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1940 Popular Science Monthly: Mechanics & Handicraft


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crying.gif Page 1. 1938 "Popular Science Monthly" magazine cover depicting miniature tank. The title of the article on page 48 reads: "WAR MACHINES GO MIDGET."

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w00t.gif Page 48a. "In Naval Battles of the Future, Great Warships May Be Destroyed By Flying Torpedos, Powered By Built-In Motors and Guided straight At their Targets By Radio Control. Those Could Also Be used On Land." (NOTA BENE: Maybe this was the idea for Kamakazi Aeroplane Pilots Fling-Bombs?"

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:rolleyes: Page 48b. "Two Soldiers Man this Mobile Machine-Gun Nest As it Creeps Along On Endless Treads to Support Advancing Infantry. One Man Steers; the Other Serves the Gun."

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ermm.gif Page 49a. "Winged tanks landing behind enemy lines, would shed their wings and advance on wheels. Each mounts two mechine guns, one in the telescoping turret."

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thumbsup.gif Page 49c. "Steered like gliders, winged bombs are aimed directly at their objective by lone pilots (KAMAKAZI?) who then bail out with their parachutes."

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:unsure: Page 49d. "A one-man submarine armed with a single torpedo, is designed to be carried on a battleship. Lowered into the water, it could maneuver close to a hostile vessel and discharge its deadly missile, making syre of an effective hit on a vital." (NOTA BENE: The Imperial Japanese Navy used midget subs at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, three years after this article, coincidence or not?

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pinch.gif Page 2, index showing contents, among which is an article titled: "War Machines Go Midget."

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:( Page 5, continuation of letter to the editor plus: "Suggests Anti-germ Guns for Wartime Use."

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