P01396.004
Photograph P01396.004 Second World War, 1939-1945MERSA MATRUH, EGYPT. ? 1942. DAMAGED GERMAN DUAL PURPOSE 88MM GUN (ANTI-AIRCRAFT, ANTI-TANK) FLAK 36-40 KNOWN AS LONG TOM. (DONOR: L. DAVIS)

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. ROMMEL'S GUNNERS HAD TO LEAVE THIS GERMAN 88MM FLAK 36 DUAL PURPOSE GUN BEHIND AT EL DABA.
MERSA MATRUH, EGYPT. ? 1942. DAMAGED GERMAN DUAL PURPOSE 88MM GUN (ANTI-AIRCRAFT, ANTI-TANK) FLAK 36-40 KNOWN AS LONG TOM. (DONOR: L. DAVIS)

EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. THIS GERMAN FLAK 18 DUAL PURPOSE 8.8 CM ANTI TANK ACK ACK GUN DID TWO JOBS AND DID THEM BOTH WELL. EIGHTH ARMY TROOPS SAY IT WAS ONE OF THE FINEST WEAPONS USED AGAINST THEM.

A German Flak 36, 88mm multi purpose gun, captured by Australian forces at El Alamein. On the left is a German semi tractor (Sd.Kfz 7) used to transport it, which has been damaged by fire. This photog
TRYING OUT A GERRY GUN. TWO DIGGERS FIND ENTERTAINMENT IN MANOEUVRING A GERMAN DUAL-PURPOSE FLAK GUN CAPTURED BY THE EIGHTH ARMY. THIS WEAPON IS USED AGAINST LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT, TANKS OR INFANTRY. (N

El Aqqaqir, Libya. 1942-11. A German 88mm Flak 36 gun which had been used as a tank attack weapon. The whole crew were killed and were found buried alongside the gun. Allied Sherman and Crusader tanks

El Alamein, Egypt. c.1942-07. A pile of wrecked vehicles and artillery, including a German 88mm Flak 36 gun, in the Western Desert. The photograph was obtained by a member of 2/2nd Battalion after the
