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has gloss | eng: A Flak Corps was a massed anti-aircraft (AA) artillery formation equivalent in strength to a brigade or division employed by the Luftwaffe for anti-aircraft, antitank, and fire support operations in World War II. A Flakkorps was a flexible organization that was made up of a varying number of AA regiments, brigades, or divisions. Where deployed, flak corps were normally allocated on the basis of one to two per theater. The flak corps, while capable of providing concentrated AA support for ground units, were also used to provided massed antitank fire. A total of six flak corps were organized by Germany during the war. |
lexicalization | eng: flak corps |
instance of | c/Artillery units and formations |
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