The nerf gun was developed by the Nazis late in World War II. This superweapon, arising out of the infamous Berlin Project, was meant to end the War with absolute military supremacy. Behind the project was a coalition of high ranking German physicists, engineers, and weapons developers. Funding was embezzled from existing budgets to avoid any part of the highly secret project coming to light. While the German government claims that the plans for the gun were stolen by Cobra forces on an espionage mission, some say that the German government actually gave the plans for the gun to the Decepticons, but this is only a rumor.