maxfaxdude Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 Anyone ever seen a 2 cm 30/38 Flak in action in person? I'm wondering how many functional guns are in the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APEXgunparts Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 I have never seen a live 2 CM Flak, but yesterday we found some service tools for them in a pallet of assorted items we were going thru. Probably as close to handling one as I will get. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTRS-14.5 Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 Years Ago a 20MM Flak was at KC... It was to my left when I shoot on LIne Position 26 Charlie A&O C3 PA PTRS 14.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfaxdude Posted February 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 13 minutes ago, PTRS-14.5 said: Years Ago a 20MM Flak was at KC... It was to my left when I shoot on LIne Position 26 Charlie A&O C3 PA PTRS 14.5 Nice, was it fully functional? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonlmg41 Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 I know of one and have heard of others? Pretty expensive habit these days? I've set my limits at Lahti's and a Solothurn. Nothing with trailer hitches or wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertwin Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 Although not in the U.S., I have two 20mm FLAKs. I live in Switzerland, there are quite some private owned 20mm guns around, since the swiss army sold them to collectors years ago. Currently they're not even treated as weapons by law, although fully functional. My two guns are a Model 1938 Waffenfabrik Bern, belt fed, and a Oerlikon Model 1953 with 50rds drum mag. Life rounds are quite rare and expensive. The big problem here is that there aren't any shooting ranges wich allow bigger than .50 BMG, and full auto shooting is also difficult here. So the two guns stand in my barn and wait... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonlmg41 Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 Those are quite AWESOME! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfaxdude Posted March 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) supertwin, vielen Dank für die Bilder! Das sind fantastisch aussehende Waffen! Ich fahre diesen Sommer in die Ferien in die Schweiz. Edited March 5, 2023 by maxfaxdude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfaxdude Posted March 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) A quick Google search pulled up this video of Bob Bigando firing a Flak 30/38 at the Big Sandy shoot last year. https://www.instagram.com/p/ClPfeg6Lcnu/?hl=en Bob's one of the higher profile guys who works on cannons/big bore guns at Hamilton Firearms in the Arizona. I called up Bob and he's a super nice guy to talk to and very informative. To his knowledge, no fully transferable Flak 30/38s are in the U.S. I always thought it would be considered a destructive device, but all autocannons (regardless of caliber) are considered machineguns. But he put the word out that I'm interesting in buying one, if it exists. Edited March 5, 2023 by maxfaxdude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertwin Posted March 7, 2023 Report Share Posted March 7, 2023 Maxfaxdude, good luck in finding a Flak! Where do you go for holydays in Switzerland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfaxdude Posted March 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) On 3/6/2023 at 10:29 PM, supertwin said: Maxfaxdude, good luck in finding a Flak! Where do you go for holydays in Switzerland? I'm staying at an Chalet in Bellwald. We will be traveling to Zurich, Zermatt, Oeschinensee, Jungfrauhoch, Furkapass, Pilatus and Gotthard Pass. If time permits, I like to also go to St. Moritz. Edited March 10, 2023 by maxfaxdude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertwin Posted March 8, 2023 Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 So you will be travelling arond quite a bit...but distances in Switzerland are not too big... A lot of beautiful places,hope the weather will be fine when you're up in the mountains! On your way there will be some old fortresses wich are museums these days. Some are still equipped with their machine guns and artillery. Just in case you're interested and you will have time, I can post some links... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfaxdude Posted March 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) On 3/8/2023 at 10:53 AM, supertwin said: So you will be travelling arond quite a bit...but distances in Switzerland are not too big... A lot of beautiful places,hope the weather will be fine when you're up in the mountains! On your way there will be some old fortresses wich are museums these days. Some are still equipped with their machine guns and artillery. Just in case you're interested and you will have time, I can post some links... Supertwin, Yes, I will be traveling around a lot, but like you said, the distances are fairly short. Yes, please post some links!!!! Thank you! Edited March 10, 2023 by maxfaxdude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertwin Posted March 15, 2023 Report Share Posted March 15, 2023 While checking some homepages of the museums I found that most of the are only open at weekends, and only guided tours for groups. The following can be visited by individuals. I think best for you is this one, located on top of the Gotthard Pass: www.sasso-sangottardo.ch This is a probably the largest museum in Switzerland for weapons, with almost all handguns, machine guns, cannons and tanks ever used by the swiss army: www.festungsmuseum.ch It's not really on your way but about 45 minutes from Zurich airport. Unfortunatly homepage only in german. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfaxdude Posted March 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 The Gotthard Pass Museum is one place we are planning on going to. Thank you for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfaxdude Posted August 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 Off topic but here are some pictures of Switzerland: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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