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GERMAN 88 OVERLOAD ; GUNS , AMMO , MARKINGS , ORIGINAL MANUALS , UNPUBLISHED PHOTOS !

2 BONUS FEATURES !

OVER 1000 PAGES OF DETAILED ILLUSTRATIONS AND INFORMATION!

THIS IS A \"CDB\" - A BOOK ON A CD. IT HAS BEEN SCANNED PAGE BY PAGE INTO DIGITAL FORMAT AND RECORDED ON A CD. IT CONTAINS ALL OF THE INFORMATION EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS IN THE BOOK , PAGE BY PAGE. THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL TRANSFER OF THE INFORMATION AND IS READABLE BY COMPUTER. WITH TODAY\'S HDTV SETS YOU CAN ATTACH YOUR COMPUTER TO THE TV AND READ THE BOOK WALL SIZE IF YOU LIKE.

FREE SHIPPING FOR \"BUY IT NOW. U.S. ONLY! $5 worldwide .

This offering is for a CD NOT a book.

THIS IS THE NEWTHIRD EDITION WITH MORE INFORMATION AND COLOR PHOTOS.

THE ILLUSTRATION IS FROM MY FAVORITE MANUAL ON GERMAN AMMO. IT IS IN RUSSIAN AND WAS PRINTED AFTER WW2 BY THE SOVIET UNION BASED UPON THEIR EXPERIENCE IN WW2 WITH GERMAN AMMUNITION. THIS ILLUSTRATION IS ON THE 88MM CD AND THE ENTIRE EXTENSIVE MANUAL IS AVAILABLE AS WELL.

DID THE GERMANS USE 88s IN WW1 ? WHAT WAS THE LAST ADOPTED GERMAN 88 ? WHAT COLOR SHOULD MY 88 BE AND WHAT SHOULD BE STENCILED ON IT ?

DO I HAVE THE CORRECT PROJECTILE AND CASE , FUZE AND PRIMER ? HOW MANY DIFFERENT TYPES ARE THERE.

WHO CARES ? LOTS OF FOLKS DO !

IN 50 YEARS OF COLLECTING AMMUNITION THE UNDOUBTED MOST FREQUENT QUESTION ASKED OF ME HAS BEEN \" DO YOU HAVE ANY GERMAN 88S ?\"

THE GERMAN 88 BECAME LEGENDARY WHEN WE MET IT IN NORTH AFRICA. THE 88 WAS IN USE LONG BEFORE THAT. THE GERMAN 9CM SHELLS FROM THE 19TH CENTURY WERE 88s AND THE CALIBER WAS COMMON IN WW1.

WHAT HAPPENED TO MAKE THIS CALIBER SO POPULAR?

WE KNEW ABOUT THE 88 FROM ITS USE IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR . WE KNEW IT TO BE A FIRST CLASS MOBILE ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN AND BETTER THAN ANYTHING WHICH WE HAD IN SERVICE . THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER.

IT WAS NOT UNTIL NORTH AFRICA THAT WE LEARNED (THE HARD WAY) THAT FLAK UNITS WERE ALSO ANTITANK CAPABLE AND THAT NO TANKS MADE COULD WITHSTAND A DIRECT HIT FROM THE COMMON SERVICE ANTITANK PROJECTILE. THE SERVICE 88 AA GUN COULD BE DEPRESSED EASILY TO FIRE ON THE HORIZON AND FLAK UNITS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE LUFTWAFFE WERE ALL ISSUED ANTITANK SHELLS AS WELL.

WHY? THE LUFTWAFFE FIELDMARSHALL KESSELRING WAS AN ARTILLERY OFFICER IN WW1 AND AFTER. HE WAS SOLICTED INTO LUFTWAFFE SERVICE BY REICHSMARSHALL GOERING BUT HE DIDN\'T LEAVE HIS EXPERIENCE BEHIND.

KESSELRING KEPT THE FLAK UNITS UNDER LUFTWAFFE CONTROL AND SAW TO IT THAT THEY WERE PROVIDED WITH ANTITANK TRAINING AND AMMUNITION.

AND NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY (THANK YOU PAUL HARVEY).

THIS CD CONTAINS MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE 88mm AMMUNITION. BEGINNING WITH THE 19TH CENTURY SHELLS IT COVERS ALL OF THE ADOPTED 88mm SHELLS FOR ALL OF THE ADOPTED GUNS THROUGH THE KING TIGER TANK 88mm KWK43s.

INCLUDING: FLAK 18 , 18M(NAVY AND COAST ARTILLERY),36 , 36M , 37 ,41 , 41KM , L45 : NAVY - SKC 25 , 30 , 30U , 31 , 35 UBTS L35, SKL45 , TANKS KWK 36 , 43. THESE ARE ALL ORIGINAL GERMAN MANUALS.

IN ADDITION: FACTORY AND TECHNICAL MANUAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE TYPES OF AMMUNITION AND FUZES.

