Bolt Action - 8.8cm Flak 37 Germany The Panzerkampfwagen IV medium tank

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

the game of close-quarters tank-on-tank combat

They were supported by HMG and anti-tank squadrons

having freshly wrested its independence from neighboring powers

against great odds until the wars end in Berlin

Bolt Action - 8.8cm Flak 37 Germany The Panzerkampfwagen IV medium tankOriginally 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,