new arrivals. help with gun id

[Jonathan M]

got these two new additions to my collection. the writing on the reverse locates the place as Calais in 1940. the word 'Herbst' is also written on both.

i can identify a luftwaffe eagle on the helmet and forage caps and im 70% sure the gun is an 88.

can someone confirm the id on the gun and can someone also shed some light on the word 'Herbst', which im sure is some kind of abbreviation






thanks
jonathan

[max history]

Herbst is Autumn.
Max.

[Jonathan M]

thanks max
jonathan

[byterock]

Looks like an 88 but (and that is a big but) a number of the Flak units around
Calais used captured English 3.7-Inch QF AA hard to tell from the pics though.

[Jonathan M]

a close up of the bit of the gun we can see. hope it helps.



would those English 3.7-Inch QF AA be breech loaders? seems to me that these guys are pushing a pull through through the gun

[Simon O.]

Seems like an 88 to me, the shield, cylinder on top with the small 'thing' on top of it gives it away for me.

[Jonathan M]

Seems like an 88 to me, the shield, cylinder on top with the small 'thing' on top of it gives it away for me.

great minds think alike simon. the 'thing' at the top also made me think 88, though the gun shield is also pointing me in that direction.

by the way does anyone knoe what the proper name for the 'thing' top is called and what its function was?

thanks
jonathan

[Gunbunny]

That "thing" holds a panoramic telescope when the gun is used as an indirect artillery piece.