Originally developed as an anti-aircraft weapon, the Flak 37 8.8cm (or Eighty-eight as it was known to Allied troops) had a high muzzle velocity to allow it to achieve the highest ranges of which modern bombers were capable of at the time. This would make it an exceptionally lethal anti-tank weapon, as many Allied tank crews would learn to their peril. The 88th could also be deployed as a conventional artillery piece; as one infantryman noted, the 88th was 'anti-everything'...
The 88's fearsome reputation grew enormously during its service in the Western Desert, where it was one of the few weapons capable of taking on British Matilda II infantry tanks.
Able to fire accurately while still attached to its wheeled carriages, penetrating armor plate up to 108 mm thick at ranges up to 1,100 yards, the 88 could be fully deployed on its cruciform firing platform and ready to fire at approximately two and a half minutes.
Many 88s were equipped with a large coat of arms, although in the desert there were many examples of this being dispensed with.
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Use the Flak 37 as Rommel did in the Western Desert, well positioned with an open field of fire as far as possible from the range of enemy units and well entrenched. Use the super heavy anti-tank gun on a rotating platform to destroy enemy armor from far distances. With the addition of an observer in a forward deployed position transmitting coordinates, nothing will be safe!
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