Germans spent years developing reliable connectors, and introduced into aircraft and rocket technology the standard List shteker, which had from two to thirty pins.We needed three years to reproduce connectors that were as reliable.
> However, during our first years of mastering rocket technology they gave us a lot of trouble.
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