{"id":102,"date":"2023-05-01T05:52:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T05:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/?p=102"},"modified":"2023-05-02T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:00:11","slug":"88mm-flak-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"88MM Flak 36"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany 1939-1945 (358MB download, please be patient!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <div class='imgover'>\n    <div class='container'>\n    <style>\n        \/*[class^=\"icovrm-\"], [class*=\" icovrm-\"]  {*\/\n        [class^=\"icovrm-\"], [class*=\" icovrm-\"] {\n            color:#99CC99;\n        }\n    <\/style>\n    <i id='s1F' class='icovrm-img icon-ion-android-locate' ><\/i>\n    <i id='s1R' class='icovrm-img icon-ion-loop' ><\/i>\n    &nbsp;\n    <i id='s1Zu' class='icovrm-img icon-ion-arrow-up-b' ><\/i>\n    <i id='s1Zd' class='icovrm-img icon-ion-arrow-down-b' ><\/i>\n    &nbsp;\n    &nbsp;\n    <i id='s1FS' class='icovrm-img icon-ion-android-expand' ><\/i>\n    <!-- i id='s1FS' class='icovrm-img icon-ion-android-contract' ><\/i -->\n    <!-- i id='icovrm icon-refresh' 'icovrm icon-ion-desktop'><\/i -->\n    <div id='s1Spin'>\n        <img class='imgpreloader' src='https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/vrm360\/drag2spin.svg'>\n        <img class='imgpreloader' src='https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/vrm360\/ajax-loader.svg'\/>\n        <!-- changed svg viewBoxinside the svgs -->\n    <\/div>\n    <div id='s1S' class='s1' style='cursor:pointer;border: #D9D9D9; border-style:solid; border-width:1px; background-color: #D9D9D9'>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <script>\n    var autostart = false, backgcolor = '#D9D9D9', canvas_name = 's1';\n    var lightcolor = '#FFFFFF', light_intensity = 0.9, amb_lightcolor = '#9D9D9D', amb_light_intensity = 0.9;\n    var canvas_nameR = 's1R', canvas_nameFS = 's1FS', canvas_nameF = 's1F';\n    var canvas_nameS = 's1S', canvas_nameSpin = 's1Spin', canvas_nameM = 's1M';\n    var canvas_nameZu = 's1Zu', canvas_nameZd = 's1Zd', hide_cmds = 'zoom,fullscreen';\n    var model_url = 'https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/3d_scans\/88mm_Flak_36.fbx', aspect_ratio = '1.33333', initial_offset = '1.15', speed = '1.0';\n    var touchtime = 0, info_text = '', info_link = '', ground= false, ground_offset = 0.0;\n    var rx = 0.0, ry = 0.0, rz = 0.0, grid= false, back_image_url = '';\n    var lx = 2.0, ly = 2.0, lz = 10.0, isOnMobile = 'false';\n    var mesh_color = '#FF5533', ground_color = '#999999', debug_vrm = 'false';\n    <\/script>\n    <script src='https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/vrm360\/js\/main.js'\/><\/script>\n    \n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/88mm_Flak_36-1024x603.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/88mm_Flak_36-1024x603.png 1024w, https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/88mm_Flak_36-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/88mm_Flak_36-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/88mm_Flak_36-1536x904.png 1536w, https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/88mm_Flak_36.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"88mm Flak 36\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wQRhqRWEgpc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 88mm Flak 18 is a weapon with quite the reputation. Early in the war when Nazi forces ran into allied heavy armor, it was one of the few weapons that could deal with that armor. However, being an AAA gun, the gun was very tall, hard to conceal, and had limited depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the desert campaign the Nazis became adept at luring in British tanks into traps led by these guns. One tank that particularly suffered from the 88mm was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/?p=341\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"341\">British Matilda II<\/a>, which, while initially dominant over weaker German and Italian AT guns and tanks, the tank suffered high losses once faced with 88mm AA gunsand 75 mm <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/?p=123\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"123\">Pak 40 AT guns<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later on Allied tanks like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/?p=343\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"343\">Sherman Jumbo<\/a> were built or modified to resist the firepower of the 88mm, often in order to facilitate the breakthrough of major Nazi defensive lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany 1939-1945 (358MB download, please be patient!) The 88mm Flak 18 is a weapon with quite the reputation. Early in the war when Nazi forces ran into allied heavy armor, it was one of the few weapons that could deal with that armor. 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