Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
Hi all,
An image from Ebay. I am not sure if German or Allied gun:
Sturm78
An image from Ebay. I am not sure if German or Allied gun:
Sturm78
Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
It looks like a 2 cm Flak 29 Oerlikon on its German naval pedestal:
(from WW2 in Color)
and with the movable sighting system here:
http://www.asphm.fr/vehicules/oerlikon_ ... _20mm.html
Emmanuel
(from WW2 in Color)
and with the movable sighting system here:
http://www.asphm.fr/vehicules/oerlikon_ ... _20mm.html
Emmanuel
Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
Yes, Emmanuel. Sure an 2cm Oerlikon gun but other coutries used this gun with very similar pedestal mounts...as the US Navy....Emmanuel wrote
It looks like a 2 cm Flak 29 Oerlikon on its German naval pedestal:
Regards Sturm78
Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
Hi all,
Another image of an 2cm Flak 29 or captured 20mm Oerlikon gun:
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Another image of an 2cm Flak 29 or captured 20mm Oerlikon gun:
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
Hi all,
Another image from Ebay: in german service as Flak 29
Sturm78
Another image from Ebay: in german service as Flak 29
Sturm78
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Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
It is German 20 MM FLAK 38 GEBIRGSFLAK.
Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
That was my first thought as well, but I don't think it's that easy after all. Plenty of differences: http://www.primeportal.net/artillery/yu ... gsflak_38/
Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
It's a 2 cm Rheinmetall (Solothurn) gun, possibly taken from a cancelled contract for Greece.
viewtopic.php?f=70&t=136241&hilit=2+cm+ ... n#p1186548
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Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
It a 2 cm Flak 38 Sondergeschütz for Falchirmtruppe. Designed to be dropped by parachute. There is a illustration of it in Terry Gander and Peter Chamberlains book on German WWII weapons.
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Dan Mouritzsen
Regards
Dan Mouritzsen
Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
Hi Dan, I know you posted that information in the ML thread already. The reason I posted this question here was to get another take on this by a group of people more into artillery/flak than most of the ML readers. There must be more information than just a single book... I was hoping to get more information from other sources without steering anyone in a specific direction to begin with.
Either way, the question now (also) becomes who has more information on the "2 cm Flak 38 Sondergeschütz for Fallschirmtruppe"?
[Also there's this thread: /viewtopic.php?t=136241]
I'd be very interested in seeing a comparison to show the differences between a proper Solothurn ST-5 (canon + mount) and a "2 cm Flak 38 Sondergeschütz for Fallschirmtruppe".
Either way, the question now (also) becomes who has more information on the "2 cm Flak 38 Sondergeschütz for Fallschirmtruppe"?
[Also there's this thread: /viewtopic.php?t=136241]
I'd be very interested in seeing a comparison to show the differences between a proper Solothurn ST-5 (canon + mount) and a "2 cm Flak 38 Sondergeschütz for Fallschirmtruppe".
Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
Hi all,
Flak 29 Oerlikon
Images from Ebay
Sturm78
Flak 29 Oerlikon
Images from Ebay
Sturm78
Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
Hi all,
An image from Ebay
Regarding my initial question posted here on Feb.2009 about the Oerlikon guns in German service:
All these Oerlikon guns were purchased in Switzerland or was also manufactured under license in Germany? I know that the air version of this gun was manufactured under license in Germany by Ikaria Werke of Berlin (MG FF and MG FF/M).
Anyone know how many Oerlikon AA guns were purchased in Switzerland and when? Only before war???
Sturm78
An image from Ebay
Regarding my initial question posted here on Feb.2009 about the Oerlikon guns in German service:
All these Oerlikon guns were purchased in Switzerland or was also manufactured under license in Germany? I know that the air version of this gun was manufactured under license in Germany by Ikaria Werke of Berlin (MG FF and MG FF/M).
Anyone know how many Oerlikon AA guns were purchased in Switzerland and when? Only before war???
Sturm78
Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
Hi all
An 2cm Flak 28 Oerlikon on a ship
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
An 2cm Flak 28 Oerlikon on a ship
Image from Ebay
Sturm78
Re: Wich kind of flakgun ist this one?
According to my notes, original 2 cm Flak 28 guns were bought in Switzerland somewhere after August 1928. But more Oerlikons were captured during the war, I think?All these Oerlikon guns were purchased in Switzerland or was also manufactured under license in Germany?