The device with gauges on it is a fuse setter, it times the fuse so the shell will explode at the right altitude.

The excitement you guys had when filming this was contagious. As much carnage as this weaponry created, it was a great find! New subscriber :)

Man finding that 88 and actually seeing it in person other than in a museum must have been breath taking…I was just as excited…One of the reasons I watch is to see exactly this..Being I’m a WWII history nut, this is just to cool.. Definitely a new sub.. TOTALLY COOL…

This weapon came out in 1928. The other one you mentioned 128cm flak 40 was designed in the 30's and came out in 42. 128 mm, high velocity gun was used on the German Flak Towers that guarded the big cities from Allied bombers. Don't be surprised if some museums and collectors ring you up, this is quite a find being it's in such good condition.

I love that guy, he's an engineer to the end. "This part is doing something, but i don't know what"

amazing how well preserved that whole complex is even the gun looks like with only minor maintenance it could fire again

That Flak 88 is in incredibly good condition still after being left out in the covered, but basically open Air. That local climate is helping to keep things in pretty good condition.

I can't believe this doesn't have more views. So glad i stumbled across this channel.

I saw your Reddit post and just had to watch the whole video. Soo awesome to come across such history, im such a WWII history nut. Thanks for sharing.

I saw your reddit post and watched the entire video and I got to say, it was so fun watching. Your guy's laughter and fascination with history had me smiling the entire time, and it really makes me want to get back into exploration. Awesome video, and thank you so much for sharing!

Thanks for watching guys! I'm aware that we are far from the first to "find" this gun, but this may be the first time many of you have heard of it. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the trip and do me a big favor & hit the "👍" / like button if you do. Appreciate it! 💯🪖

great history and exploring - great stuff!

Great video guys! Sharing a bit of history.

This is so fucking AMAZING!!! What an awesome piece of equipment. Great work buddy, proud of you guys for not only taking on such a difficult project but for saving this piece of history.

Wonderful video, that intro was so bald & bankrupt-esque, it was beautiful

OMG the 88 looks an amazing shape these videos are awesome

Love your videos. They are well done and informative. It always amazes me how well the WW1 and especially WW2 structures were built. Look at the German subpens or any of these fortified positions.

Awesome video guys !!! Thanks

This one was crazy man! Great episode🤘

Holy shit what a find. Congrats boys you done urbex proud :')

Really nice find!

Greetings from Romania ! I am mind blown…I love these Videos bro. I just saw the one with the Kriegsloc and now this one .😮 perfect

The abandoned basillica is so cool, can imagine that in minecraft or TOTK.

Exactly.The shell was placed in the socket and rotated until the right setting in degrees was reached.Then,like the last post said,it set the correct range for the shell to explode

Best exploring vid ever 👍💪

I loved the video. You guys did what I would do if I was there. Good move to come in with the lubricant. Next time tell your buddy to bring an 88 shell 😂😂 Greetings from reddit.

Incredible. I'd love to see that one day.

What a gem! Imagine if it would still work and shoot 0_0

Bolt a hoist on the ceiling, couple of wrenches a handtruck, this gun would be in my garage in no time. If only I did not live in a different continent.

Mich persönlich wundert es nicht dass die 88 noch gangbar ist. Deutsche Wertarbeit. Wahrscheinlich kann man sie nochmal 100 Jahre stehen lassen, ein bisschen einfetten und sie wäre wieder fit.

Awesome!

Yeah anywhere static you better pray that your tank would run into a German 88 it is a monster especially on the eastern front

Did you find any German markings, writing on it? This video should definitely be at the top of your long list of very interesting explorations. Going to be hard to top it. Maybe checking out the guns on the Bismark is next, huh?

That is a really great find!! Thanks for sharing!. Can you give a grid or reference point? When I was in France, I had the chance to explore parts of the Maginot Line and fortifications from both World Wars

You both were like a kids in favorite candy store! Or more than that!

Where is that located ?

It is pure luck not being taken apart. Hope it will not happen after getting this popular more and more. Good you enjoyed guys. That is sth to be remembered as an experience, i am pretty sure!

Found through reddit. what an awesome video

Lol He used all the last lubrication left in the wheels that's why it wouldn't move 🤣

Ok, I need to know where in Croatia this is?! The wife and I are planning a visit and would love to check out that old palace.

Wow what a aliitery I want one to put beside me while I'm sleeping great engineering 👏

I Hope you leave it with barrel down (so if some water will not keep in) and put again it’s cover tarpaulin , attached with some paracord.

Awesome I'm surprised you didn't clean of the tracks and push it out to see daylight for the first time in Many many years .lol good stuff thanks for taking me along 🙂

Looked like a range finder

Wow very cool !

Also where is this at?

Flak-36/37 8,8 cm Kanone is my favorite 😃

That's so cool! Where did you find this?

