3.7 cm Flak 43
Schwarzwald

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

Service Data:

In Service: 1942 to 1945

Production Data:

Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built:

Technical Data:

Type: Flugabwehrkanone

Calibre: 3.7 cm
Length: 3.300 m
Weight: 1,248 kg
Breech: gas operated bolt, percussion fired
Recoil:
Carriage: cruciform
Elevation: -7° 30 to +90°
Traverse: 360�
Rate of fire: 250 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 43 (3.7 cm Flugabwehrkanone 43) was mouted on the following
Flakzwilling 3.7 cm Panther I Coelian
3.7 cm Flak 43 auf (Sf) sWS
Flakpanzer IV Ostwind
Möbelwagen Sd.Kfz. 161/3

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

For a complete list of sources