The
second World War was devastating, but also plenty of technical
advancements were made possible by the combatants’ desire to win.
Despite being defeated in the end, the German war machine had impressive
weaponry at its disposal, including sophisticated creations that could
have helped it win.
However,
Hitler’s army was never able to produce these advanced weapons in
quantities that would have had a meaningful impact on the outcome of the
war, and it also had trouble ironing out various kinks in the early
designs.
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Weapons of WWII
magazine looked at some of Hitler’s advanced weaponry in its fall
issue, on the 76th anniversary of the start of the second World War.
Germany
had some incredible weapons for that day and age, including a flying
stealth bomber, a rocket-powered fighter, a remote-controlled mini-tank
and a radio-guided bomb.
The
Horten Ho 229 was a stealth bomber capable of carrying 2,000 pounds of
firepower at 49,000 feet, and it could reach speeds topping 600mph. The
aircraft in the image above had twin turbojet engines, two cannons and
R4M rockets. However, the craft was also plagued with problems.
The
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was the Luftwaffe’s rocket-powered jet
capable of reaching speeds of up to 700mph. The airplane was created in
the late 1930s, at a time when the P-51 Mustang fighter could only reach
440mph in combat. The German’s plane was both a “gift and a curse,” as Business Insider
notes, as it helped pilots escape Allied gunfire, but also prevented
them from shooting down enemies. More than 300 of these planes were used
during the war.
The
Goliath tracked mine is a radio-controlled unmanned small tank that was
used to destroy enemy vehicles such as tanks. Over 7,000 units were
deployed in combat, each able to carry up to 220 pounds of high
explosives.
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