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...

Flak 38 was a German anti-aircraft gun used during World War II by the Luftwaffe. An improved version was introduced as the 10.5 cm Flak 39. The Flak...

The Flak 30 (Flugzeugabwehrkanone 30) and improved Flak 38 were 20 mm anti-aircraft guns used by various German forces throughout World War II. It was...

Flak towers (‹See Tfd›German: Flaktürme) were large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed by Nazi Germany. There were a total...

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...

Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated 8.5 cm Flak 39(r)) • 10.5 cm FlaK 38 • 12.8 cm FlaK 40 • 12.8 cm FlaK 40 twin mount • Cannone da 90/53 AA/AT gun (acquired...

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...

include the German Flak or FlaK (Fliegerabwehrkanone, 'aircraft defence cannon', also cited as Flugabwehrkanone), whence English flak, and the Russian term...

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...

army flak artillery (‹See Tfd›Heeresflakartillerie) had become its own branch of the Wehrmacht artillery on 15 June 1941,: 191  after first army flak artillery...

for the 88 mm FlaK 36 gun, 8,000 round for the 88 mm FlaK 41 gun, 6,000 rounds for the 105mm FlaK 39 and 3,000 rounds for the 128 mm FlaK 40 to shoot down...

Sprengladungen, Band I, 26. Oktober 1942. L.Dv. 4402/8 Munition der 8,8 cm Flak 41 (Munition der Flakartillerie Teil 8) Mai 1943. D 435/1, Handbuch, Munition...

role, losing 10 aircraft between 4 November and 3 December 1944, to German flak. In February–March 1945, 10° and 9° Gruppi moved North of Galatina, in Canne...

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...

were destroyed but civil defence measures kept civilian casualties to 88. Flak and Luftwaffe fighters were able to shoot down 49 RAF bombers. Subsequent...

as Flak Others 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 110.0 Panzerkampfwagen II Bergepanther Leichter Panzerspähwagen Panzerspähwagen Sd.Kfz. 231 2 cm Flak 30 2 cm Flak C/30...

German submarine U-39 was a Type IXA U-boat of the Kriegsmarine that operated from 1938 to the first few days of World War II. She was ordered by the Kriegsmarine...

was developed and built by Krupp. The KwK 36 was derived from the 8.8 cm Flak 36 anti-aircraft gun by adapting/modifying it to the limited space available...

(See: Kodaikanal mercury poisoning). The British company also faced major flak for an advertising campaign attacking the Hindu pilgrimage site at Kumbh...

anti-tank rifles: S-18/1000 and S-18/1100 Solothurn ST-5 20mm AA Gun FlaK 30 and FlaK 38 single-barrel, and Flakvierling quadruple-barrel anti-aircraft guns...

(1.5 in) 3.7 cm SK C/30  Nazi Germany World War II 37 mm (1.5 in) 3.7 cm FlaK 36  Nazi Germany World War II 37 mm (1.5 in) 37-mm air-defense gun M1939...

removed and replaced with an open-top, hexagonal turret that housed a 3.7 cm Flak 43. In addition to its intended role as an anti-aircraft weapon, the fast-firing...

Rheinmetall during World War II. It was intended to be armed with two 3.7 cm Flak 341 gun in a fully enclosed, rotating turret on the hull of a Panther medium...

centerline by 10 degrees. Sixteen dual-mounted 10.5 cm (4.1 in) L/65 C33 Flak guns provided long-range defense against aircraft. Unlike those mounted on...

predecessor of the 8.8 cm 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...

in detail. Either T23 or T28 received single 3.7 cm, either the Flak M42 or the Flak M43, or 4 cm (1.6 in) Bofors guns in lieu of the bridge wing guns...

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...

shooting-down of an aircraft in May 1940 by orally relaying commands to a flak unit. An experimental Würzburg B added an infra-red detector for fine tuning...

each) 3rd Flak Regiment 605th Heavy Flak Battalion (6 batteries) 325th Heavy Flak Battalion (7 batteries) 474th Heavy Flak Battalion (8./616 Flak Battalion...

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...