| The filling of Komet tanks was a punishment,one slip with the cartalysts T & C would result in a very large bang,this was demonstrated with a Luftwaffe officer pouring a miniscule amount onto some concrete with a long stick,the result was a big hiss of smoke followed by a large swoosh...!!! such a volatile material,although they had almost finalised another liquid which would give the desired thrust without the risks to life and limb,like many things that they were so near to the war got in the way,together with inner wrangling amongst the higher archy,same old story of rush things into production despite what the scientists told them.
There is a lot of interest at the moment in the German unfinished projects in America.
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