Service Data:
In Service: 1933 to 1945
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Krupp
Number built: 18,295
Technical Data:
Type: Flugabwehrkanone
Calibre: 8.8 cm
Length: 4.930 m
Weight: 4,985 kg
Breech: horizontal semi-automatic sliding block, percussion
fired
Recoil:
Carriage: cruciform
Elevation: -3° to +85°
Traverse: 720�
Rate of fire: 15 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 820 m/s
Effective range: 14,815 m
Shell Weight: 9.40 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
8.8 cm Flak 18
8.8 cm Flak 36
8.8 cm Flak 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: Anti-Aircraft
Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37 (8.8 cm Flugabwehrkanone 18/36 and
37)
8.8
cm Flak 37 (Sf) auf Fgst Zgkw 18t Sd.Kfz. 9
8.8
cm Flak 18 (Sf) auf Fgst Zgkw 12t Sd.Kfz. 8
Gallery:
The first clip shows a 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37 being fired in
action. The second clip shows the 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37 being
towed by a
Sd.Kfz.
11 and being deployed for action.
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Artillery in World War II. 1939-1945.
ISBN-10: 0887407625
German Artillery of World War Two.
ISBN-10: 1853672610
German infantry weapons of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0882543725
German Small Arms of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0896730239
For a complete list of
sources
