Allied crews called it “The 88” for a reason

Would it happen to be because it was 88mm? What the engagement baiting fuck are you on about?

allied crews called it "the 460" for a reason brainlet

Maybe because it was 88mm

Yes, because of the bore diameter of 88 mm.

Because it's 8.8cm, you dumb fuck.

Axis crews called it "The 40mm" for a reason

If you're implying it's 88 because of neonazi symbology... That started showing up in the 1980s in America.

Yes, the "reason" was that it is of 88mm in caliber. Just like a 105 is 105mm in caliber....

It was called that because of the diameter of the shell it fired...

Yes they did. And that reason is because it is a shorthand way of stating the caliber of the weapon. I imagine they also had more colorful names for it, but I am a Navy man and not someone who studies artillery.

the gun calibre is 88mm, and it was really deadly as flak and as a anti-tank weapon.

Most American shit ever, just firing an 88 in the front yard house in the back

Because the bore was 88mm…?

Cause that's what the Wehrmacht called it too Named after the 88mm calibre

Faster to say that than shouting "it's an 8 point 8 centimeter!!"

Fun fact: Neither the Germam Tanks nor the German Uboat Guns were Flak 36. They were entirely different 8.8cm Guns.

Yeah, because it was chambered to fire 88mm shells. Duh!

@T4Nef1 So its not because of the bore it had?

The reason why is in the video you yourself used, dumbass

Based name

Because it was a 8,8cm calibre. Idiot

Germans called it acht-acht, which means eight-eight. Such a coincidence!

For hunting gophers 🤣

Allied crews called it "loud" for a reason

Yeah, bc it's 88mm

Cause that's the caliber.

Millimeters is the reason The 77 in WWI was pretty spicy

Sometimes they called it a ‘crash boom’ because of the supersonic speed you would hear the explosion first the shot being fired after.

What fucking AI retard made this? It’s called the 88 because it’s 88mm shells you fucking cock head.

Yet not that many Allied tank crews faced one in the field, despite how much they feared it.

Or, as Spike Milligan called it: "The Wheeeee Bam!!"

The Queen of cannons

“They just… they just didn’t wanna give up those 88’s.” Capt. Miller

Because the shells measured 8.8cm

最近ドイツの7.92㎜✕57㎜マウザー弾が🇫🇷の8.0㎜口径から1％だけ減らして開発した事を知った。88㎜は昔から疑問に思っていた。何故90㎜ではないのか。ドイツにはメートルでもインチでもない何か特別な度量衡があるのか？ 海外の大砲フリークス教えて下さい。