“The proximity fuze proved three to four times more effective than conventional time fuzes, and night kill-ratios increased by 370%.”
Wow, incredible advancement! I had no idea that proximity fuses were developed in WW II and on such a compressed time schedule.
Like radar and nuclear weapons. The US was a real tech powerhouse back then.
Those days are about over but we can sure come up with more pronouns faster than anyone else. We will also be able to actually BE triggered faster than any other military in the world. Top that smart fuse.
“The US was a real tech powerhouse back then.”
so was the UK ... their aircraft engine technology was amazing ... so was their code-breaking technology ... AND they invented the cavity magnatron, which enabled the allies to quickly build powerful radar capabilities that the japs and germans never achieved ...
but towards the end of the war, Churchill allowed the UK to go socialist, and they entered a death spiral that has continued to this day ...