Miracle Weapon

A miracle weapon is a weapon of exceptional effectiveness.

In common parlance, any kind of so-called panacea that promises an allegedly quick ( miraculous ) solution to a complex problem is called a miracle weapon . In sagas and poems, the term wonder weapon is used for mythological swords such as durendal , excalibur , gram , nail ring and similar items.

See also

• Wonder weapons in World War II

Web links

Wiktionary: Wunderwaffe  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wonder weapon . In: Duden . Bibliographisches Institut ( duden.de [accessed November 8, 2018]).
2. ↑ Felix Dahn , Poems from the German Song