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#11 2008-10-02 13:05
- Toby
- Space Captain
- Registered: 2008-02-28
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Re: Crickey, Secret Nazi stuff
Also, there's a book called My Tank is Fight! available, which contains a variety of dubious wonder weapons, including the British plan to make ships out of ice and a very silly Japanese deathray-laser thing. It includes some German tanks with names like Mouse and Flea, most of which are the size of a village. I get the impression that the allies won because they had less wonder-weapons, frankly. Very entertaining.
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#12 2008-10-02 16:56
Re: Crickey, Secret Nazi stuff
MAUS. Didn't the septics uncover the turret for one of those beasts at Kruppswerke?
That book sounds hilariously intriguing, I think I'll hunt it down. Perfect stuff for Pulp Fiction inspiration.
Those Ice-ships, I think we covered them here a while back. I know they used the idea in Naval OPS; Warship Gunner.
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#13 2008-10-02 18:59
#14 2008-10-03 11:00
Re: Crickey, Secret Nazi stuff
Yes, and gyroctopters and jet-powered cars...sort of says something about our inventions really...
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#15 2008-10-03 12:35
- Toby
- Space Captain
- Registered: 2008-02-28
- Posts: 373
Re: Crickey, Secret Nazi stuff
HMS Habbakuk was the name of the ice-ship, I think. Do look up My Tank Is Fight!, I think you'd enjoy it.
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#16 2008-10-03 12:40
Re: Crickey, Secret Nazi stuff
Ordered it on Amazon, just this very instant!
Looks like my sort of thing, thanks again for bringing it to my attention Toby!
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#17 2008-10-03 13:32
#18 2008-10-06 11:57
Re: Crickey, Secret Nazi stuff
It's arrived! and it's great! creepily enough the part on the fictional deployment of Valkyrie 2 (german space station project) features a Raumfahrer-SS Joachim Steiner.
It's a very fun book Toby! thanks once more. The coloured artwork is also good and very inspiring.
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#19 2008-10-06 13:29
#20 2008-10-06 16:14
Re: Crickey, Secret Nazi stuff
I wouldn't be surprised! these dastardly fellows probably employed the same sciences to build their base on the floor of lake Vostok!
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