Big AA guns

[ErwinZ]

And the follow up pages from SES his image

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your help, SES and Erwin.

However, I have some doubts:

First, I do not understand the second of my images posted on 27 Nov, in which appears the gun barrel down to ground level. It does not match with the barrel assembly process showing in your images..

Second, Sd.Ah.205 ??? I thought that this trailer was used for 10.5cm Flak 39 barrels. See http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_ ... ilers.html

Third, I thought the Rohrwagen 40 trailer was developed for the initial mobile version of 12.8cm Flak 40, with a cruciform mount. However, the latest images show that it was also used for the static version.

Regards Sturm78

[Grzesio]

First, I do not understand the second of my images posted on 27 Nov, in which appears the gun barrel down to ground level. It does not match with the barrel assembly process showing in your images..

I think it's a result of some accident - probably the braces broke, Rohrwagen went loose and the barrel slid back, landing on the ground.

Second, Sd.Ah.205 ??? I thought that this trailer was used for 10.5cm Flak 39 barrels.

Maybe it was just an universal trailer for heavy flak guns?

Third, I thought the Rohrwagen 40 trailer was developed for the initial mobile version of 12.8cm Flak 40, with a cruciform mount. However, the latest images show that it was also used for the static version.

It was used with any version transported with the Sd.Ah 203. and the barrel removed - i.e. early static and fixed.

[ErwinZ]

Hi,
Interesting shots. Could the 8,8 cm Flak on a Sockel Lafette be taken apart and assembled in the same manner?
bregds
SES

Probably most of the time just with a crane.

[Clive Mortimore]

That photo looks like a in the field barrel change. This is quite a routine job for the gun fitters.

Clive

[SES]

Hi Erwin,
Interesting shot, many thanks for youe response.
bregds
SES

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An 12.8cm Flak 40 early version, with cruciform mount:

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A photoserie from Ebay: 12.8cm Flak 40 being assembled in field.

The second photo again create me questions about the assembly process of the gun.
According to the drawings posted by ErwinZ and SES, the trailer was attached to the cradle of the gun and then the barrel was pushed into position.
However, in this new photo seems that the trailer is located quite far from the gun mount while the tube is being pushed into position. I think the tube will probably end up on the ground !!

Any idea??

On the other hand, Does anyone have any photos of the 12.8cm Flak 40 mount on his transport trailer?

Sturm78

[ErwinZ]

However, in this new photo seems that the trailer is located quite far from the gun mount while the tube is being pushed into position. I think the tube will probably end up on the ground !!

Seems they are still in stage 1; still aligning the mount. Once the barrel fits, the whole carriage can move forward.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A very rare image of a 12.8cm Flak 40 gun on his Sd.Ah.220 trailer. There are very few wartime images of this trailer

Image from EBay
Sturm78

[Cobrahistorian]

Has anyone seen photos of the Flakzwilling 40s at Bremerhaven? I have one of them (was at Aberdeen for years) and we're about to cosmetically restore it for display in the Air Defense Artillery park here at Fort Sill. I'd like to get it in as accurate a paint scheme as I can instead of just painting it overall Schwarzgrau.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated!

v/r

Jonathan Bernstein
Director
US Army Air Defense Artillery Museum

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A very rare image of an 12.8cm Flak 40 gun being assembled in field:

Image from EBay
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Two images of an 10.5cm Flak 38 gun:

Images from EBay
Sturm78

[ErwinZ]

12,8 der Batterie Stuven. (E-bay)

[Natter]

I found this photo at the norwegian National Archives (ref RAFA-3309-47-1-143b). I don't know if it's a Flak 40 position (Fl307) under construction? Location is unknown.