Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Special weapons of the Nazi Germany

WunderWaffe 1 - Vampire Vision

Sturmgewehr 44 was the first attack rifle, similar to the moderns M-16 and Kalashnikov AK-47. ZG 1229, also know by the name vampire code, could be used by the snippers at night because of its infrared vision. It was used in last months of the war.
WunderWaffe 2 - Super-Heavy Tank

The German engineers worked in a lot of super-heavy tanks draws and the Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was the heaviest model to be made as a prototype during the war. The weight of this tank was about 180 tons.

The Bear version, with 1500 tons, carried 2 800mm cannons and 2 150mm auxiliaries rotational towers that lied behind. To locomote this giant structure, four U-boat submarine diesel motors were necessary.

WunderWaffe 4 - The first ICBM - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile


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