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== Description ==
 
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The 88 mm Flak.37 is a German anti-aircraft cannon meant to reach high-altitudes, which gives its shells the characteristics of having high muzzle velocity that gives good trajectory against targets.
  
 
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 
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== General info ==
 
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This gun was part of the first generation of the 88 mm family. It had, like his predecessor Flak.36, a barrel consisting of two pieces in order to facilitate maintenance. The gun was provided with target indicators in order to coordinate fire with the other guns in the battery. Parts of the whole system were interchangeable with other versions in the family, i.e. Flak.17 e Flak.36, and often were mixed if necessary.
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=== Available ammunition ===
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There where only two types of ammunition: Armour-Piercing and High-Explosive. The first type (AP) was useful against armoured targets, even the heavy ones. The HE was employed against lightly armoured vehicles or aircraft. In this case, there was a timed fuse setting that let the shell explode at a given altitude.
  
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=== Comparison with analogues ===
 
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* [[KwK36 (88 mm)]]
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* [[Flak.36 (88 mm)]]
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* [[85 mm/54,6 ZIS-C-53 (85 mm)]]
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* [[M3 (90 mm)]]
  
 
== Usage in battles ==
 
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The gun possesses a relatively flat trajectory with a good penetration for its rank, with no outstanding weaknesses outside of the vehicle's mounting.
  
 
=== Pros and cons ===
 
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* Flat trajectory
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* Good amount of high-explosive filler
  
 
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* Slow reload
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* Bounces easily
  
 
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* [[Wikipedia:8.8_cm_Flak_18/36/37/41|[Wikipedia] 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41]]
  
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Latest revision as of 15:23, 22 March 2023

Description

The 88 mm Flak.37 is a German anti-aircraft cannon meant to reach high-altitudes, which gives its shells the characteristics of having high muzzle velocity that gives good trajectory against targets.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

This gun was part of the first generation of the 88 mm family. It had, like his predecessor Flak.36, a barrel consisting of two pieces in order to facilitate maintenance. The gun was provided with target indicators in order to coordinate fire with the other guns in the battery. Parts of the whole system were interchangeable with other versions in the family, i.e. Flak.17 e Flak.36, and often were mixed if necessary.

Available ammunition

There where only two types of ammunition: Armour-Piercing and High-Explosive. The first type (AP) was useful against armoured targets, even the heavy ones. The HE was employed against lightly armoured vehicles or aircraft. In this case, there was a timed fuse setting that let the shell explode at a given altitude.

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
Pzgr. APCBC 153 151 140 128 116 106
Sprgr. L/4.5 HE-TF* 18 18 17 15 14 12
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(m) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive mass
(TNT equivalent) (g) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
Pzgr. APCBC 810 9.5 1.2 14 215.04 48° 63° 71°
Sprgr. L/4.5 HE-TF* 820 9 0.2 0.1 698 79° 80° 81°

Comparison with analogues

Usage in battles

The gun possesses a relatively flat trajectory with a good penetration for its rank, with no outstanding weaknesses outside of the vehicle's mounting.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Flat trajectory
  • Good amount of high-explosive filler

Cons:

  • Slow reload
  • Bounces easily

History

Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />.

Media

Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.

See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

  • reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
  • references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links


Germany tank cannons
20 mm  KwK30 · KwK38 · Rh202
28/20 mm  s.Pz.B.41
30 mm  MK 30-2/ABM
37 mm  KwK34(t) · KwK36 · KwK38(t) · PaK L/45
47 mm  Pak.(t)(Sf.)
50 mm  KwK39 · KwK L/42 · PaK38
57 mm  Bofors L/70 Mk.1
75 mm  K51 L/24 · KwK37 · KwK40 L43 · KwK40 L48 · KwK42 · KwK44 · KwK44 L/36.5 · PaK39 L48 · PaK40/3 L46 · PaK42 · StuK37 · StuK40 L43 · StuK40 L48
76 mm  PaK36 (r)
88 mm  Flak.37 · Flak 41 · KwK36 · KwK43 · PaK43
90 mm  BK90
105 mm  CN105-57 · Cockerill HP · FMK.4 Modelo 1L · K.18 · KwK L/68 · L7A3 · PzK M57 · StuH42
120 mm  Rh120 L/44 · Rh120 L/55 · Rh120 L/55 A1
128 mm  K.40 · KwK44 · PaK44
150 mm  s.I.G.33 · Stu.H 43 L/12
380 mm  RW61
  Foreign:
30 mm  Bushmaster 2 Mk.44 (USA) · HSS 831L (Britain)
57 mm  6pdr OQF Mk.V (Britain)
73 mm  2A28 (USSR)
75 mm  M3 (USA)
76 mm  F-32 (USSR) · F-34 (USSR) · M32 (USA)
90 mm  M36 (USA) · M41 (USA)
105 mm  GT-3 (South Africa)
125 mm  2A46 (USSR)
152 mm  M-10T (USSR) · XM150E5 (USA)
155 mm  M126 (USA)

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