WW2 GERMAN 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN UP CLOSE The 88mm gun or Flak 88 was a German dual purpose weapon deployed in both anti-aircraft and anti-tank roles in WWIl. Over 21,300 were produced during the war. Secretly developed in the 1920s, against the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the gun was first deployed in action during the Spanish Civil War. A well trained crew could bring the gun into action in about two and a half minutes. It was a powerful anti-tank weapon able to penetrate over 84mm of