THIS PUBLICATION IS 88mm OVERLOAD. SEVERAL HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.

IF YOU LOVE THE 88s .......... this ones for you !

IF YOU ARE A STUDENT OF THESE ERA YOU NEED THIS.

PROFESSIONAL PAGE BY PAGE TRANSFER TO CD.

BONUS! # 1

SO YOU LIKE THE GERMAN 88s ?

NO GUNS EVER MADE IN ARTILLERY SIZES HAVE THE REPUTATION AND MYSTIQUE OF THE GERMAN 88s.

88 is a caliber NOT a gun. Germany used various types of 88mm guns starting before the turn of the century. It was not until we fought the Africa Corps that the \"GERMAN 88\" reputation (well deserved) began to grow.

GERMANY USED 3 88mm CASE TYPES IN VARIOUS GUNS DURING WW2. THE STANDARDIZED TYPES WERE THE FLAK18/36 , FLAK 41 AND PAK/KWK 43.

ALL OF THESE WERE EXCELLENT WEAPON SYSTEMS.

NOT MANY HAVE EVER FIRED THESE GUNS NOR SEEN THEM FIRED UNTIL NOW.

THIS RARE FILM FROM OUR ARCHIVE WAS MADE IN 1945 BY COL. JARRETT WHO WAS THE HEAD OF FOREIGN ORDNANCE INTELLIGENCE AT ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS, MARYLAND. HE WAS A FRIEND AND THE FOUNDER OF THE TECHNICAL INTEL CENTER AT ABERDEEN. HE WAS A COLLECTOR , SCIENTIST , ENGINEER AND THE SPARK PLUG FOR THE FOUNDING THE ORDNANCE MUSEUM AT ABERDEEN P.G.

THIS 30 min. B&W SILENT FILM WAS ASSEMBLED BY COL JARRETT TO INSTRUCT ORDNANCE OFFICERS ON THESE GERMAN WEAPON SYSTEMS. IT SHOW THE FIRING OF THE FIRST EXAMPLES OF THESE GUNS CAPTURED AND BROUGHT BACK TO ABERDEEN FOR TESTING.

IT ALSO SHOW U.S. SOLDIERS FROM THE 44TH DIVISION FIRING A CAPTURED GERMAN 88 SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AND SENDING CRATES OF 88 H.E. SHELLS BACK TO THE GERMANS ONE ROUND AT A TIME.

THIS IS MOSTLY ABOUT THE 88s BUT HE DID INCLUDED THE RHEINMETALL 105 AA GUN AND THE 128mm AAGUNS AS WELL.

DAMAGE TO U.S. TANKS FROM GERMAN 88s IS ALSO SHOWN.

HISTORICAL AND INFORMATIVE.

DVD OR VHS TAPE AS REQUESTED. NOT STATED- WE SEND DVD.

This DVD is free to buyers of our 88mm AMMUNITION REFERENCE upon request with purchase.

BONUS # 2

ORIGINAL PHOTOS , PHOTOS , PHOTOS

300+ ORIGINAL PHOTOS OF THE 88S IN ALL MANNER OF CONDITIONS - MOST UNPUBLISHED . GUNS , CREWS , TRANSPORT , MOUNTS , EMPLACEMENTS , LOADING , AMMO , CONTAINERS ,DAY , NIGHT , SUMMER AND SNOW ,LAND AND SEA.

NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT !

WELCOME TO THE CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES ON LINE MUSEUM AND DEACQUSITION SALE. THE ITEMS IN OUR REFERENCE COLLECTION DATE BACK TO ABOUT 1849 WHEN MY GREAT UNCLE, RALPH CRITTENDEN AND HIS PARTNER RICHARD TIBBALS CREATED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMMUNITION FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRAWN CARTRIDGES , PERCUSSION CAPS AND ALL FORMS TO AMMUNITION OF INTEREST TO THE GUN MANUFACTURING FACTORS OF THE DAY. SPENCER , SHARPS , HENRY , VOLCANIC, JENNINGS, REMINGTON, AND SMITH AND WESSON ALL SOLD CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AMMUNITION UNDER THEIR OWN TRADE NAME.

THE UNION ARMY BOUGHT MILLIONS OF CTM PERCUSSION CAPS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENCER CARTRIDGES DURING LINCOLN’S WAR AND ALL OF THE SPENCER AMMUNITION USED IS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES INCLUDING GETTYSBURGH WERE ALL MADE BY CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS.

**Over the course of the next couple of years we will be offering for sale thousands of rare specimens of museum quality many of which have never been offered for sale before and which you will likely never see for sale again. Why are we selling this archive and reference collection? After 150+ years of interest in ammunition there is no one else interested in the field in our family. My personal collecting has spanned 50 years and I am at an age when it is time to stop and pass on such activities to others.

WE DO NOT SELL ORDNANCE HARDWARE ON .