The German gunners in North Africa are preparing a PaK 40 anti-tank gun for battle.

Afrika Korps

Eastern Front - The Flak 18 (commonly called the eighty-eight) was a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun from World War II. It was widely used by Germany throughout the war, and was one of the most recognized German weapons of that conflict. 

Flak is a contraction of German Flugzeugabwehrkanone meaning "aircraft-defense cannon", the original purpose of the eighty-eight.

Eighty-eight in action

German soldiers transport a 37-mm PaK 35/36 anti-tank gun by inflatable rubber boat across the Meuse river in Holland.