The Science of Flak: How Did German Anti-Aircraft Fire Really Bring Down Allied Planes?

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@niclasstehr5213
@niclasstehr5213 Ай бұрын
its refreshing to see a documentary about german Flak that solely contains facts and matters of the topic without any ethical or ideological judgement. As a german viewer i'm very pleased
@garybender6281
@garybender6281 Ай бұрын
You definitely would have “followed orders” lol
@jke739
@jke739 Ай бұрын
Probably you too. ​@@garybender6281
@godschosen1952
@godschosen1952 Ай бұрын
I am happy you are happy, it can be irritating sometimes, some details aren’t necessary
@ZerokillerOppel1
@ZerokillerOppel1 Ай бұрын
Yeah well...glad to see at least you're happy!! I'm a bit disappointed in this little video...about 85% of it comes from a WW2 training film for US bomber crews of how to avoid Flak and how to deal with it when you're in the midst of it and is in itself highly informative...which this video isn't imo...a bit haphazardly edited; badly commented...no...look up the film I'm referring to and you know what I mean!
@v_isforvictory9366
@v_isforvictory9366 Ай бұрын
"without ethical or ideological judgement" sir you would love serving your country neh?
@lewcrowley3710
@lewcrowley3710 9 ай бұрын
The 88mm and larger shells relied on fragmentation primarily. At altitude, with thinner air, blast effect is greatly decreased. Another way to look at it is, if the blast is close enough to do damage, you have been shredded by the fragmentation. The black 'smoke' seen is from TNT explosive. It is actually 'fuel rich', and that is unexploded TNT you see. The Germans, like everyone else, moved to amatol which is a mix of TNT and ammonium nitrate. 20 mm HE shells did have a self-destruct fuse, but that was just for ammunition fired over the Fatherland. They relied on a super sensitive fuse so that even the thin skin of the aircraft would detonate them. Having to produce so many FlaK weapons, and ammunition, put a hurt on the Germans as they needed more heavy weapons at the front.
@dragospeta3812
@dragospeta3812 9 ай бұрын
You nailed it. GOLD. It's the quantity of ammo needed to fight back Allied Aviation that took a toll on Germany's War Industries. That's really an under estimated contribution of the English and Americans to the Allied Victory. That's a lot of shells spent in the air not over russian divisions. By the way, 20mm aviation shells got a fuse who was made to travel through the hard metal and detonate only in the fuel tanks when aviation gasoline flooded the inner contact fuse. That was made to challenge the self sealing tanks. What a mess ! Make those magnifiscent flying machines and then trying to shoot them down with some sort of sling. What's wrong with humans ?
@TV_Schleuderprogramm
@TV_Schleuderprogramm 3 ай бұрын
@@lewcrowley3710 What really hurt, was the production of the battleship Bismark. As if Germany could challenge britains fleet. That steel should have used for tanks.
@yong9613
@yong9613 3 ай бұрын
Can the calibre be further reduced and used against say UAV especially drones as small as birds??
@fukkitful
@fukkitful 3 ай бұрын
@@yong9613 The issue would be the size of the target. I doubt a prox fuse could detect the small target. You might need something like a C-RAM. They can take out mortars, so a drone should be an easy target since its slower.
@ShirosTamagotchi
@ShirosTamagotchi 3 ай бұрын
@@dragospeta3812 the allies had an edge over germany in raw industrial capacity so a tradeoff like that made sense. But i think that building a sophisticated plane and to train a crew and a pilot for it is much more expensive than building a gun that shoots up. The biggest problem was the high death rates of the crew
@stevensmith7440
@stevensmith7440 9 ай бұрын
Excellent Interesting Video Thank You
@FactBytes
@FactBytes 9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@dt-gp2vg
@dt-gp2vg 4 ай бұрын
here i am.. after a drunk wild night..with a poutine at 2am..watching some flakgun documentary. its pretty interesting ngl
@timbuktu4235
@timbuktu4235 3 ай бұрын
Name a better way to end a night on high!
@CometdownCat
@CometdownCat 3 ай бұрын
With a what?
@dt-gp2vg
@dt-gp2vg 3 ай бұрын
@@CometdownCat google poutine for picture...but it's pretty much fries, cheese and gravy. perfect for any drunk night.
@SimonLarneryd
@SimonLarneryd 3 ай бұрын
Roughly Canadian loaded fries.
@nathanellis3111
@nathanellis3111 3 ай бұрын
I'm watching drunk too. Poutine sounds awesome! I don't have sqeeky cheese though.
@jss32422
@jss32422 3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@FactBytes
@FactBytes 3 ай бұрын
Thanks to you too!
@adamesd3699
@adamesd3699 3 ай бұрын
8:52 The Germans did NOT use a 125 mm gun. Their big flak gun was 128 mm. Close, but not the same.
@briankorbelik2873
@briankorbelik2873 3 ай бұрын
You are correct sir!
@jo-ov9vc
@jo-ov9vc 3 ай бұрын
The Flak Towers (Berlin, Vienna and Hamburg) did not rely on optical predictors (FuG 40). Each had a second tower called a Leitturm or director tower close by, which was equipped with Wurzburg tracking radar. The firing data from the radar computer was transmitted electrically to the Gefechtsturm or battle tower and was displayed on clock face pointers for the gun layers. The ammunition for the 4 x twin 128mm autoloader guns was given a fuse time setting prior to loading.
