Bolt Action - Luftwaffe Field Division 8.8cm Flak 37 Starter like transports

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for the militia – chocolate soldiers who would melt in the heat of battle

German tank and anti-tank gun crews were instructed to attack Fireflies first

Plastic German weapons sprue

Bolt Action - Luftwaffe Field Division 8.8cm Flak 37 Starter like transportsOriginally 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,