So despite the
History Channel documentaries, we all know that the German Wunderwaffe was a myth and "Nazi Super Science" is more of a silly comic-book trope with the regime being more anti-scientific than anything. The V-2 program, the most effective of the lot, still didn't meet expectations, with its biggest effect being that the rocket scientists involved were employed by the U.S. and U.S.S.R. The German army of the time was also less motorized than the popular conception, logistically being based heavily on horse transportation.
That being said, could we repeat this in the Soviet Union instead?
How can we create a reputation in the West that the Soviet Union had super-advanced miracle weapons and was based on being extremely mechanized in a way other countries couldn't mimic?
These weapons could be effective, or ineffective. The heavier and more over-engineered they are, the better, though. Either way, cool-sounding names of alternate Soviet vehicles, or ideas for the application of technologies during WW2, are welcome.
I imagine this could be done by increasing the popularity and reputation of the
Teletank. According to Wikipedia:
Teletanks were a series of wireless remotely controlled unmanned tanks produced in the Soviet Union in the 1930s and early 1940s so as to reduce combat risk to soldiers. They saw their first combat use in the Winter War, at the start of World War II. A teletank is controlled by radio from a control tank at a distance of 500–1,500 metres, the two constituting a telemechanical group. Teletanks were used by the Soviet Red Army in the Winter War, fielding at least two teletank battalions at the beginning of the World War II on Eastern Front.
Teletanks were equipped with DT machine guns, flamethrowers, smoke canisters, and sometimes a special 200–700 kg time bomb in an armoured box, dropped by the tank near the enemy's fortifications and used to destroy bunkers up to four levels below ground. Teletanks were also designed to be capable of using chemical weapons, although they were not used in combat. Each teletank, depending on its model, was able to recognize sixteen to twenty-four different commands sent via radio on two possible frequencies to avoid interference and jamming. Teletanks were built based on T-18, T-26, T-38, BT-5 and BT-7 tanks.
Standard tactics were for the control tank (with radio transmitter and operator) to stay back as far as practicable while the teletank (TT) approached the enemy. The control tank would provide fire support as well as protection for the radio control operator. If the enemy was successful at seizing the teletank, the control tank crew was instructed to destroy it with its main gun. When not in combat the teletank was driven manually.
In addition to teletanks, there were also remotely controlled telecutters and teleplanes in the Red Army
Early helicopters, a Soviet A-Bomb before 1945, and other things could also count.