The 12.8 cm Flak 40 was a German anti-aircraft gun used in World War II. Although it was not produced in great numbers, it was reportedly one of the most...
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The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout...
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small flak tower. Generation 1 The G-Towers were 70.5 m (231 ft) square and 39 m (128 ft) tall, usually armed with eight (four twin) 12.8 cm FlaK 40 and...
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Zoo Tower (redirect from Zoo flak tower)
mounts of 12.8 cm FlaK 40. As bombers took to higher altitudes, these were the only guns that could hit them. Each barrel could fire 10 to 12 rounds a...
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30.01 (H) chassis and armed with a Rheinmetall 12.8 cm Kanone 40 L/61 gun (based on the 12.8 cm FlaK 40). This gun could traverse 7° to each side, elevate...
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cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling • 3.7 cm SK C/30 – naval AA gun • 3.7 cm FlaK 43 • 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43 • 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)...
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Cannone da 90/53 AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy) 10.5 cm FlaK 38 12.8 cm FlaK 40 12.8 cm FlaK 40 twin mount [de] Nazi Germany had captured many models...
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British equivalent dual-purpose gun 12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun: German equivalent limited to low-angle fire 12.8 cm FlaK 40: Dedicated anti-aircraft, land-based...
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The 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37 was a series of anti-aircraft guns produced by Nazi Germany that saw widespread service in the Second World War. The cannon was...
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Commons has media related to 2 cm FlaK 30/38/Flakvierling. Images and models of the 2 cm Flak at Pinterest Image of the 2 cm Flak 38 Anti Aircraft Gun in Desert...
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of German entrenchments and support from 12.8 cm FlaK 40 guns 2 km (1.2 mi) away on the roof of the Zoo flak tower, close by Berlin Zoo, it was not until...
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Germans also made experimental RAP rounds for the 10.5 cm Flak 38/39 and 12.8 cm FlaK 40 anti-aircraft guns in an attempt to increase their ceiling. The North...
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Panzerjägerkanone 43) was a German 8.8 cm anti-tank gun developed by Krupp in competition with the Rheinmetall 8.8 cm Flak 41 anti-aircraft gun and used during...
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of six firing twelve rounds per minute, and it was to fit existing 12.8 cm FlaK 40 mounts. It was never built. When details were discovered after the...
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Kerrison Predictor 12.8 cm FlaK 40 130 mm air defense gun KS-30 152 mm air defense gun KM-52 QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun Type 3 12 cm AA gun (Hunnicutt...
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Soviet Union Vietnam − Remained in service as late as of 2002[update] 12.8 cm FlaK 40 - Nazi Germany 120 mm M1 gun - United States Wikimedia Commons has...
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to the Flak area were three huge Flak towers (Flaktürme), which provided enormously tough platforms for both searchlights and 12.8 cm FlaK 40 anti-aircraft...
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gun with a 'twin' variant Z/FlAK 85, a modern Austrian anti-aircraft gun with twin barrels Flakpanzer IV mit 3.7 cm FlaK Zwilling, a German-made World...
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Takizawa Zaloga, Steven J., James Grandsen (1984). Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two, London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-606-8....
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British equivalent dual-purpose gun. 12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun : German equivalent limited to low-angle fire. 12.8 cm FlaK 40 : Dedicated anti-aircraft, land-based...
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during the Second World War. It was superseded by the fully automatic 3.7 cm FlaK 43 late in the war. The C/30 was a semi-automatic anti-aircraft gun (ie;...
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reached the moat, but accurate fire from 12.8 cm FlaK 40 anti-aircraft guns, two kilometres away high on the flak tower close by the Berlin Zoo, prevented...
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of six firing twelve rounds per minute, and it was to fit existing 12.8 cm FlaK 40 mounts. It was never built. When details were discovered after the...
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The 8.8 cm Flak 18 (Sfl.) auf Zugkraftwagen 12t (Sd.Kfz. 8), also known as the Bunkerflak or Bufla, was a German Wehrmacht half-track self-propelled gun...
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Pakistan Navy Headquarters in Karachi[citation needed] List of naval guns 12.8 cm FlaK 40, German heavy anti-aircraft gun firing lighter shell QF 4.5-inch naval...
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only effective Wehrmacht anti-aircraft gun was the rarely-deployed 12.8 cm FlaK 40, which could effectively fire to an altitude of 14,800 metres (48,600 ft)...
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gun 3.7 cm SK C/30 3.7 cm FlaK 43 anti-aircraft gun 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 anti-aircraft gun 10.5 cm FlaK 38 anti-aircraft gun 12.8 cm Flak 40 anti-aircraft...
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cm Flak 38, the Ostwind was armed with the more powerful and longer range FlaK 43's. It also featured slightly better armor on its turret. The Flak 43...
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List of World War II artillery (section K–N)
gun FlaK 38 2 cm: German 20 mm antiaircraft gun FlaK 38 10.5 cm: German 105 mm antiaircraft gun FlaK 40 12.8 cm: German 128 mm antiaircraft gun FlaK 41...
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obtained from Norway. In German naval use, the gun was designated the "4 cm Flak 28", and was variously used aboard individual examples of many different...
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