wind deflectors

[Jhanecker2]

Just to be pedantic , I never heard of any German Howitzer bored in 88mm .   German 88's  were usually  anti-aircraft guns or later on used on armored Vehicles such as tanks ( Tiger  I and  King Tiger ) and tank hunters ( Jag Panthers and Porsche Elefants ) The use as tank weapons came about  due to the use of the anti-aircraft  as anti-tank weapons in North Africa. There range was found to be  10.000 feet plus.

[SteamGene]

No, the Germans did not have a 8.8cm howitzer.  The 8.8cm was designed as a Fluegzeugabwherkannonen, but gained fame as a Panzerabwherkannonen.  It was also used in an anti-personnel role.
Gene

[ta152h0]

war is hell but it brings out cool words like " kanonen " 

[rogertra]

No, the Germans did not have a 8.8cm howitzer.  The 8.8cm was designed as a Fluegzeugabwherkannonen.
Gene

Don'tcha just love those German compound words?  So long, that even the Germans contract them, hence "Flak". 

Not "Flack" as some people write. 

[ta152h0]

stopped the Me 262 in " mittflug " and the pilot would say " acht du lieber "....     

[Yampa Bob]

Is that similar for our "WTF?"

Bob

[SteamGene]

Ja - er, yes.    And German is notorious for long compound nouns that get shortened.  I'm told that the German word for streetcar conductor (two words in English, one compound) translates into:" the man in the blue coat with brass buttons who collects tickets."
Gene

[r.cprmier]

:" the man in the blue coat with brass buttons who collects tickets."
Gene;
Did you forget the black boots...

[SteamGene]

I don't think so. 
Gene

[ta152h0]

Now i know what to wear at a train show- a german compound word 

[r.cprmier]

Sheldon;
About thirty years ago, I briefly drove tractor trailer for a living.  I mostly pedaled New Haven, Bridgeport, and south to M.t Vernon, etc.  I will always remember Bridgeport because of the viaduct-in fact, all along that viaduct, right through to Mount Vernon/ New Rochelle.  As a pedlar, you quickly became acquainted with that setup; and lots and lots of out of state/over the road truckers came to grief at any one of those low underpasses.  The one I used to love was just near the South Norwalk drawbridge, and many a overly large trailer didn't make it...Just like sardine cans...  Scrunnnnncccchhh!!!

Rich

[Yampa Bob]

And the guy from the adjacent looney farm said to let the air out of the tires, and he was in there because he was crazy, not stupid.   

Bob

[r.cprmier]

Bob;
When you are approaching a bridge that is marked "12-6", and your trailer is 13-6, you do not go under that bridge; because the flattest truck tire in the world will not give you the clearance needed; especially if the road tilts upward on the other side-like it does on your side.  There is a reason for the term "stupid".

[ta152h0]

I have a 2-10-2 lettered  New York, New Haven and Hartford. Such a cool sounding american compound word.

[r.cprmier]

 have a 2-10-2 lettered  New York, New Haven and Hartford. Such a cool sounding american compound word.


a NICE LOOKING ENGINE...With a nice sounding name.  I do hope it is prototypically correct.  The proto-police, y'know...