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    The 5 cm FlaK 41 (Flugabwehrkanone 41) was a German 50 mm (2.0 in) anti-aircraft gun produced for defending the intermediate zone above the range of light...
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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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    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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  • redesignated Flak 38(r)) 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K) (captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated 8.5 cm Flak 39(r)) 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 AT/AA...
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    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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  • 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 War...
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  • redesignated 3.7 cm M39(r)) • Schräge Musik – also independently developed by Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service (both in use by May 1943 • 5 cm FlaK 41 • SG 116...
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    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...
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    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...
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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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    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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    55 kg (5.6 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...
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  • 18 heavy flak batteries and 17 light or medium flak batteries, with the 2 cm Flak counted as light, the 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37 and 5 cm FlaK 41 counted as...
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    were also conversions made mounting a single 2 cm anti-aircraft gun. Trial vehicles mounting a 5 cm FlaK 41 were produced but proved unsuccessful, and did...
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    advances in firepower, and the Wehrmacht fielded the even larger 7.5 cm Pak 41 and 8.8 cm Pak 43. While the early 37-mm anti-tank guns were easily concealed...
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    die 8,8 cm SK L/45 (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...
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    two-piece barrel. 8.8 cm KwK 36 L/56 - The 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...
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    single 3.7 cm Flakzwilling M43U 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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    Hungary, Persia and Thailand. It was closely related to the 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41, one of the best-known AA guns of World War II, which was partially...
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    3156th Fortress Flak Battalion (3147th (6 x 10,5 cm (French)) & 3148th ( 6 x 12,2 cm (Russian) Fortress Flak batteries) 3158th Fortress Flak Battalion (1...
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  • FlaK 38 2 cm: German 20 mm antiaircraft gun FlaK 38 10.5 cm: German 105 mm antiaircraft gun FlaK 40 12.8 cm: German 128 mm antiaircraft gun FlaK 41 5...
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  • there were 3 prototypes made. In 1944 the gun was replaced with the 8.8 cm Flak 41. The Pz. Sfl. IVc was manufactured by Krupp. The vehicle had a crew of...
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    German submarine U-995 (category German Type VIIC/41 submarines)
    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 the...
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  • Modern 45 45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K)  Soviet Union World War II 50 5 cm FlaK 41  Nazi Germany World War II 57 Bofors 57 mm L/60  Sweden Cold War / Modern...
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    surrendered, guns captured by Wehrmacht forces were designated 9-cm Flak 41(i) or 9-cm Flak 309/1(i). Some of these guns were used for the air defence of...
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  • The 9th Flak Division (German: 9. Flak-Division) was a Flak division of the German Luftwaffe in World War II which saw action on the Eastern Front. It...
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  • with 40.6 cm (16 in) guns and diesel propulsion. The "H-41" design improved the "H-39" ship with still larger main guns, eight 42 cm (16.5 in) weapons...
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    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 addition...
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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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  • Vetterli M69/81 (.41 Swiss) 7.5mm M1882 Ordnance 20x138mmB Long Solothurn 24 X 138 TB41 2 cm Flakvierling 38 2 cm FLAK 30 Solothurn ST-5 Oerlikon FF Oerlikon...
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