To: BroJoeK
17 posted on
12/04/2014 8:06:18 AM PST by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: PeterPrinciple
"Looks like the shells were on the line about now and what was feared most, did happen." Another great story, thanks.
33 posted on
12/04/2014 2:36:47 PM PST by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective..)
To: PeterPrinciple; henkster; BroJoeK; Homer_J_Simpson; Tax-chick
However, the Germans had been told by their engineers that proximity fuse shells were impossible because of the forces exerted during acceleration in the gun, so they never recognized what they had captured.LOL!
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