Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet: The World's First Rocket Fighter
The Germans – their current pacifistic culture notwithstanding – have a long history of innovation when it comes to weaponry. Everything from the first commercially successful semiautomatic pistol (the Borchardt C-93 in 1894, which in turn led to the legendary Broomhandle Mauser and the Luger P.08 Parabellum) to the first commercially successful double-action semiauto pistol (the Walther PP in 1929, which in turn spawned Agent 007's world-famous Walther PPK two years later), to the first assault... Читать дальше...