Wunderwaffe: Nazi Germany's "Miracle Weapons"

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[@route2070]

Most KZbinrs, "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, end of 2020, and retrospectives." Simon, "Nazi weapons!"

[@letoubib21]

CU next millenium *. . .*

[@IrishMike22]

Whatever works mate; 14 million individual subscribers over his 27 channels can't all be wrong.....😉

[@route2070]

@@IrishMike22 Not complaining, well I guess a bit from the topic whiplash.

[@IrishMike22]

@@route2070 I gotcha buddy, just making jokes. Happy new year 🤜🍻

[@route2070]

@@IrishMike22 sorry half the time can't tell jokes from a fan that feels slighted .

[@christophereyton342]

I've figured it out. "Simon" is actual a set of identical sextuplets. Their goal as "Simon" is to shock and awe all the other KZbin channels into submission and have "Simon" recognized as the Grand Overlord of KZbin, Master of the 1000 Channels. We support you in this cause, Your Excellency.

[@theluftwaffle1]

Maybe Simon has mastered cloning technology?

[@IrishMike22]

I, for one, welcome our new Simon Overlords. 👍

[@christophereyton342]

@@theluftwaffle1 I was thinking that could be an alternative explanation. Or time travel perhaps. :)

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

Already a slave to the Gnome salt mines.....*Whispers* I support a Whistlerite freedom movement ;)

[@rickyduck]

I just watched a video on octomom... Literally the previous video 😂

[@luminaether]

Do we reach the singularity when Simon gets to the point of producing 25 hours of videos and podcasts every 24 hour day?

[@theluftwaffle1]

What if Simon has mastered cloning?

[@luminaether]

@@theluftwaffle1 you know, after I posted that, I could have sworn Simon glitched out and looked like Max Headroom for just a second .

[@Johnnyoity]

@@theluftwaffle1 Time Turner

[@ericstamps4717]

SIMONGULARITY?! I am ashamed...

[@libertarian1637]

The V1 was a pulse jet not a rocket; a jet uses atmospheric oxygen while a rocket uses a rocket motor which contains an oxidizer which provides the oxygen for the fuel. While you can qualify both as missiles they are not both rockets.

[@jakekoontz4445]

Simon called it a rocket but also described it and said it used a Pulse Jet engine so I think who every wrote the script is to blame here

[@Jognt]

If you're gonna "Well akchually," allow me to return the favor: *Akchually* the liquid oxygen oxidizer was stored in a seperate tank, not in the rocket motor. :P

[@ruesmale6940]

Thank you for that nerds.

[@phoenixdundee]

To be fair, although these were infective, they were incredible feats of engineering.

[@lordgarion514]

They were effective. It was their numbers that were ineffective. If they could have launched a couple thousand in a couple of days, the Battle of Britain would have had a different outcome.

[@phoenixdundee]

@@lordgarion514 Probably wouldn't have made a difference to the Battle of Britain as that was much earlier in the war and relates to air superiority. And something is ineffective as a fact, whether that is due to design, numbers or fit for purpose. Fat Boy wasn't a particularly good nuclear bomb, but it was effective.

[@JohnFrumFromAmerica]

@@lordgarion514 i dont think you understand the word ineffective. There is no way 1000 v2 could be produced per day. The reason they are ineffective is that the cost to produce them is significantly greater than the distruction they cause on aggregate.

[@lordgarion514]

@@JohnFrumFromAmerica Who said they had to be built the same day they were fired. Build X number per day? Want to launch X number per day for x number of days? Simple math..... No one ever said they had to launch everything they made each day. Some rule I don't know about? They might have been shooting rockets, but we're not actually talking about rocket science here. Just 3rd grade math. But Germany always had trouble with that concept. Doenitz wanted 300 subs at the beginning of the war. If he had gotten them, England would have been royally screwed.😃 But Hitler was always in a hurry. So by the time that he got his 300 subs, the allies already had the technology, the equipment, the tactics, and enough ships and planes, that the number of subs were absolutely irrelevant.

