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US-made Douglas A-20G in Soviet service chased by light flak while attacking a German convoy at mast height over the Barents Sea in 1943 Over 3,000 examples of the type were supplied to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease during WWII

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A rare example of the 8.8cm Flak 41 in action against a Soviet armored thrust during the Vistula-Oder Offensive more: This piece was designed to meet a Luftwaffe requirement to address the Flak 18/36/37's lack of performance against more modern aircraft flying faster and at higher altitudes. Rheinmetall responded to the requirement with a new design that was still in 88mm caliber but using a larger cartridge and a longer barrel to achieve a higher velocity. Because of problems in service, the guns were almost exclusively used in Germany where they could be properly maintained and serviced, although some examples did turn up in North Africa. Only around 500 examples were manufactured, compared to around 20,000 of the earlier 88mm Flak series. 0:03 One of the issues plaguing the Flak 41 was casing jamming on extraction, and this is illustrated in the footage as the casing extracts only partially and needs to be manually removed. 0:05 Gun crew carrying ammunition giving a sense of how large the round was. The high velocity that it needed to be effective as an anti-aircraft gun also made it a superb anti-tank weapon when provided with appropriate ammunition. With shells leaving the muzzle at almost one kilometer per second it could penetrate 120mm of armor at a range of 2 kilometers. This meant it could defeat any Allied tank deployed in WWII at combat ranges. 0:10 The gun is seen firing while still mounted on its transport carriage with the lateral outriggers deployed for stability. This was a common tactic with the Flak 18/36/37 too, and allowed the crew to be ready to "shoot and scoot" and relocate to avoid being targeted by enemy artillery and air support. 0:14 A small detail is that one of the Flak 41 crew is armed with a captured Soviet PPSh-41 submachinegun #flak #88mm #flak41 #wwii #ww2

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