Anti-Aircraft Artillery in the WWI

Friday, July 16, 2021

Notes and Links on Anti-Aircraft Artillery in my other Blog: ''Armored Vehicles of the WWI''

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German Anti-Aircraft Gun 7,62-cm Rädeflak (russ-02) Krupp M1917.

https://armoredvehicleswwi.blogspot.com/2019/09/german-anti-aircraft-gun-762-cm.html

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A German anti-aircraft gun 7,62-cm Räderflak L/30 (russ 02). Belgium 1917-18.

https://armoredvehicleswwi.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-german-anti-aircraft-gun-762-cm.html

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Austro-Hungarian Anti-Aircraft Vehicle Ehrhardt-Skoda 8-cm L/35.

https://armoredvehicleswwi.blogspot.com/2019/08/austro-hungarian-anti-aircraft-vehicle.html

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Daimler chassis Model 1913. Chassis for anti-aircraft vehicles armed with Krupp guns.

https://armoredvehicleswwi.blogspot.com/2018/06/daimler-chassis-model-1913-chassis-for.html

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German Daimler leichte Kraftwagen (BaK) with a Krupp 7.7-cm L/27 Anti-Aircraft Gun M1914.

https://armoredvehicleswwi.blogspot.com/2013/03/german-daimler-leichte-kraftwagen-bak.html

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German Anti-Aircraft 7,7-cm L-35 FK-16 Flak (Krupp) M1916

The 'rare' German Anti-Aircraft Gun: The ''7,7-cm L-35 FK-16 Flak (Krupp) M1916''

U.S.A. - Anti-Aircraft 3-inch (76,2-mm) M1918 Gun on Auto-Trailer M1917, in maximum firing position. Circa 1918.

USA. Anti-Aircraft 3-inch (76,2-mm) M1918 Gun on Auto-Trailer M1917, in maximum firing position.

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Cañón Antiaéreo norteamericano (EE.UU.) de 76,2-mm (3-inch) M1918 sobre carruaje M1917, en posición máxima de tiro.

U.S. Anti-Aircraft 3-inch (76,2-mm) Gun on Auto-Trailer M1917. Circa 1918.

Anti-aircraft firing exercises by North American gunners, with 76.2-mm (3-inch) M1918 guns, on Model 1917 Auto-trailers. The scene takes place at a US Artillery firing range in the United States, in 1918.

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Ejercicios de tiro antiaéreo de artilleros norteamericanos, con cañones de 76,2-mm (3-inch) M1918, sobre Auto-remolques Modelo 1917. La escena tiene lugar en un campo de tiro de la artillería norteamericana en Estados Unidos, en 1918.

Saturday, June 26, 2021

German Anti-Aircraft Artillery Platoon (Flak) located near Cambrai, France 1918.

German Anti-Aircraft Artillery Platoon (Flak) located near Cambrai, France 1918.

A Platoon (Züg) of German Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Flak), consisting of two 7.7-cm L/35 (franz.97) Modified guns, in which the original French tubes have been replaced by those of the German field gun 7.7-cm L/35 FK 16. They were located on fixed concrete and brick platforms. The anti-aircraft platoon was located at the bottom of the North Canal or in one of its branches, at the height of Moeuvres, a town close to the front and close to Cambrai, France. The photograph was taken after an heavy summer rain and shortly before the British offensive was unleashed, which led to the Battle of the North Canal in September 1918.

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Sección de la Artillería Antiaérea alemana (Flak) situada cerca de Cambrai, Francia 1918.

Una Sección (Züg) de Artillería Antiaérea (Flak) alemana, formada por dos cañones de 7,7-cm L/35 (franz.97) Modificados, en los que han sido sustituidas las cañas (tubos) originales francesas por las del cañón alemán de campaña 7,7-cm L/35 FK 16. Estaban emplazados sobre sendas plataformas fijas de cemento y ladrillo. La Sección Antiaérea fue situada en el fondo del Canal del Norte o en una de sus ramificaciones, a la altura de Moeuvres, población proxima al frente y cercana a Cambrai, Francia. La fotografía fue tomada depués de una intensa llúvia veraniega y poco antes de que se desencadenase la ofensiva británica, que dió lugar a la Batalla del Canal del Norte en septiembre de 1918.