Flak-Artillerie
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Description
Based on first-hand accounts, original documentation and unpublished images, this is a highly illustrated history of the Flak-Artillerie in World War II.
Until the late 19th century wars were fought on land or at sea, but the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 saw the first use of hot-air balloons and aerial warfare was born. The Prussian Army sought a way to counter this development, and introduced the Krupp-built 3.7cm Ballon-Abwehrkanone – the first anti-aircraft weapon, and the source of all future German Flak-Artillerie.
In this new study, German armour expert Thomas Anderson traces the story of German anti-aircraft artillery through the rapid advances of World War I, though the interwar years to the rise of Nazism, German rearmament and World War II. Drawing on after-action reports, original wartime documents and rare and previously unseen photographs, he traces the development of increasingly sophisticated self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons through to the fully armoured Flakpanzer culminating in the Kugelblitz, the Flakpanzer 341 built on the PzKpfw V Panther chassis.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: German Anti-aircraft guns in World War I
Chapter 2: Development of effective AA guns to 1939
Chapter 3: War – Improving mobility
Chapter 4: Development of armoured anti-aircraft tank
Chapter 5: The Mighty Acht-Acht – 8.8cm FlaK
Chapter 6: Conclusion
Index
Product details
| Published | Nov 03 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 9781472865557 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | Fully illustrated throughout in black and white |
| Dimensions | 242 x 190 mm |
| Series | General Military |
| Short code | GNM |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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