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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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flak 88 shells
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Posted: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 09:56 AM UTC
Are these the same as those used in the tiger or other tanks using 88 ammo? If so are the colour of the tips the same for anti tank shells?
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 12:29 PM UTC
First of all the Flak 18/36/37 and the Kwk 36 of the Tiger I use the same rounds. The Flak/Kwk 36 round is different from the later Kwk shells. The later Kwk casings are larger casings and much more necked down then the original Flak casing. The original 88 casing looks almost straight with a very small amount of necking. The Flak 41 round is much longer than any of the Kwk rounds or the Flak 18,36 or 37 rounds; but is still almost a straight case with little necking at the shell.

And as far as I can tell, the colors are the same for the same class of round.

PH

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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 02:38 PM UTC
Well they say a picture is worth a thousand words so find mine at
http://members.shaw.ca/morrab/ML/Ammo.html or
http://www.pzpflak.com/flak/88fl/88c.html
HTH
Bill
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