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01-30-2009, 12:38 PM
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| the flak tower in the last level of MOH airbourne there is this thing called the flak tower does that exist and if so i need some pics
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01-30-2009, 01:17 PM
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 | Yes, they did exist. They were huge bunkers basically with Flak emplacements on top. There are ruins of a few still in existence.
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01-30-2009, 01:19 PM
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|  All of the ones I found were in Vienna. Lemme resize the one pic. This pic is so huge, I can't upload it anywhere haha. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...r_dsc01576.jpg
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01-30-2009, 02:00 PM
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| Good pic Cory! There are four or five still remaining in Wien (Vienna), one of which is still used by the MOD as a control bunker in national emergency situation, and has a direct access to parliament. The rest they wanted to destroy after the war already, but the walls are typically 3,5 m thick, and any attempt at detonation would result in the destruction of a large area of the city first, so most are used for other purposes -one is an aquarium/ terrarium for example. The MOD one and another they tried to destroy, now unstable in the tower area, are off limits to the general public however. (I don't know if you know, Flyboy, but 'Flak' is an abbreviation of Fliegerabwehrkanone (Lit. 'anti aircraft gun' - Flieger: flying object, in this case aircraft; Abwehr: defence; Kanone: cannon/ large calibre gun). Interesting how the term has come to be used in general english -"to 'cop flak' over something" ) |
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01-30-2009, 04:09 PM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| There are several still standing in Germany. Flak tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia When I go to Hamburg in the next few months, I will get pictures of the one still standing there. It is now a nightclub.
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01-30-2009, 04:16 PM
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| That would be one quiet nightclub!!!
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01-30-2009, 04:32 PM
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01-30-2009, 04:41 PM
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| That would be a really cool club, I'd go to that one for sure.
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01-30-2009, 07:10 PM
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| Check this site out. It has a great article on the Flak towers and the Berlin bunker system. Some good photos as well. 2/Pz. Aufkl.Abt. Grossdeutschland - UK based WW2 German Re-enactment Group |
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01-30-2009, 07:38 PM
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| Wow I would love to go to that club!
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01-30-2009, 11:51 PM
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| Wow amazing! I finished MOHA many moons ago, but thought it was just something the designers had come up with! I'm muchos impressed!!!!
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