2cm FLAK30 gun has as protective shield against small arms fire, but Germans discovered this projected a large protruding silhouette to the enemy, hence these shields were dismantled by mid war years. Spare ammo clips storage bins bolted to fold-down grid panels, helmets and ammo boxes on gun platform. Mesh screen for the panels were cut from VERLINDEN mesh screen sheet. Model painted overall TAMIYA German Grey, desk surface details were highlighted via dry brushing TESTOR Desert Tan.

FLAK in German stands for Flugabwehrkanone meaning Flight Anti-Cannon, hence the gun full designation was 2cm Flugabwehrkanone 30 (FLAK30). Note German engineering culture preferred usage of centimeters (cm) as compared with American usage of millimeters (mm). FLAK30 gun was developed in 1920s by Rheinmetall in towed fashion by motorized or horse-drawn transports. It fired like a large heavy machine gun with ammo feed from box magazines.

In addition, FLAK also adopted into American vernacular from heavy US bombing campaigns against German industrial centers 1942-1945. Although German fighters brought down majority of US bombers during the war, bomber crews absolutely hated FLAK since they had no defensive option except to endure this enemy fire.