[@JohnFrumFromAmerica]

@@lordgarion514 you are living in a fantasy land where the Nazis get to build all the weapons they want and everyone else just stands still. The manufacturing capabilities of the allies was far greater than the Nazis. The only true wonder weapon of the war was the atomic bombs and the US detonated 2 independent designs the Nazis were never going to win once the Manhattan project was started. They had already lost but just didn't know it yet.

[@tardvandecluntproductions1278]

Ah yes, the Nazi side projects. Very, very expensive side projects.

[@gudmunduringigudmundsson9287]

I heard that the Vengence projects cost as much as the Manhattan project. Which is definitely a highly contributing factor for the allied success. I mean.. just.. that's an expensive spicy meat-a-ball for a country of 1/4 the population of USA I belive.. At war with basically everyone else.. Being bombed a lot.. having 90% of its oomph freezing its nubs off in middle of nowhere somewhere in gurkistan.. conducting mass genocide at home "relieving" much of its educated workforce of would be duty.. With a management partying on on all them new "cocktails".. expensive is not even coming close to cost of that spicy V meat-a-ball.. That and the lack of useage they got out of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen.. And the fuel shortages.. And the sonar.. And radar.. And the behavior that lead to the appearance to the rest of the world they needed to be ganked and stomped.. Oh yes.. the V projects were.. like.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SraaedltimZ6M

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

@@gudmunduringigudmundsson9287 Hey if they had just bought some Venuswalian oil everyone could have just got along. . . I'm not saying spoilers.

[@gudmunduringigudmundsson9287]

@@ABrit-bt6ce Britain rocks! And. We might have had a full on Command & Conquer Red Alert situation instead kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6urpZd4qtiNmpY if WW2 hadn't played out just like that. Except it would probably have been a lot saltier Red Alert with a lot more nukes and no chronosphere. No spoilers indeed. 👊😇 Merry Christmas. Love. Respect. Responsibility. 🦋

[@danieldestree3235]

they weren't side projects to hitler. bigger is not always bigger . dude was such a narrssasist

[@hernerweisenberg7052]

I doubt that any project in WW2 was as expensive as the manhattan project. Whatever the case, i don't think it would have made any difference if we germans had put all the manpower and resources from stupid projects like V-weapons, Battleships, Giant Artillery and so on into tanks and planes. We allready had way more tanks and planes then we could fuel anyway.

[@pbxn-3rdx-85percent]

Wunderwaffe: Nazi Germany's Miracle Weapons. WunderWAFFLES: Delicious waffles miraculously fat free.

[@johnbarber4549]

Luft waffles and Panzercakes.

[@KarlKarpfen]

Hey Simon, in German, an "s" after a name, even in combined words, is like the " 's" in English. So it isn't "Wilhelm shaven", but rather "Wilhelm's haven". But no worry, I did it wrong the other way 'round with the English town of Faversham in Kent, which I had pronounced "Faver's ham".

[@pegasusted2504]

except Faversham is due to syllables and the first is 2 separate words. Not the same thing ;~)

[@serveauxproductions]

Simon: I've got a new project called "Ingredients" where I read off the ingredient list on product labels. Me: yeah, ok, subscribe.

[@brianartillery]

The comedian Paul Merton once said: "My dad was a kid in the war, and his dad told him that it was said there was a bullet with your name on it. Grandad wasn't that bothered - but his neighbours, Mr and Mrs Doodlebug were shitting themselves."

[@nobleman9393]

"Well I thought that if I owned the bullet with my name on it, I'll never get hit by it. Cause I'll never shoot myself, And the chances of there being two bullets with my name on it are very small indeed." - Private Baldrick

[@domgiblin4280]

Although 2020 has been a year to forget I’m really glad with all this extra time spent at home I was able to find this channel and learn so much.

[@heckinmemes6430]

"I shot for the stars, but kept hitting England."

