8,8 cm Flak 18 and 8,8 cm Flak 36

Weight

Weight of the 8,8 cm Flak 36
Combat ready 5,150 kg.
Mounted 6,851 kg.
Raw materials used 10,272 kg.

Ammunition

8,8 cm Spgr.Patr. L/4,5 (Kz.)

Data of the 8,8 cm Spgr.Patr. L/4,5 (Kz.)
Weight
Weight of projectile
9 kg. (moderated firing-table weight)
8.55 - 8.73 kg. (weight class I)
8.73 - 8.91 kg. (weight class II)
8.91 - 9.09 kg. (weight class III)
9.09 - 9.27 kg. (weight class IV)
9.27 - 9.45 kg. (weight class V)
Weight of entire grenade
14.7 kg.
Fuzes
  • A.Z.23/28
  • Zt.Z.S/30
Explosive contents
  • 733 or 935 g. (projectile)
  • 2,970 g. (shell case)
  • 3,703 or 3,905 g. (total)

8,8 cm Spgr.Patr. L/4,5 (Kz.) (Üb R)

Data of the 8,8 cm Spgr.Patr. L/4,5 (Kz.) (Üb R)
Explosive contents
  • 145 g. (projectile)
  • 2,970 g. (shell case)
  • 3,115 g. (total)

8,8 cm Spgr.Patr. L/4,5 (Kz.) (Üb W)

Data of the 8,8 cm Spgr.Patr. L/4,5 (Kz.) (Üb W)
Explosive contents
  • 190 g. (projectile)
  • 2,970 g. (shell case)
  • 3,160 g. (total)

8,8 cm Pzgr.Patr.39

Data of the 8,8 cm Pzgr.Patr.39
Weight
Weight of projectile
10.2 kg.
Weight of entire grenade
16.3 kg.
Fuze Bd.Z.5127
Explosive contents
  • 64 g. (projectile)
  • 2,920 g. (shell case)
  • 2,984 g. (total)

8,8 cm Pzgr.Patr.

Data of the 8,8 cm Pzgr.Patr.
Weight
Weight of projectile
9.5 kg.
Weight of entire grenade
15.3 kg.
Fuze Bd.Z. f. 8,8 cm Pzgr.

8,8 cm Pzgr.Patr. (Üb)

Data of the 8,8 cm Pzgr.Patr. (Üb)
Explosive contents
  • 0 g. (projectile)
  • 2,920 g. (shell case)
  • 2,920 g. (total)

Sources

  1. Oberkommando des Heeres. H.Dv.481/541 - Merkblatt für die Munition der 8,8 cm Flugabwehrkanone 18 (8,8 cm Flak 18) und der 8,8 cm Flugabwehrkanone 36 (8,8 cm Flak 36). Berlin : Oberkommando des Heeres, 1942.
  2. Oberkommando des Heeres Merkblatt geheim 28/1 - Zusammenstellung der Explosivstoffgewichte für deutsche Munition (zu H.Dv.450 Rdnr.46). Berlin : Oberkommando des Heeres, 1944.
  3. HAHN, Fritz. Waffen und Geheimwaffen des deutschen Heeres 1933-1943 Band 1. Koblenz : Bernard & Graefe Verlag, 1987.

Additional reading

8,8 cm Kw.K.36 L/56 and 8,8 cm Flak 18, 36 & 37 L/56
8,8 cm Kampfwagenkanone 36 L/56 and 8,8 cm Fliegerabwehrkanone 18, 36 & 37 L/56
8,8 cm Flak 36 - Imperial War Museum
Photographs of the 8,8 cm Flak 36 in Imperial War Museum

All contents written by Christian Ankerstjerne unless stated otherwise