Название: The German 88: The Most Famous Gun of the Second World War
Автор: Terry Gander
Издательство: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1848848323
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 176
Размер: 22,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
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.