8.8cm FLAK 36, rebuilt at the Italian Terni arsenal postwar. I also see the rear corner of an M8 or M20 Greyhound armored car and the front end of a PAK 40 amti tank gun.
My dad calls them “roof removers.” In the Eifel, all roofs are tile: slate on the German side, calf-tiles on the Belgian side. If an 88 shell hit anywhere near the town, every single roof immediately unloaded its contents into the street. His outfit had more casualties from roof tiles than from shrapnel or tree bursts.
November 2nd, 2015 at 6:10 pm
90mm aa gun? 88 if the picture was taken in Germany.
November 2nd, 2015 at 6:14 pm
8.8 cm Flak 36
November 2nd, 2015 at 6:16 pm
Also a great antitank gun.
November 2nd, 2015 at 6:17 pm
8.8cm FLAK 36, rebuilt at the Italian Terni arsenal postwar. I also see the rear corner of an M8 or M20 Greyhound armored car and the front end of a PAK 40 amti tank gun.
November 2nd, 2015 at 8:25 pm
That WW2 infantryman is still looking for “The guy wot invented the 88”.
http://www.warfoto.com/ba07.jpg
November 2nd, 2015 at 10:04 pm
Both Uncle Jim and Father-in-law Joe also wanted to find “the guy wot invented the 88.”
November 2nd, 2015 at 11:13 pm
My dad calls them “roof removers.” In the Eifel, all roofs are tile: slate on the German side, calf-tiles on the Belgian side. If an 88 shell hit anywhere near the town, every single roof immediately unloaded its contents into the street. His outfit had more casualties from roof tiles than from shrapnel or tree bursts.
November 3rd, 2015 at 1:10 am
WWII GIs used to say that the German 88 converted more men to Christianity than Peter and Paul combined.