ah i see

so the americans tried their hand at making their own Communist Refrigerator then

Im trying to figure out a crew for my tank thing, the abomination i posted here a while ago

currently i have 3-5 men for each gun and 2 in the hull

8-12 crewmembers

reminds me of a strumtiger (I hope I got that right)

that thing was scary

Sturmtiger didn’t have a huge crew iirc

Only like 5 people

yeah, but the fucking firepower of that thing

it was an assault gun

it shot rockets

was ment to shoot Britain from teh shore of France IIRC

I know it shot rockets, it could punch through 11 feet of concrete, the reason I was saying the above reminded me of it was what I though to be the stubby barrel in the umage above

I believe it was found to be too inaccurate to use against single things like bunkers

It did fuck up groups of things if it landed nearby them. Apparently it managed to hit near some stationary shermans and basically knocked out all of them

It was mainly used in the eastern front, noteable in the battle of warsaw, and was highly ineffecient due to only being able to hold 6 shells at a time

the Shturmtiger was frankly a waste of recources if you ask me

sure its a big gun, but all those materials coulda been used to produce more panzers, panthers, fix the tiger 2, better development into the Panzershrek to make it better than it already was

it was something that was highly impracticle, yet super cool, that being said, it was the helepolis of it's time, a highly expensive and highly specific tool that could work marvels if used right

but rarely ever did

most of Germanies Wonder Weapons were like that

oh, yeah, totally

used successfully about once

tho i will say, with stuff like the ME262, it propelled aircraft development further, as well as runway strategy

The Me262 had decent success. Obviously not enough to change the outcome of the war. But it DID manage to change the entirety of aerial warfare.

hell, with the Ho Horten even tho it was never completed during the war id say had influenced the idea of stealth aircraft with its design

with just how similar it looks to stuff like the B-2

was also technically a stealth aircraft, due to the wood it was made out of somewhat absorbing radar

tho with being made outa wood, the projected ability to turn at insane speeds was tossed outa the window, because wood cant handle high G turns

and only reason they made it outa wood was because they didnt have enough steel

The Germans also developed the helicopter during the war, but only managed to produce two and they were barely more than prototypes.

Actually helicopters existed since the late 30s I believe.

I'd need evidence on that one. I have the evidence for the tail end of the war.

Helicopters have been in the making since 400 BC

There were helicopters made by individuals well before WW1

yes, we're talking about funtion military helecopters though which didn't come into use until after ww2

I knew there were blueprints made by Leonardo da Vinci and by the Confederate States, but no practical, working prototypes.

to my limited knowlage

@Southernpatriot01 the Confederate State? can I see?

the made a doodle, please show me