[DOC] [TLE] Anti-aircraft warfare - Wikipedia [PAR] Anti-aircraft warfare or counter-air defence is defined by NATO as "all measures 
designed to ... Non-English terms for air defence include the German FlaK ... also 
cited as Flugabwehrkanone), whence English flak, and the Russian term ..... The 
German Army also adapted a revolving cannon that came to be known to Allied... [DOC] [TLE] 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling - Wikipedia [PAR] The Flak 30 (Flugabwehrkanone 30) and improved Flak 38 were 20 mm anti-
aircraft guns used by various German forces throughout World War II. It was not 
only the primary German light anti-aircraft gun, but by far the most .... The term 
Vierling literally translates to "quadruplet" and refers to the four 20 mm gun 
constituting... [DOC] [TLE] Talk:Flak (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [PAR] German Term[edit]. The german term stated as the root of flak is different from the 
one stated in ... Here it is Flugabwehrkanone (and in Anti-aircraft warfare), 
Wiktionary states Fliegerabwehrkanone. ... reference specifically to anti-aircraft 
weaponry that fires shells that burst into a cloud of shrapnel, such as the German 
88 mm. [DOC] [TLE] flak - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus [PAR] German acronym of Fliegerabwehrkanone ("aeroplane defence cannon"). ... 
derived during World War II from the German Flugabwehrkanone, for "aircraft 
defence ... Flak may also refer to: Flak (or Flack), an informal term for a media 
relations ... antiaircraft guns | the bursting shells fired from flak | "flak" or "flack": "
criticism",... [DOC] [TLE] Stephen George - From a New Angle - R.L.Royle (Rebecca Royle) [PAR] ... we expected that the threat of getting Flak had passed ('Flak' came from the 
German word for the anti-aircraft gun  Flugabwehrkanone  which slung shells 
up from the ground). ... We'd been hit by a shell burst, right in front of the nose! [DOC] [TLE] How WWII pilots were trained to deal with flak. : videos - Reddit [PAR] May 16, 2014 ... And another: early German torpedos were known to have terrible trigger 
mechanisms called pistols. ..... Probably the single most bloody battle in terms of 
numbers in ...... voluminous barrage of bursting antiaircraft shells as Aarfy came 
..... explosion in the air in german (Flugabwehrkanone / ~anti aircraft gun). [DOC] [TLE] German English Words: F [PAR] A list of German words used in the English language beginning with F ... Flak "
antiaircraft gun": antiaircraft gun; the shells fired from a flak bursting in air; 
criticism, opposition [German Fliegerabwehrkanone, Flugabwehrkanone < 
Flieger "flyer,... [DOC] [TLE] FYI: What's the difference between a flak jacket and a bulletproof vest? [PAR] Mar 27, 2005 ... ... shrapnel (the word 'flak' is derived from the German Flugabwehrkanone, a type 
of anti-aircraft gun). The original garments were simple nylon... [DOC] [TLE] Anti Aircraft Warfare - Scribd [PAR] American troops mount a Swedish Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun ... Non-English 
terms for air defence include the German Flak ..... gunners proved unable to get 
their fuse setting correct and most rounds burst well below their targets. ... targets 
and lighter weapons for use when they came to lower altitudes. it was new and... [DOC] [TLE] Flak s - Congresso Brasileiro de Direito Comercial [PAR] 8cm Flugabwehrkanone (flight defence cannon, or FlaK) The culmination of ... 
anti-aircraft artillery employed 6,700 light ( Flaks' definition, antiaircraft fire, ... 8 
cm Flak 18/36/37/41 was a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun 
from . ... "Flak-Bait's" hour of glory came on April 17, 1945, when it completed its... [DOC] [TLE] Crew of a German 37mm Flakzwilling 43 anti-aircraft mount feeding ... [PAR] German anti-aircraft gunner with projectile antiaircraft gun 8.8 cm FlaK 18/41 in 
the ... The German word flak (from the German, Fliegerabwehrkanone) is 
common reference. ..... 38 anti-aircraft gun (Flugabwehrkanone

Question: This term for bursting antiaircraft shells came from the German flugabwehrkanone
Answer: Flack