Bolt Action - Waffen-SS 8.8cm Flak 37 Thunder Junction Soviet Army (Winter) Medium Machine

Soviet Army (Winter) Medium Machine Gun

the Pak 36 equipped the Panzerjäger battalions and was effective for its size

with its sound design giving it a longevity well beyond that of its contemporaries

It was used throughout the war in most theatres and gave much needed support to the hard-pressed infantry

Tests on captured IS2 ‘Stalin’ tanks showed its HEAT anti-armour warhead was able to penetrate up to 300mm of armour at 1200m

Bolt Action - Waffen-SS 8.8cm Flak 37 Thunder Junction Soviet Army (Winter) Medium MachineOriginally developed as an anti aircraft weapon, the Flak 37 8. 8cm (or Eighty eight as it became known by Allied troops) had a high muzzle velocity, making it an exceptionally deadly anti tank weapon as many Allied tank crews would learn to their peril. The 88 could also be deployed as a conventional artillery piece as one infantryman noted, the 88 was 'anti everything' The 88 saw service on all fronts in which the Germans fought during WWII,