@kerkiraz
@kerkiraz Ай бұрын
Interesting synopsis 👍
@b19djs
@b19djs 9 ай бұрын
I was telling my father how sick I was as I practiced my spins for my licence, he asked me what I was in, I said a Sessna 152, he replied you should try it with 4 engines. He explained he was pilot of a Halifax in 158 Sqd.at 16,000ft bombing at night. The cockpit was lit up, he knew he had been coned by 3 search lights and now the guns could trig him, height, direction and speed, and would be hit with AA fire soon. He released all his bombs, shut down the 4 engines pulled it up and went into a spin. Ignoring the risk of hitting other aircraft the lights could not follow him, he recovered and flew back to base to fly another day...or, I would not be here as well!
@robertmatch6550
@robertmatch6550 9 ай бұрын
Hard to believe unless you had this conversation about 40 yeads ago. Then still hard to believe.
@SkilledKill
@SkilledKill 7 ай бұрын
Cap
@Sahlokniir
@Sahlokniir 6 ай бұрын
Yea that didnt happen lol, you cant recover a spinning ww2 bomber lol
@peteralflat281
@peteralflat281 3 ай бұрын
​@@Sahlokniirno, it was known as corkscrewing and was a tactic used by aircraft coned by searchlights.
@drebk
@drebk 3 ай бұрын
... so they must moved on to a different plane in the formation?
@martinschneider7130
@martinschneider7130 3 ай бұрын
My father 1926 born was yet inhis last 2 years on gymnasium as pupil in the "Flieger-Hj" in the nights in Saarbrücken engaged at 1 8,8cm antiaircraft Batterie in Saarbrücken neat the footballstadium "Kieselhumes". For targetting they had a kind of radar, called "Funkmessgerät". With the so delivered datas they had to "program" the timer of the detonator of the 8,8cm grenades and then to try to load the canon at to shoot at the exact right time, surely more inexact then a proximity fuse, unknown in Germany. I do only exist, because my father was absent from his artillery Batterie in the night, when thus battery was hit by a bomb killing everybidy there. Greetings Martin Schneider
@AungNaingMin-ul3ub
@AungNaingMin-ul3ub 3 ай бұрын
I'd like to hear that kind of story.I'd get tired of hearing allied grandpa kinds of story.Thanks you.
@alfonsfalkhayn8950
@alfonsfalkhayn8950 3 ай бұрын
Man, mächtig Schwein gehabt, dein Knan....!
@busterhikney6936
@busterhikney6936 3 ай бұрын
​@@AungNaingMin-ul3ub you crave der bösewicht stories 
@AungNaingMin-ul3ub
@AungNaingMin-ul3ub 2 ай бұрын
@@busterhikney6936 What it is?
@busterhikney6936
@busterhikney6936 2 ай бұрын
@@AungNaingMin-ul3ub Ja
@CrumpetsNBiscuits
@CrumpetsNBiscuits 2 ай бұрын
Insane. I thought they just saw them coming and aimed them, didn't know they were so complex in their aiming assit solutions.
@John14-6...
@John14-6... 9 ай бұрын
Fleigerabwehrkanone, the Germans have such awesome words for things!
@ypaulbrown
@ypaulbrown 9 ай бұрын
due to the German language being a Romantic Language, where you string together what the object does,,,, like the term TV...which would be the box that shows moving pictures and sound....
@John14-6...
@John14-6... 9 ай бұрын
@@ypaulbrown It's funny you say that, I had a very educated friend back in high school who had told me the romantic languages were ones like Italian, French and Spanish where the ugly languages were German and the Slavic languages
@notreallydavid
@notreallydavid 5 ай бұрын
​@@ypaulbrownHi Paul. German is frequently agglutinative in its noun formation, as you describe. Romantic - better, Romance - is the term used to describe languages derived from Latin, and German isn't one of those. It's a term that applies to Italian, Spanish, Romanian and Portuguese, among others. Best regards
@alcapone9550
@alcapone9550 3 ай бұрын
​@@John14-6...There is no other language with more words than german. Its because of the their ability to combine many words. "Fliegerabwehrkanone" is a combination of three words , "Aircraft/Plane (Flieger) defense (Abwehr) cannon (Kanone)". Its no big deal for an Italian to learn Spanish, Portuguese or French, but its a nightmare for them to learn german. I immigrated to germany when i was 3 years old, otherwise it would be a torture to learn german as an adult. 😅
@John14-6...
@John14-6... 3 ай бұрын
@@alcapone9550 I know right! When I was in highschool decades ago we had to take a foreign language and I chose German. That lasted one day when I saw how complicated the language was. So I took Italian instead
@glenbell2858
@glenbell2858 22 күн бұрын
I had NO idea that there were computers involved in anti aircraft gun technology during world war 2! I was under the mistaken impression that it was all done manually. Thanks for the info!
@anthonydoyle7370
@anthonydoyle7370 9 ай бұрын
I thought you were gonna tell us what happened to the flak that fell back to land.
@frederickwise5238
@frederickwise5238 9 ай бұрын
Same here. Thanks for saving me the time. I often wondered the same - and all of the projectiles from machine guns, cannons and the brass. (not all was caught)
@karlkirchweger4190
@karlkirchweger4190 4 ай бұрын
I was a little boy then. We always had alarm and people were ordered to go into shelter and nobody was on the street. Afterwards we could find splinters of flak grenades and there was the rumor that you will get a helmet when you had collected 5 kilos of splinters. I never could witness like I never heard that anybody was hit by splinters.
@TV_Schleuderprogramm
@TV_Schleuderprogramm 3 ай бұрын
My mom - ageing 19 in 1945 - told me they called it flak-rain, when the little shrapnels rained down to soil, street and house. Powerless, of course, the was no charge propelling them anymore and no explosives, to drive these shrapnells through the fuselage. They were just propelled by gravity alone and being light-weight. There was a metallic sound when thy hit roofs or whatever. It sounded just like rain, so much shrapnel came down.
