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The Great Panjandrum
Most of the weapons on this list are terrifying because of the damage they could do to your enemies. But the Great Panjandrum, a British military project from World War II, was just as threatening to the Allies. When Hitler’s forces built a massive concrete wall ten feet high and seven feet thick along the Atlantic, Churchill charged the Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development to invent something that could vault over it and explode.
Their solution was the Great Panjandrum, a rocket-propelled rolling wheel with a deadly payload. Unfortunately, the rockets tended to come loose and fly everywhere, and the Panjandrum never got to go over that wall.
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While Hitler was arguably one of the greatest politicians of modern times, he only rose to the rank of corporal while fighting in WW 1. Thankfully for the world Hitler had enough power to over rule his admirals and generals, Nazi Germany had the power and technology to win the war but Hitler made a couple of key blunders which is why his generals tried to have him killed. It all worked out for the best, the world and
February 20 2013 at 2:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyespecially the US did benefit from all the military advancements even getting the US to the moon with Verner von Braun and all his knowledge, prototypes, work and scientists. Braun eventually became head of NASA, not bad for a young German boy with a dream, he helped two countries become world super powers, actually three because many of his proteges went to Russia and helped them.
The scariest weapons were not the ones thought of. They were the ones built. Like the V-1 and the V-2. Could have been an entirely different war if they\'d been around in \'41.
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