CRYPTANALYSIS OF HAGELIN MACHINE PIN WHEELS
Geoff Sullivan · Cryptologia · 2002
A ciphertext-only attack on the pin wheel patterns of the Hagelin CD-57 Cryptographer is described. The method is also applicable to some earlier Hagelin machines of the pin wheel and lug variety, for example the M-209. The only prior knowledge required is the setting of the lugs and the plain text frequency for the language of the message. The method is extended to finding the lug and pin settings of the M-209 using a longer message.