"Entering the Flak Barrage" Topic
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| Tango01 | 18 Dec 2019 10:33 p.m. PST |
"The German Flak (aka Ground Anti-Aircraft) guns were most effective weapons, with the legendary Flak 88 mm as the standard version (which was also a formidable anti-tank gun). Later came the 108 mm Flak 38/39 and the 128 mm Flak 40. In total, over 26,000 of the AA-Guns in all their versions were built, but even with that huge number, Germans were only capable to inflict limited damage to the endless swarms of Bombers that came over their Heimat during night and day operations…"
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Dave Jackson  | 19 Dec 2019 6:11 a.m. PST |
Ah yes…..while implied in the article…where does the word "FLAK" come from…. |
| 55th Division | 19 Dec 2019 6:53 a.m. PST |
its a contraction of Fliegerabwehrkanone, first used by the Germans during the great war to describe anti aircraft weapons they also used Bakz which stood for Balloonabwehrkanonezug which was a anti balloon section both are listed in Vocabulary of German Military terms and abbreviations printed in 1917 and is available on google books |
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