This new photo album is number 29 in the MMP Books/Stratus "Camera On"
series. It is the first to cover in such photographic detail the German
usage of the 2 cm Flak 38 and its quadruple mounting the Flakvierling
38. These weapons saw extensive action on all battlefronts of the Second
World War wherever the German armed forces saw service. While the 2 cm
Flak 38 was an excellent weapon when first developed, by the time it
entered service even the German army knew that it was in need of a
replacement weapon system. The Germans concentrated on 37mm weapons and
above from then on, however the Flak 38 still gave valued service
against low flying aircraft and ground targets and proved to be a valued
weapon throughout the war, it even saw service with some other nations
well into the 1970's. This book contains 140+ photographs taken by the
average German soldier of both the 2 cm Flak 38 and the Flakvierling 38
as well as their crews in many of the areas they operated within.
This volume illustrates these weapons as the soldiers themselves viewed
them in both their fighting environment and, in many cases, just as a
tool they lived with and had to look after on a daily basis, not the
highly polished and sanitized views of the official photographers. This
book is an invaluable reference for military historians and modelers
alike.
A4 size, 80 pages.