[@robg9236]

"I just send them up where they come down is not my department said Werner Von Braun"

[@bradbrad6521]

I feel sorry for any of the very small number of people that became fans of 'Business Blaze' first, only then to discovered Simons main channels. It has to be a shocking! Thanks for everything you 3 do for us ; )

[@stephenbritton9297]

My dad was a QM on a destroyer off Anzio. One day they notice a puff of smoke every few minutes from the mouth of a railroad tunnel. Realizing its a nazi rail artillery piece, his ship and the other DD's opened up on the tunnel mouth with all 5'/38's they had and brought the tunnel mouth down. That definitely put a damper on the rail gun pounding of the beach.

[@Jcompton69]

My grandpa was on the beach in Anzio and his company ended up taking the other gun. There was a picture taken of them standing on it and a few years ago a family member of one of the officers shared it in the fb group for the 88th infantry division.

[@alex-ul3dp]

How do you manage so many channels and a podcast? This man is a god

[@joeyr7294]

#nosleepsimon

[@caw25sha]

They are quins.

[@Mattman993]

He has a team of writers and support staff

[@chadimirputin2282]

He has slaves chained to radiators, and plenty of coke, "allegedly".

[@SkunkApe407]

He has a very solid roster of writers and producers that handle a good deal of the logistics. Thanks to them, Simon is able to juggle his myriad of channels with a bit more ease, and we get the pleasure of seeing more of his face and glorious beard. We all love Simon, but the people behind the scenes are the unsung heroes of the Whistler-verse.

[@kampfgruppepeiper501]

Your deliverance of videos is very impressive. Thank you for your time and effort! Merry Christmas Simon! 🎄❄️🎁

[@thomaszielke866]

Either Simon is a cyborg hellbent on becoming the most prolific KZbinr of all time, or "Danny" and "Sam" are his identical siblings who stand in for him so he can get some sleep at some point. How many projects are we up to now?

[@tedstrong3990]

Your channels are the best Simon, I’m rarely here this early because I’m trying to catch up on all of your other content!

[@ProbablyNotLegit]

You forgot about Terpitz being stuck in the fjords largely due to the commando raid on the Saint Nazaire naval base, where there was one of the only dry docks that could hold it for maintenance and refuelling. Truly awesome story, that. Otherwise, awesome video dude

[@carrielange2692]

So happy for another podcast, thank you!😊 I listen to Brain Food show on Stitcher, and I've add The Casual Criminalist now too. Thanks again, podcasts are actually my favorite form of media 💖

[@oldenweery7510]

Simon, I was a bit confused at your statement that the huge Tirpitz could "hide" in a Norwegian "ford," since a ford is a shallow _river crossing._ "Fyord," mate! Keep up the good work, though. Continue to keep yourselves safe, everybody, and Happy Holidays.

[@m.showers1242]

Enjoying each of your channels! Thanks! Onward strong!

[@hotcreamyfart]

Dear Simon and Danny, An episode of Side Projects covering the hit film "Space Cop" would be super neat.

[@avengerXable]

just finished binging all megaprojects videos, thanks simon for having more channels

[@KaiNeknete2012]

Hi Simon! Another great video! Just one comment from my side: The city "Wilhelmshaven" is pronounced like 2 words: "Wilhelms-Hafen" ("William's Port"). In German grammar we put words together, making it look like one word (which it basically is, but you get the point).

[@followthewhiterabbit7504]

Merry Christmas Simon. The "London Gun" (V3) used multiple propellant charges to accelerate the projectile along the barrel as this placed less stress on the gun than a single, large charge at the breech. The chambers for these additional propellant charges can be seen in the photo, protruding at right angles from the barrel at regular intervals. The Germans encountered considerable difficulties developing a mechanism that could reliably trigger these charges as the shell passed them. The gun wasn't just one barrel either. It was a whole battery, capable (in theory) of firing hundreds of shells per hour.

[@vrod665]

Anzio Annie was one of my playgrounds growing up. Living next door to US Army Ordinance Museum meant that every tank or artillery piece became a point of interest. I was sorry to see the collect get “speed to the wind” ...

[@johnbarber4549]

Fort Sill?.

