From the Sept. 22, 2013, Listverse.
10. HEINKEL He 162-- 116 made, unsuccessful
9. PANZER VIII MAUS-- Largest tank ever built
8. JUNKERS Ju 322 MAMMUT-- Replacement for cargo planes
7. ROCKET U-BOAT-- Sub with rockets to attack the United States. The U-511 was the first one.
6. FIESLER Fi 103R-- A piloted rocket where the pilot parachuted out at the last minute.
5. FLIEGERFAUST-- Portable ground-to-air rocket launcher.
4. ZEPPELIN RAMMER-- A plane to be towed by another plane.
3. TAIFUN-- A rocket for use against bombers.
2. KRUMMLAUF-- Allowed a rifle to fire in many directions and, for infantry, could fire around corners.
1. THE SUN GUN-- A giant mirrot sent into orbit to boil seas and burn cities down.
Those Germans. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
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