88mm flakpanzer

[oz]

ROFLMAO what a troll..............

sorry rivet, all i got was as bob says" then its all BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH.

[bubbajoexx]

This is a Hornisse with 8,8-cm-Pak 43/1  this is the only 88 that i have ever seen in a panzer 4 hull and this is the same hull as the hummel

[Saxondog]

That is to cool,I want one in the front yard.After noon target practice at barges on the Mississippi.And the camo is accurate? Is there a kit available?Sax

[nibelungenwerk]

And so do I    and still thinking about my winterproject with the 88mm

cheers
Steen

Steen and anybody interested in the 88
Can I suggest you get a book titled The German 88 gun in combat by Janusz Piekalkiewicz isbn 9780887403415
It is a brilliant book covering the 88mm there is a concise history of the gun and more importantly lots of photos of the gun in use.
It was used on all fronts from starting in the Spanish Civil War right up to the fall of Berlin indeed the last shot of the war were probably an 88mm from a bunker at the berlin zoo.
There are lots of possibilities for a winter project!

[Plastic scouser]

There was always the field modified panzer IV with the 88


Cheers Ian

[Rivetcounter]

Excellent find Ian where did you get them? These pictures are a worthy argument; they have cut the entire fighting compartment away to get the gun in place so the driver wouldn’t have had any armour in front or to the sides, do you know anything about it which unit it belonged to, I can see that it’s in a collection point in France and possibly in the American sector also the gun is a Flak 37, I cant make out any Zimmerite on the tank, the bottom two pictures are the same tank but is the top picture the same tank before the tracks where removed   

[oz]

good pics mate, very VERY good pics indeed  ....................oz

[Plastic scouser]

Hi Rivet,

I don't know which unit they belonged to, but the pictures were taken at Pilsen airfield in the then Czechoslovakia.
Seen these pics on various forums such axis history forum, missing links and some Czech forum.
Heres another pic notice the gun travel lock

Cheers Ian

[Rivetcounter]

Ian,
I noticed that in the first picture but not the last two which is why I thought there may have been two but then it could have been moved with the tracks