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| Subject: | Re: Kubel with FlAK 38?! |  |
| Date: | Nov 23, 2003 |
| From: | Steve Frost | |
Saul Garcia wrote:
> Hi Guys,
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> I NEVER heard or saw this field conversion. Possible?
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Not to be an anal retentive bolt counter, but it seems kinda fanciful to
me. The gun weighed at least as much as the Kubelwagen, with later
versions of the Flak 38 weighing even more than a Kubelwagen. From what
little reference I have,
- the Kubel could only carry 500 pounds or so;
- the lightest Flak 38 weighed 890 pounds or so;
- the heaviest Flak 38 version weighed over 3,000 pounds.
I doubt the vehicle could move much, if at all, if this thing were on
it. And the first bump in the road would probably blow the suspension
all to heck. No telling what would happen when it fired; me thinks the
little truck would tip over, ala the Panzer I when they first mounted
the SiG 33 on it and tried to fire it.
I HAVE seen photos of Horch's and Krupp Protze trucks carrying Flak
30-38's this way however, so who really knows? These are the same people
who thought the Triebflugel was a "good" idea...
> http://www.tankfive.net/pagine%20inglesi/germany/kubelwagen%20mit%20flak%2038%20mm%20(en).htm
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> It's a long address so you may need to cut and paste to get it all there
> (until it ends with .htm)
>
Here's a much easier URL to use:
http://tinyurl.com/w840
--
Steve Frost
sofrostatmindspringdotcom
"Hard pressed on my right.
My center is yielding.
Impossible to maneuver.
Situation excellent.
I am attacking."
- Ferdinand Foch |
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 | Kubel with FlAK 38?! - Saul Garcia - Nov 23, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Kubel with FlAK 38?! - Steve Frost - Nov 23, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Kubel with FlAK 38?! - Saul Garcia - Nov 23, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Kubel with FlAK 38?! - Ken Hartlen - Nov 24, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Kubel with FlAK 38?! - Matthew Toms - Nov 24, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Kubel with FlAK 38?! - Andrea Goffi - Dec 2, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Kubel with FlAK 38?! - Saul Garcia - Dec 2, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Kubel with FlAK 38?! - Christophe Jacquemont - Dec 2, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Kubel with FlAK 38?! - Andrea Goffi - Dec 2, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Kubel with FlAK 38?! - Andrea Goffi - Dec 7, 2003 |
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