@jayklink851
@jayklink851 3 ай бұрын
A statistic that could never be known, but I was super curious about, how many people were killed or wounded from falling AA/AAA fire. Now, the high explosive shells, 20mm, 37mm, and obviously 88mm, would self-detonate at certain altitude, for that very reason. But in aircrafts, not every round was HE, plus all the shrapnel from flak; there had to be lots of incidents. Especially in urban areas, plus a certain percentage of shells were defective; thus, the self-detonating rounds would fail.
@jayklink851
@jayklink851 3 ай бұрын
@@TV_Schleuderprogramm Wow! I suppose that was routine back in the day, but that blows my mind. Did she live in a larger city?
@ryanvarjas9719
@ryanvarjas9719 13 күн бұрын
Thank you for this video. Informative, unbiased, and well edited.
@FactBytes
@FactBytes 13 күн бұрын
Much appreciated!
@dovidell
@dovidell 9 ай бұрын
Luftwaffe pilots got a taste of their own Flak during Operation Bodenplatte , which mistook the large formations of fighters heading East to West , as allied planes returning from ops .It is estimated that as a result, one quarter of the German fighter units lost aircraft to their own flak gunners
@anthonynicholich9654
@anthonynicholich9654 9 ай бұрын
and?
@zadzad4353
@zadzad4353 9 ай бұрын
​@@anthonynicholich9654 ..and.. shit starts to hit the fan!! Operation bodenplatte was a failure.. Allied aircraft lost is minimum..they all were up and running in only couple off hours and luftwaffe lost more than 60% off their best and experience pilots needed to defend germany..😅 And not long after that germany surrenders and ww2 ended in europe..but!in the pacific the war is still raging on..😅
@anthonynicholich9654
@anthonynicholich9654 9 ай бұрын
@@zadzad4353 Amazing how smart you are hahahaha Save your story for some kids
@zadzad4353
@zadzad4353 9 ай бұрын
@@anthonynicholich9654thats what happen during operation bodenplatte.. im so sorry if i was smart enough to hv interest and to learn and know a thing or two about world history especially about ww1 all the way to Iraq war than your dumbass..lol.. And I knew what type off person you are.. No need to explain..😂🤣
@jean-louislalonde6070
@jean-louislalonde6070 9 ай бұрын
Not so friendly fire...
@glennkrieger
@glennkrieger 3 ай бұрын
Although quite interesting, the science of flak led me to believe it would cover what explosives were used, how proximity flak actually worked, how was the machine built that could detect altitude, etc. Honestly, this was more the mechanics of flak, rather than the science of flak.
@theteacher8528
@theteacher8528 2 ай бұрын
Spot on Mr Krieger. I'm still unaware how the projectiles were 'set' to explode at a certain altitude. I get what a timer does - i think - but were they all fixed at point of manufacture or were they able to be adjusted prior to being loaded?
@montegrifo
@montegrifo 3 ай бұрын
There were also the 'Nachtjäger' night fighter planes used to intercept the bomber squadrons and comunicate the positions to the Flak. They flew hiding within the enemy formation.The Nachtjäger had to move out just before the AA guns started firing. My inlaw flew on one of those. He fought the whole war, Stalingrad included, but according to him that was his most nerve-wracking experience by far.
@jeffblacky
@jeffblacky 3 ай бұрын
My great grand uncle Gerd was a flak gunner at the Zoo tower in Berlin His unit abandoned the tower roughly a day before Hitler suicide and fought across a couple of bridges to surrender to British forces My mother kept his flak badge , iron cross second class and silver wound badge in a old jewelry box
@dharmindercheema8842
@dharmindercheema8842 2 ай бұрын
Proud feel kar kyon ke apne desh laye war vich sher dil jawan jande ne salute
@Anders_Lund
@Anders_Lund 9 ай бұрын
I think you meant 128mm gun, not 125mm.
@Horsefingerandthetaintwrights
@Horsefingerandthetaintwrights 9 ай бұрын
Glad I'm not the only one. You beat me to it.
@SkilledKill
@SkilledKill 7 ай бұрын
It's some AI seemingly
@hansihinterseher9156
@hansihinterseher9156 24 күн бұрын
Definately one of the best videos about Flak! Thanks from a German "hobby historian" .
@FactBytes
@FactBytes 24 күн бұрын
Thanks for the visit 😊
@BenjaminCintron-e8j
@BenjaminCintron-e8j 3 ай бұрын
Very informative, great video
@ramadhanisme7
@ramadhanisme7 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for your great video that answers my questions
@TexasEngineer
@TexasEngineer 3 күн бұрын
My father kept a 2” piece of flack in his top dresser drawer. It was a jagged chuck of black steel. He said it was pulled out of his B25 engine cowling after a bombing run. He was a B25 pilot flying over Italy from Corsica. One of the methods he said they used to avoid the flack was on the bombing run was to start at a high altitude and descend to a lower altitude. Flying into chucks of steel flack at 200 to 300 mph will damage an airplane and ruin your day. Those were plexiglass windscreens and not bullet proof. Joseph Heller wrote a book about the unit. Maybe you have read the book or seen the movie? I know you know the movie title, “Catch 22”.
@busterboy7505
@busterboy7505 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for your video, I had a rough idea what flax was and now I know cheers 👍👍.
