Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind ( Sd.kfz. 161/4 ) and Ostwind

Nuts and Bolts - Vol 13 Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind ( Sd.kfz. 161/4 ) and OstwindBy D.Terlisten

Publisher: Nuts & Bolts2005 | 92 Pages | ASIN: B0010O8J8U | PDF | 45 MB

In military technology; as in nature, for every action, i.e. a new development, there follows a reaction, a counter-measure against the new technology. Exactly this happened in the German Army concerning ami aircraft defence. Beginning with the German French war of 1870/71. the armies used balloons as artillery reconnaissance to locate targets for shelling the hostile front area. As a defence to this reconnaissance the German Army, ruled by an Emperor this time, developed a so-called "Ballonabwehrkanone" (balloon-defence-weapon), abbreviated "BAK". They were made mobile by being constructed on horse-drawn platform and as such were an early self-propelled weapon...

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