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Weapons · Germany · 1943-1945

8.8cm PaK 43

anti-tank gun

The most powerful anti-tank gun fielded by any nation in mass numbers during the war, developed from the FlaK 41 anti-aircraft gun, it could kill Allied heavy tanks well beyond 2,000 metres and armed the Elefant, Jagdpanther, and Nashorn.

Wikipedia

caliber88mm
penetration~165mm at 1,000m (PzGr 39/43 APCBC, plate at 30 degrees)
weight3,650 kg
produced~3,502

Western Europe, Eastern Front

8.8cm PaK 43
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PaK 43/41 in Front, behind to the right is a PaK 43 (same gun but different carriage). Picture taken by myself, Mark Pellegrini, at the United States Army Ordnance Museum (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD).
PaK 43/41 in Front, behind to the right is a PaK 43 (same gun but different carriage). Picture taken by myself, Mark Pellegrini, at the United States Army Ordnance Museum (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD).Mark Pellegrini · CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
Picture taken by myself, Mark Pellegrini, at the United States Army Ordnance Museum (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD)
Picture taken by myself, Mark Pellegrini, at the United States Army Ordnance Museum (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD)Mark Pellegrini · CC BY-SA 2.5 · source