![]() The versatile carriage allowed the 8.8 cm Flak to be fired in a limited anti-tank mode when still on its wheels it could be completely emplaced in only two and a half minutes. Air defense units were usually deployed with either a Kommandogerät ("command device") fire control computer or a portable Würzburg radar, which were responsible for its high level of accuracy against aircraft. In English, " flak" became a generic term for ground anti-aircraft fire. Flak is a contraction of German Flugabwehrkanone (also referred to as Fliegerabwehrkanone) meaning "aircraft-defense cannon", the original purpose of the weapon. ![]() The name applies to a series of related guns, the first one officially called the 8.8 cm Flak 18, the improved 8.8 cm Flak 36, and later the 8.8 cm Flak 37. ĭevelopment of the original model led to a wide variety of guns. Due to its lethality, especially as a tank killer, the eighty-eight was greatly feared by Allied soldiers. The gun was universally known as the Acht-acht ("eight-eight") by the Germans and the "eighty-eight" by the Allies. It was widely used by Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recognized German weapons of the conflict. The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. ![]()
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