WW2 GERMAN 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN UP CLOSE

The 88mm gun or Flak 88 was a German dual purpose weapon deployed in both anti-aircraft and anti-tank roles in WWIl.
Over 21,300 were produced during the war.
Secretly developed in the 1920s, against the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the gun was first deployed in action during the Spanish Civil War.

A well trained crew could bring the gun into action in about two and a half minutes. It was a powerful anti-tank weapon able to penetrate over 84mm of armour at a range of around 2,000 metres, making the 88 one of the most formidable weapons of WWIl.

On display at the Batterie Todt Museum in Audinghen, Northern France, and normally off limits to the public, this 88mm gun is in great condition and there are several markings near the breach which indicate it was built in early 1944. The mechanism to turn the gun still works too!
The gun’s history is documented too and it served in an anti aircraft batterie in Finland before being re-homed at the museum after the war.

Who’s been to the Batterie Todt Museum? Who’s seen an 88 up close and where?

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