1/18 JSI MERIT FLAK 88mm ANTI AIRCRAFT & TANK GUN WITH CARRIAGE MODEL KIT 61701

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WELCOME!! REZZED COLLECTIBLES JSI INTERNATIONAL NEW IN STOCK THIS IS A MODEL KIT AND NEEDS TO BE ASSEMBLED & PAINTED! Item#: JSI-61701 This is the First Flak 36 in JSI Model Kit Series. Glue, Paint, and Assembly required. Features: * Traversable Gun Platform * Working Recoil System * Over 350 Parts * With Detachable Transport Carriages * Moveable Gun Breech * Ammo carrying case and 88mm Shells * Full Decal Sheet for Different Campaign Use The 88 mm gun ( eighty-eight ) was a German anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun from World War II. It was widely used by Germany throughout the war, and was one of the most recognized German weapons of that conflict. Development of the original models led to a wide variety of guns.The name applies to a series of guns, the first one officially called the 8.8 cm Flak 18 , the improved 8.8 cm Flak 36 , and later the 8.8 cm Flak 37 . Flak is a contraction of German Fl ugzeug abwehr kanone meaning "aircraft-defense cannon", the original purpose of the eighty-eight. In English, "flak" became a generic term for ground anti-aircraft fire. In informal German use, the guns were universally known as the Acht-acht ("eight-eight").The versatile carriage allowed the eighty-eight to be fired in a limited anti-tank mode when still on its wheels; it could be completely emplaced in only two-and-a-half read more