@SteveBrownRocks2023
@SteveBrownRocks2023 4 ай бұрын
I wonder how much damage was caused on the ground by all the falling shrapnel & shells that flew everywhere…🤷🏽‍♂️
@oldtrkdrvr
@oldtrkdrvr 3 ай бұрын
That's something that l have wondered for long time, after all, what goes up must come down, so what did it hit on the ground? Did the gunners care where it landed, or was that just considered and acceptable cost of war?
@SteveBrownRocks2023
@SteveBrownRocks2023 3 ай бұрын
@@oldtrkdrvr yeah, did it hit civilian houses, & farms? I’m sure it did. It could’ve fell like rain in the heavily-defended areas!
@AndyArvaj
@AndyArvaj 3 ай бұрын
I think the AA batteries were positioned in areas approaching potential targets. Targets were going to get bombed, so AA is positioned in a target. Unless it is on a FLAK tower.
@theodorepollock1273
@theodorepollock1273 3 ай бұрын
Pretty significantly if the battle of LA is considered and how much was shot just for that amount of time.
@fridgeffs5662
@fridgeffs5662 3 ай бұрын
It basically rained small metal shard. But unless it was really sharp the terminal velocity due to the weight of the shard is very low. So it would definitely give you a headache and cut you a little but it would not kill you. Youd have to be unlucky Anyway whenever anyone sees flak exploding in the air I doubt they would stand outside. They would hear something like hailstones on their roof.
@historywindow2871
@historywindow2871 3 ай бұрын
if they have proximity fuses that will change the odds
@MrPicklu123
@MrPicklu123 9 ай бұрын
Had germans had proximity fuze allied bombing missions would have been futile
@anthonynicholich9654
@anthonynicholich9654 9 ай бұрын
They did before anyone else. not sure what you're talking about
@AndreasKonig-qq7yk
@AndreasKonig-qq7yk 6 ай бұрын
@@anthonynicholich9654 my ancestors did NOT develop proximity fuzes during ww II.
@fizzmoe9846
@fizzmoe9846 3 ай бұрын
@@anthonynicholich9654 Having them and having the means to have them are two different things. As was not unusual with German engineering during this period
@Gorilla_Jones
@Gorilla_Jones 3 ай бұрын
​@@anthonynicholich9654 they did not have a functioning proximity fuse during the war. They were never deployed during combat. The proximity fuse was devastating to the Germans but especially the Japanese.
@norbertsiewert-f5s
@norbertsiewert-f5s Ай бұрын
They would have been suicide!
@sohrabroozbahani4700
@sohrabroozbahani4700 3 ай бұрын
When the sky is more metal shards than air, it must have been really hard to miss all of that when flying through.
@dennythayil
@dennythayil Ай бұрын
The fantastic work of these men, simply amazing. Men on both sides did brilliant work in defense of their respective nations
@bazonics
@bazonics 3 ай бұрын
So what happened to the contact exploding shells that missed (most of them) did they explode on the ground? Not so good for those in that area.
@hollisterab
@hollisterab 29 күн бұрын
I would suppose, based on my engineering background, that they would have a secondary trigger, like when the shell acceleration is downwards, whatever the system was, I am sure they had it, because the amount of ordnance flying back at you would accomplish what the bombers were trying to do..
@derekstocker6661
@derekstocker6661 3 ай бұрын
Thanks so very much for this well explained and illustrated video. The aircrews who flew these missions were just ordinary guys BUT they had nerves of steel, going on a mission high in the sky every night until rest time or death. Nobody knows what went through their minds daily before a mission and not knowing if they would survive. RIP lads.
@rcracer641
@rcracer641 2 ай бұрын
Nice video. Is there any info on how many people were affected on the ground from flack.
@hangten1904
@hangten1904 9 күн бұрын
Crazy to think that it's only about been 37 years or so since the invention of the airplane during ww2. Imagine airplanes were invented in the 1980s, not that far long ago.
@mattking3148
@mattking3148 Ай бұрын
This is a good source. Though I am just asking? All the spent Flack shrapnel as well the rounds of artillery what goes "UP" will return to the ground. What would be the damage of such? I am knowledgeable of artillery rounds. All the time we hear of rounds fired. Nothing of the After? Just a honest question. Thank you.
@Keikdv
@Keikdv 7 күн бұрын
How can a "Flak" with one barrel and room for one shell 02:55 be the same as a "Flak" with 4 barrels and 4 rounds of ammonition 00:46? Or are they not the same? 07:13 shows yet another type of gun. 12:31 a one with 2 barrels. No video with "Flak" in the title found yet on KZbin, tells about the 4 barrel version...
@ChiekoGamers
@ChiekoGamers 3 ай бұрын
They were still using Flaks during the Vietnam war and even in the Gulf War
@henryturnerjr3857
@henryturnerjr3857 Ай бұрын
Apparently, they still were as recently as 2 years ago in either Africa or the Middle East. I saw a video of someone firing at a supposed UFO. It looked more like they were training with a target balloon.
@JayHawke84
@JayHawke84 7 күн бұрын
The Germans have evolved the flak, instead of a timed fuse, it is now programmed at the muzzle of the cannon to explode at a certain height, it is in active service with the Luftwaffe, called the MANTIS and theres a video by Rheinmetall on KZbin
@gemmamudd7167
@gemmamudd7167 3 ай бұрын
The 88 was used in so many roles putting it in tanks i am shocked they did not put one on a bomber
@henryturnerjr3857
@henryturnerjr3857 Ай бұрын
The Germans experimented with up to a 75mm I believe. But the results were mixed.
