Year | March 1943 |
Weapon Type | Medium Anti-Aircraft Gun |
Origin & Designer | Germany/Rheinmetall |
Numbers Produced | 556 |
Crew | 12 |
Calibre | 88mm (88x855R) |
Elevation | -3° to +90° |
Traverse | 360° |
Breech | Horizontal Semi-Automatic Sliding Breech |
Recoil | Hydropneumatic |
Gun Sight | FlaK ZF.20E |
Gun Mount | Turntable Cruciform Platform |
Carriage | 2 x Sd.Anh.203 |
Trailers | [@trailers] |
Gun Shield | 10mm |
Armoured Plate | [@armoured_plate] |
Barrel Length | 6.548mm (L/71) |
Overall Length | 9.65m |
Width | 2.40m |
Height | 2.36m |
Weight | Weight in Traction: 11.200 kg Weight in Action: 7.800 kg
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Round Weight | 9.4 kg (Sprgr. Patr FlaK 41 - HE) |
Muzzle Velocity | 1000 m/s |
Feed | [@feed] |
Magazine Capacity | [@magazine_capacity] |
Practical Rate of Fire | 20 r.p.m. |
Rate of Fire | [@rate_of_fire] |
Maximum Rate of Fire | 25 r.p.m. |
Maximum Ceiling | 15.000m |
Maximum Ground Range | 19.800m |
Maximum Range | [@maximum_range] |
Armour Penetration | 165mm @ 1000m @ 30° |
Traction | [@traction] |
Variants | [@variants] |
Notes | The Flak 41 was a new model of gun which was designed mainly as an anti-aircraft gun. It had a longer three pieced barrel and fired a larger round. It had a lower silhouette, high rate of fire and was mounted on a turntable. It was built in small numbers compared with the other 88mm Flaks and most of these gun used to defend Germany. |