• PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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    1 month ago

    Explanation: In WW2, Nazi Germany had a tendency to pursue some outlandish weapon designs whose utility was… much less than their development cost. Many were approved directly by Adolf Hitler or his inner circle of drugged-up cronies, since even the infamously impractical German brass wouldn’t approve of half these projects for the simple reason that they were idiotic.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wunderwaffe

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      I mean, it could’ve been uh… interesting if that gun ever managed to barage London with giant shells before D-day. Not that it was ever particularly feasible, but it would’ve been quite the story.