The 8.8 cm KwK 36 was an 88-millimetre tank gun used by the German Army during World War II. This was the primary armament of the PzKpfw VI Tiger I tank. It was developed and built by Krupp.
A captured Tiger I tank fitted with the 8.8 cm KwK 36
8.8 cm KwK 36 at Base Borden Military Museum
Finnish training chart for KwK 36, shows an 88 mm PzGr. 39 (APCBC round).
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 Nazi Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recog
8.8 cm KwK 36
…World War II. This was the primary armament of the PzKpfw VI Tiger I tank. It was developed and built by Krupp. The 8.8 cm KwK 36 was derived from the 8.8 cm Flak 36 anti-aircraft gun by adapting/modifying it to the limited space available in tank turrets. Parts of the KwK 36 were built to practically the same design…
World War I British Empire troops with a captured, German 8.8 cm Flak 16 anti-aircraft cannon, August 1918
8.8cm Flak 36 being emplaced, with both bogies already detached
German 88 mm flak gun in action against Allied bombers
North Africa, 8.8cm Flak 18 towed behind a Sd.Kfz. 7, with its side outriggers lifted for transport visible behind the gun shield