German Artillery

The 88

White Hell-Concord Publ.

An 8.8cm Flak 36 is set up in a firing position on the steppes. The big gun was conspicuous and difficult to conceal much less dig in. The pit in the foreground is for ready ammunition. The "Acht-Acht" or "Otto-Otto", as the Germans called the "88", depended on its longer range to survive tank engagements. The ammunition handler standing in the pit wears a Soviet insulated winter jacket.