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07-04-2005, 07:21 PM
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 | [attachmentid=595] I'm having a terrible time trying to identify a self-propelled AA gun I saw at the US Army Ordnance Museum at the Aberdeen Proving Gruonds in Maryland. Maybe somebody can help me? I will describe the gun below, but for closer reference, I've attached a picture of it pulled from the museum's web page. For those of you disinclined to open attachments, here's the address to the picture: http://www.ordmusfound.org/flak40.jpg The vehicle consists of what looks very much like a Flakzwilling-40 placed atop a low-profile tracked chassis of some type, although the tracks are no longer present on the specimen at Aberdeen. A Flakzwilling-40 is a stationary twin-mount of 128mm Anti-Aircraft Cannon, each of which can pivot vertically and fire independantly, but traverse 360 degrees on a common fixed horizontal trajectory. Flakzwilling-40s and similar twin-mount guns of other calibers were typically emplaced to provide air defence over German naval installations. The twin-mount on this oddball vehicle is not identical to a Flakzwilling-40 but very closely resembles one. Can anybody pin a name on this thing for me? -Benson |
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07-04-2005, 08:28 PM
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it is a standard flak 40 but the carriage is an addition from american sources. [attachmentid=596]Flak40 in situ
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10-04-2005, 11:09 AM
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| Back in the 1970s I worked at the British equivalent of a US "Proving Ground" and you would find all manner of equipments on unusual mountings for ease of use on the ranges. These would include de-turretted tank chasis. I would guess that the equipment was originally taken to the US for evaluation purposes and mounted on a SP chassis to facilitate moving around the ranges as required.
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