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Flakturm Augarten, Vienna | MyTravelGuide.com
A huge, steel and concrete building stands in the middle of the Augarten. It was constructed during World War II and served as a concrete air-raid shelter as Vienna did not have enough of them. At this time, many people tried to defend the city by firing rifles from its roof at the aircraft overhead...
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architecture - Vienna Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
Two of the most unusual structures in Vienna are the two Flak towers (Flakturm) in the Augarten Park. These anti-aircraft towers where constructed in WWII, and thought to be bomb proof. The physical size of these huge structures is quite daunting and to watch people in the park playing and picnicing...
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TrekEarth | Flakturm Augarten Photo
Flak towers (German: Flakt�rme) were large anti-aircraft gun blockhouses used by the Luftwaffe to prevent overflights of key areas in certain cities in World War II. They also served as air-raid shelters for tens of thousands of people and to coordinate air defence. With concrete walls up to 3.5 m t...
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Hitler Visits Vienna
Vienna had several important arms and munitions factories, and the threat of air attack led to erection of huge flak (anti-aircraft) towers around the city, starting in late 1942. The towers were built in pairs, with one large tower for the main anti-aircraft guns and a smaller tower for command and...
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World War II Sites - Wien (Austria)
Flak Turm VIII, Arenberg Park Turm. This tower was a Bauart 2 tower, with a square shape and sides of 60 meters. The Arenberg Park Turm was completed in October 1943. In the beginning it had 105 mm Flak, but these guns were replaced in January 1944 by 128 mm Flak. The G-Turm is 41,6 meters high, the...
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Flak tower - World War II Forums
Yes the heavier ammo was raised on elevator type systems. The 128 and 88 mm was stored in hinged and locked concrete appratures, then at Wien ? if I am not mistaken the 128mm's were slighty rescessed into the top roof for extra anti-shrapnel protection for the gun and crew and underneath placed hori...
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