+Josh Francis I used to play that game too and assumed the same as you, as the idea seemed so fantastical. The one in the game looks like it was based on the first one in this film.
the 3 pairs of flaktürme or flak (aa-gun) towers in vienna always where built up of one gun tower ,the bigger ones like the round one you show first (geschützturm or shortened g-turm) and one control tower (leitturm or shortened l-turm), like the second one in your video, the smaller rectangular one. the mickey mouse ears you refer to are meant to have a smaller 2cm aa-gun on top (with up to 4 gun barrells each) to protect from low level attack fighters. the main weapons where 4 12,8cm double barreled aa guns (12,8cm flak zwilling 40). the recoil of the guns was so intense that the whole tower was shaking and vibrating. because of this the control tower had none of these, because the meassuring and detection equipment would malfunction. the first pair you showed in augarten is the last one built in nazi germany and are of the so called type 3. first one in your video (the round one) has been damaged due to a fire started by playing kids after the war in 1946. around 2000 grenades, still stored there, exploded. the tower you didn´t show, is inside a garison and is used as emergency shelter for the government. some are used as data storage and storage rooms for art. the round one in augarten is not used anymore, also because of the damage through the explosions in 1946. there is quite a bit of controversy how to put the other ones to use, but i don´t think that will ever happen. they are talking 70 years now...
The sticky out things might be refereed to as "flying butrices". (unless that's solely used for aesthetic ones) But they could either be to support a platform, or maybe deflect oncoming missiles, as explosions only cause maximum damage if they're dead on, rather than several feet out.
+Larry Bundy Jr I wonder, in addition, if they doubled as banner holders. Old photos I have seen definitely give me the impression that the Nazis loved pageantry.
I did some research. Those concrete "needles" so called "Kragträger" in german, I think the english word ist cantilever beam, that protrude out horizontally are supports for cranes. BTW I live close to the one in Augarten.
Why take it down.... It would make a great home, just think of it or apartments, offices, shop. It is a great tower and some people are just to small minded to see it.
Toothpick1977 I'm surprised that the Austrians being such an ingenious people didn't put them to good use......it may belong to a dark past,but they are there to stay.....use them! Maybe a museum.....I'm sure they just walk past them and don't even see them.
Toothpick1977 I'm surprised that the Austrians being such an ingenious people didn't put them to good use......it may belong to a dark past,but they are there to stay.....use them! Maybe a museum.....I'm sure they just walk past them and don't even see them.
I was there in Augarten park (as serbian tourist), and i saw only that flaktürme at the start of the video. Park is great, so many people resting there, but that tower is not a museum. After ww2, Austrians and new occupiers, they tried to destroy the tower, but the tower remained only slightly injured, while around shattered glass on hundreds of windows.
Would love to see these in person. I remember playing Medal of Honour air Bourne and thing they had mad these up. I think they are fascinating
+Josh Francis I used to play that game too and assumed the same as you, as the idea seemed so fantastical. The one in the game looks like it was based on the first one in this film.
+Josh Francis im playing that mission right now, i really thought these were fake, as a ww2 buff i cant believe i never heard of these
the 3 pairs of flaktürme or flak (aa-gun) towers in vienna always where built up of one gun tower ,the bigger ones like the round one you show first (geschützturm or shortened g-turm) and one control tower (leitturm or shortened l-turm), like the second one in your video, the smaller rectangular one.
the mickey mouse ears you refer to are meant to have a smaller 2cm aa-gun on top (with up to 4 gun barrells each) to protect from low level attack fighters. the main weapons where 4 12,8cm double barreled aa guns (12,8cm flak zwilling 40). the recoil of the guns was so intense that the whole tower was shaking and vibrating. because of this the control tower had none of these, because the meassuring and detection equipment would malfunction.
the first pair you showed in augarten is the last one built in nazi germany and are of the so called type 3. first one in your video (the round one) has been damaged due to a fire started by playing kids after the war in 1946. around 2000 grenades, still stored there, exploded.
the tower you didn´t show, is inside a garison and is used as emergency shelter for the government. some are used as data storage and storage rooms for art. the round one in augarten is not used anymore, also because of the damage through the explosions in 1946. there is quite a bit of controversy how to put the other ones to use, but i don´t think that will ever happen. they are talking 70 years now...
The sticky out things might be refereed to as "flying butrices". (unless that's solely used for aesthetic ones)
But they could either be to support a platform, or maybe deflect oncoming missiles, as explosions only cause maximum damage if they're dead on, rather than several feet out.
+Larry Bundy Jr I wonder, in addition, if they doubled as banner holders. Old photos I have seen definitely give me the impression that the Nazis loved pageantry.
hi larry
I did some research.
Those concrete "needles" so called "Kragträger" in german, I think the english word ist cantilever beam, that protrude out horizontally are supports for cranes.
BTW I live close to the one in Augarten.
The one at 8:52 is built like a castle! With 4 circular anti aircraft housings... super cool
Thanks for sharing this video - very interesting.
That first tower is super cool
Thanks for the correction. I have changed it where I can (cannot change the video error though).
Haha. I'm lifing near 'Augarten' greetings from Vienna ^-^ d
Hi are all the towers within walking distance? are they east to find?
Why take it down.... It would make a great home, just think of it or apartments, offices, shop. It is a great tower and some people are just to small minded to see it.
Toothpick1977 I'm surprised that the Austrians being such an ingenious people didn't put them to good use......it may belong to a dark past,but they are there to stay.....use them! Maybe a museum.....I'm sure they just walk past them and don't even see them.
Toothpick1977 I'm surprised that the Austrians being such an ingenious people didn't put them to good use......it may belong to a dark past,but they are there to stay.....use them! Maybe a museum.....I'm sure they just walk past them and don't even see them.
That's like 50 metres of solid concrete. I'm guessing it's not cheap.
Adrian Otero Believe me...I see and ♡ them
Very nice movie!! the flak towers are the now a museum?
I was there in Augarten park (as serbian tourist), and i saw only that flaktürme at the start of the video.
Park is great, so many people resting there, but that tower is not a museum.
After ww2, Austrians and new occupiers, they tried to destroy the tower, but the tower remained only slightly injured, while around shattered glass on hundreds of windows.
Gambino Gambinos Thank you for the information.some day i go look here :D
The old turn the flak tower into an aquarium trick
Augarten is central Vienna..not east
FLAK stands for FliegerAbwehrKanone. during air raides it sheltered 10,000 civilians. why didn't they blow them up after WW2? spooky.
They where built to strong, and believe me the Russians tried...
I am from Austria
so what?
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