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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
60 km/h The Panzer Selbstfahrlafette IV Ausf. C , or Pz. Sfl. IVc. also known as Grille 10 , the 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Sonderfahrgestell ("on special chassis"), was a German mobile gun platform for the widespread 8.8 cm anti-aircraft/anti-tank gun , built in 1941.
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 (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns, but below the ceiling of the heavy (75 mm (3.0 in) and above) pieces. The gun proved inadequate and was produced only in small numbers.
2 cm Flak 30, Flak 38 and Flakvierling 38; 3 cm MK 303 Flak; 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37; 3.7 cm Flak 43; 3.7 cm Flak M42; 3.7 cm SK C/30; 3.7 cm SockelFlak L/14.5; 5 cm Flak 41; 7.7 cm FlaK L/35; 7.7 cm Leichte Kraftwagengeschütze M1914; 7.62 cm FlaK L/30; 8.8 cm Flak 16; 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41; 8.8 cm SK C/30 naval gun; 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval gun ...
Eventually these guns were replaced by the new 8.8 cm SK C/31 naval gun, 8.8 cm SK C/32 naval gun or the 10.5 cm Flak 38, with most ships being refitted by 1939. [ 6 ] During the 1930s surviving SK L/45 guns were modified to use the same ammunition as the 8.8 cm SK C/30 naval gun and had similar performance.
The Pak 41 barrel was fitted with a horizontal sliding-block breech mechanism resembling that of the 7.5 cm Pak 40, and the semi-automatic gear was a simplified version of that used on the Pak 43. The two-wheel split-trail carriage was from the 10.5 cm leFH 18 field howitzer, with the wheels from the 15 cm s FH howitzer.
10 cm/50 Type 88 naval gun; 10.5 cm Flak 38; 12.8 cm FlaK 40; 20 ITK 40 VKT; 20 mm Polsten; 25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K) 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun; 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) 37 mm gun M1; 45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) 75 mm armata wz.36; 75 mm FRC M27; 76 mm air defense gun M1931; 76.2 mm anti ...
[5] [8] The 75 mm was then modified to include a larger calibre barrel, which was further developed into the 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41, one of the best-known AA guns of World War II. [ 5 ] [ 9 ] Nevertheless, despite the German unwillingness to buy the 75 mm variant, the Swedish company decided to start serial production anyway. [ 10 ]