Something i've always wondered about

[Commander Mysenses]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

No light flak gun is useful at more than 1000 meters.

That's interesting 'cos most of the 2cm FLAK 30/38 ammo had a 2 to 5 second fuse, so they were fragging at 1000 to 2000m, closer than that, they were just rather fast bees! (albeit, heavy 2cm ones that would whizz straight thru' yer fuselage)

Without a heavy shell with a good proximity fuse it's just another machine gun, and hitting a moving target is pretty much impossible unless it's close and heading right for you.

No proximity on 2cm rounds, just a burn thru' tracer.

The axis were never able to develop a working proximity fuse for any FLAK, they just used timed fuses set to a specific range/altitude (based on flight time). Alled forces did have proximity fuses in the later years of the war.