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During the war German 88 mm guns were involved in 377 combat engagements, only 31 were against enemy aircraft. [citation needed] The use of the 88 mm in direct support of the infantry brought the gun crews in close proximity to the enemy and made the crews susceptible to infantry fire. Casualties among the legion's 88 mm gun batteries in the ...
The designation "L/56" means the barrel is 56 times 88 mm - about 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in). The longer the tube is in relation to its bore, the higher the muzzle velocity it can generate on fixed charge. A longer gun barrel allows the expanding gas from the shell's charge to act on the projectile longer than a short barrel, imparting it more velocity ...
With the increase of aircraft performance, many armies developed dedicated AA guns with a high muzzle velocity – allowing the projectiles to reach greater altitudes. The first such German gun, the Flak 16, was introduced in 1917, using the 88 mm caliber, common in the Kaiserliche Marine. [2]
88 × 822mm R [1] Shell weight: 7.3 kg (16 lb) Armor-piercing composite rigid (APCR) Pzgr 40/43: Caliber: 88 mm (3.46 in) Breech: Semi-automatic vertical sliding-block: Recoil: Hydro-pneumatic: Carriage: Cruciform mount Pak 43 Split trail Pak 43/41: Elevation-8° to +40° Pak 43-5° to +38° Pak 43/41: Traverse: 360° Pak 43 56° Pak 43/41 ...
Diameter (mm) Weapon name Country of origin Period 20 mm (0.79 in) Breda Model 35 Kingdom of Italy World War II 20 mm (0.79 in) Madsen 20 mm cannon Denmark World War II
Pages in category "88 mm artillery" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 8.8 cm Flak 16;
The Wa Prüf report estimated that the Tiger's 88 mm gun would be capable of penetrating the differential case of an American M4 Sherman from 2,100 m (1.3 mi) and the turret front from 1,800 m (1.1 mi), but the Tiger's 88 mm gun would not penetrate the upper glacis plate at any range assuming a side angle of 30 degrees. The M4 Sherman's 75 mm ...
The 8.8 cm SK C/35 gun weighed 776 kilograms (1,711 lb) and had an overall length of 3.985 meters (13 ft 0.9 in) with a vertical sliding-block breech.The gun fired a 9.5 kg (21 lb) projectile 88 mm in diameter, and the barrel is sometimes described as 45 caliber.