Late Flak 8,8 cm pictures

[Manuferey]

Another 8,8 cm Flak 37 on static mount (photo ebay):



Emmanuel

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I found this image on Ebay. The picture quality is bad but......this is what there is


Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I found this image of a 8.8cm Flak 37 on Ebay.com:

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image of the static version of 8.8cm Flak (from Ebay):

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image of a 8.8cm Flak 37 (late) on Sd.Ah. 204 trailer (from Saint Ebay ):

Regards Sturm78

Edit:I have seen a few pictures of the 8.8cm Flak with with recuperator covered with tables. Does anyone know the reason?

[M19 MADMAL]

Edit:I have seen a few pictures of the 8.8cm Flak with with recuperator covered with tables. Does anyone know the reason?

Hi Sturm78,

I am of the understanding that the recuperator is covered in wood to protect it from shrapnel damage. There were 88's on the Channel Islandas with the same wood protected recuperator.

Regards,
Malcolm

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your answer, Malcolm.
I only have a small doubt: Was the recuperator more fragile than other parts of the cannon or the crew ?

Regards Sturm78

[jopaerya]

Hello Sturm78

Malcolm is right about the wooden protection of the recuperator , during bombardments pre-Day and after a lot
of Flakguns that were placed in bettungen ( only the top of the gun was above the bettung ) were lost only that
shrapnel damaged the recuperator ( oil leak ) and the gun was out of order . By placing the wooden panels over
the recuperator the guns could fire longer .

Regards Jos

[M19 MADMAL]

Hello Sturm78

Malcolm is right about the wooden protection of the recuperator , during bombardments pre-Day and after a lot
of Flakguns that were placed in bettungen ( only the top of the gun was above the bettung ) were lost only that
shrapnel damaged the recuperator ( oil leak ) and the gun was out of order . By placing the wooden panels over
the recuperator the guns could fire longer .

Regards Jos

Hi Jos and all,

The photos below show various 88's on Jersey during the war. The pre D-Day photos (proberbly taken in 1942) don't have the wood protection for the recuperator but all the 88's post D-Day do.

Regards,
Malcolm

[Manuferey]

Is the 8,8 cm Flak 37 version the only version with static mount or did the Flak 18 and 36 also exist with static mounts?

Emmanuel

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your information, Jopaerya and Malcolm.

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

8.8cm Flak 37 static

Image from Ebay
Regards Sturm78

[Andrzej Ditrich]

Hello,

this photo shows 88 Flak gun but with strange shield...never seen such one!
Beside it is a nice example of field Flak emplacement.
source :NARA

Brgds
@ndrew

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Two images of the static version of 8.8cm Flak:

Images from Ebay
Regards Sturm78

[jopaerya]

Hi Sturm78

Nice picture's of the 8.8. cm /2 version .

Regards Jos