Flak 36

[Otto Halfhand]

Very interesting! I know the Sub pens in Brittany were virtually indestructable but they were very thick. Do you have any Idea how thick the concrete in the Flaktowers is?

The  concrete Martello Towers on the USA East Coast, (used for Anti submarine warfare in WWI and WWII) are still in good shape. THe West Coast coastal defense structures have virtually disintegrated.

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Wall: 3,5 metres.
Roof: 5 metres.

[Otto Halfhand]

Thanks. THe Martello towers are less than a meter thick, class AAA, concrete 3700 psi compressive strength in 28 days.

[Dann88]

haha dual flak, this gonna be the most OP unit if it on CoH

[pariah]

Aw man, that looks so fucking cool! Was it used in world war 2?

[Otto Halfhand]

That's What I call a knife. 

[Dann88]

It was 12.8 cm Flak 40 and in picture is the twin version, was used in WW2!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12.8_cm_FlaK_40

[Paciat]

It was 12.8 cm Flak 40 and in picture is the twin version, was used in WW2!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12.8_cm_FlaK_40

Nice. So Germans actually had a gun that could fire at B-29.

[Killar]

that would have been a nice reward unit for the 88. Was it even used as a ATgun other than in the Jagdtiger?

[Dann88]

Dual version is very hard hard to shoot a vehicle but maybe the original one can cut the sherman like butter

[Otto Halfhand]

It was 12.8 cm Flak 40 and in picture is the twin version, was used in WW2!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12.8_cm_FlaK_40

Nice. So Germans actually had a gun that could fire at B-29.

Did the Amis actually deploy B-29s to Europe?
@Stavka88 please  post a link so I can look at the Specs.

[Dann88]

I only have the link about it in Wiki and it's very short, sorry dont have much details
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12.8_cm_FlaK_40

[Cranialwizard]

I only have the link about it in Wiki and it's very short, sorry dont have much details
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12.8_cm_FlaK_40

Check German and Italian languages. They have a bit more info, that is if you can read it. Or you could punch it into google translate but that's highly inaccurate

[Otto Halfhand]

Dual version is very hard hard to shoot a vehicle but maybe the original one can cut the sherman like butter

The single barrel version weighed over 37,000 lbs. and required mounting in concrete. Wiki says they were only mounted in Flaktowers in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna. No AT capability here, unless of course as a rewards unit for the Pantherthurm.
Of course there was a dual flak 36 mount proposed during the war  , Flakzwilling 8.8 cm Auf Maus - with two 88 mm guns in a special turret. Sounds like a fancy fastfood berger don't it.

[Jeff 'Robotnik' W.]

that would have been a nice reward unit for the 88. Was it even used as a ATgun other than in the Jagdtiger?

the 128mm flak is designed completely differently from the 128mm used the the jagdtiger, they used different propellent sizes, though the 128mm on the sturur emil is the same gun as the flak one