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Flak Panzer Wirbelwind

179 electrodragon1239  2.8 years ago
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Wiki:In the first years of World War II, the German military forces had less interest in developing self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, but as the Allies began to gain air superiority, the need for more mobile and better-armed self-propelled anti-aircraft guns increased. During the early summer of 1944, SS-Hauptsturmführer Karl Wilhelm Krause with the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend came up with the concept of the Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind.[1] He presented the concept to SS-Obersturmbannführer Max Wünsche, commanding officer of the 12th SS Panzer Regiment and it was approved by Adolf Hitler.

The Panzer IV's turret was removed and replaced with an open-top, nine-sided turret that housed a 2 cm Flakvierling 38, a quadruple mount of 20 mm cannon. A closed-top design would have been preferable, but this was not possible due to the heavy smoke generated by the four anti-aircraft guns. The shape of the turret earned it the nickname Keksdose ("biscuit tin").[1] Production of the tank was carried out by Ostbau Werke in Sagan, Silesia. However, in combat the 2 cm shells, while being able to be fired at a high rate and devastating to any aircraft in a precise burst, the guns lacked range and were sometimes ineffective if several shells did not hit an aircraft at once. Thus, a more powerful successor, with an armament that hit harder and had a longer range, was produced which eventually replaced it. Known as the Flakpanzer IV Ostwind ("East Wind"), the successor was equipped with a single 3.7 cm Flak 43.

CONTROLS:
- VTOL: Left tracks,
- TRIM: Right tracks,
- Group 1 + Target: Flak 38
Group 2+ Both Joystick: Machine gun

Contains: Working Flak cannons, the closest replica with almost same size and ammo, armor, machine gun and auto aim (Not perfect)

Enjoy and Tag me if something is wrong.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 10.7ft (3.3m)
  • Length 20.1ft (6.1m)
  • Height 11.4ft (3.5m)
  • Empty Weight 44,868lbs (20,351kg)
  • Loaded Weight 48,328lbs (21,921kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 439,839.3lbs/ft2 (2,147,483.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 7443

Parts

  • Number of Parts 266
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,191