The Überschwerer Kampfschreitpanzer, also known as "Thor's Hammer" was one of several super weapons that the Nazis unveiled at the end of World War II in a desperate attempt to halt the Allies. Used mostly against the Soviets. their existence was concealed after the war, though they contributed to the USSR's so-called "doomsday device" that threatened the West in the 1960's. New documents reveal that Khrushchev agreed to dismantle Thor's Hammer as part of the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In exchange the U.S. agreed to withdraw the PGM-17 Thor intermediate-range ballistic missiles (the "Hammer killer") it had deployed to the U.K. as part of "Project Emily."
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