German Flak 37 88mm Dual Purpose Gun

The National WWII Museum, 2007.070.002

Originally designed as an anti-aircraft gun, the flat trajectory, high muzzle velocity, and long range of the 88mm gun also made it the best anti-tank gun of the war. Allied soldiers faced and feared this gun in every campaign of the war in Europe. It was responsible for a great number of the casualties suffered by both tank and air crews. The gun could fire a 22 lb. shell over 7 miles into the air.