German Engineering?

Technology and Gaming
#1

Is anything made by Germany superior in terms of how its made? e.g. cars, school stationary (pencils, rubbers, sharpener), women ( :stuck_out_tongue: ) etc

My curiosity rose after i watched a special program on the History Channel. The program was saying how the Germans were superior in everything they made in WW2 like: the tanks, submarines, guns, the first produced prototype sleath bomber in ww2 (thankfully it didnt get a chance to be used in the war), the training of the soldiers etc

It then got me wondering if the Germans still had the advantage when it came to making high quality, reliable products.

#2

Yeah, everything I own is made by ze Germans. Also, my dad has a Tiger tank parked in his garage.

#3

well, beer and cars from germany are pretty good but I don’t know about the rest.
oh and games are good too tech-wise, e.g. Crysis or Farcry

#4

Their cars are possibly the best in europe, certainly in terms of reliability. During world war 2 they did produce good quality products, but couldn’t beat us (the British) to the use of radar :stuck_out_tongue: And they never built anything to match the Spitfire

Also, on both the Soviet and American sides in the space race, their teams of engineers were headed up by Germans

#5

Actually the Spitfire is overrated… and they did build something that gave us a run for our money. One of the Focke-Wulf 190 based aircraft, the Ta 152, required a pair of spitfires to be kept warm otherwise they’d never catch them… (iirc)

Oh, and they also built the best bunkers and trenches WW1-2

#6

Which one? There are nearly 15 versions.

The Battle of Britain Spitfires however were slightly below the Me109 fighters performance wise. Hurricanes made up most of the defence anyway, and were more manouvreable.

#7

Actually, German beer is terrible. :stuck_out_tongue:

#8

Two words:

Sham. Wow.

#9

:awesome:

#10

Operation Paperclip is where America hired scientists from Nazi Germany.

It was executed by the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA), and in the context of the burgeoning Soviet–American Cold War (1945–91), one purpose of Operation Paperclip was to deny German scientific knowledge and expertise to the USSR[2] and the UK.[3]

#11

Spitfires all in all were better than the Me109, but then most things were. Had Hitler poured his funding into Focke-Wulf, we may have had a different story to tell here. However, whilst the Spitfire was a pleasure to fly, it wasn’t as much a fine fighting machine as most make it out to be. The Hurricane was a more stable weapons platform, and the distance between the landing gear made it easier to land. The elliptical wings on the spit, together with their narrow landing gear, were not such a pleasure when getting back on the ground.

Of course, there were many improvements, and I don’t know them well enough to say exactly which version was so much better than whichever aircraft was the key at the same time. But speaking generally, they were certainly not the best aircraft flying in the war, and the statement that the Germans had nothing to match or beat it is quite inaccurate…

#12

Spitfire or Messerschmidt, I think we can all agree that the Germans are pretty damn awesome engineers.

#13

Germany has a history of heavy investments on education, so several great minds in tons of academic fields come from there, which helps them keep themselves among the best in stuff like engineering/technology and other stuff.

Chances are that companies from other countries that also develop top-notch technology also have a few of them germans around too.

#14

we are everywhere, to engineer your stuff :evil:

#15

What german beer are you drinking, becks? Try some Weihenstephaner, Franziskaner, or Schneider-Weisse hefeweizens (wheat beers).

Belgian wheats are good too.

#16

Beamer, Benz and not Bently’s (get it) are made in Germany so there make good stuff. Their beer is pretty good too.

#17

Paulaner is great as well.

#18

And Heineken.

#19

Heineken isn’t german, its brewed in the netherlands.

Heineken sucks btw. Than again, Ive never been a fan of pilsners. I prefer IPAs and wheat beers.

#20

We’re counting Belgian beers as well, so I figured “Why the hell not?”.

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