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The 2nd Flak Division (German: Flak-Division 2) was a anti-aircraft division unit of the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II.It was initially deployed as a stationary formation in Leipzig for the defense of the German homeland's air space, but became a mobile division in January 1942 and was deployed to the Eastern Front.
Flakpanzer is a German term for "anti-aircraft tanks" ("flak" is derived from Flugabwehrkanone, literally "aircraft defence cannon"; "panzer" is derived from Panzerkampfwagen, literally "armored fighting vehicle"). These vehicles are modified tanks whose armament was intended to engage aircraft, rather than targets on the ground.
Early Gepard system during trials in the US. The Gepard was developed during the 1960s [4] [6] [7] as a replacement for the M42 Duster. [7] Two projects were investigated. These were the ‘Matador’ (designed by Rheinmetall, AEG, Siemens, and Krauss-Maffei) and the ‘5PFZ-A’ (designed by Oerlikon, Contraves, Siemens-Albis, Hollandse Signaalapparaten and Kraus-Maffei/Porsche). [7]
German anti-aircraft forces (dubbed Flak, an abbreviation of Flugzeugabwehrkanone, '[anti-]aircraft defense cannon') had been organized in the years 1939 and 1940 into Flak Detachments (Flak-Abteilungen), some of which were mobilized for the Battle of France and placed into the newly formed Flak Corps (Flakkorps), I Flak Corps and II Flak Corps, [1]: 363 which were attached to Army Group A, [2 ...
The Panzer II is the common name used for a family of German tanks used in World War II. [2] ... This auto-cannon was based on the 2 cm FlaK 30 anti-aircraft gun, and ...
The 2 cm Flak 38 auf Panzer I Ausführung A, commonly known as the Flakpanzer I, [1] was a rare self-propelled anti-aircraft gun conversion of the Panzer I in use by the military of Nazi Germany during World War II.
The Flakpanzer 38(t) was intended to be issued to the anti-aircraft platoon of each tank battalion (Panzer Abteilung) in a Panzer division. Most of the Flakpanzer 38(t)s were issued to Panzer Divisions on the Western Front, the remainder served on the Eastern Front. An example user being the 12th SS Panzer Division. [2]
The Germans fielded the unrelated early 2 cm Flak 28 just after World War I, but the Treaty of Versailles outlawed these weapons and they were sold to Switzerland. The original Flak 30 design was developed from the Solothurn ST-5 as a project for the Kriegsmarine, which produced the 20 mm C/30. The gun fired the "Long Solothurn", a 20 × 138 mm ...