Talk:Flak 88/@comment-43309486-20190919073426

To reach high altitudes of the projectiles, it was necessary to use high-friction propellant charges. This high muzzle velocity later proved to be quite useful as the cannon was given new roles - for use as an armor-piercing cannon in tanks such as the "Tiger" and the "King Tiger". From the original "Flak" cannon remained only the barrel and the shutter. Also, the grenades were adapted to the new use - it was no shrapnel more, but projectiles with a lead tip. The "8 - 8" was one of the few weapons that could penetrate the armor of a Soviet "T-45", let alone the weaker armor of a "Sherman" tank, and was therefore feared by the Allied forces.