Nazi Germany's Would-Be Wonder Weapon Was an Epic Fail
Nazi Germany's Would-Be Wonder Weapon Was an Epic Fail Germany wanted a fighter with a longer range. Instead, it built Frankenstein's monster that was too big to maneuver. Here's What You Need To Remember: There is never a free lunch in aircraft design. Carrying all that extra fuel meant a bigger, heavier aircraft. A bigger, heavier aircraft required two engines and two propellers, which added even more weight. The result was that the Bf 110 weighed more than four tons, or twice that of the Bf 109. In the mid-1930s, Nazi Germany had a problem. Its twin-engined medium bombers, such as the He...
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