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12.8 cm Flakzwilling 40/2 The 12.8 cm Flak 40 ordnance on a static dual mounting with a total weight of 26 tonnes, capable of firing 20 rounds per minute. Used mainly ...
The 12.8 cm Pak 44 ended up becoming the standard main armament for the Jagdtiger heavy tank destroyer and a tank gun variant was the planned main armament for many future super-heavy tank designs in development during the last months of World War II, including the fully turreted Panzerkampfwagen Maus and E-100, as the 12,8 cm KwK 44 L/55 main gun.
Flakzwilling 5.5 cm Coelian "Mammut" An upgrade to the Flakpanzer Coelian mounting a dual 5.5 cm Flakzwilling. Gerät 5-1028. A Rheinmetall weapon carrier design mounting a 10.5 cm leFH 18 field howitzer on a chassis derived from the Panther. Gerät 5-1211. A Krupp weapon carrier design mounting a 12.8 cm Kanone 43. Gerät 5-1213 "Skorpion"
It appears Rheinmetall did develop a candidate for the 12.8cm PAK based on their FlAK gun but it was rejected in favour of the Krupp design. Different weapon. 62.196.17.197 11:46, 26 March 2012 (UTC) The Rheinmetall gun was the 12.8cm PaK 40, after rejection in favour of the Krupp PaK 44 gun it was used on the two Sturer Emil prototypes.
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The KS-30 is a Soviet 130mm anti-aircraft gun that appeared in the early 1950s, [2] closely resembling the German wartime 12.8 cm FlaK 40 anti-aircraft gun.The KS-30 was used for the home defense forces of the USSR and some other Warsaw Pact countries.
The complete vehicle was 10.2 m (33 ft) long, 3.71 m (12.2 ft) wide and 3.63 m (11.9 ft) high. Weighing about 188 metric tons , the Maus's main armament was the Krupp -designed 128 mm KwK 44 L/55 gun, based on the 12.8 cm Pak 44 towed anti-tank gun also used in the casemate -type Jagdtiger tank destroyer, with a coaxial 75 mm KwK 44 L/36.5 gun.
Other types included practice rounds (marked Übung or Üb. in German notation) and a number of different AP types including a high-velocity PzGr 40 round with a tungsten carbide core in an aluminium body. Flak 30 in travel configuration, Seine-et-Oise, France, August 1944 Flak 30 on the Eastern Front Flak 38 in 1942.