I will write next Friday what a Tiger's poor design and maintenance horror
was. Ark
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: Porsche Documentary

> 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