metalwar wrote:I have a 1941 Chevy flatbed 1.5 ton. I want to make it into a flak truck that maybe the Germans captured early in the war. Could this type of truck hold a 3.7 cm Flak cannon or would it be to heavy. The gun I have to use is from BMC. It is not completely accurate but close. The truck is one I got on E-Bay, not sure on the maker.
3ton is too light for the 3.7cm, you would need something closer to the MB L4500 4.5ton truck to mount the 3.7cm.
Most common would be a 2cm FlaK
2.0 cm Flak 28 and 29 (Designed by Oerlikon and purchased prior to the outbreak of war, many others adquired from Czechoslovaquia, France, but without Fremdegerät number asignation)
2.0 cm Flak 30 (Adopted in 1935 as main light Flak gun, and remained in service throghout the war)
2.0 cm Flak 38 (Developed by Mauser as a replacement for the Flak 30. In service from 1940. Nearly 18.000 made)
2.0 cm Gebirgsflak 38 (The same weapon as above, with a lightweight carriage for mountain use) < have a photo of this mounted on a schwimmwagen
3.0 cm Flak 103/38 (A makeshift weapon. Marriage between the Aircraft Mk 103 Kanone and the Flak 38 Mount)
Captured Weapons
2.0 cm Flak Madsen (Original Madsen M33 and M35, captured to Czech, Polish,Norwegian, Belgian and French armies)
2.0 cm Flak 282 (i) (Ex-italian Breda M-35, used in North Africa and after Italian surrender)
2.0 cm Flak Scotti (i) (ex-italian Scotti da 20/77, only limited use by German Army)
2.5 cm Flak Hotchkiss (Ex-french Mle 38 and Mle 39 Hotchkiss AA guns)