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The German 88: The Most Famous Gun of the Second World War
By Terry Gander
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The German 88 mm guns became the most famous and feared artillery pieces of the Second World War. They appeared in a whole series of forms ranging from anti-aircraft to anti-tank and tank-guns, including several self-propelled platforms. Although primarily anti-aircraft guns they gained an awesome reputation as anti-tank weapons, a reputation that remains to this day. Terry Gander, in this in-depth, highly illustrated study, tells the story of the 88 from its first manifestations during the Great War to its clandestine development in Sweden, its production in Germany, its first 'multi-role' initiation during the Spanish Civil War and its part in the campaigns of 1939-40. As well as a detailed technical description of the gun and its development, his book features vivid accounts of the 88 in action in many of the main theaters of the Second World War, in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany, and on the Eastern Front.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellent technical history of the gun. If you like details of development, engineering and manufacturing of the 88 family, this is the book for you. It also deals with tank guns, self propelled versions and post-war use. There is not much by way of combat history, so if you look for a book about the 88 in action, you'll have to look elsewhere. It is also a good example of the weird and wondrous ways of weapon procurement in the III Reich.
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