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The 8.8 cm Flak 18 (Sfl.) auf Zugkraftwagen 12t (Sd.Kfz. 8) consisted of a 8.8cm Flak 18 gun mounted on a pedestal in the rear of a Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track heavy artillery tractor ("DB s8" or "DB 9" model). A gun shield was provided for the 88, but the gun crew had no other protection. The driver's cab was replaced by a lower, armored cupola and ...
7.7 cm FlaK L/27 German Empire: World War I 77 7.7 cm FlaK L/35 German Empire: World War I 80 8 cm Luftvärnskanon m/40 Sweden: Interwar / World War II / Cold War 83.5 8.35 cm PL kanon vz. 22 Czechoslovakia: World War II 85 85-mm air-defense gun M1939 (52-K) Soviet Union: World War II 88 FlaK 16 German Empire: World War I 88 FlaK 18 Nazi Germany
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.
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.
The Device Identification, Registration, and Blocking System (DIRBS) is an initiative launched by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to regulate the use of mobile devices in the country. Introduced in 2018, this system aims to combat the issues of smuggled, counterfeit, and non-compliant mobile phones while ensuring proper ...
The Flak 38 was introduced as a competitor to the 8.8 cm Flak 18. In this role it proved to be too heavy for field use while having roughly similar performance as the 88 mm, therefore it was used primarily in static mounts. [2] The Flak 39 was an improved version, which replaced the electrical gun laying system with a mechanical one.
The 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 Puppchen [b] [3] was an 88 mm calibre reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by Nazi Germany during World War II.. Raketenwerfer 43 was given to infantry to bolster their anti-tank capability.
East Pakistan Rifles (now the Border Guards Bangladesh) Federal Security Force, a secret police from 1972-1977; Gilgit Scouts (now the fully military Northern Light Infantry Regiment but see Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts above) Khasadar, disbanded in 2019; Mehran Force, replaced by the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) Razakar in East Pakistan