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Description This was probably one of the most outrageous pieces of heavy artillery on display at the musuem (but not the most outrageous - that'll come later). These are twin 128mm FlaK 40 anti-aircraft guns mounted on a towed carriage - in this case a freight dolly for museum display purposes, though a few were mounted on railway carriages. For most of its service life following its deployment in 1941, however, the Flak 40 primarily had a static role, chief among them being mounted atop of Berlin's "Flak towers" towards the end of the war to fend off Allied bombers, and were responsible for the majority of allied bomber losses. Like the smaller 88, they also excelled in the anti-tank role, with Flak-tower based 128s claiming a number of Russian tanks during the final Battle of Berlin. This gun was one of the first to introduce both electronic rotation and relaoding mechanisms, but less than 500 were built. 128mm FlaK 40 Stats: Type: Anti-aircraft gun Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig First deployed: 1941 Length: 16 m Width: 5 m Height: 2.95 m Weight: 27 tons Gun caliber: 128mm Ammunition type: FlaK Max rate of fire: 20 rounds per minute Muzzle velocity: 1100 m/s Max range: 21km Max ceiling: 14.8km Operators: Germany

Diese Projekt soll die Flugabwehr in der Heimatverteidigung des Deutschen Reiches im Jahre 1944 behandeln. Begonnen habe ich mit zwei Basis-Modellen: der Flak43 Zwilling als Metallbausatz von Puchala mit der entsprechenden Bedienung. Ein sehr gut, gemachter Bausatz, der schon als Rarität gehandelt wird und in seiner feinen Ausführung mit entsprechenden Ätzteilen den moderneren Plastikbausätzen der Flak 43 nicht nachsteht.

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A Opel Blitz towing a sled with multiple AA guns.

Hi, some months ago I came across a brief mention of a projected Russian AA cruiser that was to have been armed with 180mm semi auto AA guns. I was looking...

Rule, Germania Germania rule the waves... Fredrick III class Pocket Battlecruiser. -6 18" guns -4 12" guns (limited traverse) -3 16" guns -10 mixed AA guns -4 Phalanx CIWS -2 Electronic Warfare hardpoints -8 vertical launch missile tubes

With nations around the world developing new destroyers, Columbian naval planners realized that the venerable Wraith-class was becoming rather outdated. With new Falaisian designs that sported literally double the firepower looming, an update was needed. Stats: Speed: 36.5 knots Armament: 5x1 4.7" guns, 3x2 heavy AA guns, 2x1 light AA guns, 2x3 20" torpedoes, 9 Farang-boiler depth charges

A sci-fi Battleship for Ardent Seas, armed with three enormous quadruple Railgun turrets, several missile batteries, AA guns and smaller secondary gun turrets. http://www.indiedb.com/games/ardent-seas/

Dear Colleagues After 3 years work off and on I finally finished the beast. You are looking at the 1/700 Fujimi kit of Kaga from late 1941 with Fujimi’s own PE and wood planking extra. Then it is dressed with Veteran models 12.7 cm AA guns, Lion Roar 25 mm AA guns, davits, Nanodread life boats an...

Test concept of universal soviet ship with powerful anti-surface artillery and AA-guns. Also this ship armed nuclear reactor =3 Maybe we rename this ship.

Description Similar to the Shinano subclass of the mighty Yamato class battleships: www.deviantart.com/tzoli/art/Y… The 5th vessel was to be further modified based on the Shinano subtype with a further enhanced AA capabilities of no wing mounted 15,5cm gun turrets but more light AA and 10cm heavy AA guns. Yamato (and Musashi if not had been sunk) modified similar to this layout. Sidenote: I've used the darker colour scheme of the Musashi to distinguish this variant from the others. The design had the following characteristics: Dimensions: 244 (pp) 256 (wl) 263 (oa) x 38,9 x 10,4m  Displacement: 65.000tons (standard), 72.800tons (full load) Armour: 190mm Deck, 400mm Belt  inclined at 20 degrees Engines: 150.000shp, 4 shafts, Steam Turbines Speed: 50km/h (27knots) Range: 13.300km at 30km/h (7.200nm at 16knots) Armaments:  3x3 46cm/45 Type 94 Cannons, 2x3 15,5cm/60 Type 90 Guns 12x2 10cm/65 Type 98 DP-AA guns 32x3 25mm/60 Type 96 AA Guns 2x2 13mm/76 Type 93 AA Guns 7x Seaplanes (Aichi E16A Paul and Mitsubishi F1M Pete planes) Sensors: Type 13 air search radar antennaes (two set, both sides on the mainmast) Type 21 air search radars (two set, on each arms of the main range finder fixed non rotating) Type 22 surface search radars (two set one on each side of the bridge structure rotating ones)

We arrived in Malta on 17th April 2007. I knew my grandfather had manned the AA guns around Sliema and Valletta  defending the Grand harbour. 62 years after the second world war ended you dont...

Description This is a very likely 1943/44 refit for the Tone-Kai design similar to what happened to the IJN Oyodo: Removal of the 45m large catapult, using it's space to carry E13A Jake Floatplanes, more 25mm triple and twin AA guns and the green-light green camouflage pattern used on many IJN warships. Original version can be found here: tzoli.deviantart.com/art/Tone-… Edit: Fixed some errors, especially the aft 10cm turret overpassing the AA platform above it

ZB-60 heavy machine gun on universal AA / ground support role tripod, which featured detachable wheels and folding tripod legs.   Caliber  15×104 mm Weight 55 kg (gun body) Length 2 050 mm Barrel length 1 400 mm Feed  belt Rate of fire 430 rounds per minute   One of he most formidable machine guns...

Here's another collaboration I did with Ryan Barry (9monkeys on IG) for my narrative artbook TANKHEAD. Preorder here: https://store.udonentertainment.com/collections/art-books/products/tankhead Yamaichi AA guns erected on rooftops of their castle cities as a defense system against airborne threats. Ryan did the amazing lineart and I colored it Ryan Barry's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/9monkeys/?hl=en

To those of you who were excited at the prospect of the De Grasse, the unique french AA cruiser, with 8x2-127mm guns, prepare to be dis-appointed. As we are instead getting a ship that appears to be a retrofitted La Galissonnière-class cruiser. (Probably it is the De Grasse as she was originally designed, which might as

Aa Aa Aa worksheet that you can customize and print for kids.