Service Data:
In Service: 1935 to 1945
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built:
Technical Data:
Type: Flugabwehrkanone
Calibre: 3.7 cm
Length: 3.626 m
Weight: 1,748 kg
Breech: gas operated bolt, percussion fired
Recoil:
Carriage: cruciform
Elevation: -8° to +85°
Traverse: 360�
Rate of fire: 160 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 820 m/s
Effective range: 6,585 m
Shell Weight: 635 gm
Used by: Heer
Variants:
3.7 cm Flak 18
3.7 cm Flak 36/37
3.7 cm Flak 43
3.7 cm Flakzwilling 43
3.7 cm BK
Other: Anti-Aircraft
Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 3.7 cm Flak 18 (3.7 cm Flugabwehrkanone 18)
Gallery:
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Artillery in World War II. 1939-1945.
ISBN-10: 0887407625
German Artillery of World War Two.
ISBN-10: 1853672610
German infantry weapons of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0882543725
German Small Arms of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0896730239
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