8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by jopaerya » 18 Oct 2009, 17:24

Hello

Here a very blurry but special picture of the 8.8 cm PaK 43/3 in Befehlslafette in a field made bettung .

Photo= Ebay.usa

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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by Manuferey » 30 Mar 2010, 00:27

A 8,8 cm Pak 43/3 in Berlin in 1946 with two US soldiers (from ebay.com):

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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by festung st malo » 01 Apr 2010, 14:01

Festung st malo:Ra 111
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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by Manuferey » 02 Apr 2010, 00:46

Bonjour Festung St Malo,

The gun on your picture is a Pak 43/41 not a Pak 43/3. :)

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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by festung st malo » 06 Apr 2010, 01:19

yes Emmanuel, I struck that after afflicted
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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by Manuferey » 07 Nov 2010, 15:53

Another 8,8 cm Pak 43/3 possibly in the Vosges area with a 2 cm Flak 30 in the foreground (photo NARA):

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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by Manuferey » 05 Feb 2011, 16:44

Front view of a 8,8 cm Pak43/3 with the "Saukopf" captured in Germany in 1945:

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(Source: http://www.oldhickory30th.com/Willi17.jpg)

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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by Manuferey » 05 Aug 2011, 18:50

Here is a picture of a Pak43/3 taken in 1945 near Kandel, Germany, by Harold Bare of the US 36th Engineer Combat Regiment:

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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by Valtoro » 05 Aug 2011, 20:44

Is this a Pak 43 with shield or just a movie prop? Taken from the DEFA movie "Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse" (1955) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrzcqTmw90 (about 1:57:29 in the movie)
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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by jopaerya » 06 Aug 2011, 07:05

Hello Tormod

The details are very well from a 8.8.cm Pak 43 , but I can't be 100% sure about that .

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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by AvB » 02 Jan 2012, 23:49

More photos from the 8.8 Pak 43! They're from the same American report as the 687 in the other topic.
Funny to compare it with Manu's post: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 5#p1524950
They moved the the Flak gun. Also the bunker im Bau in the back is a 703! 8O
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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by AvB » 02 Jan 2012, 23:49

More photo's, an empty mount and a 703 im Bau.
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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by JKernwerk » 03 Jan 2012, 00:06

Hi Arthur,
Where did you get this report?
It is very interesting, two weeks ago i visited the last 703 that i missed in all these years (at Veenendaal the one that is sunken for a part).
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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by AvB » 03 Jan 2012, 00:27

Bought it on ebay including some other cool reports :)

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Re: 8,8 cm Pak 43/3

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Post by searay » 03 Jan 2012, 00:41

One of the interesting details about the KwK 43/3 that were adapted for the West-Stellung PaK Front was that only a portion (about 160 guns of the 450 ordered) had the associated Jagdpanther mantlet. The rest of the guns minus the mantlets had issues with balance, so a 120 kg steel counterweight was developed that was issued with some the final 2.Serie guns on the Behelfslaffette, and retrofitted to some of the earlier guns mounted on the SK-L IIa Betonfundament. Here's a photo of one of the 2.Serie guns along with an inset close-up of the counter-weight. Both photos are from an Allied tech intel report.
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