In addition
although there were relatively few German night fighters they did come equipped with 'crooked music' - guns that could offset 60 degrees upwards. Strafing runs from below at fighter speed...
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Fri 11 Aug 2017, 18:21,
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And also later in the war the crafty ol gerryys had the first air to air missile
That used wire guided controls to steer on to its target, i believe this would have been mid to late 1944, these are very differant to the spin stabilized unguided rockets that first found use in the first world war
either way the crews of bombers must have had a hell of a time kowing that there number could be up at any moment once they climbed aboard there plane.
EDIT also dont forget that the Schräge Musik could also be fired by photoelectric cell
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fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Fri 11 Aug 2017, 18:34,
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new knowledge for me
it figures they'd get there first though.
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Fri 11 Aug 2017, 18:36,
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The unsportsman like behaviore of Fritz and his scientists also produced the working
Infrared night vision systems fitted onto tanks towards the end of the conflict they had managed to develop that fitted on to an ifantry mans rifle, although the battery pack was a considerable size.
those scientists had a lot of oppertunitirs to devize weapons and systems to deliver them on a money no object basis.
This led to many things that are taken for granted these days
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fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Fri 11 Aug 2017, 20:47,
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the tech was started before that
and - in your face Nazis- radar.
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Fri 11 Aug 2017, 20:59,
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After Hitler came to power
There was a massive increase in funding for all branches of the armed servies,and a matching increase in scienific research that could be weaponised and led to many of the weapons systems that they used against us, there reseaerch into nuclear weapons was on a different track to that taken by the Americans, but did poses advanced infrared triggers to detonate the devices they where working on, the design was stolen/copyed some even say given to the US and used on there bombs that ended WW2
It was this advanced technology that led to the formation and execution of operation paper clip this was to find and appropriate the scientists and ship them to the US under asumed names, the most famous of these men was the head of the US space program Werner von Braun
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fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Fri 11 Aug 2017, 22:19,
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