[@vrod665]

@@johnbarber4549 actually Aberdeen Proving Grounds. APG hosted the museum prior to the collection being split apart and being sent to different places. Some of the German artillery pieces, both static and self-propelled, went to Fort Sill, OK. I went there a few years ago to visit a few pieces of armor that I played on as a kid. Shared the story with Mr. Blaker the curator at the artillery museum. He thought it was it was pretty interesting that a 50-something would come halfway across the country to see armored artillery that sat in a field across the street from where he (I) grew up. Needless to say...I have a love for armor.

[@OBIIIIIIIII]

The komet was very popular with the Japanese. They tried to ship several - some assembled, some disassembled, plus many more engines via submarine. And yet every single sub was sunk with its cargo by allied navies before they could get it to shore. The only thing that survived the journey was an instruction manual with Mitsubishi had to use to make their own version

[@sandybarnes887]

Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and yours, Mr Whistler. Thank you for the entertainment during my most difficult times this year. 🎅

[@julianshepherd2038]

Allegedly

[@sandybarnes887]

@@julianshepherd2038 no

[@deanbuss1678]

I've seen all these weapons in separate videos. Having them in one collection with to the point history and descriptions is cool.👍

[@kaltaron1284]

Having this many channels should be a crime! Keep on going.

[@lordgarion514]

He ain't gonna be happy till he's got enough channels that it becomes a felony.

[@mandymayne8759]

11:08 If it is “jettisoned after takeoff” it stands to reason that it is not on the aircraft at the time of landing. Thus, it cannot be “landing gear.” It is in fact “takeoff gear.”

[@velvetunderground9835]

Excellent video as always

[@simonbeaird7436]

A fact not often mentioned is that more V-2s were fired at Antwerp (1,610) than at London (1,358). The Germans were desperate to knock out the port in Belgium as most of the Western Allies supplies were landed there.

[@carlfromtheoc1788]

380mm guns on the Tirpitz? The Iowas class (and others) chuckle in 406mm, and the Yamato class laughs in 460mm.

[@mavericktheace]

"And after allll youre mein wunderwaaaaffe!"

[@hobinrood710]

Underrated comment.

[@johnbarber4549]

What was the name of that band?. I remember them saying that they would be bigger than the Beatles. Guess not.

[@thehummusgavemeaids1596]

@@johnbarber4549 What are the Beatles?

[@TheKeyser94]

If you ever played the original Valkyrie Chronicles you can find the two variations of Anzio Annie and the Anzio Express, used by the empire, they are basically mortars, but very effective, you cant disarm them, you cant destroy them (unless in the Fouzen mission) in the latest game, Valkyrie Chronicles 4 are just regular mortars, now called Grenadiers, like the units used during the Napoleonic wars.

[@missyd0g2]

Merry Christmas from the mountains of Prescott Arizona.

[@PbFoot]

i LOVE the casual criminalist! love that danny writes the scripts (you can really feel the blaze spirit), but its kind of not the same just hearing the voice and not seeing the reactions/expressions that come with a video.

[@Battledongus]

Callum writes the CC scripts but he was given Danny's scripts to look at so it feels blazey

[@explorer1968]

The Anzio Annie and Anzio Express railway guns were more effective during the Battle of Anzio precisely: hidden in railway tunnels they took turns alternatively for firing their giant shells. So those big guns kept the Allied troops stalled for three months...

[@ThomasCallahanJr]

Do “The boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AFB... worlds largest Air Force

[@ronidude]

Already done

[@QqJcrsStbt]

The 'tipping' of V-1's was very rare. Pilot narratives indicate that no contact was the intention. The very close proximity of the fighter wing under the V-1 wing caused aerodynamic asymmetry thereby flipping it. The V2 production consumed more deaths in the forced labour force than to London.

[@Daleymop]

Another podcast? Oh my likely non-existent gods, Simon! Do you ever sleep? .... Of course I'm subscribing!

