A proximity fuse equipped Flakwaffe

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Von Schadewald
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A proximity fuse equipped Flakwaffe

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Post by Von Schadewald » 22 Nov 2004, 06:24

German flak was accurate, managing to down a continuous drizzle of Allied aircraft. But never more than the critical 12%.

Why did the Germans fail to develop the proximity fuse? Were they aware of such a device?
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Post by Navy » 22 Nov 2004, 11:15

The german flak brought down averagely 1-2 % (not 12 %) of the allied airplanes.


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Post by Von Schadewald » 22 Nov 2004, 11:40

I never said it did, fighters being the main cause of loss in action. 12% was the loss rate per mission at which it was viewed bombing could not be sustained. A % reached or breached only a few times eg Ploesti, Nuremberg and Schweinfurt.

The question is: would proximity shells have made flight over the Reich unsustainable, or still no real difference?

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flak hit rate

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Post by Pettersson » 22 Nov 2004, 12:53

Hi all,

although only 1-2 % of the attacking planes were shot down about 30% of the attacking planes were damaged by flak. That means that quite a lot of plans had to be repaired after an attack and were not able to use for the next attacks.

Regards,
Torsten

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