I wonder what engine is in the back ground at the 4.45 mark most 88 came with there own power supply to power the battery of 4 or more the generator is a big as a beer keg and is around 1000KG with only 2500 watts was offered 1 for sale but 3500 was no much with out the engine

We have several of those left in Finland. Some are in museum, and some in field (memorial places). Finland bought 90 units in 1943-44.

The doggy was cute ☺️

Can't believe it's still there !

This is rad as fuck, brother!

Very cool

Wow what a realy cool find

thats seriously one helluva find well done no wonder you all kept laughing so much ...I can imagine the feeling coming across that beauty :) :)

That poor lonely dog broke my heart

These videos really capture the imagination

Hello from Sweden 🇸🇪

You know that can of oil is probably flammable. Under the right conditions can be combustible. I was waiting for you two to search for the breach lock. Some rags and a rock or small log for a projectile.... Nope. Probably not a good idea. But that's where my mind was going.

Its safe because so few people know about it

I was about to ask why y'all didn't push it out. Then I thought ugggg it's prolly too heavy! So I searched the weight ... 7 tonnes :))

If I lived in Yugoslavia the gun would be in my garden

Wild

Too damn cool! Or what!👍😁

what is the location?

The engineering quality, design and construction shits on todays equipment in just about everything yet today with all the technology things should be made far better.

Could it fire a sharp load ?Or something else?

bro you gotta do a mission back to the place and get the dog out.

PROFESSIONALLY THAT TYPE OF OBJECT IS CALLED: OBB (Boat Coastal Battery) or OAB (Coastal Artillery Battery) ... of course Bunkerman knows about every such facility ;) from Pula to the Albanian border....

At 7:10 Looks like some kind of Range finding device maybe.

Magnifique 👍👍

Fucking awesome.

02:59 vicious indeed :D

88 fixed. Land lord = 86.

Would love to have that

Cool, what an experience….not forgetting it was also A load of 88s that were used to shell the beach at Normandy on d day from brecourt manor…hence the scene in the band of brothers…….cool vid.

So exciting

Where is the breechblock??... FYI Americans can and do legally own and operate cannon like this or similar as long as the propellant is loaded into the breech in bags, not already packed into shell casings .. No permit or licence required for this ..Target practice is fun but very expensive, and usually exploding projectiles are not allowed. Muzzle loading cannons are perfectly legal. and people make cannons sized to shoot bowling balls, out over the ocean for fun. They can shoot a couple miles or so.xpensive hobby, and popular with civil war reenactors ,

I think it was Rommel who started using the 88 as an anti-tank gun

weren't there some still being used in Africa in the 2010's?

🔝🔝

So cool. I felt with you kids.

Gosh that vicious guard dog 🫣 Don’t go there without water and dog food or else!

it says R 1966 on the breach, maybe thats the production year?

that oen thing witht he big dail on it... is a radar. for aircraft.... and calbes goes some where safe so the 88's would not get hit... tot eh radar dish

I got $10,000 to the first person that wants to ship this to me

If yew a millionaire could probably purchase it from country where it resides...

Do you know if this thing is in a museum yet

Bruh I live in croatia and I haven't seen anything like this. Where is this?

What a great find ! nice it is still somewhat "functional" I think there should be some locking system to lock it down while firing capable of 15 or more shots per minute out to 10000 metres it was a very quick weapon to get into operation , remember that the automatic shell ejection could break your leg as the fired casing ejected The British had a somewhat better gun the "3.7 inch" it outranged the 88 but was slow to get into action , a heap of 3.7s were abandoned in france early on . The fact that germany took over huge numbers of captured field guns is often forgotten . they also got the captured factories & slave laboured munitions. The terrible war is not taught about enough! ....There is FAR worse now available in our world but crazy religious & political stupidity still rules .. I was trained on 3.7s got them up to 20+ shots per minute!! ...Dangerous! Thanks guys ..take care!

Some oil and it will be like new... 🤣

Celui là sur et certain y'a moyen de lui faire craché des dragées avec un peut de travail de restoration

Now, can it fire?

"pazi ostar pas" is the biggest lie in croatia. They will always hang that thing on there fence and then you see chiuaua running around 😂.

STRUCNO TAJ TIP OBJEKATA SE ZOVE: OBB ( Obalna Baterija Broda ) ili OAB ( Obalna Artiljerijska Baterija ) ... naravno Bunkerman zna za svaki taj objekt ;) od Pule do albanske granice....

*Traveller

So much for showing this to a child.

Just been to the gun in Mljet with my 11 year old son. I can confirm it has seized up again. Got it to move laterally a few cm. No vertical movement. Was a little perturbed to find a shell case in situ inside the barrel with what appeared to be the percussion cap in situ!! BTW found your discarded oil spray can, really bad form to leave that in a bush in the national park chaps.

Hi mate. Gun in question is ITALIAN "Cannone da 90/53" not German Flak.It's Flak lookalike with 90 mm bore gun.These guns came from Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto as war reparations.