Service Data:
In Service: 1943 to 1945
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Krupp
Number built:
Technical Data:
Type: Kampfwagenkanone / Sturmkanone
Calibre: 8.8 cm
Length: 6.248 m
Weight: 4,380 kg
Breech: horizontal semi-automatic sliding block, electrically
fired
Recoil:
Carriage: turret
Elevation: -7.4° to +15°
Tiger
II Ausf. B
Traverse: 360�
Sight: TZF9b, TZF9d
Ammunition: Pzgr. Pzgr.39-1 Pzgr.40/43
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 1,000 m/s Pzgr.39-1
Effective range: 17,500 m
Shell Weight: 23.00 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
8.8
cm Flak 18/36/37
8.8
cm Flak 41
8.8 cm
PaK 43
8.8
cm PaK 43/41
8.8 cm
PaK 43/2
8.8 cm
PaK 43/3
8.8 cm
PaK 43/4
8.8 cm KwK 43
8.8 cm StuK 43
Other: Panzer Armaments
Articles:
History:
The 8.8 cm KwK 43 L71 or (8.8 cm Kampfwagenkanone 43 L71)
was known under a number of names
8.8
cm PaK 43 L71 (8.8 cm Panzerabwehrkanone 43 L71), 8.8
cm StuK 43 (8.8 cm Sturmkanone 43 L71) was the main armamemet
for
Tiger II Ausf.
B
Ferdinand
/ Elephant Sd.Kfz. 184
The main ammunition round used was the Panzergranate 39-1
which could penetrate up to 202 mm of armour plate at a range
of 100 metres and 185 mm at a range of 500 metres
Gallery:
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Military Vehicles.
ISBN-10: 087349783X
Armoured Fighting Vehicles of Germany World War II.
ISBN-10: 0214203077
Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World Two.
ISBN-10: 1854095188
For a complete list of
sources
