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WWII Nazi Stealth Bomber

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That is pretty cool. I had seen a little bit about it awhile back actually. They had a lot of things that never got fielded in war and for us that is a good thing.
 
That is a cool plane. But a secret it is not, it was in video games as far back as 1981 (http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/data/916200.html) and in books alot farther back then that. I learned of the plane along time ago but it was called the Gotha 229. There was also a bomber of the same type of wing but larger with a range of something like 5000 miles. It would have had the range to bomb New York and fly back across the ocean to it's base.

This site has some cool pictures of a real one. http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/1999/02/stuff_eng_detail_hoix.htm
 
Hey Hunter good to see ya on! (I haven't been on much lately.)

Yeah no secret. Still was cool to watch it on the History Channel the other night.
Jack Northrop was working on the concept early on too. Had several designs that flew. http://science.howstuffworks.com/flying-wing1.htm
Here is another. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Chino2004/Sampler/index.html 8th picture down. Says it is an original?

Was watching something on his earlier designs and they were having problems seeing it on radar while testing. If I'm not mistaken, he watched the first flight of the B-2 from a wheelchair some 50 years later. How cool is that?
 
Well that's kewl to know that it wasn't that much of a secret. I watched one of the video streams on foxnews and the guy said it was a secret for over 60 years but obviously it wasn't.
Yes it's awsome that they had that kind of tech back in the day.
 
Amazing, the fact that it could actually evade the British Radar technology of its day. Good thing for us all that they couldn't afford it.

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They were ahead of everyone in a lot of ways. Lucky we aren't speaking German now.

Saw something a few years ago. They were restoring an aircraft of some sort. Said they had to be really careful with the crankshaft in the engine. Even with today's technology they would have a hard time making another because of the tight tolerances.

If you get a chance watch "Secret weapons of WWII." Had on on Germany, Japan and the U.S.
 
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They were restoring an aircraft of some sort. Said they had to be really careful with the crankshaft in the engine. Even with today's technology they would have a hard time making another because of the tight tolerances.
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I belive that was a BF109 crank, they took it to Rolls Royce to have them make a new one and were told it can't be done. The steel and the way it was made are lost to time. Speaking of lost weapons have any of you ever seen or heard of the .45 Lugar?
 
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I belive that was a BF109 crank, they took it to Rolls Royce to have them make a new one and were told it can't be done. The steel and the way it was made are lost to time. Speaking of lost weapons have any of you ever seen or heard of the .45 Lugar?
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Bro, Google never heard about the .45 Lugar. (I searched) Got any pics?
Bet you saw the rifle that shot around corners. That was weird.

Germans bought part of Rolls Royce.
The Mini was probably the biggest selling car in England. Got to go to a BMW dealership to get one now.



Kinda ironic.....
 
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Bro, Google never heard about the .45 Lugar. (I searched) Got any pics?
Bet you saw the rifle that shot around corners. That was weird.

Germans bought part of Rolls Royce.
The Mini was probably the biggest selling car in England. Got to go to a BMW dealership to get one now.



Kinda ironic.....
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LugEr.

http://www.lugerforum.com/45Luger.html
 
A buddy of mine had a 9mm Luger. Didn't know they had a .45 caliber.
Did ya know they had a drum magazine for them? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arty08.jpg

Guessing the .45 Luger lost out to the 1911 Colt? http://www.m1911.org/history.htm
Design has been around for over 100 yrs. (if ya count the earlier calibers.) And 100yrs later, I still want one.
Always wanted a "broomstick Mauser" too. http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/pist_M96.jpg

Maybe on of these days...


Since we are on weird weapons, how about the shoulder fired atomic warhead we tried? Hunter probably knows it. If ya used it, ya weren't far enough away that you would survive? I can't find it.
 
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Shoulder fired atomic warhead, thats news to me. I've seen the films on atomic anny (cannon) and know of the bombs for briefcases or a small backpack but never heard of a one man shoulder unit. That I would like to see a test of.
 
Tried to take a look at it and my anti-virus software went off. not taking that chance, reformating the hard drive is a pain in the a$$!!!!!! but the other pics I have seen look pretty damn cool.
 
The smallest nuke that I know of is the Atomic Artillery shell. The German "Stealth Bomber" was never produced in any quantity because of the Allied bombing campaign that destroyed Germany's industrial infrastructure. Jack Northrop was working on several flying wing aircraft during World War II. They've had some really good specials on it on the Military Channel.
 

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