Flak 41 L/71 was a German towed 88mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun of the Interwar and Second World War. The first working prototypes of this weapon were created in 1941, and soon after that serial production began, which led to the creation of nearly 560 weapons of this type. The effective firing range was 11,300 meters, and the maximum was up to 14,700 meters. The initial speed of a projectile fired from the Flak 41 was close to 1000 m/s. Flak 41 L / 71 was developed by Rheinmetall on order of the Luftwaffe as a weapon to supplement the Flak 18 and Flak 36 of the same caliber, which are in service. The Flak 41, work on which began in 1939, although outwardly similar to its predecessors, was a new weapon. First of all, he got a new barrel with a split core tube, which will significantly increase the rate of fire and shooting range - both practical and maximum. At that same time, Flak 41 turned out to be a very flexible weapon, which required careful handling. Despite the fact that his military training took place during the fighting in Tunisia in 1943, he was later used mainly in air defense units in Germany.
