▁protected ▁against ▁this . ▁However , ▁the ▁h uff - du ff ▁system ▁which ▁was ▁in ▁use ▁by ▁the ▁Al lies ▁could ▁co pe ▁with ▁these ▁short ▁transm issions . ▁ ▁The ▁fully ▁autom ated ▁burst ▁transmission ▁Kur ier ▁system , ▁in ▁testing ▁from ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁could ▁send ▁a ▁Kurz signal ▁in ▁not ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 6 0   mill iseconds ; ▁this ▁was ▁short ▁enough ▁to ▁prevent ▁location ▁even ▁by ▁h uff - du ff ▁and , ▁if ▁deployed , ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁serious ▁set back ▁for ▁Al lied ▁anti - sub marine ▁and ▁code - bre aking ▁activities . ▁By ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁the ▁Kur ier ▁program ▁was ▁a ▁top ▁priority , ▁but ▁the ▁war ▁ended ▁before ▁the ▁system ▁was ▁oper ational . ▁ ▁Short ▁We ather ▁ci pher ▁A ▁similar ▁coding ▁system ▁was ▁used ▁for ▁weather ▁reports ▁from ▁U - bo ats , ▁the ▁W etter kur z sch l üss el ▁( Short ▁We ather ▁Ci pher ). ▁Code ▁books ▁were ▁captured ▁from ▁ ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 2 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : K rie gs marine ▁Category : C rypt ography ▁Category : Sign als ▁intelligence ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁Category : Res earch ▁and ▁development ▁in ▁Naz i ▁Germany ▁Category : Mil it ary ▁history ▁of ▁Germany ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁Category : World ▁War ▁II ▁military ▁equipment ▁of ▁Germany <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Hawai ian ▁gr ou per ▁( H