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Office of Chief of Ordnance, 1945

2 cm Flakvierling 38: A.A./A.T. Gun 8.8 cm Racketenpanzerbchse 43 (8.8 cm R PzB 43) and 8.8 cm Racketenpanzerbchse 54 (8.8 cm R PzB 54): Rocket Launcher

2 cm Flak 38 Geb.: A.A./A.T. Mountain Gun

Published on September 12, 2010 in German. Closed

The 2 cm Flak 38, used in mountainous territory, is a semi- or full-automatic, short recoil operated gun. It is fed with a box type magazine containing 20 rounds. The breechblock is of the Solothurn type. The barrel is equipped with a flash hider. It is the 2 cm Flak 38 gun on a light mount. This weapon is fired by means of a foot pedal on the right front of the mount. The layers seat behind the gun rotates with the mount in traverse. Elevating and traversing are manual by means of handwheels located on the right and left sides of the mount respectively. There are two speeds both in elevating and traversing; high speed is obtained by compressing a lever in the handwheel grip. A small shield is attached to the front of the cradle, and a large shield of two sections is attached to the front of the mount. This mount is a two-wheeled, pneumatic-tired trailer and pack type which may be towed by a prime mover or taken apart and transported in sections by horse or foot troops. SPECIFICATIONS Caliber 20 mm (.79 in.)

Length of tube (with flash hider) Weigth (travelling position) Weight (firing position) Length (travelling position) Length (firing position) Height (travelling position) Height (firing position) Width (overall); (travelling position) Width of trail spread Length of bore No. of grooves Width of grooves Depth of grooves Width of lands Muzzle velocity Max. range (horizontal) Max. range (vertical) Rate of fire Traverse Elevation Depression Length of recoil Ammunition Wt. of 1 magazine of 20 rds German: p. 137

56.6 ins. 825 lb. 690 lb. 143 ins. 50-57 ins. 31-42 ins. mounted flush 47 ins. 44 ins.

(H.E. shell) 2,950 f.s.; (A.P. shell) 2,624 f.s. 5,246 yds. 4,012 yds. 220 yds. (practical): 450 (theoretical) 360 +90 -20 H.E. (four types): A.P. (two types) 21 lb.

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