Top 5 Experimental Nazi Weapons

Top 5 Experimental Nazi Weapons




5. FIESELER FI 103R - The Fieseler Fi 103R, code-named Reichenberg, was a late-World War II German manned version of the V-1 flying bomb (more correctly known as the Fieseler Fi 103) produced for attacks in which the pilot was likely to be killed (as with the Japanese Ohka rocket-powered suicide anti-ship missile) or at best to parachute down at the attack site, which were to be carried out by the "Leonidas Squadron", Group V of the Luftwaffe'sKampfgeschwader 200.


4. PANZER VIII MAUS - Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus ("mouse") was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armoured fighting vehicle ever built. Only two hulls and one turret were completed before the testing grounds were captured by the advancing Soviet forces.


3. ZEPPELIN RAMMER -The Zeppelin Rammer (German: Rammjäger) was a project for a German 'secret weapon' by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin designed to use the technique of aerial ramming against the allied bomber fleets reigning supreme overNazi Germany in the last years of World War II.



2. KRUMMLAUF -The Krummlauf (English: Curved barrel) is a bent barrel attachment for the Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle developed by Germany in World War II. The curved barrel included a periscope sighting device for shooting around corners from a safe position.

1. THE SUN GUN - The sun gun or heliobeam was a theoretical orbital weapon that was researched by Nazi Germany during World War II.