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Germany possessed a little number of special designed Flak (at first named BAK = Ballon-Abwehr-Kanone) in the first days of the war and finished the war with 2576 Fla-Kanonen (MG not included!)!
Also howitzers and light field artillery were used and called "Behelfs-Flak" (= improvised Flak) because it was necessary to set these howitzers on special designed wooden or metal platforms or Pivots to achieve the necessary angle of fire. Some artillery pieces were digged in to allow the fire against airplanes.
Maybe you can find my old thread "Louis, der Bombenschmeisser". This French aircrew was shot down by two German howitzers on improvised platforms on 5.November 1914. The involved soldiers were surprised about their own success.
VBR
Hannes
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