The 3.7 cm Flak 43 was a light anti-aircraft (AA) gun used by Nazi Germany during World War II. It was derived from the 3.7-centimeter (1.5 in) Flak 18/36/37...
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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...
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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...
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during the Second 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 It was superseded by the fully automatic 3.7 cm FlaK 43 late in the war.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;...
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Flakpanzer IV/2 cm Vierling Wirbelwind. The Panzer IV's turret was removed and replaced with an open-top, hexagonal turret that housed a 3.7 cm Flak 43. In addition...
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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 powerful anti-tank gun of the...
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The 3.7 cm Flak auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV (sf) (Sd.Kfz. 161/3), nicknamed Möbelwagen ("Moving Van") because of its boxy shape, was a self-propelled...
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(captured from French) 3 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)...
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reduced-weight version of 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...
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end of December 1944 Sd.Kfz. 7/2 Sd.Kfz. 7 armed with a 3.7 cm FlaK 36 anti-aircraft gun (in 1944 switched to 3.7 cm FlaK 43). Again, both open and armored...
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IV Ostwind ("East Wind"), the successor was equipped with a single 3.7 cm Flak 43. The combination of armor and rapid fire from the four guns of the Wirbelwind...
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others, as well as anti-aircraft guns like the 2 cm Flak 30/38, 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43 and 5 cm FlaK 41. At the end of the WWII the Germans started to...
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Panzer III (redirect from 7 Serie ZW)
ISBN 0-88740-448-0. OCLC 29322323. Zaloga & Grandsen 1984, p. 180 "3.7 cm Flak 43 in Keksdose-Turm auf Pz.KPFW.III Fahrgestell". 22 February 2021. "Germany's...
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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...
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KwK 43 which was mounted on the Tiger I. 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 - The prominent anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapon with which the 8.8 cm KwK 43 is often...
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The QF 3.7-inch AA was Britain's primary heavy anti-aircraft gun during World War II. It was roughly the equivalent of the German Flak 8.8 cm and American...
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Sd.Kfz. 11 (section Sd.Kfz. 11/3)
prime mover for medium towed guns ranging from the 3.7 cm FlaK 43 anti-aircraft gun up to the 10.5 cm leFH 18 field howitzer. It could carry eight troops...
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6 lb)–2.95 kg (6.5 lb) 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 - the direct successor to this gun, and the one mounted on the Tiger II 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41, the prominent...
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double 3.7 cm FlaK 43 in an armored turret. At least one wooden mock-up was completed but production was delayed repeatedly. Flakzwilling 5.5 cm Coelian...
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Pak 44 has short to medium-range performance similar to the 8.8 cm Pak 43, but the 12.8 cm Pak 44 better maintained its anti-tank performance over long to...
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5-barrelled rotary-cannon. The 3.7 cm TAK 1918 was designed and built for the Imperial German Army in 1918. The 3.7 cm Pak 36 which first appeared in...
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ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7. M. Dv. Nr. 170,16: Merkbuch über die Munition für die 8,8 cm SK L/45 (nachgebohrte Rohre), 8,8 cm Flak L/45 (nachgebohrte Rohre), 8,8 cm SK C/30...
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Kingdom World War I 37 3.7 cm FlaK 36 Nazi Germany World War II 37 3.7 cm FlaK 37 Nazi Germany World War II 37 3.7 cm FlaK 43 Nazi Germany World War...
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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 gun 12.8 cm Flak 40 anti-aircraft...
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vehicle was adapted as a mount both for the medium 3.7 cm FlaK 43 anti-aircraft gun and the quadruple 20mm flak gun. These mounts were placed at the center of...
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FlaK 41 5 cm: German 50 mm antiaircraft gun FlaK 41 8.8 cm: German 88 mm antiaircraft/antitank gun FlaK 43: German 37 mm antiaircraft gun FlaK vierling...
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batteries) 325th Heavy Flak Battalion (7 batteries) 474th Heavy Flak Battalion (8./616 Flak Battalion - 10.5 cm x 8 guns) 437th Heavy Flak Battalion (6 batteries)...
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German submarine U-995 (section FLAK weaponry)
a single 3.7 cm Flak M42 gun on the LM 42U mount. The LM 42U mount was the most common mount used with the 3.7 cm Flak M42U. The 3.7 cm Flak M42U was...
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10/3 (light decontamination sprayer vehicle) Sd.Kfz. 10/4 (self-propelled 20 mm Flak 30 antiaircraft gun) Sd.Kfz. 10/5 (self-propelled 20 mm Flak 38 antiaircraft...
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Kfz. 11 – Germany, 1938; 3-ton tractor for medium towed guns, including the 3.7 cm FlaK 43 anti-aircraft gun and the 10.5 cm leFH 18 field howitzer M2...
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