What is a Flak 30 and Flak 38?
What is a Flak 30 and Flak 38?
The Flak 30 ( Flugzeugabwehrkanone 30) and improved Flak 38 were 20 mm anti-aircraft guns used by various German forces throughout World War II. It was not only the primary German light anti-aircraft gun but by far the most numerously produced German artillery piece throughout the war.
What is a Flakvierling weapon?
The Flakvierling weapon consisted of quad-mounted 2 cm Flak 38 AA guns with collapsing seats, folding handles, and ammunition racks. The mount had a triangular base with a jack at each leg for levelling the gun. The tracker traversed and elevated the mount manually using two handwheels.
What is the Rheinmetall Flak 38?
Rheinmetall responded with the 2 cm Flak 38, which was otherwise similar but increased the rate of fire to 220 RPM and slightly lowered overall weight to 420 kg. The Flak 38 was accepted as the standard Army gun in 1939, and by the Kriegsmarine as the C/38 .
What is the 2 cm Flakvierling 38?
Indeed, it came as a surprise when Rheinmetall introduced the 2 cm Flakvierling 38, which improved the weapon just enough to make it competitive again. The term Vierling literally translates to “quadruplet” and refers to the four 20 mm autocannon constituting the design.
What is a Gebirgsflak 38?
The Flak 38 was accepted as the standard Army gun in 1939, and by the Kriegsmarine as the C/38 . In order to provide airborne and mountain troops with an AA capability, Mauser was contracted to produce a lighter version of the Flak 38, which they introduced as the 2 cm Gebirgsflak 38 ( 2 cm GebFlak 38 ).
What replaced the Flak 30 in WW2?
So did the complicated sights which were later simplified, as on the Flak 30. The 2-cm Flak 38, as the Mauser, design was known, entered service in late 1940 and eventually replaced the Flak 30 on the production lines. It served alongside the Flak 30 and was also used by the Luftwaffe and the German navy.
