8.8 cm Flak 36/37 - German heavy anti-aircraft gun, a development of the Flak18 gun. Compared to the original, the barrel of the weapon has changed, now it had a tube with a detachable core. The gun mount and chassis were also changed. These changes made it possible to maneuver the weapon both forward and backward. In the Flak 37 version, the communication system with the battery control unit has been modernized. Like the Falk 18, the Flak 36/37 had high vertical and horizontal flight parameters, as well as high armor penetration. Since 1940, it has been widely used as an anti-tank weapon. Technical data: range: vertically - 10,600 m, horizontally - 14,860 m, caliber: 88 mm, combat mass: 5,000 kg, rate of fire: 15-20 rounds/min., Initial velocity of the projectile: 820 m/s (fragmentation - high-explosive projectile), 930 m/s (armor-piercing projectile).
Sd.Kfz.6 (German: Sonderkraftfahrzeug 6) is a German half-track transporter of the Second World War period. The first prototypes were built in 1934, and serial production continued in 1939-1944, ending with the release of about 3,500 copies of this machine. The drive was provided by one Maybach HL 54TUKRM engine with a capacity of 100 liters. Cars Sd.Kfz. 6 in the standard configuration in the absence of stationary weapons. Work on the design of the Sd.Kfz.6 began at Bussing-NAG in 1934, but due to the constant improvement of the design, it was continued until 1939, when the machine entered serial production. It was mainly used as an artillery tractor with a pulling force of up to 5 tons and was often used to carry 105mm leFH18 light howitzers. In addition to the basic version (Sd.Kfz.6), three versions of the machine were created. The first was the Sd.Kfz.6/1 model, which was an improved artillery tractor. Then the Sd.Kfz.6/2 version was created, which was an anti-aircraft variant armed with a 37mm FlaK36 gun. The final version was the Sd.Kfz.6/3, a tank destroyer armed with the F-22's 76.2mm trophy gun. Cars Sd.Kfz. 6 were used on all fronts of the Great Patriotic War of 1939-1945.
