It was a case of too little, too late.
Here s What You Need to Know: Hitler tried to make Germany the most technologically advanced combatant nation during World War II, but his wonder weapons failed to win the war.
Imagine that you are an Allied soldier in the ETO. You are in your foxhole on the front line, looking and listening for any sign that the Germans are about to attack your position.
Then you see it a small, funny-looking tracked vehicle heading your way. It looks like a toy a miniature tank without a turret or a gun. “What the hell is this?” you ask yourself. You call out to your buddy in the foxhole next to you and direct his attention to this little interloper. You might even smile and laugh a little at the contraption. But the next minute your laughter is cut short when it explodes, killing you.
The missile played a key role in the development of post-WWII tactical nuclear weapons.
Here s What You Need to Know: Corporal was considered “the embryo of the Army missile program.”
Six days after the Allies’ D-Day landings on the coast of Normandy in June 1944, Germany retaliated by launching its first Vergeltungswaffe, or Vengeance Weapon, at the city of London. The V-1 was actually a Fie-103 cruise missile designed by Robert Lusser of Fiesler Aircraft. Made from nonessential war materials and covered in sheet metal, the V-1 was powered by a revolutionary Argus As-14 pulse jet engine and carried a 1,870- pound warhead a distance of 150 miles. Although the Allies were never concerned that this buzz bomb could effectively turn the tide of war, they were disturbed that Germany could produce such an advanced weapon. They immediately considered countermeasures, with the American Army Air Force turning to a group of homegrown rocket enthusiasts for an answer.
It had broken the record for the longest precision-guided cannon shot in history
The supergun will be able to strike enemy targets from outside their range
It uses a prototype shell which can course correct using GPS and laser tech
A supergun being trialled by the US military has successfully fired an artillery shell to hit a precise target at a distance of more than 43 miles (70 kilometres) away.
Breaking the record for the longest precision-guided cannon shot in history, the extended-range cannon artillery system was tested at a firing range in Arizona.
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The weapon has now achieved its designed range following a successful shot over a distance of 40 miles (65 kilometres) back in the March of this year.