Flak (disambiguation)

Flak typically refers to the anti-aircraft fire coming at one from anti-aircraft guns, derived during World War II from the German Flugabwehrkanone, for "aircraft defence cannon" in turn derived from Flugabwehrgeschütz (flag).

Flak may also refer to:

Warfare

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Other uses

  • Flak, intense criticism, a metaphor derived from intense anti-aircraft gunfire
  • "Flak", a class of the Propaganda model advanced by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
  • Flak, "flat land" or "flat sandbank", a component of Germanic language area place names, e.g. Flakfortet
  • Flak jacket, protective clothing worn by soldiers and others to protect themselves from debris and shrapnel

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.