[NickM]

Re-reading the end of Caldwell's JG26 again...during one of their final missions(the one where they escort Hanna Reitsch & Ritter Von Greim to Berlin); one of the pilots reports being taken under automatic AA fire at 13 thou + feet (or 3.5-4 kilometers altitude if you prefer the metric);
just wondering what a AA weapons were being used by presumably the Soviet AA units?

On the Western side I am only familiar with weapons like the .50 caliber HMG, 20mm & 40mm automatic AA weapons. Anything above that caliber I presumed to be single shot types(IE: 3.7 inch or 90mm). I cannot think of any 'medium' calibers that were 'automatic fire' during WW2;

Now post WW2( Specifically, Korea & Vietnam) the USSR supplied AA weapons to North Korea & North Vietnam: large numbers of VERY effective AA guns that were clip fed--37mm, 57mm, 85mm & 100mm Automatic AA cannon--did any of those higher caliber weapons manager to reach service in WW2?
Thanks

NickM[/code]