Wonder Weapons of World War Two[Heavy Graphics]

DRB ^ | 07 Apr 2009 | Simon Rose

[tcrlaf]

Some of these weapons did see action in the last days of the war, and would form the basis for future developments that we take for granted, today.

Panzer Munchenberg had an ENTIRE COMPANY company of panzergrenadiers equipped with the Sperber IR system, as wel as several IR-equipped Panzers.

The single Sperber-equipped JagdPanther at the Seelow heights gave the Russians fits every time they tried to move tanks under the cover of darkness, until it was finally knocked out by an artillery hit.

If the Sperber System had been deployed just even weeks earlier, it could have devestated many of the late-war Soviet and American spearheads before they ever got started.

[SampleMan]

The German IR systems were great for what they were. In fact they had IR systems throughout most of the war, but they required recharging in sunlight and only worked part way through the night.

Again, some German advances were great, but most were years away from panning out, and many were just boondoggles.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SkyPilot]

The German engineers were amazing. Almost too hard to I build a scale of the German Horton bomber a few years ago, and I was just amazed at the design.

[SkyPilot]

This is my favorite, the Heinkel He 219.

The Smithsonian has been restoring one. Here is the completed fuselage.

It was an incredible nightfighter. It had a pressurized cabin, ejection seats, and slanted guns (in German they called it "Jazz Music") to hit the bombers from below at an angle and they never saw it coming.

Scale model of the cockpit:

[luv2ndamend]

Thanks for all the info! My daughter is doing a report on why the US should of entered the war before we did. This list is great!