Rocketoid bomb shelters

Monte Davis monte.davis at verizon.net
Fri May 11 05:05:30 CDT 2007


Tore wrote:

> And while we're on the topic of sinister baked goods, check 
> out this bit of 
> information about the production and distribution of the V-2:
> 
> "Logistic changes under code name 'warme Semmel' (English: hot cakes) 
> resulted in movement of V-2 trains directly from the 
> Nordhausen plant to 
> firing-unit railheads for field storage until operational 
> batteries needed 
> resupplied."

Twelve years later, Khrushchev would boast that the USSR was producing ICBMs
"like sausages." Man cannot die by bread alone.

(BTW, I'm finishing a consulting job today, so monte.davis at bms.com is no
longer valid.)





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