The qustion about the german FLAK36 37mm AA

[Erwin.Rommel]

Just a question, in the CMAK CMBB,the FLAK36 37mm is L57, but in the CMFI, the FLAK36 become the L98, the wiki show it should be the L57, so which is wrong?

[PhilM]

Just a question, in the CMAK CMBB,the FLAK36 37mm is L57, but in the CMFI, the FLAK36 become the L98, the wiki show it should be the L57, so which is wrong?

Not yet seen this "L98" in the game, but if present looks wrong? The "Lxx" attribute is a measure of the length of the barrel, in multiples (the "xx" bit) of its calibre. A very different piece, but even the 88mm PaK 41/43 is only L71; never heard of an "L98" gun in WWII era?

[Erwin.Rommel]

See this picture

[YankeeDog]

57 calibers is definitely the correct barrel length for the 37mm FlaK 36. It's probably just a typo in the game. I suppose it's possible that there was some long-barreled variant not listed in my references, but this seems unlikely.

[TheVulture]

The interweb doesn't have much on an L98 37mm FlaK - I've found:

http://es.unidadesmilitares.wikia.com/wiki/Sd.Kfz_7/2_%283.7cm%29_Flak_36/37/43_auf_Selbstfahrlafette

which is in Spanish and lists a FlaK 37mm L98 gun as the armament (complete with photos - the barrel length looks in the right ballpark since it should be 3.63m long)

and

http://www.warmuseums.net/TechnikMuseumPart2SinsheimGermany/sdkfz7withaflak37mml98gun.html

which is a model (and possibly therefore not proof of anything). But both sites list it as a Sd Kfz 7 variant with a single barrel 37mm L98 FlaK gun.

Make of that what you will.