3.7 cm Flak 37
| 3.7 cm Flak 37 | |
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| General Information | |
| Military designation: | 3.7 cm Flak 37 |
| Manufacturer country: | German Empire |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Rheinmetall , Düsseldorf |
| Production time: | 1937 to 1944 |
| Weapon Category: | Anti-aircraft gun |
| Technical specifications | |
| Pipe length: | 2.112 m |
| Caliber : |
3.7 cm |
| Caliber length : | L / 57 |
| Cadence : | 160 rounds / min |
| Elevation range: | −8 ° to +85 degrees |
| Side straightening area: | 360 ° |
The 3.7 cm Flak 37 was an anti -aircraft gun (Flak) of the German Wehrmacht in World War II .
history
The 3.7 cm Flak 37 was a further development of the 3.7 cm Flak 36, which had only gone into series production a year earlier . A new mechanical visor, the Zeiss clockwork visor Flakvisier 37, was developed for this in 1937. Since this also made changes to the carriage necessary, the new name was used.
It was produced by Dürkoppwerke AG in Bielefeld , DWM in Berlin and the Škodawerk in Pilsen .
The anti-aircraft gun weighed 1,552 kilograms in battle and was able to shoot 0.625-kilogram high explosive shells 4800 meters high. The life of a tube was 8,000 to 10,000 rounds.
literature
- Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain: Encyclopedia of German Weapons 1939-1945 . 2nd Edition. Special edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02481-0 .
Web links
Commons : 3.7 cm FlaK 18/36/37/43 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
