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[XXSockXX]

Somebody in Germany thought they would be able to make this tank in ww2

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It's cool and all, but it would be incredibly expensive, and how the hell did they expect to get this thing to France.

By train, like they did with all tanks. France could be doable, but Russian roads (or lack thereof) were tankkillers. Big cannons weighed them down enough to sink them in swamps.

[Steelmagic]

Somebody in Germany thought they would be able to make this tank in ww2

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It's cool and all, but it would be incredibly expensive, and how the hell did they expect to get this thing to France.

By train, like they did with all tanks. France could be doable, but Russian roads (or lack thereof) were tankkillers. Big cannons weighed them down enough to sink them in swamps.

Fair enough they did have 2 hilariously oversized artillery guns that they used on railroads, and i suppose that thing would be absolutely terrifying. Apparently they also had snorkels so that oxygen could reach the engines and it could go underwater.

[Jopax]

Actually, the biggest tank to be ever made (atleast a prototype) was the german Maus, which was quite small compared to the Ratte (funfact, an even bigger one was drawn up, capable of lugging one of the railroad guns, codenamed Monster). The Maus was originally called Mammut, or which you've probably guessed to be German for Mammoth.

Also the only way to transport that via train was if you took it all apart, which wouldn't really be an option since it'd kill any and all armour thickness on most of the large areas (which seems to be the entirety of the tank).

Also also, had one of the wierdest dreams by far, I think at one point I even managed to die somehow but actually didn't? I was an alien in a human body or something, all I know I came back with a mask instead of a face, which somehow hid my empty head? And when taking pictures with this girl that I seemed to be dating or something I looked completely normal :S

[Putnam]

...Maus?

[Steelmagic]

Yeah the Germans apparently love to give massive tanks unfitting names. The tank design i have up there is the ratte (rat)

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That's a maus. (mouse)


The Germans made scientific breakthroughs at time. Other times... not so much.

[RedWarrior0]

Xkcd's Time comic is still going strong. Holy shit in a barrel how long did Randall Munro work on that thing?

[Akura]

The links I click on the internet.

No it's not a shock thing or whatever. Just a funny gif like that random flash site, but less addicting.

Ah yes, the spider mating dance. Either he gets laid, or she eats him. Actually, I think she'll eat him regardless if he gets laid.

[Max White]

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[SalmonGod]

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But who was other?

[penguinofhonor]

I pronounce it like "father" unless I'm referencing Bananas in Pajamas. Then I pronounce it the other way to rhyme. This is the only true way.

[Blargityblarg]

I pronounce it like "father" unless I'm referencing Bananas in Pajamas. Then I pronounce it the other way to rhyme. This is the only true way.

but... 'father' *does* rhyme with 'bananas' D:

[RedKing]

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My ex emailed me a link to the whole repository of those linguistic maps. Awesome stuff. Go go Alma Mater!

Spoiler: Also, WTH Wisconsin (and Rhode Island)? (click to show/hide)

[RedKing]

Heh. It's funny, I was working the other day, and during my break I glanced into the next room and mentally went "Ah! There's the bubbler." I then mentally went, "Ah! I call them bubblers now?" I don't actually say it in conversation, but the fact that I recognized a drinking fountain first as a bubbler was rather amusing.

Frankly, I'd be more concerned about all that white space in Wisconsin. Do they not have a name for it?

White space just means there's no single dominant term in that area. Plus, they're gradient maps...they didn't necessarily survey everyone in every town.

[SalmonGod]

I have a lot of history with Wisconsin, and have never heard them referred to as bubblers...

[XXSockXX]

Yeah the Germans apparently love to give massive tanks unfitting names. The tank design i have up there is the ratte (rat)

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That's a maus. (mouse)


The Germans made scientific breakthroughs at time. Other times... not so much.

Mouse is a perfectly fitting name, that thing is a)grey and b)much bigger than a bug.