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The 8.8 cm Flak 18 (Sfl.) auf Zugkraftwagen 12t (Sd.Kfz. 8) consisted of a 8.8cm Flak 18 gun mounted on a pedestal in the rear of a Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track heavy artillery tractor ("DB s8" or "DB 9" model). A gun shield was provided for the 88, but the gun crew had no other protection. The driver's cab was replaced by a lower, armored cupola and ...
7.7 cm FlaK L/27 German Empire: World War I 77 7.7 cm FlaK L/35 German Empire: World War I 80 8 cm Luftvärnskanon m/40 Sweden: Interwar / World War II / Cold War 83.5 8.35 cm PL kanon vz. 22 Czechoslovakia: World War II 85 85-mm air-defense gun M1939 (52-K) Soviet Union: World War II 88 FlaK 16 German Empire: World War I 88 FlaK 18 Nazi Germany
The name of the gun applies to a series of related guns, the first one officially called the 8.8 cm Flak 18, the improved 8.8 cm Flak 36, and later the 8.8 cm Flak 37. [ N 2 ] Flak is a contraction of German Flugabwehrkanone (also referred to as Fliegerabwehrkanone ) [ 11 ] [ N 3 ] meaning "aircraft-defense cannon", the original purpose of the ...
Adopted in 1939, the 85-mm M1939, like its German counterpart the 88-mm Flak 18/36/37, was meant for air defense. Like many anti-aircraft (AA) guns of the era it was also provided with anti-tank ammunition in the event a tank should appear.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States and a global force for peace after his presidency, has died at 100.
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A German anti-aircraft 88 mm Flak gun with its fire-control computer from World War II. Displayed in the Canadian War Museum.. A fire-control system (FCS) is a number of components working together, usually a gun data computer, a director and radar, which is designed to assist a ranged weapon system to target, track, and hit a target.
The return of WWE’s “Saturday Night’s Main Event” did well in the ratings for NBC. The two-hour broadcast pulled in 2.3 million viewers on Saturday night between 8 and 10 p.m. ET/PT. That ...