"The true German trump card was the feared and respected 88mm FLAK. Its high velocity gun made it an anti-tank threat which could defeat almost any tank armor in the world. Its accuracy also made it a deadly anti-aircraft weapon. The same weapon could serve in both modes without any modifications to the carriage or mount. The 88mm FLAK was 25 feet long overall, had a rate of fire of 8 rounds per minute, a crew of 6, and had a maximum effective altitude of 14,680 meters and a horizontal range of 10,600 meters. A development of the 88mm FLAK weapon was the 105mm FLAK and was mostly used as an AA weapon against Allied aircraft. I had a crew 5 and a rate of fire of 3 rounds per minute. Its maximum ceiling was 12,800 meters."
I am not sure this actually needs any explanation, but basically, this means that the German army's "true trump card" is, in fact, an anti-air weapon. If we just installed some of these all over the place, the pitiful Luftwaffe would have a hard time fighting back against the Heer.
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"the German army's "true trump card" is, in fact, an anti-air weapon." And anti-tank weapon. It might be very helpful if you changed your point of emphasis away from those hypothetical match-ups to a more realistic and historically interesting comparison of which German arm had the most influence militarily, or most success, or most impact on operational successes. The imaginary match up doesn't work to really bolster and sustain conversation.
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