WW2 mobile AA gun production

[The Rattler]

AA halftrack production

United States Production

M16/17 (quad 50): 1724
M15 (dual 50, single 37mm) 680




Germany

Sd Kfz 10/4 (single 20mm) 610
Sd Kfz 6/2 (single 37mm) 339
Sd Kfz 7/1 (quad 20mm) 319
Sd Kfz 7/2 (single 37mm) 123








M51 Multiple .50-Caliber Machine Gun (“Quad Fifty”)

[McIvan]

I guess you could count also, for the Germans, the Ostwind, Wirblewind, Mobel (sp?) and truck mounted 20mm AA, and the various 20mm and 15mm MG mounts on Sd250 & 251 chassis....

Kind of reflects the proportion of Luftwaffe to US/Brit/Soviet airforces, I guess!

[Tide1]

Absolutly Mcivan you can see the jump in the numbers of German aa guns as the war goes on.

[The Rattler]

Just got some figures on the wirblewind and ostwind production. Not many at all.
1944 / 1945
Ostwind 15 / 28
Wirblewind 100 / 6

[Nort]

How about this conversion?

[Panther]

How about this conversion?

A captured russian T-34, converted with 4 x 20mm AA Gun´s and used in small numbers of items. :conf: :chin:

[McIvan]

Nice pic :) In similar vein, 21st Panzer in Normandy had a bunch of flak gun conversions on French halftracks.

No one could accuse the Germans of not being able to improvise....although I wouldn't have wanted to be their spares department!

[Tide1]

That would of been an ugly job

Gary

[The Rattler]

Or this conversion ? :-)

[Nort]

Now that is hilarious.