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Well I think that's pretty obvious...Cousteau was in cahoots with the Germans. How else could he have gotten a hold of the tanks, compressors, etc and further Gagnan's design during war time?capn_tucker wrote:I've often wondered why the Germans allowed Cousteau & company to dive at all with the Aqualung. Or why the Kriegsmarine did not confiscate the equipment and adopt it for use by their own combat swimmers. Interesting stuff..
I still wonder if he provided the Germans with any of his test data. You'd think they would have been greatly interested in such a device..Douchebag wrote:Well I think that's pretty obvious...Cousteau was in cahoots with the Germans. How else could he have gotten a hold of the tanks, compressors, etc and further Gagnan's design during war time?capn_tucker wrote:I've often wondered why the Germans allowed Cousteau & company to dive at all with the Aqualung. Or why the Kriegsmarine did not confiscate the equipment and adopt it for use by their own combat swimmers. Interesting stuff..
He did some cool things, you can't take that away. But pioneer? I would label it more opportunist.
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