Anti-aircraft warfare (redirect from Flugabwehrkanone)
(Fliegerabwehrkanone, lit. 'aircraft defence cannon', also cited as Flugabwehrkanone), and the Russian term Protivovozdushnaya oborona (Cyrillic: Противовозду́шная...
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to the anti-aircraft fire from anti-aircraft guns, from the German Flugabwehrkanone (Flak), for "aircraft defence cannon". Flak may also refer to: Flak...
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artillery List of anti-aircraft guns List of artillery of Germany "Die Flugabwehrkanone 20 mm Zwilling" (in German). luftwaffe.de. Retrieved 8 April 2011....
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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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is a German term for "anti-aircraft tanks" ("flak" is derived from Flugabwehrkanone, literally "aircraft defence cannon"; "panzer" is derived from Panzerkampfwagen...
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36, and later the 8.8 cm Flak 37. Flak is a contraction of German Flugabwehrkanone (also referred to as Fliegerabwehrkanone) meaning "aircraft-defense...
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extensive trials of two German prototypes (the 7.5 cm Flugabwehrkanone L/60 and 7.5 cm Flugabwehrkanone L/59) by the German army proved unsatisfactory and...
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ISBN 0-86124-104-5. Shores 1983, p. 93. derived during World War II from the German Flugabwehrkanone, for "aircraft defence cannon" (in Italian) Il Portale delle Memorie...
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Weapon 2cm FlaK Breda 282(i) 2 cm Flugabwehrkanone Breda 282(i) Breda Model 35 2cm FlaK Scotti 2 cm Flugabwehrkanone Scotti Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/77...
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Ersatzrad simply means "spare wheel" (not an inferior one). Flak, Flugabwehrkanone, literally: air-defence cannon, for anti-aircraft artillery or their...
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substitute for a desired substance or item Fest fest feast / celebration Flugabwehrkanone flak lit. "flight defence gun": anti-aircraft gun, abbreviated as FlaK...
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BallonabwehrKanone remained in use until replaced by the more familiar FlugabwehrKanone or FlaK later in the First World War. Designs for dedicated anti-aircraft...
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Bourbon, Herzog von Calab Kgl. Bayerisches 10. Feldartillerie–Regiment Flugabwehrkanone–Abteilung (Anti–Aircraft section) Engineers and Support: Minenwerfer–Kompanie...
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Self-propelled gun battalion (M44 T & T-155 Fırtına) I. Air defense battalion (Flugabwehrkanone 20 mm Zwilling & M42 Duster ) I. Pedestal mounted Stinger platoon (ATILGAN...
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Lossless Audio Codec FLAC – (a/i) Free Legal Advice Centres FLAK – (p) FLugAbwehrKanone (German for "Anti-Aircraft Guns") FLB – (i) Forward Logistics Base...
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training guns. Germany adopted a modified version of this gun as the 2 cm Flugabwehrkanone 30. Designers of the Kovrov plant proposed to adapt the 20mm ShVAK...
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