At 01:42 AM 5/21/2010, Mister Tom wrote:
>Just watched a good documentary on The Military Channel.  Story of Ferdinand
>Porche, his relationship with Hitler and the creation of Volkswagen.  Good
>footage of the VERY first bugs.

I recommend it too.  Part of a series called Hitler's
Managers.  There's some footage of the Kubelwagen jumping sand dunes,
and the Schwimmwagen climbing into the water and schwimming -- and a
radio-controlled three-foot demonstration model of the largest tank
ever built, Porsche's Maus (mouse), along with some pictures of the
real one.  Apparently nobody in the entire process remembered that to
be of any use it would have to be transportable by rail.  It wasn't,
and it wasn't.

d