While Hitler's fanciful ideas about how wars should be fought cost him the war and resulted in millions of unnecessary lives lost, millions of marks were spent on pushing the envelope of aeronautical engineering. The V1 rocket is the most famous example of this, as it laid the groundwork for putting men on the moon. However, we're quite taken with the Me-163 Komet as well.
A project of the same Messerschmitt aircraft company tha... (continue reading >>)
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Weird Nazi Toys: Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet Is a Rocket Interceptor - Video
While Hitler's fanciful ideas about how wars should be fought cost him the war and resulted in millions of unnecessary lives lost, millions of marks were spent on pushing the envelope of aeronautical engineering. The V1 rocket is the most famous example of this, as it laid the groundwork for putting men on the moon. However, we're quite taken with the Me-163 Komet as well.
A project of the same Messerschmitt aircraft company tha... (continue reading >>)
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