The Volkswagen Type 82 Kübelwagen, or simply Kübel, is a military light utility vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche and built by Volkswagen during World War II for use by the Nazi German military. Based heavily on the Volkswagen Beetle, it was prototyped and first deployed in Poland as the Type 62, but following improvements entered […]
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The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recognized German weapons of the conflict. The gun was universally known as the Acht-acht (“eight-eight”) by the Germans and the
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Set-up could be accomplished by dropping the gun off its two-wheeled trailer, “Sonderanhänger 51” (trailer 51) and levelling the gun using hand cranks. The result was a triangular base that permitted fire in all directions. But the main problem with the design remained unsolved. The rate of fire of 120 RPM (rounds per minute) was
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The 7.5 cm Pak 40 was a German 75mm anti-tank gun of the Second World War. The gun was developed in 1939–1941 and entered service in 1942. With 23,303 examples produced, the Pak 40 formed the backbone of German anti-tank guns for the later part of World War II, mostly in towed form, but also
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