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buffnut453 said:
Now I know where George Lucas got the idea for the gun emplacements on the Death Star!

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Actually there are a lot of movie props based on German/Allied WW2 designs, among other films of course.
Some say Stanley Kubrick directed the US moon landing footage in '69'. He was personally chosen by Nixon and his staff for two reasons, 1) He was the best movie director around at that time, and 2) He had just finished filming 2001 (A space odyssey) and if you believe in this theory the most famous world event was staged and filmed in one night at a London studio with a skeleton staff. Im not a conspiracy theorist, but why would he have admitted this on film, just before his death. Its not like he needed the recognition/fame by then. He did himself admit it was purely a conscience clearing act, as well as a little ego trip for something he knew up to then he could never claim credit for fooling millions of people even to this day. Watch the hotel scene in The Shining, you can clearly see the child actor is wearing a jumper with a rocket on the front with Apollo 11 written across the front. Not to mention so many other references....
 
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Putlos, Germany .... those Tiger turrets are a good example of how the German planners contrived to get best value from their assets ... the installation-school would be constantly refreshed with fresh trainees, shooting, and manning the turrets as an inner coastal defense position ... 88s firing on inshore shipping. if needed.
Great gun ... it saved thousands of German lives .. and kept the Germans in the fight under otherwise impossible conditions. IMO
 
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