Berlin flak towers

[Christian W.]

What was the armament of Berlins flak towers?

[Erich]

in 44-45 it was 12.8 cm Flakzwilling, with lesser armament of 2cm and twin 3.7cm weapons for protection of low flying a/c.

[Christian W.]

No wonder the Soviets were worried about the fact that the AA-guns could also be toward ground.

[Christian W.]

By the way, what was the AP capability of 128mm Flakzwilling?

[bryson109]

By the way, what was the AP capability of 128mm Flakzwilling?

The muzzle velocity was 880mps/2887fps if it helps.

[Christian W.]

It does a little. Still, if someone has any info of the things actual AP capability or having info of one being used agaisnt T-34 tank ect: id be glad to hear it.

[waldorf]

How many Flak towers were there in Berlin? If I remember correctly Cornelius Ryan talked about a flak tower near the Berlin Zoo in his book The Last Battle.

W.

[Rand]

Also could someone post any pics of the towers, before or after the war? I read about these Flak towers in Beevor's "The Fall of Berlin 1945", and was interested.

Rand.

[Geoff Walden]

You can see a couple recent photos of the remains of one of the Berlin flak towers at http://www.thirdreichruins.com/berlin.htm#flakturm .

Geoff Walden

[Rand]

Thanks Geoff. The towers are not exactly what I expected.

Rand.

[kstdk]

Hello Rand.

The towers are not exactly what I expected.Rand.

What did you expect ???

Here are som pictures of the Berlin Flaktowers:

Friederichshain / Humboldthain / Tiergarten ( Zoo )

There were similar towers in:

Hamburg - Heiligengeistfeld and Wilhelmsburg

Vienna - Arenberg Park / Augarten / Esterhazy Park ( Stiftskaserne )

Each Flakposition consisted of two towers, the G-Turm ( Gefechtsturm ) and the L- Turm ( Leit Turm ).

Regards
Kurt
kstdk.

[kstdk]

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[kstdk]

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[Christian W.]

What were you expecting?

[Andrzej Ditrich]

Excelent pictures -THX!

BRGDS
@ndrew