• Thumbnail for 2 cm Flak 30, Flak 38 and Flakvierling 38
    Flakvierling 38 which combined four Flak 38 autocannons onto a single carriage. The Germans fielded the unrelated early 2 cm Flak 28 just after World War I, but...
    22 KB (1,753 words) - 11:19, 19 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2 cm KwK 30
    The 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 (2 cm Kampfwagenkanone 30 L/55) was a German 2 cm cannon used as the main armament of the German Sd.Kfz.121 Panzerkampfwagen II light...
    9 KB (377 words) - 17:37, 28 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41
    The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout...
    60 KB (7,301 words) - 18:50, 19 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 12.8 cm FlaK 40
    The 12.8 cm FlaK 40 was a German anti-aircraft gun used in World War II. Although it was not produced in great numbers, it was reportedly one of the most...
    9 KB (764 words) - 19:11, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 7.62 cm FlaK L/30
    cm FlaK L/30. The 7.62 cm FlaK L/30 was a German 76.2 mm anti-aircraft gun produced by Krupp during the First World War. The origins of the 7.62 cm FlaK...
    5 KB (450 words) - 15:30, 23 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for 3 cm MK 303 Flak
    The 3 cm MK 303 Flak and twin-mounted 3 cm MK 303 Flakzwilling (M44) were experimental 30 mm anti-aircraft guns developed in Nazi Germany. They fired...
    4 KB (180 words) - 18:32, 6 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37
    The 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37 was a series of anti-aircraft guns produced by Nazi Germany that saw widespread service in the Second World War. The cannon was...
    12 KB (1,109 words) - 21:59, 15 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Solothurn ST-5
    Switzerland which ultimately was the design basis for the highly successful 2 cm FlaK 30 series of guns used by Germany in World War II. Solothurn was owned by...
    3 KB (350 words) - 02:11, 24 January 2024
  • cm MK 303 Flak 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43 3.7 cm SK C/30 – naval AA gun 3.7 cm FlaK 43 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) (captured from Russia...
    82 KB (2,847 words) - 06:15, 9 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 3.7 cm SK C/30
    World War. It was superseded by the fully automatic 3.7 cm FlaK 43 late in the war. The C/30 was a semi-automatic anti-aircraft gun (ie; after firing...
    10 KB (865 words) - 20:23, 9 August 2023
  • 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling • 3.7 cm SK C/30 – naval AA gun • 3.7 cm FlaK 43 • 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43 • 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)...
    43 KB (728 words) - 11:55, 19 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sd.Kfz. 10
    was as a prime mover for small towed guns, such as the 2 cm Flak 30, the 7.5 cm leIG, or the 3.7 cm Pak 36 anti-tank gun. It could carry eight troops in...
    23 KB (3,356 words) - 14:12, 2 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Flak tower
    small flak tower. Generation 1 The G-Towers were 70.5 m (231 ft) square and 39 m (128 ft) tall, usually armed with eight (four twin) 12.8 cm FlaK 40 and...
    14 KB (1,828 words) - 17:45, 5 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-505
    13 in) SK C/32 naval gun, 180 rounds, and a 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30, as well as a 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 antiaircraft gun. The boat had a complement of 48...
    42 KB (4,564 words) - 22:12, 17 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-534
    was too heavy for the Type VII U-boats. The 3.7 cm Flak M42U was the marine version of the 3.7 cm Flak used by the Kriegsmarine on Type VII and Type IX...
    19 KB (2,086 words) - 02:28, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anti-aircraft warfare
    include the German Flak or FlaK (Fliegerabwehrkanone, 'aircraft defence cannon', also cited as Flugabwehrkanone), whence English flak, and the Russian term...
    98 KB (13,253 words) - 23:57, 18 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Panzer II
    Panzer II (redirect from Panzer 2)
    auto-cannon. Some later versions used the similar 2 cm KwK 38 L/55. This auto-cannon was based on the 2 cm FlaK 30 anti-aircraft gun, and was capable of firing...
    35 KB (4,335 words) - 20:01, 5 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Type 2 20 mm AA machine cannon
    for the Type 2 could control and direct six of the guns at once. The gun was based on the German 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling. The Type 2 number was designated...
    4 KB (254 words) - 23:24, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Siebel ferry
    formations. Each Siebel ferry could transport a complete flak unit consisting of one 8.8 cm gun and two 2 cm guns plus their three prime movers (although 9th...
    15 KB (1,773 words) - 17:18, 9 March 2024
  • mm C/30 World War II naval anti-aircraft gun 3.7 cm SK C/30 3.7 cm FlaK 43 anti-aircraft gun 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 anti-aircraft gun 10.5 cm FlaK 38 anti-aircraft...
    63 KB (7,600 words) - 10:31, 3 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Messerschmitt Bf 109
    20 mm MG FF cannon with two 7.92 mm MG 17s. The MG C/30 was an airborne adaption of the 2 cm FlaK 30 anti-aircraft gun, which fired very powerful "Long...
    83 KB (10,261 words) - 04:21, 15 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for 3.7 cm Flak M42
    The 3.7 cm Flak M42 was the marine version of the 3.7-centimetre (1.5 in) Flak 36/37 and used by the Kriegsmarine on surface ships and as the M42U on Type...
    6 KB (452 words) - 23:48, 9 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-166 (1941)
    13 in) SK C/32 naval gun, 180 rounds, and a 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30, as well as a 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 antiaircraft gun. The boat had a complement of 49...
    22 KB (2,045 words) - 22:49, 27 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 8.8 cm KwK 36
    KwK 36 was derived from the 8.8 cm FlaK 36 anti-aircraft gun by adapting/modifying it to the limited space available in tank turrets. Parts of the KwK 36...
    11 KB (940 words) - 16:54, 6 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-853
    U-1023, U-1105, U-1165 and U-1306). A single 3.7 cm Flak M42U gun on the LM 42U mount. 2 cm Flak C38 in a M 43U Zwilling mount with short folding shield...
    25 KB (2,824 words) - 12:36, 2 May 2024
  • World War II 30 2 3 cm MK 303 Flak  Nazi Germany World War II 30 2 PLDvK vzor 53  Czechoslovakia Cold War 30 2 Artemis 30  Greece Cold War 35 2 Oerlikon 35...
    17 KB (101 words) - 20:46, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-507
    13 in) SK C/32 naval gun, 180 rounds, and a 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 as well as a 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of forty-eight...
    19 KB (1,732 words) - 13:50, 19 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for 8.8 cm Pak 43
    anti-tank gun developed by Krupp in competition with the Rheinmetall 8.8 cm Flak 41 anti-aircraft gun and used during World War II. The Pak 43 was the most...
    14 KB (1,465 words) - 21:20, 1 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Type VII submarine
    Type VII submarine (redirect from U-flak)
    boat was U-96, featured in the movie Das Boot. The concept of the "U-flak" or "Flak Trap" originated on 31 August 1942, when U-256 was seriously damaged...
    29 KB (3,029 words) - 15:36, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 130 mm air defense gun KS-30
    The KS-30 is a Soviet 130mm anti-aircraft gun that appeared in the early 1950s, closely resembling the German wartime 12.8 cm FlaK 40 anti-aircraft gun...
    4 KB (300 words) - 21:27, 12 June 2024