C&R · IV · 086
2cm Flak 30 anti-aircraft gun
Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 84 ↗
German, Flak 30, 2cm anti-aircraft machinegun.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1934–1945.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 84 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “2 cm Flak 30, Flak 38 and Flakvierling 38” ↗, maker: 'Rheinmetall then started an adaptation of the C/30 for Army use, producing the 2 cm Flak 30'; infobox manufacturer Rheinmetall-Borsig, Mauser, Ostmarkwerk
- 2. Wikipedia, “2 cm Flak 30, Flak 38 and Flakvierling 38” ↗, years: Flak 30 infobox production date 1934–1945, service April 1934–1945
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- None
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “2cmFlak30IWMApril2008.jpg” by Andrew Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “2 cm Flak 30, Flak 38 and Flakvierling 38”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Flak 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 numerously produced German artillery piece throughout the war. It was produced in a variety of models, notably the Flakvierling 38 which combined four Flak 38 autocannons onto a single carriage.