Bolt Action - 8.8cm Flak 37 Germany Although designated as a medium

Although designated as a medium tank it was more in line with the light tanks of other nations at the time

The Panzerkampfwagen IV medium tank was the only German tank to earn the distinction of fighting from the beginning to the end of World War II

having freshly wrested its independence from neighboring powers

against great odds until the wars end in Berlin

Medium mortars were some of the most important - and deadliest - weapons of the Second World War

Bolt Action - 8.8cm Flak 37 Germany Although designated as a mediumOriginally developed as an anti aircraft weapon, the Flak 37 8. 8cm (or Eighty eight as it became known by Allied troops) had a high muzzle velocity, making it an exceptionally deadly anti tank weapon as many Allied tank crews would learn to their peril. The 88 could also be deployed as a conventional artillery piece as one infantryman noted, the 88 was 'anti everything' The 88 saw service on all fronts in which the Germans fought during WWII,