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The name of the gun applies to a series of related guns, the first one officially called the 8.8 cm Flak 18, the improved 8.8 cm Flak 36, and later the 8.8 cm Flak 37. [N 2] Flak is a contraction of German Flugabwehrkanone (also referred to as Fliegerabwehrkanone) [11] [N 3] meaning "aircraft-defense cannon", the original purpose of the weapon.
The Pak 43 (Panzerabwehrkanone 43 and Panzerjägerkanone 43 [2] [3] [4]) was a German 8.8 cm anti-tank gun developed by Krupp in competition with the Rheinmetall 8.8 cm Flak 41 anti-aircraft gun and used during World War II.
C, or Pz. Sfl. IVc. also known as Grille 10, the 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Sonderfahrgestell ("on special chassis"), was a German mobile gun platform for the widespread 8.8 cm anti-aircraft/anti-tank gun, built in 1941. It was a lightly armoured vehicle. [1] Only 3 prototypes were produced.
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8.8 cm Flak 16; 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41; 8.8 cm KwK 36; 8.8 cm KwK 43; 8.8 cm Pak 43; 8.8 cm SK C/30 naval gun; 8.8 cm SK C/31 naval gun; 8.8 cm SK C/32 naval gun;
8.8 cm KwK 36 L/56 - The predecessor of the 8.8 cm KwK 43 which was mounted on the Tiger I. 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 - The prominent anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapon with which the 8.8 cm KwK 43 is often confused.
The German 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 (1941), with a muzzle velocity of 1000 m / s, better known as "aht und aht" in its variants Flak 18, Flak 36, Flak 37 and Flak 41 was an unsurpassed achievement for that time artillery technology.
2.8 cm sPzB 41: 1941: 229 kg (505 lb) ... 8.8 cm Flak 36, colloquially known as "eighty-eight," it was the dreaded German tank killer of the World War II.