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Archive Gallery: PopSci's Most Sensational World War II Headlines

Posted 6.9.11 at 5:26 am 2 Comments

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Tank Killers With a Wallop: December 1942

When the German 88-mm tank gun received spectacular press following its performance in Libya and Egypt, British and American readers began to fear that the Nazis had developed a weapon unmatched by anything the Allies had to offer. This was simply not true. The German 88-mm had an intimidatingly long barrel and could fire shells at around 2,800 feet a second, but that wasn't anything our 3-inch AA gun couldn't do. The German weapon couldn't fire rockets, as the public feared; if anything, their antiaircraft weapon only temporarily "outdid" ours because their armies had managed to managed to beat the British and Americans in converting AA guns to all-purpose weapons.

Read the full story in "American Guns Do Not Lack Punch, They Are--Tank Killers With a Wallop"

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elgsus

06/14/11 at 9:25 am

I think the proposal of the volcano idea is ingenious! Obviously, we have many more effective methods against enemies, but this would be an interesting tactic to try if we ever had to. Or just bomb a remote volcano somewhere on earth and see what happens!

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toferus2001

06/15/11 at 9:15 am

Never mess with Nature....It can create a chain of events just like having the Ring of Fire may create a large tsunami that will affect both sides of the continent.

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