[@baukemiedema2420]

hi Simon. The V3 London Cannon wasn't a rocket powered cannon, but a so called Multi room/stage cannon. Allong the muzzle there are additional explosives propelling the projectile to a higher speed. ;)

[@nateniezgoda1964]

I've seen a V1 in person at the air museum in Olypia washinton. I can't imagine seeing one tumbling toward my home.

[@hukaman88]

Simon is just the gift that keeps on giving

[@mbryson2899]

Like the Jelly of the Month Club.

[@domgiblin4280]

Don Simon really doesn’t miss when he makes videos.

[@skwervin1]

The 617 Squadron - Dam Busters were the guys who wiped out Peenemunde and the Tirpitz using Barnes Wallis's Tallboy and Grandslam earthquake bombs. You should do a video on both the squadron and just how accurate they became and on Barnes Walllis who designed not only the earthquake bombs, but the bouncing dam bomb and several bomber aircraft.

[@GreasyBeasty]

Simon you're going to take over the internet at the rate you're pumping out channels and podcasts

[@MotherBiscuitLover]

I think The Horton 220 is still the most interesting "Miracle Weapon".

[@johnbarber4549]

Did it hear a Who?.

[@shida420]

Please make the podcast on KZbin too. I don't use any of the other platforms and since I use premium I don't want to switch.

[@sandybarnes887]

Try listening here. www.stitcher.com/show/the-casual-criminalist

[@shida420]

@@sandybarnes887 I'd still love for it to be on KZbin but this is good too, thanks!

[@benjamincrom7276]

Merry Christmas everyone.

[@jsnsk101]

side project idea: studio tour and what it takes to run 37 youtube channels simultaneously

[@brandnamevideos8419]

Simon watch letter kenny. Need it for the history of alegedly.

[@komerwest3748]

Simon you are THE MAN! The top of the top ten youtubers.

[@tdyerwestfield]

My middle name is Leopold, and I've now got a new chat up line regarding an 11 inch barrel.

[@azjeepguy83]

When I hear Leopold I think of the former Belgian king who enslaved the congolese people in order to produce rubber. The king who committed countless atrocities, chopping off hands if some workers did not meet quota's. I have even seen a picture of a poor Congolese father sitting next to the severed hands and feet of his daughter.... Al because he didn't meet the days quota.. glad your name of Leopold is so near and dear to you!

[@tdyerwestfield]

@@azjeepguy83 Yeah that's the massive down-side to the name. I think King Leopold II of Belgium committed the biggest mass genocide in history.

[@BlastinRope]

@@tdyerwestfield i didnt know there were top genocider awards

[@observerfrequency4725]

Have you ever seen the Warner van Brahn in the Walt Disney videos? Was that old Walt or the government trying to change your opinion of the Germans in operation paper clip?

[@samsamson391]

LMAO at the thumbnail. Simon has been practicing for *something*... :D

[@MartinTwomeyFilm]

Simon - how many of you are there? Now a podcast! Do you get any sleep? Someone in the future may do a Biographics on you - what title would they give it folks?

[@stevepodleski]

The Luftwaffe had much less problems taking out Lancasters than B17s since the Lancasters had no fighter escort and few night interdictors such as the Mosquito.

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

Couple of small drawbacks you missed about the 163 Komet. The fuel was so incredibly volatile if any was left in the tanks, it had a tendency to explode. Also if it leaked into the cockpit, it would dissolve any organic matter, much to the consternation of the pilot!

[@owenshebbeare2999]

"A couple...".

[@mbryson2899]

Slartibartfast is disappointed that you cannot pronounce "f'yord" properly. He spent a long time designing them, even won an award IIRC.

[@timmmychanga]

Thank you for everything!

[@kaiying74]

Wilhelm Shaven made me lol. You're a bad man Simon Whistler, I see what you're doing. :P

[@Fishallies]

A good number of weapons on this list were given a loving touch by 617 squadron. V1, V2, V3 and Tirpitz. The bombs that destroyed the V3 sites and ripped the bottom off the battleship were tallboy, the first earthquake bombs.

