Late Flak 8,8 cm pictures

[kstdk]

Hello all

Found this excellent picture in color:

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/41675580@N08/

Regards
Kurt
kstdk

[Grzesio]

An interesting set - 8,8 cm Flak 18 with a bent type shield.

Regards

Grzesio

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image from Ebay:

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A "very late Flak 88 picture" .....and nice. In Spanish Army service

Sturm78

[ROLAND1369]

From the look and color of the gunners uniforms as well as their personal equipment these look like postwar Spanish 88 MM guns.

[AVV]

Hello!

In Spanish Army service

A very nice and dynamic picture! Thanks!

Best regards, Aleks

[Manuferey]

A 8.8 cm Flak 37 "auf Behelfslafette" and with a shield (US Signal Corps)
Caption: "This German 88mm was captured intact by units of the Ninth Army during the fighting which resulted in the fall of Neuss, Germany. Concrete sewer blocks are used for storing ammunition." Picture dated March 9th, 1945.
(Source: http://www.oldhickory30th.com/Neuss%20G ... cement.jpg)



A similar emplacement for 8,8 cm Flak with concrete sewer blocks used for ammunition storage can be seen on a picture posted by @ndrew on Aug. 27, 2005 here:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=84505

Emmanuel

[AvB]

Wow very nice photo, thanks.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Looking closely at these two photos, it appears that these guns have a rare fuze setter different to the standard one (Zünderstellmaschine 37).
In the normal fuze setter, projectiles were placed vertically, while in the latter seem to be introduced horizontally.
In addition, the position of the pointers is different.

Does anyone know if the Germans introduced a new fuze setter in the latest models of 8.8cm Flak 37?

Thanks in advance. Sturm78

[Manuferey]

Picture taken by Capt. Everett Sherman (70th Infantry Division – The “Traiblazers”) somewhere in Germany in May 1945. It shows Capt. Barney with a German 88. (Photo from Mark Kraabel posted on the 70th ID Association website)


Source: http://www.files.trailblazersww2.org/kr ... n_0008.jpg

Emmanuel

[Sturm78]

Nobody for my last question about the fuze setter?

Well, here a interesting image of a 8.8cm Flak 37 static gun being used by US troops

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[Manuferey]

It looks like they're firing the gun just to see what happens !

Emmanuel

[Grzesio]

Hi all,
Does anyone know if the Germans introduced a new fuze setter in the latest models of 8.8cm Flak 37?

Well, this fuse setter is a little mystery for me. I've never encountered any mention about it in books, manuals etc., photographs are the only source supporting its existence so far.
As far as I know from available pictures, this simplified fuse setter was present on some 8,8 cm Flak 37/2 guns on Behelfslafette from approximately very late 1944 - early 1945. I've never seen it on a classic mobile gun. There are two possibilities, I think:
- it was a simplified model introduced late in the war, mounted on some guns, most probably 37/2 only.
- the simplified fuse setter was mounted on 37/2 guns converted with Behelfslafetten instead of the original Zuenderstellmaschine 37. As far as I understand, this conversion was intended to utilise surplus static AA guns for combat in the AT role. In this case the original fuse setter 37 could have been replaced with a simpler model, provided just in case, saving original 37s for dedicated AA guns and reducing weight.

Regards

Grzesio

[HerrLyppe]

I'm curious about the different fuze setter too. Does anyone have any more photos of the Flak Jos posted a photo of on the first page of this thread? This weapon appears to have the same type fuze setter.

Allan

[Grzesio]

This one?

It is equipped with usual type of the fuse setter - the older Zuenderstellmaschine 18 in this case.

Regards

Grzesio