World War II to many is one of if not the largest scale war known to man. Many look at it as a way of solving issues and conflicts at the time, but many others see it as an event that brought out the monsters within men on the battlefield. Unfortunately it brought atrocities that no man should never have to witness, most of which was created by the Nazis. Additionally, countries became divided for means of a more humane order. During times of war countries would innovate their arsenal of weaponry in order to be the at the top of their enemies, furthermore out of any countries’ weaponry, Nazi Germany is by far the most underestimated. Notably, Nazi Germany back during World War II had technology far beyond anything their enemies had. Not to
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During this massive year long battle the Nazis and the Soviets were at a stalemate this later coined the name the Eastern Front. One country would create a revolutionizing weapon the other would imitate said creation. But one weapon became a lasting icon on the Eastern Front - Schwerer Gustav. This translates to English as “Great Gustav”, and great it most certainly was. Gustav was known to be the biggest cannon the world had ever seen on the battlefield. According to Sean Martin, journalist from Express News, Gustav was, “a 1,350 ton machine and became the biggest weapon ever built and was capable of firing town leveling 10 ton shells more than 30 miles.” All in all the weapon was so powerful that Germany used it as a way to detonate Soviet underground ammunition caches that were as deep as 100 feet below the surface. Unfortunately as powerful as Gustav was, there was one problem, its mobility. In particular, according to the article Top 10 Secret Military Weapon of Nazi Germany, “It took three days and a workforce of 250 men to assemble the two 800mm guns, 2,500 men to lay all the twin rail tracks, and half an hour to load the damn thing.” Easy to see why the weapon did not last as long as the Nazis wanted it …show more content…
The V2 Rocket was able to travel faster, was lighter, more explosive, was cheaper, required less time to make, and was far more effective on the field as compared to the original V1 Rocket. To many historians the V2 Rocket is considered to be the 1st ballistic missile. According to the founder of War History Online, Jack, he stated that, “these missiles traveled up to 3,500 miles per hour becoming faster than any aircraft in the war.” The fall of the V2 Rocket is simple when being told by historians, Germany invested too much time and money into crafting these missiles that, consequently, they did not have enough money or will power to create weapons as well as acquire more soldiers, so it came down to the Soviets retaliating against Germany’s attack, thus Germany lost most of their weapons and men on the Eastern Front causing the Soviet Union to push into Germany and crushing the German war machine (“Hitler’s
During this massive year long battle the Nazis and the Soviets were at a stalemate this later coined the name the Eastern Front. One country would create a revolutionizing weapon the other would imitate said creation. But one weapon became a lasting icon on the Eastern Front - Schwerer Gustav. This translates to English as “Great Gustav”, and great it most certainly was. Gustav was known to be the biggest cannon the world had ever seen on the battlefield. According to Sean Martin, journalist from Express News, Gustav was, “a 1,350 ton machine and became the biggest weapon ever built and was capable of firing town leveling 10 ton shells more than 30 miles.” All in all the weapon was so powerful that Germany used it as a way to detonate Soviet underground ammunition caches that were as deep as 100 feet below the surface. Unfortunately as powerful as Gustav was, there was one problem, its mobility. In particular, according to the article Top 10 Secret Military Weapon of Nazi Germany, “It took three days and a workforce of 250 men to assemble the two 800mm guns, 2,500 men to lay all the twin rail tracks, and half an hour to load the damn thing.” Easy to see why the weapon did not last as long as the Nazis wanted it …show more content…
The V2 Rocket was able to travel faster, was lighter, more explosive, was cheaper, required less time to make, and was far more effective on the field as compared to the original V1 Rocket. To many historians the V2 Rocket is considered to be the 1st ballistic missile. According to the founder of War History Online, Jack, he stated that, “these missiles traveled up to 3,500 miles per hour becoming faster than any aircraft in the war.” The fall of the V2 Rocket is simple when being told by historians, Germany invested too much time and money into crafting these missiles that, consequently, they did not have enough money or will power to create weapons as well as acquire more soldiers, so it came down to the Soviets retaliating against Germany’s attack, thus Germany lost most of their weapons and men on the Eastern Front causing the Soviet Union to push into Germany and crushing the German war machine (“Hitler’s