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Old 02-12-08, 04:56 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by Yahoshua
But I'm also surprised that the german invention of a giant air-gun designed to literally blow aircraft out of the sky wasn't mentioned either.
They actually did use that weapon ONCE. Unfortunately, it was so large and unwieldly that it was almost untransportable (The Paris Gun was more easily transportable.)
It didn't succede in shooting down a single allied airplane and they discontinued research into the weapon shortly after.
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