@gemmamudd7167
@gemmamudd7167 Ай бұрын
@henryturnerjr3857 I can imagine well if you don't try you never know
@TRUMP20Z4
@TRUMP20Z4 3 ай бұрын
Ive wanted this video for 30yrs
@smitentertainment
@smitentertainment 9 ай бұрын
What is 'fluga bear ganoney' ? 😳
@mclaine7342
@mclaine7342 3 ай бұрын
FLAK = FLiegerAbwehrKanone = PlaneDefenseCannon 🤗
@LaurensPP
@LaurensPP 3 ай бұрын
Ai voice.
@killahurtz6786
@killahurtz6786 3 ай бұрын
You gotta have some pity for the Japanese pilots. The Germans had the best flak on the Axis side, which exacted a terrible toll on armored, well built US aircraft. But the US Navy had the best flak of the war, with proximity radio fuses and radar guided fire control. Not to mention the almost delirious saturation of AA batteries on the ships which were themselves in massive task forces of ships. Id rather face German flak in a plane that stands a chance rather than US flak in a unarmored Japanese plane that doesnt.
@terry_willis
@terry_willis 3 ай бұрын
Yeah, I feel sorry for the Jap pilots (and army in general) who killed and tortured how many 10's of 1000's of young American men?
@lookandlisten5740
@lookandlisten5740 2 ай бұрын
Maybe ..but the Japanese weren't necessarily concerned about returning home
@ruhri0411
@ruhri0411 Күн бұрын
The german Flak was also radar guided!
@adrianariaratnam5817
@adrianariaratnam5817 9 ай бұрын
This is truly a great video on the Real Impact of the Flak 88 on the Airborne War! Thank you very much.
@FactBytes
@FactBytes 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the visit
@jonkline709
@jonkline709 9 ай бұрын
I can’t imagine what those crew members felt like flying through that 0:30 0:30 😊
@MegaPunisher777
@MegaPunisher777 15 күн бұрын
9:01 "125 mm gun, the largest of all" if I'm not mistaken, the largest of all would be 128 mm gun
@pop5678eye
@pop5678eye 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for pointing out that the effectiveness of a weapon is not measured by kill count alone but also by deterrence. After all do we consider modern nuclear submarines ineffective because they have a kill count of nearly zero?
@VK-zt6sw
@VK-zt6sw 3 ай бұрын
Pretty cool - thank you!
@Agent77X
@Agent77X 3 ай бұрын
Flak round are giant shotgun shells!
@rickjames9477
@rickjames9477 3 ай бұрын
I am sure the amphetimines played a significant role in. The pilots and air crews losing weigh and having insomnia.
@philpeko1796
@philpeko1796 4 күн бұрын
💥💥💥ERRATA @ 00:08:51 _"Additionally, firepower increased with the introduction of larger caliber guns including a 105 mm weapon and the formidable 125 mm gun, the largest of all."_ No, it was a 128 mm , not 125, the _"12.8 cm FlaK 40"_
@R1chardH
@R1chardH 28 күн бұрын
Pulling them out of museums for the drone wars
@winterbalm
@winterbalm 2 ай бұрын
German engineering is top as always
@eddiemunster4094
@eddiemunster4094 20 күн бұрын
Facts 👌
@RighteousnessWillPrevail
@RighteousnessWillPrevail 14 күн бұрын
He obviously didn't have to say that last part............................I basically voice cracked screamed. OF COURSE!!! Thank you for this video. Thank you.
@Matthew_Eitzman
@Matthew_Eitzman 21 күн бұрын
Has any documentation surfaced as to deaths or destruction due to falling shrapnel of the flak shells?
@jayteknica1175
@jayteknica1175 4 күн бұрын
Probably none to not much. The fragments would be mostly smaller and thus have a low terminal velocity. I doubt they'd have enough energy to hurt anyone once they reached the ground.
@rprojectstory
@rprojectstory 3 ай бұрын
Selama Perang Dunia II, meriam Flak Jerman menjadi pertahanan utama melawan pesawat Sekutu. Dengan kemampuan menembak tinggi dan penggunaan peluru yang dirancang untuk meledak di ketinggian tertentu, Flak menyebabkan kerusakan signifikan pada misi pengeboman. Selain fisik, Flak juga menimbulkan dampak psikologis pada awak pesawat, meningkatkan stres dan trauma. Sorotan: 00:03 Selama Perang Dunia II, meriam Flak Jerman berfungsi sebagai pertahanan utama terhadap pesawat Sekutu, melindungi kota-kota dari serangan udara. Meriam ini efektif dalam menembakkan peluru yang dapat menyebabkan kerusakan signifikan pada pesawat. -Meriam Flak memiliki kemampuan menembak hingga 25 peluru per menit, menjadikannya senjata yang mematikan bagi pesawat musuh. Ini menunjukkan efektivitas artileri dalam perang udara. -Peluru antipeluru dirancang untuk meledak pada ketinggian tertentu, menciptakan efek ledakan yang mematikan bagi pesawat. Ini mirip dengan granat yang ditembakkan ke udara. -Dua jenis peluru digunakan, yaitu peluru tumbukan yang meledak saat mengenai target dan peluru berjangka waktu yang meledak setelah jangka waktu tertentu. Ini meningkatkan fleksibilitas sistem pertahanan. 02:28 Senjata anti-pesawat mengandalkan fragmentasi untuk mencapai efek yang diinginkan, meningkatkan kemungkinan kerusakan pada pesawat dengan meledak pada jarak dekat. Sistem canggih seperti Kommandogerät meningkatkan akurasi penembakan dengan mempertimbangkan berbagai faktor. -Sekering jarak yang diperkenalkan oleh Sekutu meningkatkan tingkat mematikan tembakan anti-pesawat dengan meledak pada jarak dekat, menghasilkan efek yang lebih efektif. -Bahan peledak berkekuatan tinggi pada peluru menghasilkan asap hitam yang membantu pilot Sekutu mengukur jarak tembakan sebelum melakukan serangan. -Kommandogerät, sistem komputer analog yang diperkenalkan sejak 1925, memungkinkan penembakan yang akurat dengan mengoreksi ketidaksesuaian dan menyelaraskan semua senjata. 