About this creation
This is my 88 mm flak AT (antitank) and AA (antiaircraft) gun.
Some information about the Flak 88 mm.
The German eighty-eight is probably the best known artillery piece of World War II. It was not one gun, but a series of anti-aircraft guns officially called the 8,8 cm Flak 18, 36 or 37, and could also include newer and more powerful models, the FlaK 41 and 43, although these were different weapons. FlaK is a German short form of Flugabwehr-Kanone (hence the capital K, nowadays one word) meaning anti-aircraft gun, the original purpose of the eighty-eight.
Success as an improvised antitank gun led to a separate line of guns for anti-tank use, referred to as PaK 88 (Panzerabwehrkanone, anti-tank gun) and as the main armament for tanks such as the Tiger 1.
In informal German use, the guns were universally known as the Acht-acht, a contraction of Acht-komma-acht Zentimeter (8.8 cm = 88 mm). However, the term "ack ack" (used by English-speaking Allied forces to denote anti-aircraft fire) is not derived from "acht acht" although this had been suggested. "Ack ack" dates from the First World War, long before the 88 mm gun. For better comprehension over the telephone lines used for communcatons abbrevations such as "AA" for "anti-aircraft" were spelled out using the Signallers' Alphabet[1],( incorporated into the RAF phonetic alphabet, a precursor to the modern NATO phonetic alphabet) in which the letter "a" is "ack". By World War II the German word "FlaK" was the preferred term among Allied aircrew and air planners for German AA fire.
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February 25, 2009 |
IT THE BOMB DUDE LOL I LIKE IT I LOVE WORLD WAR 2 AND IT COOL U CAN MAKE THE 88 OUT OF LEGOS ANY ITS COOL
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January 25, 2009 |
Hou la wery le bon amour le fait d'emprunter!!!! refroidissez-vous!! |
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October 14, 2008 |
Gaaf! ik wist niet hoe een Flak eruit zag,maar het ziet er mooi uit! Alsjeblieft,geef effe commentaar op m'n UZI smg. Dank. |
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Judging the size of the barrel and the seats, it dosent look like an 8.8cm. Look at some pictures online, almost all of the 88s DO NOT have a blast guard in front. Also the barrel is wa to skinny and the flair at the end is not part of the barrel. The 8.8cm FlaK 88 has a long tapering barrel.
If you are to have a blast guard, it wraps around the side a bit, and the legs fold up and lock into two sets of wheels so it forms a trailer that can be towed by any tank, tank destroyer, SkKfz 222, SdKfz, 234, 231, 251 or Opel Blitz.
Good, but it dosent look totally like an 88. |
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Vincent van Zwet May 25, 2006 |
Ziet er super uit, heel strak. |
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April 17, 2006 |
Koeleren Thom, hoe krijg je dat voor elkaar, netjes hoor! Wanneer krijgen we meer te zien? |
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March 2, 2006 |
second best 88 i've seen :) :) :) ;) :0 ;0 :-0 |
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March 1, 2006 |
First off, thanks for the review on my Santa. Second, I'm glad to be the first reviewer of this MOC. I love history and think it's great that you're looking back in time for inspiration for some of your models. Love the details on your Flak 88 mm. Keep up the great work! |
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