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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 ...
The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recognized German weapons of the conflict. The gun was universally known as the Acht-acht ("eight-eight") by the Germans and the "eighty-eight" by the Allies.
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 8.8 cm Flak 16 was a German 8.8 cm anti-aircraft gun from World War I, forerunner of the 8,8 cm FlaK/PaK Flak 18/36/37 of World War II. Its contemporary name was the 8,8 cm K.Zugflak L/45 . Development
88 mm FlaK 18 auf Zugkraftwagen 12t: 88 mm antiaircraft version of the Sd.Kfz. 8: 88 mm FlaK 18 auf Zugkraftwagen 18t: 88 mm antiaircraft version of the Sd.Kfz. 9: 88 mm FlaK 37 auf Sonderfahrgestell: 88 mm antiaircraft version of specially designed chassis based on the Panzer IV: 88 mm PaK 43/1 auf Geschützwagen III/IV: full title of the Nashorn
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
Ten 8.8 cm Flak 18 anti-aircraft guns were mounted on pedestals on DB s8 and DB 9 chassis in 1939 as the 8.8 cm Flak 18 (Sfl.) auf Zugkraftwagen 12t (Sd.Kfz. 8) — also known as the Bunkerflak or Bufla — for anti-tank duties. A gun shield was provided for the gun, but the gun crew had no other protection. The driver's cab was replaced by a ...
The Maritime Reconnaissance Staffel 88 (German: Aufklärungsstaffel See 88) was the Condor Legion's maritime unit under the command of Karl Heinz Wolff. Operating independently of the land-based division, it acted against enemy shipping, ports, coastal communications and occasionally inland targets such as bridges. [70]