MK103/38 (30 mm)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• Kugelblitz
• Zerstörer 45
• S-147
• S-701

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

Pros:

• Good explosive damage from HE shells
• Good armour penetration from HVAP-T shells
• 30-round magazine compared to the usual 20 on the 20 mm

Cons:

• Very inaccurate with extended bursts
• Slow reload

History

The MK 103/38 was developed as an anti-aircraft twin-mount variant of the MK 103, a dual-purpose anti-armour and air-to-air autocannon developed by Germany in World War II. With the gradual loss of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) starting in 1943, the Germans began aggressively developing new self-propelled anti-aircraft designs to counter the threat of Allied bombers. While the first generation models like the Wirbelwind and Ostwind were open-topped designs, the Germans were moving towards a newer fully enclosed vehicle for better crew protection. At the same time, the increasing inadequacies of their main anti-aircraft gun, the FlaK38 led to larger, more powerful guns being used for these new designs. The airborne MK 103, in a twin-mounted purpose-built oscillating turret, was mounted on the chassis of the Pz.IV, creating the Kugelblitz (ball lightning). However, the state of German industry late in World War II meant that only five prototypes were built.

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See also

• MK 103 (30 mm)

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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)