US Soldiers Test Firing Captured German 88mm Pak 43 Antitank Gun - WW2 Artillery Footage

US Army soldiers test fire a German 8.8 cm / 88mm Pak 43 antitank gun captured in France during WW2. According to Wikipedia: The Pak 43 (Panzerabwehrkanone 43) was a German 88 mm anti-tank gun developed by Krupp in competition with the Rheinmetall 8.8 cm Flak 41 anti-aircraft gun and used during the Second World War. The Pak 43 was the most powerful anti-tank gun of the Wehrmacht to see service in significant numbers, also serving in modified form as the 8.8 cm KwK 43 main gun on the Tiger II tank, and