05:03 Kru Flak menggunakan berbagai metode untuk melacak dan menargetkan pesawat musuh, termasuk radar dan instrumen optik, untuk meningkatkan akurasi serangan. Mereka menciptakan pola ledakan peluru untuk menyulitkan pesawat musuh dalam bernavigasi. -Penggunaan radar dan instrumen optik sangat penting dalam menentukan kecepatan dan arah pesawat musuh. Ini membantu kru Flak untuk mengarahkan tembakan secara lebih efektif. -Selama malam, radar digunakan untuk memandu kru lampu pencari ke target, sedangkan siang hari menggunakan sistem pengendalian kebakaran optik. Ini meningkatkan efektivitas serangan secara keseluruhan. -Jerman membangun Hochbunker sebagai struktur pertahanan yang dilengkapi artileri antipesawat. Ini memberikan perlindungan tambahan terhadap serangan udara dan meningkatkan daya serang Flak. 07:16 Kru Flak Jerman menggunakan senjata antipesawat kaliber 88 mm yang efektif dalam menjaga target dari serangan udara. Mereka memperhitungkan waktu tunda suara dan mengatur tembakan secara salvo untuk meningkatkan akurasi. -Senjata kaliber 88 mm dapat melontarkan proyektil hingga 20.000 kaki, berpotensi melumpuhkan pesawat dalam radius ledakan 30 yard. Ini menunjukkan kemampuan tinggi dalam pertahanan udara. -Unit Flak Jerman mengalami penguatan dengan memperbesar ukuran baterai menjadi delapan senjata, meningkatkan daya tembak dan efektivitas dalam melawan pesawat musuh. -Jerman telah mengerahkan lebih dari 15.000 senjata antipeluru, membentuk sabuk pertahanan yang luas dan tebal, memperkuat perlindungan terhadap kawasan industri penting selama Perang Dunia II. 09:40 Dengan meningkatnya serangan antipeluru selama Perang Dunia II, pesawat pengebom Sekutu menjadi sangat rentan dan menghadapi risiko tinggi selama misi. Teknik penghindaran yang digunakan oleh kru pesawat menjadi semakin tidak efektif seiring berjalannya waktu. -Pertahanan antipeluru yang kuat di pabrik kimia Leuna menyebabkan kerugian besar bagi pesawat pengebom B-17 dalam serangan pada tahun 1944. Ini menunjukkan tantangan yang dihadapi selama misi pengeboman. -Flak berperan dalam mengurangi akurasi pengeboman dengan memaksa pesawat melepaskan muatan dari ketinggian yang lebih tinggi. Ini menambah tingkat kesulitan bagi kru pesawat pengebom. -Dampak psikologis terhadap awak pesawat pengebom termasuk gejala stres dan trauma. Ini menunjukkan bahwa bahaya tidak hanya bersifat fisik tetapi juga mental bagi para kru.
@crslbl
@crslbl Ай бұрын
My great grandpa was fighting in france with a 88. I can confirm they worked pretty „effective“
@1SaG
@1SaG 2 ай бұрын
German here. Flugabwehrkanone is one of those lovely and unimaginative German terms that simply string together a few words to describe the object or concept in question. In this case: Flug = flight (as in, say, "powered flight" or "the concept of flight", etc). Abwehr = defense. In football/soccer for example, the defensive lines/positions are collectively referred to as "Die Abwehr" - "(the) defense". Kanone = canon. And Flak, or more correctly "FLAK", I suppose, is simply an acronym. *FL* ug *A* bwehr *K* anone. In that regard, the word isn't far off the English term of "AAA" = Anti-Aircraft-Artillery.
@youngmasterzhi
@youngmasterzhi 3 ай бұрын
You would have to be absolutely crazy to fly into a lethal field of flak, yet those who were rationally concerned enough still had to fly them on the fact that they cannot be excused under grounds of insanity
@Stefan-br2cf
@Stefan-br2cf 2 ай бұрын
Did i miss it? At the end of the War, arround beginning of 1945 Germans used the "Doppelzünder" which was timed and also detonated on Impact. Often enough it happened the shell was flying through the wings of the aircraft without exploding, because the Time delay wasnt reached yet. So the Impact Fuze would Trigger.
@MiaHerssens
@MiaHerssens 3 ай бұрын
You should check the dutch radar system
@dot2562
@dot2562 3 ай бұрын
Any statistics on how many aircraft were shot down by flak ? i used to wonder how the hell they hit a plane that high with a big bullet 😅🙄😏
@jo-ov9vc
@jo-ov9vc 3 ай бұрын
After the war, the 8th USAAF in UK did an analysis of all repairs to damage caused by Flak to US bombers in Europe. Obviously some was only a small hole due to a shell fragment, but the total recorded was over 50,000!
@FallNorth
@FallNorth Ай бұрын
The allied proximity fuses were considered "top secret" so for a while they were limited where they used them so they were less likely to fall into the wrong hands and be reverse engineered. Similar reason I believe as to why the RAF limited where they used Jets. (Yes blah-de-blah the Luftwaffe also had jets but still, there may have been features they didn't want examined). Anyway proximity fuses were a game changer, for the obvious reason they didn't have to hit or have a clumsy "guess" as to range.
