Flak (disambiguation)

Flak was introduced to the English language in World War II to refer to the anti-aircraft fire from anti-aircraft guns, from the German Flugabwehrkanone (Flak), for "aircraft defence cannon".

Flak may also refer to:

Warfare

• Flak tower, a defensive structure

People

• Simon Flak (1923–1999), Franco-Polish footballer and manager

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Flak, a fictional commanding officer in the video game Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
• F.L.A.K., a fictional weapon in the G.I. Joe universe
• FL4K, a fictional wandering robot in the video game Borderlands 3

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Flak (video game), an 8-bit computer game published in 1984 by Funsoft
• Flak, a UK band whose music has featured in Malcolm in the Middle
• Flak Magazine, an American online magazine, founded in 1998

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

• FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec), an audio data compression scheme
• Flak or Flack, an informal term for a media relations representative
• Flack (disambiguation)