Bolt Action - Waffen-SS 8.8cm Flak 37 Thunder Junction fighting alongside mice

fighting alongside mice

the Germans produced a lighter

It was used throughout the war in most theatres and gave much needed support to the hard-pressed infantry

the 47/32 was an effective anti-tank platform in the earlier stages of the war

Tests on captured IS2 ‘Stalin’ tanks showed its HEAT anti-armour warhead was able to penetrate up to 300mm of armour at 1200m

Bolt Action - Waffen-SS 8.8cm Flak 37 Thunder Junction fighting alongside miceOriginally developed as an anti aircraft weapon, the Flak 37 8. 8cm (or Eighty eight as it became known by Allied troops) had a high muzzle velocity, making it an exceptionally deadly anti tank weapon as many Allied tank crews would learn to their peril. The 88 could also be deployed as a conventional artillery piece as one infantryman noted, the 88 was 'anti everything' The 88 saw service on all fronts in which the Germans fought during WWII,