Flammenwerfer 41
The Flammenwerfer 41 is a German flamethrower. The name literally translates to "flame projector". The Flammenwerfer was originally made in 1941. It has a twin-tank storage where it stores hydrogen gas as fuel. The gas is then fed into a hose or tube leading to a hand-operated nozzle. Once at the nozzle it's set aflame and projected outwards. This can cause massive physical damages due to the burns. It also causes enormous amounts of physiological damage to any survivors of the flame. When the Germans marched into the Soviet Union to invade them, they had to change the delivery system for the hydrogen. Instead of the tube, they replaced it with compressed hydrogen in small cartridges. That prevented the mechanism from freezing.
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Volkswagen Kubel
The Volkswagen Kubel was a light-armored car used in WW2. It was a German model and was put into mass production in 1940. It was called the Kubelwagen (Bucket-Automobile) because of its bucket-shaped seats. It was made to be a cheap, quickly-made car to serve the military. Its engine was air-cooled; it dealt with cold climates better than a regular car of the time. When the Germans sent some to tropical islands, the cars started to fail. So the Germans changed them to have more air-cooling vents, and to have better tires for the sand.
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