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FlaK, the German word for Fliegerabwehrkanone, translated as anti-aircraft gun.

Pic: German WW2 20mm FlaK 30 (Fliegerabwehrkanone Modell 1930) light ant-aircraft gun.
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German WW2 20mm FlaK 30 anti-aircraft gun with a gun shield.
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German WW2 20mm Flakvierling 38 quad AA gun at Muzeyon Heyl ha-Avir, Hatzerim airbase, Israel
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German WW2 88mm AA gun on a stationary mount, used by Finland.
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German WW2 88mm FlaK 41.
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German WW2 88mm Flugabwehrkanone (FlaK) 37 L/56.
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German WW2 88mm PaK (PanzerabwehrKanone or anti-tank gun) 43-41, developed from Krupp's Gerät 42.
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German WW2 88mm SK C-30 naval anti-aircraft battery.
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German WW2 105mm Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun.
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German WW2 105mm Flak 39 anti-aircraft gun.
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German WW2 128mm Flak 40 anti-aircraft gun on a static mounting.
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German WW2 128mm FlaK 40 Zwilling twin mounted anti-aircraft guns, capable of firing 20 rounds per minute.
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German WW2 anti-aircraft gun rangefinder and mechanical analog computer (Kommandogerät 40).
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German WW2 flak tower (Flakturm) at the Augarten in Vienna.
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More of the German WW2 flak tower (Flakturm) at the Augarten in Vienna.

Why are these things still standing?
Monuments to the war?
No, they are just too difficult to demolish.
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The above flak tower at the Augarten in Vienna was classified as a G-Tower (Gefechtsturm or combat tower).
They were loaded up with heavy anti-aircraft guns.
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This German WW2 flak tower was called an L-Tower (Leitturm), a lead or fire-control command tower, also emplaced in Vienna.
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anyone have hr pics of the empty interior of a C-5?


<==Gloster Gladiator
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German WW2 flak tower in Heiligengeistfeld, Hamburg.
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>>462055
I believe the above flak tower was turned into an apartment building. Plenty of good insulation (yards of bomb-proof, steel reinforced concrete).

German WW2 flak tower or Luftschutzbunker in Wilhelmsburg/Hamburg.
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Flakturm IV in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg.

Can anyone translate the key?
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>>462053
The tail markings of that biplane are Norwegian.
How long did they fly the early war British Gloster Gladiator fighter?

Pic: US C-5 Galaxy transport.
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1. Elevator
2. Main stairs for troups
3. Side stairs
6. Shaft for channels (drainange? sewerage?)
9. Toilets
10. Gas lock
45. Lower platform
46. Mount for light AA
48. Power distributor room
49. Collector room
50. Rectifier room
76. Washing room
106. Showers
107. Barracks
109. V0 measurement devices
110. Expansion chamber
111. Ammunition for light AA
112. Fortified room?
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>>462067
Thanks!

Pic: US WW2 B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber, 'Not Today Cleo.'

I believe one was named '88 Bait'
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Question about the FLaK towers, did the FLaK guns just mounted on the "shelves" that stick out on the side? or were they somewhere else?

Also, thanks for the pictures + info, very cool stuff.
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German Skyguard 3 fire control unit from Oerlikon Contraves.
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German Skyshield 35 fire control unit from Oerlikon Contraves.

The 35/1000 anti-aircraft guns fire the above 35mm shells at 1000 rounds per minute.
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German KZO reconnaissance drone by Rheinmetall Defence Electronics.
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That's about it, for now.
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nice stuff Bat
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BPz3 "Büffel", German Army.
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>>462184
Here's the scans from the RapidShares
http://rapidshare.com/files/114084175/_DPG_Hayao_Miyazaki_-_Daydream_Note.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114096116/_DPG_Hayao_Miyazaki_-_Daydream_Note.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114096798/_DPG_Hayao_Miyazaki_-_Daydream_Note.part3.rar
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>>462062
Thanks for the C-5, awesome pic. Though in truth, I was looking for something more like this C-46 interior shot.

As for your question about the Gladiator, I'm afraid I don't know.

and finally, I know one of the flak towers in Vienna (esterhazypark) houses an aquarium. I was planning on going through it when I lived there in '92, but I seem to recall I balked at the entrance fee.
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reminds me of Office Space
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thread delivers
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Anti-aircraft Bofors (probably a 40mm) gun in at position on a mound overlooking the beach in Algeria with a United States anti-aircraft artillery crew in position, 1943.
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US WW2 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns on a naval MK 12 quadruple mount.
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And here's Anya, valiantly crewing an Albanian Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun.

But unless I miss my guess, she's out of uniform.

There's probably some RapidShare of this, somewhere.
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Relevant to my interests.
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Some more heavy artillery...
Thanks to Bat Guano for imagery!
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I'd let her touch my gun if you know what I mean
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She's not checked out on Airsoft.
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Got a link to the set or could you post the rest?
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Sveta from Amour Angels, posing by what appears to be a Soviet WW2 76.2mm anti-tank gun.
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>>463286

Just lores stuff from both girl's sets. A rapidsearch of Anya might yield better quality.
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Here's the link to the Bofors series called "The sentinel". Only ten downloads though.

http://rapidshare.com/files/163538799/anya-the_sentinel-2000x3000.zip.html
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Thanks!
You're a prince of the Realm, I swear.

Pic: a British WW1 2.95 inch Vickers-Maxim QF Mountain Pack Howitzer, 1899.
This was a quick-firing (QF) lightweight howitzer (a cannon that can be elevated high like a mortar or shot at a low trajectory like a gun) that can be broken into its components and loaded on mules (or soldiers) for transport over rough or steep terrain (mountains, etc.).
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US M163 VADS (Vulcan air defense system):

Crewmen stand in the hatches of an M163 Vulcan self-propelled anti-aircraft gun of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) during an exercise at the National Training Center. The M163 consists of an M168 Vulcan 20 mm cannon with radar fire control mounted on a modified M113 armored personnel carrier.
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US M247 Sergeant York dual 40mm Bofors SPAAG.

Canceled because it had great difficulty hitting anything.
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US M42 Duster, armed with twin 40mm M2A1 Bofors anti-aircraft guns, 240 rounds per minute. made in 1952.
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An Israeli Duster.
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Czech M53/59 Praga, self-propelled dual 30mm anti-aircraft gun of the early 50s, here used by the Serbian Army.
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Russian ZSU-57-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun in Poland.
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ZSU-57-2 self propelled air defense cannon in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.

Most probably a captured Egyptian or maybe a Syrian vehicle.
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OP have some artillery tractors/towers?

(with attached cannon if possible)

Or light half tracks/ full tracks for troop transport or something. dunno why but i love those little fuckers
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These are also listed as Russian 100mm ?S-19 air defense gun model 1947, but they look a bit different.
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US WW2 120mm M1 super-heavy anti-aircraft gun, 1940, maximum altitude was about 60,000 ft, which garnered it the nickname the stratosphere gun.
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Russian WW2 37mm anti-aircraft automatic cannon model 1939.
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Russian 130mm KS-30 air defense gun (1950).
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mjam... Bat Guano rulez... awesome as always...

Dankeschön!!! ;)
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Fine photos and great descriptions. One of the best stuff on /hr/ for sure.
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Iraqi boomer
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