Dec 27, 2016 - Explore Mark Corby's board "Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz" on Pinterest. Panzer Tracts No.12 book Flak selbstfahrlafetten and Flakpanzer, Thomas L. Jentz. Two on each side plus the additional rear two-part hatch door for the commander. The turret was taken from a submarine design, in which fully-enclosed spherical turrets had been designed to replace the unprotected deck guns, but because of the inherent difference… Today, one complete Kugelblitz turret is exhibited at the Lehrsammlung der Heeresflugabwehrschule (collection of the German army anti-aircraft school), Rendsburg. Unlike earlier self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, it had a fully enclosed, rotating turret. For many reasons, including lack of resources and Allied bombing raids, production began only in early 1945. Flakpanzer IV Möbelwagen (Furniture Van) - armed with 37 mm gun Wirbelwind (Whirlwind) - armed with quad-20 mm gun in a rotatable turret Ostwind - similar to Wirbelwind but with 37 mm gun Kugelblitz - late-war (1945) version with twin 30 mm gun The biggest negative side was the fact that it was never properly tested to see if the whole Kugelblitz design was successful and efficient. El Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz (Centella) va ser una peça d'artilleria antiaèria autopropulsada construïda sobre el xassís del Panzer IV.Desenvolupada durant la Segona Guerra Mundial només se'n van construir una sèrie pilot de 5 unitats. Chamberlain, Peter & Doyle, Hilary (1999) "Encyclopedia Of German Tanks Of World War Two", This page was last edited on 7 February 2021, at 01:08. Encyclopedia of German tanks of World War Two, Peter Chamberlain and Hilary L.Doyle. Photo: SOURCE Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz ("Petir Bola") adalah meriam anti pesawat swagerak Jerman yang dikembangkan selama Perang Dunia II. Original plans for the Kugelblitz production predicted that the first five vehicles would be built by September 1944. The elevation of the 3 cm MK 103/38 was from – 7° to +80° (with other sources specifying -4° to +80° or -5° to +70°) with the whole ball moving up and down like an Oscillating Turret. Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz, Dragon i inne 1/35. The spare ammunition was located on the right side. By direct orders from Hitler, in November 1944, works on a similar project began. A period scale model of the Leichte Flakpanzer IV 3 cm and shows how the real vehicle would have looked like. The 3,7 cm Flakzwilling auf Panther Fahrgestell, Flakpanzer 341, also known as Flakpanzer V Coelian, is a rank IV German SPAA with a battle rating of 6.7 (AB/RB/SB). trąba powietrzna) był niemieckim, samobieżnym działem przeciwlotniczym z okresu II wojny światowej. This is a sketch possibly made after the war. As all were open top (because of the easier construction, guns exhaust gases and the need to produce them as fast as possible) it made the gun crews exposed to air attacks. Because of this, the two hull crew hatch doors (for the driver and radio operator) were repositioned so as to not disturb this new installation. H or the Ausf. Fallbrook, CA: Aero, 1967. Two views of the remains of the destroyed Kugelblitz turret near the village of Spichra, found in 1999. The need for a specialised self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, capable of keeping up with the armoured divisions, had become increasingly urgent for the German Armed Forces, as from 1943 on the German Air Forcewas less and less able to protect against enemy fighter bombers. The initial vehicles were to be built by Daimler-Benz (also in charge of producing two prototypes) and Deutsche Eisenwerke (three prototypes). The Kugelblitz combined the chassis and basic superstructure of the Panzer IV tank with a newly designed oscillating turret. Kraftfahrzeuge und Panzer der Reichswehr, Wehrmacht und Bundeswehr ab 1900, Werner Oswald 2004, Kraftfahrzeuge und Panzer der Reichswehr, Wehrmacht und Bundeswehr ab 1900, Werner Oswald 2004. It was to be equipped with the same oblate spheroid turret, but armed with both two 2 cm MG 151/20 and two 3 cm MK 103/38 cannons, though none was ever built. The fate of all produced Kugelblitz Flakpanzers is not known. The weight was around 23 to 25 t, again, depending on the source used. The Flakpanzer Kugelblitz, painted in the ‘Dunkelgelb’ colour. T he 3 cm Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz ("ball lightning") was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun developed during World War II. Entdecke (und sammle) deine eigenen Pins bei Pinterest. 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