Rare WW2 Flakpanzer Mbelwagen - Footage.

The 3.7 cm Flak auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV . 161/3, nicknamed Möbelwagen because of its boxy shape, was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun built from the chassis of the Panzer IV tank. It was used by Germany in WWII. The Flakpanzer IV was developed In 1943, due to the terrible ability of the Luftwaffe to combat enemy ground-attack aircraft. The first prototype used the 2 cm Flakvierling 38, which was deemed too weak for the latest aircraft, which were constantly being improved to fly higher and faster. A second design with an upgraded single 3.7 cm Flak 43 L/89 was approved as a temporary stopgap until better Flakpanzers could be created. 240 Möbelwagens were built, and the first production models were put into service on the Western Front in April 1944. The Möbelwagen left the crew extremely vulnerable because the armored plates needed to be lowered for full 360 degree traverse, and the fully closed position was only used for transport, and could not be used to protect the crew when the gu