Diesel Engines: First designed and patented by German engineer Rudolf Diesel in 1892-1893 Later, Clessie Cummins would innovate and create the modern version making them economically viable for commercial use and production in 1919.
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Know Your Weapons: The German Panzerschreck
German Panzerschreck: Allied Tank’s Bane The German Raketenpanzerbüchse 54 or “Rocket Anti-armor Rifle Model 54” was abbreviated to RPzB 54. German troops called it the Panzerschreck. This literally translates to “tank scream,” “tank fright,” or “tank’s bane.” The RPzB 54 was essentially a copy of the American bazooka tweaked in places and scaled up to better…