Thank WW II Germany for Ejection Seats, Assault Rifles

On May 10, 1946, at the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico the US Army made the first successful launch of a German designed V-2 rocket, the same sort of weapon the Germans had used to terrorize England and Holland during World War II.  V-2 technology was not the only German inspired technology to be eagerly scooped and later used by the Allies after World War II, and today we take a look at some of those items (keeping the list short and therefore not all encompassing).  As always, feel free to nominate such items as you believe belong on a list such as this.  (Note: While the Allies certainly obtained whatever documents the Germans developed from human experimentation on prisoners and may have somehow profited from that information, we have chosen not to discuss this shameful and disgusting topic.  Perhaps another day…)