88mm Flak 18/36/37 in action during WWII

A compilation of the 88mm Flak 18/36/37 gun in action from North Africa to the Eastern Front with Axis forces during the Second World War, in the nominal anti-aircraft role as well as an anti-tank, anti-shipping and field artillery weapon

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

The 88 was the most underrecocnized weapon of the war. Period. It could do anything.

[@budisantoso1975]

With 20 round per minute ..this absolutely the most feared gun by both Allied and Red Army in WW2 as they can be used to hit anything in battle (air target, cavalry, bunker, even as artillery). Just change the ammo type and they're deadly to go!

[@fitt4393]

true man

[@endutubecensorship]

3:09 That's a crazy rate of fire

[@hw97karbine]

The breech operated semi-automatically, ejecting the spent shell and closing as soon as a new round was chambered, this meant the gun could fire as fast as it could be loaded.

[@endutubecensorship]

@@hw97karbine Thank you for the reply. I figured that from seeing that piece of film elsewhere.
It's just crazy to imagine how much fire an 88 could throw down if needed.

[@telurkucing5006]

@@hw97karbine I saw multiple time gun shoot just after breech close, did they just jury rigged the trigger to shoot immedietly after breech closed?

[@17cmmittlererminenwerfer81]

Finally no fake soundtracks like on all the WW2 channels.

[@Jreb1865]

Wow...Thanks for the vid. Never seen most of it. If you look close, some of those cannon barrels have a good number of kill rings, probably from tanks on the Eastern Front...

[@jamesbaker7112]

God job not adding sound effects or music. There is nothing wrong with silence.

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

Accuracy. Dependability. Mobility. The Queen of the Air and Ground. No one had anything better. The End

[@tholei11]

Kommandogerät 40 - It was able to detect a target at an altitude of up to 12,000 meters over a distance of 1,200 to 18,000 meters. The device aimed at the target using the Em-4m-R40 rangefinder, and then calculated the parameters, i.e. the lifting angle of the tubes, the direction of firing and the relevant data for timing the fuzes. The information was transmitted directly to the gun divisions by cable . Analog computer technology of the late 30s . 5:40 .

[@michaelwhitman1247]

Military brilliance of the highest class

[@trickydicky2908]

The guns seem to wobble a lot after firing. You'd have to let them steady up after firing.

[@nelsonic84nelson25]

I came here from an old demolition ranch video. Remember those sabot slugs you gave to him?

[@hw97karbine]

good times :)

[@telurkucing5006]

0:59 what kind variant is this? I never know they had assisted loader like that for 88

[@tomr9661]

Great footage.

[@dave.of.the.forrest]

At 0:16 the 7 round human magazine

[@allgood6760]

Lethal!

[@yazyanuar1484]

Where is the sound

[@bensmith7536]

The sound recorder guy apparently didnt plug the mic in, happened a lot back then.

[@mikkel066h]

If only they had the radio fuse the Americans invented doing the war. These cannons would be the best to deal with bombers and fighters alike.

[@pak3ton]

let it go :v

[@johnb7644]

Americans and British proximity fuse,