What makes a weapon anti-air or anti-tank? Would anti-air be effective against tanks? Could we create one weapon that covers both, or even all possible targets?
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The German FLAK-88mm was never intended to be used against anything but aircraft flying overhead. However…
Its has a mobile mount with four wheels and when it is towed on the road, the barrel can be lowered to below level. Its quite an accident of design, but when its lowered into its lowest position, it can still be fired.
The explosive projectile may only be 88mm in diameter, but since it was intended to explode near high-flying bombers that would be attacking Germany, it has a huge amount of powder behind it in a large case.
Rommel began using them against British tanks and it was devastating. One of the features were that the Germans had excellent optical ranging sights. The shell size can be seen in this pic
[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ldUl29uGVn8/X_h1k-WjmRI/AAAAAAAAa2A/tpyZ2CUPK88rVWhWfNXrmgJTHj22GYsvQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h420/flak%2B88%2Bposition.jpg](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ldUl29uGVn8/X_h1k-WjmRI/AAAAAAAAa2A/tpyZ2CUPK88rVWhWfNXrmgJTHj22GYsvQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h420/flak%2B88%2Bposition.jpg)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpNYTA6Ax5o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpNYTA6Ax5o)
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