As we all know, the Germans used 88mm anti-aircraft guns in World War Two. When the US B17 bombers started to bomb the Germans they went for larger and longer range guns to reach these durable and high flying bombers. They essentially scaled up the 88 mm gun into the 105mm AA gun. Later, they scaled them up again into an 105mm gun.
Eventually, they started mounting these 128mm guns in pairs so they could fire large caliber shells at the bomber stream.
In Berlin, the Germans built massive concrete flak towers as air raid shelters and to mount and control anti-aircraft batteries. I took a pair of old 105mm AA guns from Fujimi, grafted them together and made pretty good representations of the twin 128mm AA gun system.
These guns were mounted on pedestals on the flak towers. I used a simple bottle top for mine. Painted gray it works just fine.
These guns were mounted on pedestals on the flak towers. I used a simple bottle top for mine. Painted gray it works just fine.
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