[@anthonyxuereb792]

The V1 was so clever, it is simply amazing. Simon didn't mention radar, yes, the Germans had radar. A British expert visiting Germany before the outbreak of WWII thought the Germans didn't have radar because he couldn't see the tall towers the British had. He didn't know that the Germans had gone beyond the towers. The British also staged daring commando raids to get their mitts on German radar.

[@branon6565]

It was a Luftwaffe pilot who flew I think an FE 109 that was equipped with radar in its nose to an English base where he surrendered himself and the plane to the allies, that's how the Brits learned of Germany's radar knowledge....

[@mho...]

12:32 "the production began in "WilhelmShaving"" 🤣 gotta shave ur wilhelm before war! 🤣 hillarious!

[@puppetguy8726]

Hey Simon, pronouncing "Braun" as Brown is a lot closer to the German pronounciation than Brawn.

[@KantoShakerOfShimmies]

Maybe Simon doesn’t speak German, and perhaps he apologizes in advance in the majority of his videos about potential mispronunciations. Cheers mate, merry Christmas.

[@puppetguy8726]

Sean Clifton Well yeah, that's why I'm trying to help him with his pronounciation.

[@KarlKarpfen]

@@KantoShakerOfShimmies Well, people, who are aware of their mispronunciation and apologize in advance, often would like to lower their error rate.

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

@@KantoShakerOfShimmies yeah quit simping and help spread knowledge.

[@sashakazmar6142]

I think it’s his British accent 🤣

[@rogerhinman5427]

The Tirpitz was hiding in fjords primarily because there wasn't a functional dry dock on the Atlantic coast of occupied Europe capable of holding her. The one at St Nazaire having been wrecked by the British. There was no way to repair her should she suffer battle damage.

[@guidor.4161]

The V1 was not a "rocket" but a cruise missile (the 1st one ever).

[@wadejustanamerican1201]

Merry Christmas!

[@henriroggeman7267]

Dicke Bertha actually means Fat Bertha, not Big Bertha ;-)

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@everythingsalright1121]

The Krupp K5 railway guns were hardly wonder weapons, though. They built quite a few of them for conventional artillery purposes.

[@reecedawson6113]

Can you cover the English electric lightning pls, Merry Christmas

[@jd-si5us]

My small town has a V-1 buzzbomb mounted in the town square! I’m in the midwestern U.S. I’m not sure how many are left, or even in America.

[@MrAshCarr]

Speaking of the Bismark, I'm looking forward to hearing you tell *that* story sometime

[@DavidSiebert]

1. The V1 was not a rocket. It was a pulse jet-powered cruise missile. 2. The Spitfire was not the weapon of choice for intercepting the V-1 That went to the Hawker Tempest, The P-47m, and the Meteor. All of them were faster than the Spitfire at low altitudes which is where the V-1 flew. 3. The allies were not far behind the Germans in jet engines if at all. German jet engines had a life of 20 hours or so. The UK and US jets had much longer TBOs. 4. The allies well the US and UK were much farther ahead in Electronics, Logistics, Physics, Naval power, long-range aviation, and of course physics. 5. The Me163 was useless at night. So the Lancasters which flew at night the Me-163 were useless.

[@theemissary1313]

I heard once that for the cost of Tirpitz, Germany could have had two aircraft carriers or around thirty U-boats. Not sure about the correctness of it, but sounds plausible

[@peterson7082]

They would have been a nasty bunch if the aircraft were comprable to Fleet Air Air aircraft, not war changing, but definitely could prolong the war and be a headache for the Royal and eventually U.S. navies. That being said, they had no aircraft for them, and those considered or being refitted for such were quite poor performing.

[@anthonyciccariello8089]

Holy cow that was one tough battleship.

