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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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 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...
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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...
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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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Flak towers (German: Flaktürme) were large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed by Nazi Germany. There were a total of 8 flak...
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Anti-aircraft warfare (redirect from Flak cannon)
FlaK 18 in 1933, the 36 and 37 models followed with various improvements, but ballistic performance was unchanged. In the late 1930s the 10.5 cm FlaK...
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fighting vehicle that mounted the 8.8 cm (3.5 in) KwK 36 gun (derived from the 8.8 cm Flak 36, the famous "eighty-eight" feared by Allied troops). 1...
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chassis of the Luchs and armed with either the 20mm Flakvierling or 37mm Flak 36 gun was made, but this project was never realized. Of the original 100...
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The 8.8 cm Flak 16 was a German 8.8 cm anti-aircraft gun from World War I, forerunner of the 8,8 cm FlaK/PaK Flak 18/36/37 of World War II. Its contemporary...
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FlaK36 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 5t A Sd.Kfz. 6 fitted with a 3.7 cm Flak 36 anti-aircraft gun, sides would fold down to allow space to work on. Crew...
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with the 88 mm FlaK 18 & 36, the FlaK 40 used a powder charge four times as great. In December 1943, Hitler decided not to introduce the FlaK 40 "During this...
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player has to fight through several trenches, machine gun nests, 88mm Flak 36 guns and finally taking the German field headquarters. The assault on El...
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produced in great numbers its features were further developed in the 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 series of guns. After the defeat of the Central Powers in World...
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cm Flak 18/36/37/41 (1941), with a muzzle velocity of 1000 m / s, better known as "aht und aht" in its variants Flak 18, Flak 36, Flak 37 and Flak 41...
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Zoo Tower (redirect from Zoo flak tower)
The Zoo flak tower (German: Flakturm Tiergarten, Tiergarten Flak Tower or commonly referred to as the "Zoo Tower") was a fortified flak tower that existed...
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Patriot Abschussrampe Auf 15t mil gl Br A1 E-100 Flakpanzer w/12.8cm Flak 40 8.8cm Flak 36/37 T-100Z Heavy Tank Obj.172 T-72 Ural T-72B1 with KTM-6 & Grating...
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(fast-firing) FlaK 18: German 88 mm antiaircraft gun FlaK 30: German 20 mm antiaircraft gun FlaK 36: German 37 mm antiaircraft gun FlaK 37: German 37 mm...
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anti-aircraft gun system. The Sd.Kfz. 7/2 was armed with a single 3.7 cm FlaK 36 anti-aircraft gun. On many of these variants, the driver's position and...
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65 cm (Source possibly means the 7.62 cm PaK 36(r)) anti-tank guns, 290 50mm Pak 38 anti-tank guns, 88mm flak guns. 1,029 tanks were operational at the start...
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Flak-Bait is the Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft which holds the record within the United States Army Air Forces for the number of bombing missions survived...
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bunkers with 105 mm fire, which usually received 10–25 rounds. German Flak 36 37 mm guns also did an effective job of eliminating machinegun nests. The...
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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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field guns Sd.Kfz. 7 – Germany, 1938; 8-ton half track often towed the Flak 36 88 mm Sd.Kfz. 9 – Germany, 1938; used for heavy towed guns such as the...
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their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems...
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List of German brigades in World War II (redirect from 1st Flak Brigade)
The army flak artillery (Heeresflakartillerie) had become its own branch of the Wehrmacht artillery on 15 June 1941,: 191 after first army flak artillery...
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vehicles. 2 cm Flak 36 leSPW U304(f) auf Unic P107 (82 built) Single mount of the 20mm Flak 36 (similar to the Sd.Kfz. 251/17). 2 cm Flakvierling 36 leSPW U304(f)...
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Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun (redirect from 4 cm Flak 28)
obtained from Norway. In German naval use, the gun was designated the "4 cm Flak 28", and was variously used aboard individual examples of many different...
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(nachgebohrte Rohre), 8,8 cm Flak L/45 (nachgebohrte Rohre), 8,8 cm SK C/30, 8,8 cm SK C/30 U, 8,8 cm Flak 18 M, 8,8 cm Flak 36 M und 8,8 cm KM 41 der Schiffs-...
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The North American A-36 (company designation NA-97, listed in some sources as "Apache" or "Invader", but generally called Mustang) is the ground-attack/dive...
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