MECHINF-A15 Posted November 23, 2018 Share #1 Posted November 23, 2018 8.8 cm Flak 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 23, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted November 23, 2018 Crew readies their 8.8 cm Flak 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted November 24, 2018 The following six photographs are from the photo album of a Luftwaffe Flak crewman. His unit served in France and was equipped with the seldom seen 7.5 cm Flak M37(t). For more information on this weapon see the link below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.5_cm_kanon_PL_vz._37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted November 24, 2018 Gun shown on its towing carriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted November 24, 2018 Another view of the Flak Skoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted November 24, 2018 Gun with crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted November 24, 2018 Another view of the gun with crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted November 24, 2018 Final view (for today) of the Flak Skoda with crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share #9 Posted November 25, 2018 From a period book titled FLIEGENDE FRONT comes this Luftwaffe 8.8 cm Flak 18 crew in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share #10 Posted November 25, 2018 From the same book is this photo of a Flak Gefreiter holding an 8.8 cm round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulR Posted November 25, 2018 Share #11 Posted November 25, 2018 These are great photos. Keep them coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted November 25, 2018 Thanks for the kind words Paul. Here are a few more for today. Close-up of a captured 8.8 cm Flak gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share #13 Posted November 25, 2018 Another captured weapon taken in France, 1944 is a 3.7 cm Flak 36. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share #14 Posted November 26, 2018 Photographed here on the right is a Flak Hauptwachtmeister (identified by the "piston rings" on his sleeves) wearing the black work uniform of the Luftwaffe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share #15 Posted November 26, 2018 Photographed in Serbia during 1941 a Luftwaffe prime mover towing a 8.8 cm Flak 18 has taken a direct hit from enemy fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share #16 Posted November 26, 2018 This photo was taken during the German evacuation from Sicily to the Italian mainland. This mission was accomplished using Siebel ferries mounting Flak guns crewed by the Luftwaffe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 27, 2018 Share #17 Posted November 27, 2018 Photographed in Serbia during 1941 a Luftwaffe prime mover towing a 8.8 cm Flak 18 has taken a direct hit from enemy fire. This was taken during the invasion of Yugoslavia in April or afterwards in 1941 during the pacification? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted November 27, 2018 Share #18 Posted November 27, 2018 I posted these earlier on a thread about Luftwaffe aircraft on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. http://www.worldmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/313095-luftwaffe-aircraft-at-the-national-museum-of-the-us-air-force/ On display for the defense of the Reich are an Flak 88 mm multipurpose gun and a Flakvierling 38 28mm Antiaircraft gun. https://www.national...tiaircraft-gun/ https://www.national...ltipurpose-gun/ The Flak 38 is display as if it were defending a besieged target at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulR Posted November 27, 2018 Share #19 Posted November 27, 2018 I am actually stationed in the New Orleans, with the National WW2 Museum only a few miles away. A virtual Disney World for folks like us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share #20 Posted November 27, 2018 Patches, To answer your question this was a German soldiers photograph and is dated on the back "IV/41" so that would indicate the invasion. Gil, Great photos from your museum tour and thanks for sharing! Paul, I hope you take lots of photos when you visit the National WW2 Museum as I hear they have a lot of really nice pieces that were vet donated. All the best, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share #21 Posted November 27, 2018 A GI photo of a dug-in 2 cm Flak 38. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share #22 Posted November 27, 2018 A 2 cm Flak 38 engaging ground targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share #23 Posted November 27, 2018 A captured M43Z dual mount 3.7 cm Flak gun being "manned" by a British soldier posing for the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 27, 2018 Share #24 Posted November 27, 2018 Patches, To answer your question this was a German soldiers photograph and is dated on the back "IV/41" so that would indicate the invasion. Gil, Great photos from your museum tour and thanks for sharing! Paul, I hope you take lots of photos when you visit the National WW2 Museum as I hear they have a lot of really nice pieces that were vet donated. All the best, Mike Then the Yugos got a lucky on that one, curious if it was hit by one of those obsolete tanks they had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted November 28, 2018 Share #25 Posted November 28, 2018 I am actually stationed in the New Orleans, with the National WW2 Museum only a few miles away. A virtual Disney World for folks like us. You mean like this? These photos were taken in 2010. The only problem with the National WW2 Museum is that they are limited in the amount of floor (and ceiling) space that they have available for large items, so they end up rotating their exhibits. For example, a lot of the aircraft they had hanging overhead were either moved or reshuffled to make room for when they installed a B-17. So it is hard to tell what you will see when you go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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