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Pages in category "World War I anti-aircraft guns" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Early anti-aircraft artillery guns used in World War I were primarily adaptations of existing medium-caliber weapons, mounted to enable fire at higher angles. By 1915, the German military command realized that these were useless for anything beyond deterrence, even against vulnerable balloons and slow-moving aircraft. [2]
Anti-aircraft guns are weapons designed to attack aircraft. Such weapons commonly have a high rate of fire and are able to fire shells designed to damage aircraft. They also are capable of firing at high angles, but are also usually able to hit ground targets as well in a direct fire role.
Prior to World War II, the primary US anti-aircraft guns were the 3-inch M1918 gun (76.2 mm L/40) and 3-inch anti-aircraft gun M3 (76.2 mm L/50), a widely used caliber for this class of weapon. Similar weapons were in British, Soviet and other arsenals. There had been several upgrades to the weapon over its history, including the experimental ...
Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare [1] and includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action". [2] It encompasses surface-based, subsurface (submarine-launched), and air-based weapon systems, in addition to associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements, and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons).
List of anti-aircraft weapons. See also anti-aircraft warfare. Canada. Air Defense Anti-Tank System (ADATS) Oerlikon; AMADS – Advanced man-portable air defence system;
45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) Soviet Union: World War II 76.2 QF 3 inch 20 cwt United Kingdom: World War I: 76.2 3"/23 caliber gun United States: World War I - 1920s 76.2 1 or 2 3"/50 caliber gun United States: World War I - World War II - Cold War: 76.2 2 3"/70 Mark 26 gun United States United Kingdom: Cold War: 100 2 10 cm/65 Type 98 naval gun
A Maxim Flak M14 Anti-Aircraft Crew. A 3.7 cm SockelFlak L/14.5. The flaming onion was a 37 mm Hotchkiss revolving-barrel anti-aircraft gun used by the German army at the beginning of World War I, the name referring to both the gun, and especially the flare or