Flak 36

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Antiflightcannon that would be appropriate

[pariah]

I think "luft" is "air", isn't it? Luftwaffe = Airpower/weapon?

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Yeah, but we're talking about Flug = flight here. Anyway, you're right about Luftwaffe.

[pariah]

I know - Just questioning what walki said.

[Jeff 'Robotnik' W.]

Most LArge caliber AA weaopns like the 90mm and 88mm were the only guns as well that were able to reach high altitube bombers, which were also slower flying than fighters and easier targets

they were also guided by radar as well, making them rather accurate, and i know the 90mm's were later computer directed as well, dont know about the 88's though

[GodlikeDennis]

Remember that rotation speed isn't that important against aircraft several kilometers away, since you will not perceive them to be moving very fast from your point of view. What matters against distant, fast moving targets is accuracy and shell velocity.

[Gerrit 'Lord Rommel' G.]

ONE point u had forget about the 88: When 88 were used in anti air role u had to use a battery or more for fighting against air targets. A single 88 isnt an effective weapon but a battery out of 6 guns can fire a lot of shells and can dominate a special quadrant of the sky. It was an enormous firepower. Think a lot of crews were feared when they saw all those detonations clouds of the 88s.

The Flugabwehrkanone is the anti aircraft gun. xD
I wont help to translate this word by word, so save your time. This translation isnt as interesting as the story of the 88 XDD

[pariah]

Remember that rotation speed isn't that important against aircraft several kilometers away, since you will not perceive them to be moving very fast from your point of view. What matters against distant, fast moving targets is accuracy and shell velocity.

I was thinking more of when the plane flies over/past you, you will need to track it quickly. I figured that because that's when it's closest to you, that's when you have the best chance of hitting it.

And Lord Rommel, i understand it enough. I think word-for-word translations are pretty pointless in many cases, anyway.

[Gerrit 'Lord Rommel' G.]

And Lord Rommel, i understand it enough. I think word-for-word translations are pretty pointless in many cases, anyway.

Jeah! someone with the same opinion here 

[Otto Halfhand]

Most  Large caliber AA weaopns like the 90mm and 88mm were the only guns as  well that were able to reach high altitube bombers, which were also  slower flying than fighters and easier targets +1

they were also guided by radar as well, making them rather accurate, -1
and i know the 90mm's were later computer directed as well, dont know about the 88's though

The attachment:
Gun was part of a search light AA unit. You will notice the many heavy,  multi-circuit plugs wired into the gun.Any number of guns could be  connected and wired back to the gunnery command center. This center  consisted of a generator trailer, a searchlight trailer and a targeting  device. All guns in the battery were wired into this central guidance  unit

[Tankbuster]

FlaK attack

[Otto Halfhand]

Hot off the airwaves: THe city of Hamburg is converting the foundations of an old Flak battery to a solar energy plant. They are calling it the energy bunker.

[Tico_1990]

Hot off the airwaves: THe city of Hamburg is converting the foundations of an old Flak battery to a solar energy plant. They are calling it the energy bunker.

You mean one of the Flaktowers? Nice

[Gerrit 'Lord Rommel' G.]

Jeah. There are a lot more ideas for all this Flak-Towers that had survived the war.
A small gun tower at the town of Lübeck was transferred into a medieval looking tower with an italian restaurant. An other tower was transferred into a climbing park. And so on.
That is much cheaper than destroying this bunkers.
Some years ago they had destroyed the zoo bunker in my town. It was a disaster for the town and the destruction company...
They need much longer for destroy this tower than it was planed. They need much more explosives than it was planed.
And at the end the costs were exploded xDDD
Out of my view it is cool when a town found a nice way to deal with this bunkers 

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

The Bunkers in Hamburg were also supposed to be destroyed, but they failed, even with loads of explosives. One of them was the postwar base of the German NWDR (Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk > Northern/Western German broadcasting studios, NDR today), today there is a disco and you can enjoy yourself on the roof of the bunker.
I hope they stay because they belong to the city also as a memorial.
Nice to hear of them being converted into 'energy bunkers' though.