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==Late War== | ==Late War== | ||
[[File:Wirbelwind Statcard (Placeholder).jpg|thumb|left|Die stats, please someone find a better image for this]] | |||
[[File:Ostwind Statcard.jpg|thumb|left|Die Stats]] | |||
==IRL== | ==IRL== | ||
The Wirbelwind and Ostwind both started as a Weer requirement for more SPAA vehicles after the allies wrestled control over Europe from the Luftwaffe. The 12 SS Panzer division, apparently taking a break from pillaging, raping, and razing long enough to think, came up with the idea to stick a Quad 20mm turret onto the top of a Panzer IV. Original plans were to have an enclosed turret, but the smoke produced from the barrels meant this was untenable. | The Wirbelwind and Ostwind both started as a Weer requirement for more SPAA vehicles after the allies wrestled control over Europe from the Luftwaffe. The 12 SS Panzer division, apparently taking a break from pillaging, raping, and razing long enough to think, came up with the idea to stick a Quad 20mm turret onto the top of a Panzer IV. Original plans were to have an enclosed turret, but the smoke produced from the barrels meant this was untenable. | ||
Revision as of 19:24, 11 May 2022
The Flakpanzer IV is a unit in Flames of War. It includes both the Wirblewind 20mm SPAA and the Ostwind 37mm SPAA
Late War
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IRL
The Wirbelwind and Ostwind both started as a Weer requirement for more SPAA vehicles after the allies wrestled control over Europe from the Luftwaffe. The 12 SS Panzer division, apparently taking a break from pillaging, raping, and razing long enough to think, came up with the idea to stick a Quad 20mm turret onto the top of a Panzer IV. Original plans were to have an enclosed turret, but the smoke produced from the barrels meant this was untenable.
The Wirblewind was not as effective as hoped, but like most early SPAA vehicles, it made an excellent assault gun, and the hull-mounted MG34 helped a lot.
The Ostwind replaced the Quad 20mm with a single 37mm cannon that improved its performance against both aircraft and ground targets. Due to production issues at the end of the war, both of these vehicles were made in very limited numbers.
| German Forces in Flames of War | |
|---|---|
| Tanks: | Panzer II - Panzer III - Panzer IV - Panther - Tiger - Tiger II - Panzer 38(t) - Captured Tank Platoon (Germany) |
| Transports: | SdKfz 250 - SdKfz 251 - Opel Blitzwagen |
| Infantry: | MG34 Platoon - AT-Rifle Team - Assault Pioneer Platoon - Grenadier Company - Fallshirmjager Company |
| Artillery: | PaK-40 Anti-Tank Gun - Hummel - Panzerwerfer 42 - Wespe - Grille - PaK-43 - 12cm Mortar - 8cm Mortar - 21cm Nebelwerfer 42 - 30cm Nebelwerfer 42 |
| Tank Destroyers and Assault guns: | Marder - StuG III - Jagdpanzer IV - Nashorn - Elefant - Jagdtiger - Brummbar - Hetzer - Sturmpanzer II Bison |
| Armored Cars: | SdKfz. 234/2 'Puma' - Sd.Kfz 222/223 - SdKfz. 231 |
| Aircraft: | JU-87 Stuka - HS-129 - ME-262 Sturmvogel |
| Anti-Aircraft: | Flak 88mm - Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind & Ostwind |