Comments by "The Underground Lair of the Squankum" (@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261) on "Forgotten Weapons" channel.

  1. This could be an effective tool for trench warfare. As the enemy advances upon your position, you throw this at them and while they try to figure it out, you shoot them with a bolt-action rifle.
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  2. Loctite, an American company, is now onwed by Henkel - the Germans!
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  3. My God, it's full of machining!
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  4. Hoppe's No. 9.
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  5. I suspect those who disliked it also had to carry the thing.
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  6.  @chipshort4917  "This appears to have been the sacred chariot of a warlord named Darryl."
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  7. I see a VW/Audi/Bombardier jeepthing, a Chevy Blazer, a Dodge, a Mercedes S-class of the era things got too complicated to live, a Kraut 88 (technical term)... so many things to go see! Oh yeah, and guns.
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  8. Just because you have a better idea and do it doesn't mean it's "overengineered." I've seen the same said about a third sun visor, small flap above the rear view mirror -- the eptihet "overengineered" was used by some car reviewer because, well, he hadn't seen one before. It's cheap, simple, and it's better. The cars that don't have one are weirdos in my book. This unfolding shield, in my book is a good idea, and simple. I will admit that the German sometimes cook up some complex expensive stuff that they dreamed of being the coolest solution -- then it doesn't work out, perhaps because of inadequate field testing. The above two examples are not that. Another example was the first generation of Porsche 911 having aluminum lug nuts. Some sniffed "overngineering" in that case, too, but it was a simple technology and it worked, and there was a good reason for doing it. Just because you're not used to it doesn't mean it's a problem.
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  9. The Luftwaffe also had a schlepper for their fighters that couldn't even taxi because they were rocket planes: https://flyingheritage.org/Explore/The-Collection/Germany/Scheuch-Schelepper-–-Me-163-Tow-and-Recovery-Vehic.aspx
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  10. Well, the Atlas mountains did have brown bear...
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  11. Yeah, that does jump around a bit... wait! I've got it! Mount four of them to shoot all at once! Now you're bound to hit something!
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  12. Now make those flechette rounds!
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