German Guns of the Third Reich by Ian Baxter

Author:Ian Baxter [Baxter, Ian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HIS027100: HISTORY / Military / World War II
ISBN: eBook ISBN| 9781783038497
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2007-06-10T05:00:00+00:00

As an 8.8cm gun hurls its projectile into the air a red signal flag is raised by the Luftwaffe battery officer issuing orders to halt the firing, which signified the end of the air raid or threat of aerial attack in the area.

A well camouflaged 8.8cm flak gun in action by a Wehrmacht flak unit during operations in Army Group Centre in Russia in the summer of 1941. The gun’s high velocity and flat trajectory made it very accurate and effective in both an anti-aircraft and anti-tank role.

The crew of a 2cm Luftwaffe Flak gun in a makeshift position on the Russian Northern Front in the autumn of 1941. The gun was a very effective weapon and had a fire rate of 120 – 280 rounds per minute.

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