HEAVIEST Flak gun of Germany - 12.8 cm FlaK 40 (’38 - ’45)

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HEAVIEST Flak gun of Germany - 12.8 cm FlaK 40 (’38 - ’45)
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@benjaminguilatcoiv 7 месяцев назад

You say "especially when hit from the side" but i think with these 12.8 cm high velocity guns even a frontal hit on the glacis, the thickest part of the heaviest tanks it would still be devastating nonetheless. Though the side is what they'd usually have as a target bec of the high position of these guns as they provided covering fire for other beleaguered positions. But the longer side profile of a tank affords both shells an opportunity to hit full on whereas frontally maybe only one shell has that chance. I recall a description by one account of one of these twin 128 mm guns from the Zoo tower hitting one of the leading heavy tanks assaulting the Reichstag, as it was crossing one of the bridges that it "suddenly disappeared from sight"

@MrCraigulator Год назад

I wonder if each stripe on the Barrels equals only 1 aircraft or maybe 5 or 10 per stripe??? Oh, and nice video as usual!

@reddirtroots5992 Год назад

Yep, I was thinking the same thing.

@A.G.798 7 месяцев назад

Ohn strip,only 1 aircraft shot down !

@carlnapp4412 6 месяцев назад

I hope you don't mind but it's not a Flak gun. "Flak" already means anti-aircraft gun.

@tech42long35 Год назад

Wow.. incredible Great video

@SebastiaanKr Год назад

How many of this twin guns are still around ?

@maximojimenez8825 Год назад

I could only find 1 zwilling variant on a carriage, thats all

@ottovonbismarck2443 Год назад

Since we're no longer under attack from RAF and USAAF, we don't use them anymore. 😁 Seriously, some of the Flak towers still exist - simply because they are too expensive to remove - but the guns of course were scrapped after the war. Haven't seen a single one in a museum yet. You can plaster the roads with 88s, though, but then again usually on their wheeled carriage.

@maximojimenez8825 Год назад

@@ottovonbismarck2443 www.net-maquettes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/128mm-FlaK-40-Zwilling-Walk-Around.jpg

@davecopp9356 Год назад

Are you a je.? Your accent is similar to how they speak. Great video.

@maximojimenez8825 Год назад

15cm Flugabwehrkanone 60F was actually the heaviest to be manufactured, but very good video

@ottovonbismarck2443 Год назад

Has it been in use ?

@maximojimenez8825 Год назад

@@ottovonbismarck2443 experimental

@A.G.798 7 месяцев назад

Nein, nicht in Serie, nur in der Erprobung!

@Jdsofar 4 месяца назад

They also had a bigger variant a 30cm Flugabwehrkanone 120F that weighed 52 tons. The barrel was twice as long and in one instance destroyed 3 b-17 in one shot due to the huge projectile fragmentation the shells made

@maximojimenez8825 4 месяца назад

@@Jdsofar wow, do you know the source? are there any images? I want to know more about that

@melonshop8888 5 месяцев назад

TEMPLAR UNIT is NOT AVAILABLE IN MEN OF WAR YET. 🙄🙄🙄

@serdradion4010 Год назад

Bombed cities were defended by those flaks, but could not be protected with them. Flaks were ineffective against the high altitude bombers, because of unprecise random fire.

@juslitor 8 месяцев назад

according to the allies, the flak caused the most casualties to the air crews after 1943. Hardly ineffective, considering the total air and material supremacy of the allies

@billwilson-es5yn 7 месяцев назад

The heavy bomber formations would change course just before nearing areas known to have heavy AA guns to avoid their flak fired up to meet them. Then they changed course again to avoid their readjusted aiming points. Their AAA still brought them down due to the length of their formations and longer range of cannons like this one.

@JaHail-oy6vq 6 месяцев назад

Flak is basically meant to be Anti Everything including naval,air,tank,bunker,etc. They have Flak 3.7cm for that

@carlnapp4412 6 месяцев назад

American educational films for air crews emphasize the deadly effectiveness of German anti-aircraft fire.

@serdradion4010 6 месяцев назад

@@carlnapp4412 Statistics are that loses are low. They are effective if they hit close enough, but they did NOT. Modern AA defence is therefore missile based.