@gemmamudd7167
@gemmamudd7167 3 ай бұрын
When they let them 88s go you know your in trouble
@ElysiumNZ
@ElysiumNZ Ай бұрын
So basically aiming and firing of flak batteries was the same as for navel battleships. You predict where target is going to be and fire guns to straddle the target. Oh btw Germany did not have 125mm anti-aircraft guns, they have 128mm though.
@kennievy6864
@kennievy6864 2 ай бұрын
This kanon is soo good
@ccrider8483
@ccrider8483 2 ай бұрын
I have always wondered how much of a hazard the falling shrapnal was to people on the ground.
@xmuzel
@xmuzel 3 ай бұрын
The technology back then was impressive
@matttrafton2725
@matttrafton2725 3 ай бұрын
I wonder if there were any flak ace gunners?
@gies1714
@gies1714 Ай бұрын
With the big flak guns it is impossible to determine which gunshot was the fatal one.
@damienkendrick1457
@damienkendrick1457 3 ай бұрын
Flak in games are so cool. They havr this special charm and pedistool because planes are op bullies and tgese are the humble defenders
@simonjones7785
@simonjones7785 3 ай бұрын
a little like a reverse depth charge
@NotMe-f2e
@NotMe-f2e 24 күн бұрын
It must have rained Flak shrapnel!
@vaza57
@vaza57 Ай бұрын
Flak 88 , one has to acknowledge that they were not very efficient.
@biggestmexi
@biggestmexi 8 күн бұрын
Why is the channel logo in the corner when this is all stolen footage? You did not credit any other videos.
@pierredecine1936
@pierredecine1936 9 ай бұрын
128 mm ! There was NO 125mm Gun !
@Sandlin22
@Sandlin22 4 ай бұрын
Yeah there was but it's an anti tank gun. It's Russian.
@abbybonilla4511
@abbybonilla4511 2 ай бұрын
When the Germans realized an 88mm was nasty against tanks they slapped those on Tiger tanks.
@paulmcwilliams8641
@paulmcwilliams8641 8 күн бұрын
Iv'e always known how flak works, since I got married and came back from the pub late and tipsy.
@mattsmelley5569
@mattsmelley5569 Ай бұрын
Doctors said "Stress" very prevalent...🙄
@PauloRibeiro-pe5kw
@PauloRibeiro-pe5kw 3 ай бұрын
O Brasil comprou da Alemanha e recebeu em 1937 baterias de Krupp 88 para DCA, portanto não é artilharia desconhecida pelo Exército do Brasil.
@rdgo4141
@rdgo4141 3 ай бұрын
aun las tienen?en algun museo o base militar?
@PauloRibeiro-pe5kw
@PauloRibeiro-pe5kw 3 ай бұрын
A DCA da Ilha de Fernando de Noronha na WWIi era por Krupp 88 e metralhadoras Breda italianas. Deve existir algumas peças em museus militares. A aviação militar usava o JU-52 alemães em 1940, a Marinha de Guerra navegava submarino italiano.
@dmnkln
@dmnkln 3 ай бұрын
No, Flak was always targeted at a single aircraft, almost never just shot into a sector. it had a very low efficiency for high flying bombers, as just small changes in flight path or altitude let the shell explode far away.
@superwhitt21
@superwhitt21 3 ай бұрын
88's could shoot 25rpm???
@shadiandrew
@shadiandrew 3 ай бұрын
Yea, the trap door its mostly automated and there is a bunch of people constantly carrying shells so its possible.
@TV_Schleuderprogramm
@TV_Schleuderprogramm 3 ай бұрын
I'd like to add that the bombers had one commander, who was obviously in one of the planes. In early days, the commander flew inside the first plane. You mentioned, that all lights tracked the first bomber? That was the reason. Kill the commander, and the fleet has to re-group. Then, the radars on the ground (you mentioned) where't radar, those were directional antennas to find out, which plane was transmitting. Because the americans quickly learned, to place the commander somewhere else, but he betrayed his position, as soon as he keyed his transmitter, it shone electromagnetically like a sun in the night. His position was then wired to the next flak battery. The number of victims you said doesn't seem to reflect the real death-toll. Remember that Avro Lancaster of the Royal Air Force “Just Jane.” It was pretty famous for completing 25 combat missions without being shot down. That was sensational, everybody else had it way harder.
@dukecraig2402
@dukecraig2402 3 ай бұрын
Every single thing you've written here is wrong, what a mess, wow. US bombers flew in groups called boxes, each 16 bomber box had a lead bombardier that was in the lead bomber, he was the only one who used a bomb sight, all other bombers in the box dropped on his cue, there was a backup bomber in each box in the event something happened to the lead bomber that would move into the lead position and take over, it didn't require anyone on a radio to tell them to do it either, it's how they were trained. What you think was some kind of radio monitoring antenna was indeed radar just as the narrator of this video says, it was what's called gun laying radar and it was used to range the bombers so the gun crews would know what setting to put on the shell's fuses so they'd burst at the right altitude, US bombers didn't need to talk to each other during the bomb run, they knew exactly what to do, wherever it is you got the idea that they were gabbing away with each other over the radio is just absolutely laughable, once again each 16 bomber box had a lead bombardier, the other bombers in the box toggled off their bombs upon seeing him drop his, the arrangement of the bombers in the box is what gave them bomb dispersal, ie a pattern on the ground. The thought that if the Germans took out the commander then no one in the other bombers would know what to do is comical, they knew what to do in the first place and didn't rely on radio communications during the bomb run, it's called training. You really need to do your research in life before making ridiculous claims like you have here, start with this video because it's right when it comes to how the radar augmented German AA gun's worked, then go to the channel US WW II Bombers, he has several videos that go into even more detail than this one about German AA gun's and their use of radar.
