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Used mainly on flak towers. Production started in 1942 with 10 tandems produced, [6] another eight in 1943, [6] and in February 1945 a total of 34 were available. [7] 12.8 cm PaK 40 [8] A derivative anti-tank gun, though rejected in favour of the Krupp 12.8 cm Pak 44 for mass production, but two pieces used to arm the Sturer Emil prototypes ...
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 ...
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.
• Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 (acquired from Italy) • 76 mm air defense gun M1938 (captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Flak 38(r)) • 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 AT/AA gun • 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K) (captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated 8.5 cm Flak 39(r)) • 10.5 cm FlaK 38 • 12.8 cm FlaK 40
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
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 closest Allied counterpart to the 3.7 cm Flak series was the 40 mm Bofors L/60, which was designated the "4 cm Flak 28" in German service. The Bofors fired a larger shell of 900 g (32 oz), as opposed to around 650 g (23 oz), at a slightly higher muzzle velocity of around 880 m/s (2,900 ft/s) as opposed to just under 800 m/s (2,600 ft/s).
3.7 cm Flak M42; 4.5-Inch Beach Barrage Rocket; 4.5-inch gun M1; 7.5 cm KwK 40; 7.5 cm KwK 42; 7.5 cm Pak 40; 7.5 cm Pak 97/38; 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) 7×33mm Sako; 8-inch gun M1; 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze 40; 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40; 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 42; 12.8 cm FlaK 40; 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42; 45 mm anti-tank gun M1942 (M-42) 76 mm gun M1 ...