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Aug 25, 2019 1:41 AM
jparker4224
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Well now you know
theblackestpope
KERRRRRPHHHHLOOOMPFFF
whoisqaz
I was just thinking about this today.
creagthosecrazysquares
Forbidden Salt Lamp
Robowitz
But what about a Flak 88 muscle flash?
NuclearGradeIrony
Sure, kept me up countless nights.
HighFlyKai
Forbidden chicken nugget?
BlanketofPower
Straight up thought it was some wack-ass street pole.
MojoBobtheHoochyman
Maybe — but the Germans in WWII used a pretty effective flashless propellant. Though "flashless" is a pretty relative term, I suspect.
Greatideasbadfollowthrough
Is that ww2 or reenactors or?
jparker4224
It’s a legit Flak 88, just put on for demonstration
ochermes28
playswithsharpobjects
Not until I saw it
jparker4224
And don’t you feel better knowing!
bigsteve31sk8
Is that a Flammenwurfer?
jparker4224
Nah, Flak 88
LowlevelRebel
Often
wafflesmgee
Chicken nugget, right.
IFTTTEXAS
Great Scott! That palm tree is on fire!
Chaapai
No
PaulDam
WITNESS ME!!!
yesthisisdogmeow
Laughs in M198
Nuttsy
C'mon, that's a completely different time period. 155 M1 would've done fine.
yesthisisdogmeow
True, let me change the laugh to Gustav, that was ww2, just not US.
whycantpeoplebemorelikedogs
Not really
theMANHATTANreject
Yes.
ThrownClub
No, but now yes.
ShinoXIII
BeoPuppy
... no?
AntiProtonBoy
At first I thought it was a palm tree on fire.
OHGODBEEEES
Is that thing firing straight up? That’s seems ill advised
jparker4224
Was firing blanks
TheDevilYouSay
The 88 was primarily a AAA gun. It was so successful that it moved into many other uses.
ODSTsRule
Its an AA-Gun. I wouldnt worry. Iirc the real ammo hat a timed fuse or Something to make it explode near its target
ExciteableBoy
That was my burning question.
congressionalbitch
FarQuad
I learned today.
TapToRetry
I collect these style memes. This is new. Last one was "Hans get the lugar"
congressionalbitch
TapToRetry
Yes!!!
vampirehedgehog
TapToRetry
Lmfao
congressionalbitch
TapToRetry
Love it
SunshineRose
What’s a Flak 88?
735824
German bra.
Hammerwell
8,8-cm-FlaK Either version 18/36/37 or 41
Bigemedic
Flak is short for FLugzeug Abwehr Kanone, (anti airplane cannon) and 88 is the diameter of the shell (88mm).
ElScotcho0180
It's a ww2 german anti tank/anti aircraft gun
MegadeathIntellectual
Anti-aircraft/anti-tank weapon from WWII Germany.
SunshineRose
Ohhhh thanks, now I know
mto96
Anti everything you mean
Bobodapopo
German WWII weapon. All purpose
chargeling
German engineering to counter Russian flying tanks.
MisterLemons
Can't use an AT gun cause it's a plane, can't use AA cause it's a tank. Germany has the solution. The final solution as usual...
ODSTsRule
A german WW2 Anti-Air-Gun or Flak (for Flugabwehrkanone). It was one of the most powerful User and could even kill Tanks, in fact it was 1
ODSTsRule
Used, Not User im in mobile and autocorrect wants to change alot into german
ODSTsRule
so succesfull that it was used as an template to build better tank hunter weapons during the war. 2/2
Nuttsy
Everyone but the British used AA guns in the 90mm range as a basis for similar AT guns. And even the brits used a few things, IIRC.
Chemtrails4Life
ITS THE FLUGABWEHRKANONE 88. IT ABWEHRS FLUGS
AmArschdieRaeuber
It wehrt Flieger ab. But yeah, basically.
DrDarth12
Especially lethal against allied armor when they mounted these on Tigers and King Tigers
makeSX
Actually the one in kingtiger isn't the same gun. The 88 flak is a Rheinmetall where the kingtiger one is a Krupp version, with same specs
Nuttsy
They also used completely different ammunition, with only Tiger 1 and flaks up to 37 using the same cartridge.
makeSX
Thats because the tiger1 used traditional primers and the flaks used electrick ones. The ammunition was interchangable if you changed the ->
makeSX
Primers first... Those were field changable and installed with a thread. Tiger crews usually had spare primers with them to resuply fast
thatsnotaknife
The best AA/anti tank weapon of WW2
19thepathfinder8710
Without doubt the only thing we had (Britain) that could match it was the 17 pounder fitted to the firefly and that was still only 76mm
Cheezman355
Actually not true! The brits had a 94mm AA/AT mount nigh identical to the 88mm of the Germans. US had a 90mm as well! Later war though sadly
Uhxohr
The Soviets had the 52-K in 1939, 85mm anti air gun, also used against tanks, and later used in tanks, just like the German 8,8
Cheezman355
How could I forget the lovely 85mm! And we can't forget the Italian 90mm!! Nigh superior to the German 88mm!
19thepathfinder8710
That was fitted to the tortoise but never saw action i believe as was only a prototype i may be wrong tho
Cheezman355
QF 3.7in AA predates the Tortoise's 32pdr, that said the 32pdr was derived from the 3.7!
BeowulfShaeffer
Context? Is that a Hetzer to the left?
Hammerwell
Sd.Kfz. 138/2
SecretImigurianLurkerAgent
Jagdpanzer 38t Hetzer Was a name model company's used and then it stuck in popular memory
TypeIV
Hetzers gonna hetz
xcopperx
Thats a building
AutoBat
Jagdpanzer 38(t) as Hetzer is only a rumored nickname with no solid evidence it was really called that during service.
NoeCarrier
Hetzer was a name from the Entwicklung series of last ditch standard tanks. It was confused in factory docs and later publicised as such.
NoeCarrier
I seem to recall that all the evidence presented for anyone calling it that in the field "spontaneously" was very dubious, as you say.
NoeCarrier
Ah, yes -- there was supposedly a letter from Guderian about it. I don't think it is very likely to be real.
rusaide
That would appear to be a panzerjager-38(t)
zanoii
The Jagdpanzer 38 (Sd.Kfz. 138/2), a.k.a. the Hetzer. Looks nothing like the Panzerjäger 38(t).
rusaide
Yep You're right I'm dumb jagdpanzer not panzerjager.
jparker4224
It is! There was a demonstration of German vehicles and planes (with a sprinkling of British and American planes) in Everett Washington
Juggernut
Flying Heritage combat museum! Paul Allen's pet project. Has many aircraft and armor from WW1&2, all of them fully functional!
BeowulfShaeffer
Nice!
NotShadogun
Wait, you’re telling me this is a yearly thing that happens? I have family that lives in Tukwilla and this seems like a great excuse
NotShadogun
To go see them...
MrRogersNeighborhood
Oh Everett
19thepathfinder8710
Do you have any other pics of what was on display you would care to share?
Agisek
Hetzer is Czechoslovakian thank your very much
dohcohv
Tank you*
Bystandr
Produced there, yep. During the time it was pretty much a German vassal state.
Euin
Only the chassi, came from the 38t
NKato
My toooooowwwwn! I went to see the collection last year, and the Hetzer wasn't in that day. Booo! But I did hear they got a Churchill VII.
jparker4224
They do! It’s missing the flame thrower, but the rest is in tact!
NKato
I think the flamethrower required a custom turret, though?
jparker4224
From what I understand, it replaced the coaxial machine gun inside the tank. But I could be mistaken