- anti-aircraft
artillery flak: from the
German Flugzeugabwehrkanone or
Fliegerabwehrkanone ack-ack: from the
spelling alphabet used by the
British for voice...
- such as anti-aircraft
artillery ("flak" is a
German contraction for
Fliegerabwehrkanone, "aircraft-defense gun"),
grenade fragments, very
small pellets used...
- "zenith" cannon,
known in
military slang as FLAK (from the
German "
fliegerabwehrkanone", air
defence cannon) or ack-ack (from the
British phonetic alphabet...
- The Flak 30 (Flugzeugabwehrkanone 30) and
improved Flak 38 were 20 mm anti-aircraft guns used by
various German forces throughout World War II. It was...
- is a
contraction of
German Flugabwehrkanone (also
referred to as
Fliegerabwehrkanone)
meaning "aircraft-defense cannon", the
original purpose of the weapon...
-
Browning machine gun
Bazooka M72 LAW M40
recoilless rifle 20 mm
Fliegerabwehrkanone 65/68
Vehicles T-34 M24
Chaffee M41
Walker Bulldog M42
Duster Charioteer...
- Staatspolizei, 'Secret
State Police'); Flak
rather than FAK (for
Fliegerabwehrkanone, 'anti-aircraft gun');
Kripo rather than KP (for Kriminalpolizei...
- its main role. The
Germans had an
advantage in anti-aircraft guns (
Fliegerabwehrkanone [Flak]), with 2,600 88 mm (3.46 in)
heavy Flak guns and 6,700 37 mm...
- and
target tracking for the
Mistral units. The Z/FlAK 85 (Zwilling/
Fliegerabwehrkanone) is the
Oerlikon Contraves GDF-001 system. 18 of
these guns were...
-
Feuerschutzpolizei – Fire
Protection Police.
Feuerwerker –
ordnance NCO FlaK –
Fliegerabwehrkanone, Flug(zeug)abwehrkanone – air
defense gun; anti-aircraft artillery...
