Restored 88 doing some testfiring

[Grampa]

Ok it's not a aircraft but this gun have some connection to them.
Is the 88 most effective heavy AA-gun in the WW2?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0aHnFo5CI8

 

[Jack_Hill]

Wow !
I love New Zealand !
Direction is impressive.
but it would have been better with real live charges, making real big booms and long recoils !

 

[Njaco]

Is the 88 most effective heavy AA-gun in the WW2?

I would say 'Yes' - it appears to me to have been the most effective and most adaptable of all the guns during the war.

 

[Crimea_River]

Neat! Thanks for posting, and I agree with Chris.

 

[Crew102]

Here is a link to a pdf file for the German 88 for anyone that is interested in more info.
It's a tech manual with all the goodies inside.

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/TM/PDFs/TME9-369A_Germ88.pdf

 

[Capt. Vick]

Damn! Look at how fast that thing can traverse!

 

[Airframes]

Nice one. Now, let me borrow that, and about 2 or 3 rounds of live HE - I have a target in mind, a rather large building, near a big old clock tower .......