[scott_c2911]

I believe lokisaga to be correct on this one. The armys 88 was initially designed as a heavy AA gun where the naval 88 was a bombardment artillery piece. They had nothing technically in common apart from calibre. They could not even use the same ammunition. The armys 88 had a very flat trajectory hence the AA idea. It was when the low and fast round was found to be a devastating AT weapon it was used as the 88 we all know in historical media.