"The 88 could punch a hole as wide as a grapefruit through any tank we had. If they were dug in real solid or inside a fortified position they would have a machinegun set up with a pre-staked field of fire and probably some other nasty surprises as well. There was always hell to pay knocking out an 88, I'll tell you that."
Corporal Michael X. Fitzgibbons, 332nd Infantry, 84th Division
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"Ja, ja, ja, everyone says such wonderful things about the 88, all the everyones who sat in staff meetings or watched the battles on tactical maps, that is! Us landsers who had to push them through the mud called them æbarndoors!' They were big and clumsy and when they fired the ænew improved' cartridge, the smoke cloud was so thick you couldn't lay the gun for the next shot!"
