J. Walter Christie

[ozzy72]

Well until today I'd never heard of him, turns out he was the American genius who sorted out tank mobility and came up with the idea of sloped armour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Walter_Christie
Alas rejected by his own country he sold his ideas to the USSR (who having a pact with Hitler helped the Germans)
Who says globalisation is a new thing?
An unsung hero of engineering.......