[fso301]

It forced the Nazis to pull tens of thousands of the best weapon they had against the Soviet tanks, the 88 cannon, and use them against our bombers.

And all the 88s did was force the bombers higher at enormous expenditure of rounds fired per bomber downed.

[Farmer Dean]

I’m thankful the Germans didn’t produce more of their 128mm AA guns.American bombers couldn’t fly high enough to avoid them.

[Bull Snipe]

Anti-aircraft is what the 88 was designed for. It use as an anti-tank weapon came about by circumstance, not design.