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There where only two types of ammunitions: Armour Piercing and High Explosive. The first type was useful against armored targets, even the heavy ones. The HE was employe against lightly armored vehicles or aircrafts. In this case there was a retarded fuze setting that let the shell explode at a given altitude.
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! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
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| Pzgr. || APCBC || 153 || 151 || 140 || 128 || 116 || 106
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| Sprgr. L/4.5 || HE-TF* || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11
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| Pzgr. || APCBC || 810 || 9.5 || 1.2 || 14 || 285.6 || 48° || 63° || 71°
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| Sprgr. L/4.5 || HE-TF* || 820 || 9 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 698 || 79° || 80° || 81°
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Revision as of 21:53, 8 September 2021

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 velocity that gives good trajectory against targets.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

This gun was part of the first generation of the family. It had, like his predecessor Flak.36, the barrel constituted by 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 faily, i.e. Flak.17 e Flak.36, and often were mixed if necessary.

88 mm Flak.37 Turret rotation speed (°/s) Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode Capacity Vertical Horizontal Stabilizer Stock Upgraded Full Expert Aced Stock Full Expert Aced
Arcade 40 -3°/+85° ±180° N/A 9.69 13.41 16.28 18.00 19.15 6.50 5.75 5.30 5.00
Realistic 6.55 7.70 9.35 10.34 11.00


Available ammunition

There where only two types of ammunitions: Armour Piercing and High Explosive. The first type was useful against armored targets, even the heavy ones. The HE was employe against lightly armored vehicles or aircrafts. In this case there was a retarded fuze 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* 11 11 11 11 11 11
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 14 285.6 48° 63° 71°
Sprgr. L/4.5 HE-TF* 820 9 0.05 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 explosives

Cons:

  • Slow reload
  • Bounces easily

History

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Media

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See also

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  • 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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