FlaK44 (37 mm)
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Description
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General info
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Available ammunition
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Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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History
In August 1944, the FlaK43 replaced the FlaK38 due to the increasing threat of Allied bombers. The original version had a cyclic rate of fire of 250 rounds per minute, however, the practical rate of fire was only 180 rounds per minute. While German was rushing out the Ostwind and Modelwagen as stopgap measures while they were working on improved self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. One of the prototype designs for an improved SPAA added a second FlaK 43 to the Ostwind to compensate for the law of rate resulting in the prototype Ostwind II. However, this design was never developed into production in favor of the better armed twin-mount Flakpanzer 341 based on the chassis of the Panzer V Panther, however due to the devastation the bombing campaign did to the German war industry, this design never made past a wooden mock-up turret.
Media
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See also
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External links
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| Germany anti-aircraft guns | |
|---|---|
| 15 mm | MG 151 |
| 20 mm | FlaK38 · Rh202 |
| 30 mm | MK103/38 |
| 37 mm | FlaK36 · FlaK43 · FlaK44 |
| Foreign: | |
| 35 mm | Oerlikon KDA (Swiss) |
