A question RE: an odd looking German AA Gun...

[Tony Williams]

Originally Posted by NickM

Thanks! Where you been hiding out? Anyhoo...I was sort of hoping You'd have a pic of this monster....I have no way of getting a pic of the darned thing--at least, not without violating a few copywrite laws;
As an aside, did anyone ever try to mount the MK 103 as a beltfed AA gun? And what DO they call them shoulder braces anyways?

I do have a rather poor-quality pic of the gun which I can email to you if you tell me the address. I don't offhand know what the shoulder supports were called.

Yes, the MK 103 did see some late-war use as an AA gun, called the '3 cm Flak 103/38'.

Franek, the MG C/30L was no ordinary aircraft gun: it was chambered for the same very powerful 20x138B ammo as the German Flak 30 and Flak 38 guns. It was intended for engine mounting in fighters, but only one prototype He 112 carried it, in action in Spain. It turned out to be too big, heavy and slow-firing to be of much use, so was converted to the AA role.

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