8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
The 88 mm gun (eighty-eight) is a German anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun from World War II. They were widely used throughout the war, and could be found on almost every battlefield. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns. The name applies to a series of anti- aircraft guns officially called the 8,8 cm FlaK 18, 36 or 37. FlaK is a German contraction of either Flugzeugabwehr- Kanone or Flugabwehr-Kanone (hence the capital K) meaning anti-aircraft gun, the original purpose of the eighty- eight. In informal German use, the guns were universally known as the Acht-acht (8-8), a contraction of Acht-komma- acht Zentimeter (German: "8,8 cm" - comma being used as the decimal separator in German). The name could...
ISBN: 978-6-1306-8602-4
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Дата выхода: июль 2011