[@ziggy2shus624]

Perhaps mentioned in other videos, one of the long-lasting war implements was the MP-44 which was the worlds first "assault rifle". It was originally developed in 1942 as the prototype MP-42, then modified to the MP-43 and modified again to become the MP-44. Hitler tried to kill the program saying " no more rifle designs". The manufactures ignored Hitler and started producing the rifle and sending it to the front line calling it the Machine Pistol (MP). Hitler found out about the rifle and went into a rage, until he tried one out himself. Hitler liked the rifle and ordered a million more, but this was near the end of the war , so few got to the frontline. Both the US and Soviet generals studied the MP-44 rifle after the war. The Soviets modified the internal mechanism and it became the AK-47, which is still one of the most popular assault rifles used today. The dumb-dumb US generals looked at the MP-44 and thought it was a piece of junk and threw it into the trash. It was 20 years later that the US finally developed a similar rifle the M-16. Hitler upon seeing the Mp-44 called it the Sturmruger , or assualt rifle.

[@davidvincent8929]

WOW!!!!!! WHAT SUPERB INFO!!!!

[@caw25sha]

Big Bertha sounds like a character in Allo Allo.

[@joesquires2845]

From memory, A joke is made in Allo Allo about "Big Bertha" - When one of the Wehrmacht go's to visit it, Rene asks: is that his piece of on the side?

[@johnbarber4549]

She married Fat Albert.

[@davidhunter1538]

I think it was sheer genius leaving Tirpitz in the fiords by which the British admiralty had to guard against by tying up huge naval resources to counter any moves against the Russia bound convoys. Genius.

[@twocvbloke]

The need for them to make weaponry so big just screams "small manhood issues" so much that it's no surprise ol' hitler was such a grumpy bastard... :P

[@johnbarber4549]

Also he only had 1 testicle.

[@darrenjohns8694]

No mention of the 80cm Schwerer Gustaf railway guns?

[@feliks8748]

Wilhelm shaven xD get your beard oil away from poor Wilhelm!

[@KarlKarpfen]

@Feliks87 In English you would pronounce it in that manner: Heysham, for example, is "hey sham" not "heys ham"

[@markrowland1366]

V1s were mostly referred to, in England, as Robot Bombs.

[@DerptyDerptyDUM]

Ahhh, a Christmas tale! 🎄

[@mcpossum]

Simon. You are a legend

[@cnocspeireag]

V3 projectiles were not rocket boosted. The gun had several side chambers, intended to be fired as the shell passed, so maintaining pressure in the long barrel. It was colloquially referred to as a 'hochdruckpump', or high pressure pump for that reason. There is no evidence that the Germans could have got it to work. The barrel was not rifled and mis-timing of the charges could have been catastrophic.

[@rachelblake2350]

Please release your podcast on Google Podcasts!

[@KeithSchultz1989]

@SIMON remember to spend some family time tomorrow

[@jonnda]

The v3 had the multi stage “rocket” motors in the barrel.

[@caw25sha]

The photo is of the prototype n Poland. I don't think they got that far with the French version.

[@RB-yg7jw]

Wunder? What’s so wonderful? Impractical or maniacal might be a better description. Take the German 88 mm gun, arguably one of the best pieces of artillery ever produced in terms of range, accuracy and versatility, especially for its time. Problem was, it damn near took 6 Engineers to fire the thing compared to 2 or 3 Nebraska farm boys for an American howitzer. Taking out an 88 and its crew was devastating to the Germans. Like so many other things, Germany simply ran out of trained gun crews. Even force multipliers are subject to diminishing returns.

[@I_THE_ME]

*AH! Die Wunderwaffe DG-2! My favourite!*

[@JamVar]

Could it be? Za DG-3? Za DG-3 zat's just for me?

[@markrowland1366]

WW I French giant railway guns were such a threat that their discovery alone was presumed to confirm Germany must stop the war. The Shnider Obousier 520, at a 20 inch bore fired shells twice as heavy as the German Gama and Big Birther. Germany refurbished and dispached two to destroy Petrograd.

[@justandy333]

Whats this strange ship the Tierpitz you keep mentioning?

[@Hobbes4ever]

and yet they couldn't make a working proximity fuse

[@lordgarion514]

It was tricky. How to make the antenna work inside a shell had them stumped for a bit.

[@TheWhizKid007]

Simon and Salt Bae both practice the multiple versions of themselves approach to conquer their respective kingdoms!