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Early Access: One-Shot Tank Killer? (Patreon)

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Flak 88: One-Shot Kill? How Effective was it really?

The Flak 88mm is often portrayed as a Wunderwaffe that could one shot kill most or even any tank in World War 2. The question is, does the claim of the one-shot kill hold up to data we have available or not? For this we look at data from Flak units, but for context also US Tank Destroyer Units, German Sturmgeschütz Units and Tiger Battalions as well. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » Paypal Donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » Patreon Perks » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » Subscribe Star Community - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view?language=en_GB »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Jentz, Thomas L.: The Dreaded Threat. The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37 in the Anti-Tank Role. Panzer Tracts: Boyds, MD, USA, 2001 Müller, Peter; Zimmermann, Wolfgang: Sturmgeschütz III. Development – Production – Deployment. History Facts: Andelfingen, Schweiz, 2009 amazon.com (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/32elcXa amazon.de (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/34z5E1E Moran, Nicholas: TDs land at Anzio. The Chieftain’s Hatch, World of Tanks: 2019. https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/chieftain/Anzio2/ Accessed: 3rd November 2019. Moran, Nicholas: The 645th TDB Defends Anzio. The Chieftain’s Hatch, World of Tanks: 2019. https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/chieftain/Anzio1/ Accessed: 3rd November 2019. Zaloga, Steven: Armored Champion. The top Tanks of World War II. Stackpole Books: Mechanicsburg, US, 2015. amazon.com (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2PTJQHo amazon.de (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2PTKdlg McNab, Chris: Flak 88. 8.8cm Flugabwehrkanone (Models 18/36/37/41). Owners' Workshop Manual. Haynes Publishing: Somerset, UK, 2018. amazon.com (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2K2Pdod amazon.de (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2WpOSxJ Freeman Jr., William K: A Study of Ammunition Consumption. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: 2005, p. 13 Wilbeck, Christopher W.: Sledgehammers. Strengths and Flaws of Tiger Tank Battalions in World War II. The Aberjona Press: Bedford, PA, USA, 2004. amazon.com (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2QNabKP amazon.de (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2Qs5Ehq Hahn, Fritz: Waffen und Geheimwaffen des deutschen Heeres 1933-1945. Dörfler Verlag: Eggolsheim, o.J. Amazon.de (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2BpWWbp Fletcher, David: British Battle Tanks. British-made Tanks of World War II. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2017 Amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2D5JNTn Amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2UBNgjQ Fennell, Jonathan: Fighting the People’s War. The British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2019 Amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2G6ylLs Amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2UCTVtV » DISCLAIMER « As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Als Amazon-Partner verdiene ich an qualifizierten Käufen. #Flak #Effectiveness #WW2

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Volker Hartmann

Sorry for offtopic: I was looking for the video "sober up! Blitzkrieg on Drugs" on Patreon to ask a question. As I did not find it, I just post it here. Since you are talking about drug use and mentioned "conventional" drugs: What about coffee and - this is what I am curious about - chocolate? With chocolate I mean Scho-ka-kola. It is black chocolate (56% cocoa) with cafein from coffe and cola-nut powder. You might know it, and if not: Bismarck does, he has it in the background in the book-shelf. I personally am using it since years by know. Against fatigue but also for working, because the theobromine has a flow-inducing effect. What I know (from unreliable sources, i.e. mainly Wikipedia) is that it was given to the troops, especially pilots and tank units. However, I wonder how much is rather based on post-war advertisement (in the 50's it was quite popular as I was told by older people) and propagation in cultural products (you see it in the Vilsmeier-film Stalingrad when they loot the supply bomb, you see it in the loading of the maps of the German campaign in the game Panzers) and to which extent it was really used back in the war. I personally would consider it a good drug for this purpose, because it is good in reducing fatigue, it induces flow or euphoria, however you don't have the risk of overdose nor of triggering psychosis or mania. And it is also a goody that can increase morale. However, chocolate was a luxury good that you could not import. So they had to rely on stocks and I personally wonder how big these stocks were.