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Title: Trivia
Post by: Ripsnort on February 23, 2001, 09:47:00 AM

President Eisenhower nominated four weapons as 'those that did the most to win the war'..which 4 were they?

hint: One is fairly obvious, and one is an aircraft in Aces High.

[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 02-23-2001).]

Title: Trivia
Post by: AKDejaVu on February 23, 2001, 09:56:00 AM

steeling some from the reply in A/V forum:

1. M1 Garand
2. Jeep
3. B-17
4. Atomic Bomb

Title: Trivia
Post by: Ripsnort on February 23, 2001, 10:11:00 AM

2.
3.
4.
are correct...
1. is not.

Any guesses to the last one?

Title: Trivia
Post by: Ripsnort on February 23, 2001, 10:26:00 AM

Jim got it over on the (mistakenly) posted A/C-Vehicle forum...
Bazooka.

Title: Trivia
Post by: TheWobble on February 23, 2001, 01:55:00 PM

1) wetnurse.

Title: Trivia
Post by: Ripsnort on February 23, 2001, 02:09:00 PM

Uh, that was AFTER the war, wobble, thus, the baby boom generation.

Title: Trivia
Post by: Jigster on February 24, 2001, 03:20:00 AM

That's the M1 Bazooka if ya wanna be specifc.
Even if it arguably did suck versus the Panzerfaust, the M9 Bazooka, the M9 Bazooka copy by the Germans, otherwise known as the (frapping of the firing person) PzSr.

Versatillity has it's virtues.

Weapons of merit:

Dodge WC chassis
Mack duce and a half
Higgens Boat
M1 Garand
M-1903
105mm Howitzer

Title: Trivia
Post by: TheWobble on February 24, 2001, 11:06:00 AM

What about the enigma?? was that it?