Organization
Flak corps were large organizations of pre-existing AA units (regiments, brigades, and divisions) rather than being formed as new units from scratch. In 1943 Allied intelligence noted:
The Flak Corps is a wartime organization, and constitutes an operational reserve of the commander in chief of the German Air Force. It combines great mobility with heavy fire power. It can be employed in conjunction with spearheads composed of armored and motorized forces, and with nonmotorized troops in forcing river crossings and attacking fortified positions. It can also be deployed as highly mobile artillery to support tank attacks.
Flak corps did not include the majority of the Germany's flak force. Even considering only the Luftwaffe's flak units dedicated to direct support of Wehrmacht ground troops, most of them were not subordinated to flak corps.
Flak corps were either partially motorized or fully motorized, depending on the degree of motorization of their subordinate units.
The following orders of battle depict typical flak corps organizations in 1940 and 1944:
II Flak Corps, August 1, 1940:
- Flak Regiment 103 with three mixed AA battalions and two light AA battalions
- Flak Regiment 201 with three mixed AA battalions and one light AA battalion
- Flak Regiment 202 with three mixed AA battalions and one light AA battalion
III Flak Corps, June 6, 1944:
- Flak-Sturm Regiment 1 with two mixed AA battalions
- Flak-Sturm Regiment 2 with two mixed AA battalions and one light AA battalion
- Flak-Sturm Regiment 3 with two mixed AA battalions and one light AA battalion
- Flak-Sturm Regiment 4 with three mixed AA battalions and one light AA battalion
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