Editing C-52 (cipher machine) (section)

{{short description|1950s cipher machines by  Crypto AG}}
[[File:Hagelin CX-52-IMG 0568-white.jpg|thumb|The CX-52]]
[[Image:BC-52.jpg|right|thumbnail|A combination of a C-52 cipher machine with a B-52 keyboard attachment, such as pictured here, was denoted the BC-52.]]
[[Image:Hell 54.jpg|thumbnail|upright|A Hell 54, a licensed German copy of the C-52]]
[[File:Hagelin CX-52.jpg|thumb|Hagelin CX-52 from the Argentine Computer Museum, exhibited at Ekoparty 2023]]

{{redirect|BC-52|the music band, the BC-52's|BC-52's}}

The '''([[Boris Hagelin|Hagelin]]) C-52''' and '''CX-52''' were cipher machines manufactured by [[Crypto AG]] starting 1951/1952. These pin-and-lug type cipher machines were advanced successors of the C-38/[[M-209]]. The machine measures {{convert|8+1/2|x|5+3/8|x|4+3/8|in|cm}}. The device is mechanical, but when combined with an electric keyboard attachment, the '''B-52''', the resultant system is termed the '''BC-52'''. The B-52 is larger, measuring {{convert|12+1/2|x|8+1/2|x|6+3/8|in|cm}}.

The '''Hell 54''' was a licensed copy of the C-52 by German company Hell.