Focke_Wulf wrote:
Being a WWII guy and my Focke Wulf Guard is semi based on the Germans in WWII, I thought it would be cool to have a 88 mm. Rules are simple. Same as the towed earthshaker but 15 pts cheaper. Doesn't fire HE rounds like the earthshaker but has a vanquisher cannon. To make it more 88 like, counts as having sky fire or make flakk missles but at S 8 or 9 because it is a bigger shell.

TanKoL wrote:
It shouldn't have blast, it's an armor piercing high velocity shell, it doesn't have (or not in significant amount) explosives in the shell itself.
But it could have a different firing mode (S6 AP4 5" Blast maybe ?) available
It's only in 40K that tanks / cannons are too dumb to have HE shells and AP shells available (and some early WW2 tanks too, dumb doctrines as well)

I wouldn't give it Interceptor as it's not a very fast gun to swivel around, but it should definitely be able to fire at full BS at ground targets (Should have included 2 different rules under Interceptor ...)

TanKoL wrote:It is at its core an anti-air gun yes
A Flak gun designed to shoot down formations of bombers, not fast strafing fighter-bombers, that's what the 20/37mm are for
Yes it can shoot at flyers, yes it can shoot at ground targets, but no it shouldn't be able to "fast shoot" a unit out of a drop pod

and large anti-air guns do use HE shells against high altitude planes, but it can't be used in 40K, that's why I'm saying it should mainly use AP shells

an 88mm towed cannon that was suitable for taking out long-range high-altitude bombers could deal with the kinda of dogfighters and fighterbombers used in 40k.