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| "Flak 36" | |
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| Type | Artillery |
| Used by | Germany |
Flak 36 is a German anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun in Post Scriptum. It is one of the most recognizable German weapons in WW2. The Flak 36 started as an Anti-Aircraft artillery piece but it was quickly found that the APCBC round it had could be used against armored vehicles with a devastating effect.
In the game, it cannot be used against aircraft but it can be used against both infantry and vehicles, as it comes equipped with both APCBC and HE shells. The Flak 36 is very powerful, taking out a Sherman Firefly in a mere 2 shots, and the HE shell it comes with has a very big area of effect, making it extremely deadly against infantry. However, the huge amount of firepower is offset by a lengthy reload so use your rounds wisely.
| Specifications (Flak 36) | |
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| Weight | 7,407 kg (16,325 lbs) in mounted position |
| Length | 5.791 m (20 ft) |
| Barrel length | 4.938 m (16 ft 2 in) (56 calibers) |
| Width | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
| Height | 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) (firing) |
| Crew | ? |
| Shell | Fixed QF 88×571mmR |
| Caliber | 88 mm (3.46 in) |
| Barrels | One, 32 grooves with right-hand increasing twist from 1/45 to 1/30 |
| Breech | Horizontal semi-automatic sliding block |
| Recoil | Hydro-pneumatic |
| Carriage | Sonderanhänger 202 |
| Elevation | −3° to +85° |
| Traverse | 360° |
| Rate of fire | 15–20 rpm |
| Muzzle velocity | 840 m/s (2,690 ft/s) |
| Effective firing range | 14,860 m (16,250 yds) ground target
8000 m (26,240 ft) effective ceiling |
| Maximum firing range | 9900 m (32,500 ft) maximum ceiling |
| Sights | ZF.20 |
The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun from World War II. It was widely used by Germany throughout the war, and was one of the most recognized German weapons of that conflict. Development of the original model led to a wide variety of guns.
The name applies to a series of related guns, the first one officially called the 8.8 cm Flak 18, the improved 8.8 cm Flak 36, and later the 8.8 cm Flak 37. Flak is a contraction of German Flugzeugabwehrkanone meaning "aircraft-defense cannon", the original purpose of the weapon. In English, "flak" became a generic term for ground anti-aircraft fire. In informal use, the guns were universally known as the Acht-acht ("eight-eight") by Germans and the "eighty-eight" by the Allies.
The versatile carriage allowed the 8.8 cm FlaK to be fired in a limited anti-tank mode when still on its wheels; it could be completely emplaced in only two and a half minutes. Its successful use as an improvised anti-tank gun led to the development of a tank gun based upon it: the 8.8 cm KwK 36, with the "KwK" abbreviation standing for Kampfwagen-Kanone (literally "battle vehicle cannon", or "main battle tank cannon"), meant to be placed in a gun turret as the tank's primary armament. This gun served as the main armament of the Tiger I heavy tank.
In addition to these Krupp designs, Rheinmetall later created a more powerful anti-aircraft gun, the 8.8 cm Flak 41, which was produced in relatively small numbers. Krupp responded with another prototype of the long-barreled 8.8 cm gun, which was further developed into the anti-tank and tank destroyer 8.8 cm PaK 43 gun used for the Elefant and Jagdpanther, and turret-mounted 8.8 cm KwK 43 heavy tank gun of the Tiger II.
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