4Cm Flak 28
4Cm Flak 28
Hello!
Again a photo request....
This time for the German built 4Cm Flak 28.
Also wondering if there is any surviving examples of this rare AA gun?
EE
Again a photo request....
This time for the German built 4Cm Flak 28.
Also wondering if there is any surviving examples of this rare AA gun?
EE
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4 cm Flak 28
The 4 cm Flaf 28 is not a German build gun. The Germans put these Fremde Gerät Nummer to the 4 cm Bofors guns in german service from various sources, mostly from Poland (40 mm armata przeciwlotocnicza w36), England (Ordnance QF 40 mm Mk I), Dutch (Bofors 40 mm L60?) and Red Army via the Baltic States.
Also, and I suppose very interesting to you, a small batch of this gun was produced in Kongsberg for the Kriegsmarine.
I have a group of photos sended by the Bofors (Sweden) many years ago and I could check for the originals tomorrow.
Best regards
Also, and I suppose very interesting to you, a small batch of this gun was produced in Kongsberg for the Kriegsmarine.
I have a group of photos sended by the Bofors (Sweden) many years ago and I could check for the originals tomorrow.
Best regards
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Interesting note.
During the german invasion of norway columns of civilians mixed with norwegian soldiers fled to sweden. At one spot some swedish homeguard soldiers were placed with their bofors antiaircraft gun. Suddenly a german plane come down, firing its machineguns against the column. The swedish soldiers fire a warning shot but the plane goes for a new dive. The antiaircraft crew fire another shot and it's a hit. The german plane is losing control and returns to the norwegian side. An officer comes down to the aa crew to congratulate them. Then he asks them why they didn't use the automatical fire instead? The men look surprised at the officer, they didn't know that the gun could fire with automatical fire.
regards
During the german invasion of norway columns of civilians mixed with norwegian soldiers fled to sweden. At one spot some swedish homeguard soldiers were placed with their bofors antiaircraft gun. Suddenly a german plane come down, firing its machineguns against the column. The swedish soldiers fire a warning shot but the plane goes for a new dive. The antiaircraft crew fire another shot and it's a hit. The german plane is losing control and returns to the norwegian side. An officer comes down to the aa crew to congratulate them. Then he asks them why they didn't use the automatical fire instead? The men look surprised at the officer, they didn't know that the gun could fire with automatical fire.
regards
Last edited by Daniel L on 29 Sep 2002, 02:22, edited 1 time in total.
Bof's in the KM
Light cruiser NURNBERG also had at least one in 1944,mounted atop the the bridge in front of the main range-finder.
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4 cm Flak 28
Hi Erik
Please find attached a photo of the 4 cm Flak 28.
This photo was taken from 'Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey', by Terry Gander and Peter Chamberlain.
Regards
Bob
Please find attached a photo of the 4 cm Flak 28.
This photo was taken from 'Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey', by Terry Gander and Peter Chamberlain.
Regards
Bob
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Re: 4Cm Flak 28
A remaining 4cm Flak 28 (p) at Cité d'Aleth, Saint-Malo, France.
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