2006-09-26 09:35:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
The 88 mm gun did have a maximum practical altitude of 49000 ft, which is above the ceiling of any then existing bomber. So those could and they did shoot down planes. Those guns could be towed, but were not usually mounted on a vehicle.
Smaller caliber guns were also mounted on tracked vehicle, but in that case, the intention was to provide defence against low flying ground support fighters, their rate of fire was typically higher, they could track faster, but the range was less and the shells were not as powerful; but they still could do a lot of dammage to low flying airplane. No wonder, that is what they were designed to do.
2006-09-26 09:50:16 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay color me stupid and I have to go back to school if I am not understanding this. I do not know what a flacktrack is, but the German's did have an innovative unit called the flatrack, but it was a rail car used for rapid loading and unloading of military equipment. The Flatrack had no weapons at all and was not able to shoot anything down.
2006-09-26 16:49:28 · answer #2 · answered by Suthern R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes thats why pilots and gunners wore flak vest
2006-09-26 16:43:12 · answer #3 · answered by bullybrian2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