I'm sorry, my post regarding the AK-47 as a variation of a German design was horribly incorrect, as the similarities are at best cosmetic. My mistake!:(

Sorry Bosco, I respect you a plenty from previous posts but there is only so much one person can do to show another the truth. That link was a quick dose of reality, I'm sure you can find other articles on the web or go to Amazon.com and look for the books. I'm not trying to prove they had spacestations, and the rocket pack I'm not familar with but the Gotha 229 or Horten 229 is a real plane that only saw testing using a prop engine, the jet prototype was captured before flight testing. Come to your own conclusions.

McSterls

The Nazis did have plenty of elaborate yet overly ambitious designs for their aircraft. Most of them of course never got off the ground or were never produced in large enough quantities to be effective.

http://www.luft46.com/

Secret Weapons of WWII looks like a simple "What-If" scenario IMO.

Nice try mcsterls but showing me some bad quality picutres of a bunch of wood panels with 2 jet engines is not proof. Those 2 so called "Flying" pics were for one so bad quality that it could have been any airplane and two the second one looks like it was a recip not a jet. Until you give me some schematics and REAL proof this "Nazi Stealth Jet. That goes same for the Jetpack and spacestation.
Wing" is about as true as the search for the holy grail. Oh wait Hitler had that too didn't he?

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Here's a link to your fake stealth bomber both in flight and today waiting for smithsonian restoration

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/gaz/gotha.html

Ok so whats next expansion going to be about? The Nazi space program? Sorry but rocketpacks and stealth bombers are FAKE. Just because they had an idea doesn't make it true.

I meant the position of the player will always be vertical as he flys forward. I don't think you can fly straight forwad horizontally, like superman, or do backwards loops and dives with your head to the ground is what I was trying to say.

You little fuhrer you. No motza crackers for TWO WEEKS.

We'll see how he holds up after this.

owned.. a little overboard with the racial profanity though

hey about the jetpacks.. they dont look like they are going to be just a vertical boost.. if you look at tonights screenshots above you can see a german soldier flying around.

"The" Dan
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Fredrickson P. Mcarthur Johnson Rodriguez Arancha Sanchez Vicario, GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM NOW BUSTER

That is an order.

nah only n00bs get shot down in their parachute indented/italic)

I guess if you pull the chute just before hitting the ground. I'm sure they've done something to balance this with the rocketpacks.

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Still, ditching it won't be a good idea since you'll most likely be shot coming down slowly with your chute.

nah only n00bs get shot down in their parachute

"The" Dan
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I forgot the parachute. Maybe you can't ditch the pack, or you lose your parachute. Still, ditching it won't be a good idea since you'll most likely be shot coming down slowly with your chute.

They should edit the game so that the parachute has it's own health. As it loses health from bullets and such, holes should begin to appear and you start decending faster and finally to complete free fall. That would be pretty cool.

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It's going to be hilarious to watch a plane collide with a rocketpack player in mid-air, you know it's going to happen. I've seen two planes hit where one plane exploded from fire and starts dipping down to crash. At the same time there was a friendly aircraft low to the ground and was pulling up to avoid land just as this dead plane landed on top of it. It's hard to describe how it exactly happened, but if you saw it, you'd have to think to yourself on the chances of what just happened were nearly impossible.

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i wonder if you can ditch the pack after it's out of fuel at the top of your rocket pack jump and parachute down

"The" Dan
May Jesus Christ of Latter Day Fredricksons guide your sould to eternal salvation.

It sounds like you can only fly vertically, like a big jump. You also have to keep an eye on your fuel. When you decend, you have to fire it to slow yourself down. If you jumped too high with low fuel, you might not have enough fuel to land. Then of course landing will be difficult since anyone you didn't kill will be firing on the spot your landing. It will be pretty hard to land quickly while defending your self without hitting the ground too hard. And you'll probably be easier to take out since the pack is explosive.

It doesn't sound like it will be Tribes 2, this rocketpack is too limited. I can't wait to sneek up on a spawn point for them and shoot the enemy when they put that bomb on their back. I also hope it has splash damage.

the Germans didnt issue any StG43 in any large quantities. Even after improving on the design and getting the StG44, they still didnt have enough to issue in any large numbers.

i know it annoys the crap out of me that all these "realistic" WWII mods have the bloody StG. 44 in them... and nary an MG34 'cept of course DoD...

Yeah, pretty sure I saw a show on the History channel that pointed the roots of the AK-47 right to Nazi Germany. Sure, the Russians tinkered with a lot of technology but they stole the best of it.

Other examples is their B-29 copy and their early jets which look just like late war Nazi prototypes.

McSterls

You dumbass. The StG44 may look like an AK47, but they are two totally different weapons. Aside from the fact that Kalishnakov was working on a prototype before '44 (i think it was either 42 or 43, I have to check), the Germans didnt issue any StG43 in any large quantities. Even after improving on the design and getting the StG44, they still didnt have enough to issue in any large numbers.

As for the StG44-AK47 similarities: The similarities end in the looks.

First off, the StG44 was unreliable and required a lot of maintenance and cleaning. Secondly, most of the parts in the gun were packed in tight, therefore allowing sand/dirt/etc to screw up the moving parts inside.

The AK47 however, is the most reliable gun on the entire planet. You can shove it under sand, throw dirt on it, bury it in dirt and come back a year later, go underwater, and just about anything you can think of, and it will still fire. The parts inside the gun are spread out, and even if a lot of dirt or sand gets in it, it will still fire. Why the hell do you think so many armies/rebel/people around the world use it? Its user-friendly. It is a conscript-army's dream. Low maintenance, high reliability, and it packs a big punch.

Please become more informed before spouting off opinion disguised as fact.