Real Flying Nazi Soldiers With Jet Packs

[Tpex]

Real Bloody Flying Nazi Soldiers With Jet Packs
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Real Bloody Flying Nazi Soldiers With Jet PacksThere's probably only one thing more terrifying than Nazi soldiers: Nazi soldiers with jet packs—and Nazi UFOs piloted by nefarious hamsters. The difference is that, while the UFOs never existed, the Nazi jet pack did: Behold, the Himmelstürmer.

The Himmelstürmer—or Skystormer—used a pulse jet engine, like the one that powered the Fieseler Fi 103 flying bomb. The Fi 103 was the official name of the the infamous V-1 Buzz Bomb, which terrorized England for a while, until the RAF pilots learnt to shoot it down over the Channel... and the Nazis introduced the V-2 ballistic missile, invented by Saturn V rocket scientist Wernher von Braun.

Real Bloody Flying Nazi Soldiers With Jet Packs

The Himmelstürmer was designed for one purpose: To make Nazi soldiers in their engineering corps to jump over enemy defenses, like minefields, barbed wire, or trenches, as well as rivers, or any other large natural obstacle. It had two components. The main pulse engine—on the back—pushed up and forward. A second pulse engine on the front pushed only up.

The engineer throttled the back engine to make him jump over greater or shorter distances. It consumed very little fuel, never ran hot, and didn't require special clothing because it wasn't designed to run for long period of times. All while achieving 180 feet jumps at an altitude of 50 feet. Impressive. Fortunately, like all their secret super-weapons, it arrived late in the war.

While no photos of the Himmelstürmer remain—the image above is a recreation—Bell Aerosystems got the devices at the end of the war, but changed its design thinking they could turn every soldier into Superman, instead of just super-jumpers. Their version, however, wasn't reliable enough for real action, and was canned after a few years.
http://gizmodo.com/5524604/real-goddamn-flying-nazi-soldiers-with-jet-packs

[Aqua_lung]

The nazis had good tech, also had a stealth bomber. spoils of war in the end.

[The_Librarian]

Wonder what the outcome of the war would have been should the Himmelstürmers be deployed really...

[Aqua_lung]

Wonder what the outcome of the war would have been should the Himmelstürmers be deployed really...

In the end a nuke would have been dropped by the US if the war was prolonged for a few years longer.

[Alan]

Wonder what the outcome of the war would have been should the Himmelstürmers be deployed really...

No different. They'd get shot down like flies. Just imagine what a 20mm AA would do to a swarm of them :sick:

[moose007]

I wonder what would have happened if germany never invaded russia!! and invested all those resources into the western front and technology like this.

[Alan]

I wonder what would have happened if germany never invaded russia!! and invested all those resources into the western front and technology like this.

As Aqua_lung mentioned they would probably have got nuked

[moose007]

As Aqua_lung mentioned they would probably have got nuked

I dont know hey,so many things to consider..if germany successfully invaded england where would they have launched a bomber from?

[The_Librarian]

Quite interesting that they designed these prototypes without any fancy compootahs or whizzbang hi-tech gadgetry...

[moose007]

Quite interesting that they designed these prototypes without any fancy compootahs or whizzbang hi-tech gadgetry...

it is,but whats more intriguing is how they got it to work without a PC controlling 90% of the functions onboard.

[Alan]

I dont know hey,so many things to consider..if germany successfully invaded england where would they have launched a bomber from?

Interesting point. Successfully invading England is a big "if" but "if" it had succeeded the U.S could have attacked them from places like Iceland, Greenland and former colonies in Africa and the Middle East if they could hold onto them. IIRC the B29 had a combat radius of 5000kms so theoretically in desperation they could have even attacked from the Canadian mainland. One way trip of course.

Or they could have launched attacks like the Doolittle Raid

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[Aqua_lung]

it is,but whats more intriguing is how they got it to work without a PC controlling 90% of the functions onboard.

Well they called themselves the master race.

[TheHiveMind]

I wonder what would have happened if germany never invaded russia!! and invested all those resources into the western front and technology like this.

Russia would've invaded Germany.

[Palimino]

In the end a nuke would have been dropped by the US if the war was prolonged for a few years longer.

It would have happened irrespective. They were nipping at America’s heels with A-bomb development (no US choice). If they hadn’t killed all their Jews they would have had the bomb long before America. The world would’ve been a different place.

[moose007]

Interesting point. Successfully invading England is a big "if" but "if" it had succeeded the U.S could have attacked them from places like Iceland, Greenland and former colonies in Africa and the Middle East if they could hold onto them. IIRC the B29 had a combat radius of 5000kms so theoretically in desperation they could have even attacked from the Canadian mainland. One way trip of course.

Or they could have launched attacks like the Doolittle Raid

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true :) although a B25 would never have left a aircraft carrier deck with a NUKE onboard...and they would have considered it risky..the B29 route sounds reasonable but who would have gone on a suicide mission...the doolittle raid they had a chance of survival...

[Alan]

true :) although a B25 would never have left a aircraft carrier deck with a NUKE onboard...and they would have considered it risky..the B29 route sounds reasonable but who would have gone on a suicide mission...the doolittle raid they had a chance of survival...

Bail out over occupied country ;). But yeah unfeasible.

The nazis wasted so much time and resources on these super weapons and other useless projects which should have gone on simple fighter production.


Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it

-Churchill

It's amazing how such a capable people were ruled by such incompetent buffoons :erm:

[Tpex]

on How they used these things, The idea i git was that they kind of just helped them jump over defenses

[Aqua_lung]

on How they used these things, The idea i git was that they kind of just helped them jump over defenses

Would look awesome though, and scare the @#$% out of the yanks and ruskies.

[Tpex]

Would look awesome though, and scare the @#$% out of the yanks and ruskies.

indeed, flamethrowers ain't got nothing on jetpacks :D

[Lupus]

But them jumping over the defenses into a wall of flame would be an impressive sight. The Germans spent to much time trying to develop super weapons.

[SirFooK'nG]

Uhm, the Americans would neva had made the atom bomb, if it were not for the german scientists they quickly captured after the fall of Hitler.... so if the war had gon another year, well, I think we would all be blonde and blue eyed ?!?

[moose007]

Uhm, the Americans would neva had made the atom bomb, if it were not for the german scientists they quickly captured after the fall of Hitler.... so if the war had gon another year, well, I think we would all be blonde and blue eyed ?!?

too late for me :p

[Tpex]

too late for me :p

+1 LOL :D

[Lupus]

I think you guys would need history lessons, the first atomic test was July 16 1945 the Trinity test, two brief months after victory was secured in Europe. The German scientists didn't help with the Manhattan project they helped with the projects afterward. If the Germans hadn't surrendered the first bomb would've been dropped on them. After reading this does anyone think of Rocketeer :-D

[shaunvw]

Russia would've invaded Germany.

I don't think Russia would have invaded. When germany started building up troops on the Russia border the allies tried to warn them but Russia beleived that Germany and Russia were friends, and that they would never attack them. Thats the main reason the first attack into Russia went so well.