Horst W. wrote in part:
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Another term could be Gleisgebunden= rail-mounted
but just a guess
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This is the best guess yet, even though it does not appear in any of the terminology and abbreviations handbooks. Horst-Adalbert Koch's 1954 682-page masterpiece on the Flakartillerie does not show it either and if it were to appear anywhere, it would be there. Neither does the
Feldpostübersicht, which is fastidious about giving the full designation of any and all units of the Wehrmacht. Further, the Eisenbahn Flak units used the suffix "(Eisb.)" or "(Eis.)" and Eisenbahn-Transport-Flak units used "(ETr)". Also, Gleis does not seem to have been abbreviated. For example, "Gleiskette" was abbreviated as "Gleisk."
However, "Gn" almost certainly has to do with the unit's transport capability or requirements, its weapons or its employment. Accordingly, your "guess" may be correct.
Thanks!
L.