Holy crap! Look at this article, you guys!

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http://www.cracked.com/article_15767_th ... ve-us.html

The worst part is that it's a well-researched and accurate article, especially for being on what is usually a comedy site. I've studied this stuff.

Some people have some 'splainin to do. Seriously.

It's indeed true Porsche built parts of the Tiger tank. They produced the turret. They were going to produce the whole thing, but in the end Henschel made the chassis.

This is a model of the Tiger that was put into production; it has the Henschel chassis and the Porsche turret


And this is a model of the Tiger that was 100% made by Porsche.


Porsche used that chassis for the Ferdinand self-proplled gun.


and yes military vehicles are one of my special interests...

Y'know, I was just thinking about the Volkswagen's connection to Nazis the other day.

OMG, that was hilarious. That's what I call dark comedy.

They forgot BMW and Mercedes Benz.





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Nazi


makes one wonder where about car/plane engines...

It's pretty much a given that any manufacturing entity that existed in Nazi German or it's allies did something to contribute to the war effort and were typically guilty of utilizing slave labor if it was availed to them. Many concentration camps were built in very close proximity to major factories. Either that or new factories were built adjacent to the bigger camps.
Not just manufacturing but also mining and raw materials, textiles, and construction work utilized slave labor.

Also, the controversy mentioned in the article over using the use of the name "Zyklon" in modern marketing is really a non-issue. The German word "zyklon" translates to "cyclone" which is innocent enough. Just because the pesticide that the Nazi’s used for mass extermination was called "Zyklon B" does not make the word "cyclone" in itself evil. To make an issue over that is really grasping at straws.