New 88 Thread

[CJD88]

My dad was wounded in the south of France in WWII, serving in the Battle of The Bulge. He served in the 100th Division 397th regiment. I am fortunate that my dad, 83 yrs young now, is still with us by the grace of God. He and his sargeant, Joe Funaro were both hit by a German 88. I have always wondered what one of those looked like. Where might I find of picture of one? Is there anyone that could help me with locate one? Please email me a picture or either a link to find this german tank. Thank you ahead of time.

cjdonahoo@hotmail.com

[Sloniksp]

hope this helps

[Martin Bull]

Hello CJD88...

Here is a pic of an 88mm armour-piercing shell ; a very unpleasant thing to be on the receiving end of....

[Von Poop]

Comprehensive photo survey of an '88' here:
88mm Flak 36 Walk Around Page 1
That's the kind of classic Anti-tank configuration, but 88mm weapons came in a variety of forms, both on carriages and mounted on vehicles.
Various 88's are described in this contemporary publication:
Lone Sentry: The New 88 and Its Carriages (German Panzers, 88mm Flak, Jagdpanther, Royal Tiger, Tiger II) (WWII Intelligence Bulletin)


Bear in mind that as seemingly every tank spotted was identified as a 'Tiger' then nearly every incoming shell was an '88' in the mind of the PBI.

Cheers, (and welcome)
Adam.

[I Jester I]

is thats armed? like if it fell or got hit hard enough would it exploded cuz i heard a story of a guy how had a shell as on his desk and he smcked it and in exlpoede killing him.

[Erich]

how about the real thing via the Finnish museum or via it's military ? Kai can confirm this probably

[Erich]

well I cannot seem to add to the above but here ya go with what I think CDJ88's relative was hit by : incidently I hope has not run off.....

German 105 mm Gun - Howitzer

good site too

[White Flight]

Howdy CJD

Here's some info:

Video: Setup procedure for German WW2 8.8cm.
Setup procedure for German WW2 8.8cm flak

Information and photos:

88 mm gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

GERMAN 88mm Gun

[Erich]

a couple of sequence in video format. first one has some AT pieces the Flak 41 in low slung form is pictured for a half a moment

YouTube - WW2 German Pak-88 Anti-tank canon

the 8.8cm in dual purpose role, Heer and Afrika Korps plus looks to be Ost front as well ?

YouTube - Setup procedure for German WW2 8.8cm flak

and a last one of primarily Rommel and the Afrika Korp

YouTube - Flak 88

[Mussolini]

*BUMP* New Thread _ Please Keep All Banter ON TOPIC This Time!

[Von Poop]

On 88s,
I've got a longstanding hunt on for pictures of the 88 in postwar Spanish service, It was one of the first questions that lured me into internet forums nearly 2 years ago.

Closest I've got (at least a preserved gun) was on this site:
MUSEO MILITAR DE LA CORUÑA
And an abortive attempt to find more from the Spanish Military history institute:
Instituto de Historia y Cultura Militar del Ejército de Tierra Español
(descended into internet translation and just got too peculiar...)

• I think it remained in service until late 70's, possibly even 80s.
• I'm reasonably certain it was produced under licence there, but still have no official designation to help with searches.
• I'm also pretty sure the Sd.Kfz.7 was used as a tractor, just as it was by the Germans.

I've only seen one grainy general shot of a parade with the guns in, surely there must be other clear pictures out there?

Cheers,
Adam.

[FramerT]

German 88 in a Google image search brought about a million hits.

German 88 - Google Image Search

[Roddoss72]

Originally Posted by CJD88

My dad was wounded in the south of France in WWII, serving in the Battle of The Bulge. He served in the 100th Division 397th regiment. I am fortunate that my dad, 83 yrs young now, is still with us by the grace of God. He and his sargeant, Joe Funaro were both hit by a German 88. I have always wondered what one of those looked like. Where might I find of picture of one? Is there anyone that could help me with locate one? Please email me a picture or either a link to find this german tank. Thank you ahead of time.

cjdonahoo@hotmail.com

You should clarify your statement by saying they were hit by plinters from an 88, if they had been hit by an 88 even Abby out of NCIS would find no DNA, no one survived been hit by a 27 kilo bullet.

[Slipdigit]

what are "plinters"? Haven't hear tell of that before.

[Roddoss72]

Originally Posted by Slipdigit

what are "plinters"? Haven't hear tell of that before.

Hya slipper, slippy or whatever, "Spilnters", next time you stuff up on a word, i'll let you know, Mr. Perfection.

Regards
Roddoss72

[Martin Bull]

Come on guys - loosen up a little. This thread seems to cause more trouble than it's worth.....

[Slipdigit]

Get a grip, Rod, it was only a joke.