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The Flakpanzer IV "Wirbelwind" (Whirlwind in English) was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun based on the Panzer IV tank. It was developed in 1944 as a successor to the earlier Möbelwagen self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.
3-inch M1918 gun United States: World War I / Interwar 76.2 3-inch anti-aircraft gun M3 United States: Interwar / World War II 76.2 3"/23 caliber gun United States: World War I / World War II 76.2 3"/50 caliber gun United States: World War I / World War II / Korean War / Cold War / Vietnam War 76.2 3"/70 Mark 26 gun United States: Cold War 76.2
Flakpanzer IV is the general designation for a series of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns based on the Panzerkampfwagen IV chassis. They are, in order of development: Möbelwagen; Wirbelwind; Ostwind; Kugelblitz
The Flakpanzer IV "Ostwind" (East Wind in English) was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun based on the Panzer IV tank. It was developed in 1944 as a successor to the earlier Flakpanzer IV/2 cm Vierling Wirbelwind. The Panzer IV's turret was removed and replaced with an open-top, hexagonal turret that housed a 3.7 cm Flak 43. In addition ...
A predecessor of the WWII German "88" anti-aircraft gun, the WWI German 77 mm anti-aircraft gun, was truck-mounted and used to great effect against British tanks. The British QF 3 inch 20 cwt was mounted on trucks for use on the Western Front. The British also had a first dedicated anti aircraft weapon, the QF 1-pounder pom-pom.
Wirbelwind (Flakpanzer IV) - Anti aircraft. quadruple 20mm FlaK 38 guns in armoured turret on Panzer IV chassis, Ostwind (Flakpanzer IV) - Anti Aircraft. Single 37mm FlaK 43 in armoured turret on Panzer IV chassis, with; The Panzer IV was originally armed with a low-velocity short-barreled (L/24) 75 mm gun. In 1942 this was upgraded to a 75 mm ...
Kfz.161/3) Wirbelwind = Self-propelled anti-aircraft. Quadruple 20 mm Flak 38 L/112.5 guns on Panzer IV chassis, with armoured turret (Flakpanzer IV) Ostwind = Self-propelled anti-aircraft. 37 mm Flak 43 L/89 on Panzer IV chassis, with armoured turret (Flakpanzer IV)
The 3.7 cm Flak auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV (sf) (Sd.Kfz. 161/3), nicknamed Möbelwagen ("Moving Van") because of its boxy shape, was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun built from the chassis of the Panzer IV tank. It was used by the Wehrmacht in the European Theatre of World War II. Möbelwagen in northern France, June 21, 1944