Devised in utter secrecy as early as 1934, the German engineers disguised their Nebelwerfer Multiple Rocket Launcher as a smoke projector. League of Nations intelligence believed Germany was producing a defensive smoke weapon when, in fact, they were making a powerful rocket launcher that would terrorize the Allied forces in World War 2.

Then, as the distressful weapon reached the Eastern Front, France, and Northern Africa battlefields, it was the world's most advanced rocket launching system.

In February of 1943, the green American troops did everything in their power to hold back the battle-hardened forces of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel when they first clashed against the mighty Wehrmacht during the Battle of Kasserine Pass.

However, their efforts would prove futile as the Germans unleashed a battalion of Nebelwerfer Rocket Launchers upon the unexpecting Allies. The disturbing wailing produced by the rockets, as well as the fiery spectacle that lit the night, sent the Americans into a panic, and the weapon became as feared as the enemy itself…

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