Germany 8.8cm Flak 41 8.8cm Flugabwehrkanone 41 (translates as Anti Aircraft Gun)

Showing the details of the shells used(where known)   Tweet Weapon Details 8.8cm Flak 41 8.8cm Flugabwehrkanone 41 (translates as Anti Aircraft Gun) History A completely redesigned 8.8cm Flak 36/37 on a lower more stable platform, with higher fire rate and improved balistics. Manufacturer Rheinmetal-Borsig Manufactured 1941 - 1945 Calibre 88mm Rate of Fire 20 rpm   8.8cm Pzgr Patr 39/1 Flak 41 (AP Armor Piercing) 88mm 9.4Kg 980M/Sec Quoted Penetration 202mm @ 1000mtr/3° ( ≈ 202mm/0°) Range(Mtr) 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Flight Time(Secs) 0.1 0.21 0.43 0.9 1.42 2 2.64 3.37 Penetration(mm@30°) 191 179 165 148 133 117 103 90 Penetration(mm@0°) 221 207 191 172 154 136 120 104 Hit Probability(%) 98 98 98 98 88 69 41 25 8.8cm Sprgr Patr Flak 41 (HE High Explosive) 88mm 9.4Kg 980M/Sec 0.870Kg explosive Maximum Range 14815 Mtr Range(Mtr) 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 Flight Time(Secs) 1.15 2.64 4.65 7.48 11.82 19.24 34.93 89.84 Direct Fire Range(Mtr) 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Flight Time(Secs) 0.1 0.21 0.43 0.9 1.42 2 2.64 3.37 Hit Probability(%) 98 98 98 98 88 69 41 25 Blast/Fragmentation Effects Burst radius Infantry in open 99% kill 3 mtr Burst radius Infantry in open 66% kill 6 mtr Burst radius Infantry in open 33% kill 16 mtr  Armour Penetration inc roof at 1 mtr 2 mm An explosion within 3 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 99% casualties - lethal. An explosion within 6 mtr of infantry in the open will cause > 66% casualties and could damage some AFV's. An explosion within 16 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 33% casualties. The blast effect of this shell exploding within 1 mtr of an armoured vehicle will penetrate 2 mm of the tank armour including the roof.

Hit probability is based on a static 2 x 2.4 metre panel at 0 degrees(vertical) at the range specified.

The data that has been used to create these records has come from Wikipedia, The Lone Sentry, The Bundes Archive and numerous books and websites that have provided the detailed information that has not been available anywhere else. The information we use to calculate the penetration tables, flight times and the hit probability comes from the Gun Calibre, the Shell Mass(Kg) and the muzzle velocity, plus range reductions to allow for gravity and wind resistance. This calculation originally came from a pre-war Krupp calculation which has been modified, and seems to fit the actual test results.

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