@jo-ov9vc
@jo-ov9vc 3 ай бұрын
Lancaster S-Sugar, in the RAF Museum in Hendon, flew 125 missions. Please stop posting nonsense.
@TV_Schleuderprogramm
@TV_Schleuderprogramm 3 ай бұрын
@@jo-ov9vc We're talking about different phases of the war. Close to '45 just could just do what you want, that's why they surrendered.
@TV_Schleuderprogramm
@TV_Schleuderprogramm 3 ай бұрын
@@dukecraig2402 Guess you'd be surprised that I agree. Strategies changed all the time and both sides had to learn quickly. There's no "it was like this all the time".
@matthewbeesley5850
@matthewbeesley5850 3 ай бұрын
Just imagine if the Germans had US-type radar proximity AA shells. The strategic bombing campaign would have been deeply impacted.
@livewallberg
@livewallberg 2 ай бұрын
Best gun of all time. Even better against tanks
@BensonCaisip
@BensonCaisip 3 ай бұрын
Imagine if the Germans had proximity fuse.
@williamburroughs9686
@williamburroughs9686 2 ай бұрын
3:20 V-1?
@livewallberg
@livewallberg 2 ай бұрын
Germany may lost the war but their weapons defined future warfare's till this day
@henriquealmeida348
@henriquealmeida348 3 ай бұрын
War is the industry of death.
@68RatVette
@68RatVette 3 ай бұрын
one will not be making a lot of course changes with a fully loaded bomber, in formation, flying on the edge of the performance envelope. Correct, FLAK forced the bombers higher
@latestcentury8374
@latestcentury8374 3 ай бұрын
Its almost 100 years since its development, I challenge you to show me the single best anti-tank artillery piece developed as aesthetically beautiful as Flak88 since ww2... I am waiting. German engineering was way ahead of its era...
@TheArcWelder
@TheArcWelder 3 ай бұрын
It's a boom stick. Sure it was unique being put on tanks & it created an interesting dynamic with how tank doctrine had to adapt rapidly... But we could just pretend it's a benign weapon of war but it's not, at all. Germany utilized absolute brilliant minds & it changed how we fight wars. It's all super interesting historical bits and that's were your idolizing should end, cause let's be real; most times? The beauty of the supposed weapon isn't some normal off hand remark. It's just baby Nazis' hopping their time to pass gas will make grandpa Nazi proud.
@marktercsak9728
@marktercsak9728 3 ай бұрын
The Germans had a range of Anticraft artillery from heavy such as the 12.8 cm , 8.8 cm , 4cm, 2cm etc.
@javacup912
@javacup912 3 ай бұрын
It would be obvious for you to be highly stressed if you knew you were flying into enemy territory for what it could be you last time. I can see loosing sleep over that.
@terry_willis
@terry_willis 3 ай бұрын
With the odds given, it was a suicide mission.
@bobbates7343
@bobbates7343 3 ай бұрын
Seems to me that the Germans and the British would have done well to put all those guns only at the coast line. That way huge flak gun shells could have been used and the people would not be on the ground getting hit by the falling material. The material that did not end up stuck in a plane would have ended up in the water. Also the huge guns could have fired at ships
@notreallydavid
@notreallydavid 5 ай бұрын
'How flak works?' Not a question, so mustn't have a question mark. Why does everybody do this online?
@oml81mm
@oml81mm 3 ай бұрын
I think it is basically an American thing, that everyone else has copied.
@Apophis1010
@Apophis1010 3 ай бұрын
I'm imagining the shrapnel rainfall on the ground brlow
@you-never-know9113
@you-never-know9113 Ай бұрын
All suddenly, “Hebrew” ads start to appear… I wonder why… Now we all have to love the watermelons…
@justhimo2728
@justhimo2728 2 ай бұрын
omg I can't imagine how they feel who work in airforce especially in ww2 that scary 😂
@MarK-x9y
@MarK-x9y 3 ай бұрын
I am wondering if a cannon ball acted in a similar way: breaking apart upon impact, sending fragments in all directions
@jerrykim7777
@jerrykim7777 3 ай бұрын
a cannon ball? no. But there was grapeshot
@musk-eteer9898
@musk-eteer9898 5 күн бұрын
aerial grenades for planes
@ysdnsingh
@ysdnsingh 3 ай бұрын
What goes up must come down
@willn851
@willn851 2 ай бұрын
AI narrator. Is your whole channel AI videos?
@sammydemars-conoly2297
@sammydemars-conoly2297 28 күн бұрын
The thing is I didn't even notice until I read this comment lol soon you won't even be able to tell!
@briankorbelik2873
@briankorbelik2873 3 ай бұрын
I've read that the three most defended cities in WW2 were, London, Berlin and Moscow. I've read German accounts, (Granted Moscow was barely bombed during the war, in comparison), that say Moscow was the deadliest city to bomb due to their air defenses. Taking nothing away from London, nor Nerlin. The German 88mm was said to be the most definitive weapon of WW2. The German 105 mm flak guns were better in air defense than the 88. The 88 was tremendous, only they lost accuracy over about 20,000 ft. That's why Allied bombers came in at higher altitudes when they learned that. But the German 105mm worked just fine.
@Proudkiwifarmer
@Proudkiwifarmer Ай бұрын
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