The Russians developed all kinds of nice weapons.

The one that sticks out in my mind is the one with the Pavlovian trained dogs used as anti-vehicular mines. The Russians trained dogs to find their food under large vehicles. They then strapped mines on short sticks on top of the dogs and set them loose to roam about near German bases.

The idea didn't really work very well, as much because the dogs were likely to go under ANY large vehicle, including Russian, although it scared the crap out of the Germans (Hans, these Russians are crazy with their dog-bombs!).

The Americans also had similar projects, such as the Incendiary Bat Bomb. The idea was to strap incendiary devices to bats with an altitude fuse and release them from heavy bombers over the wooden cities of Japan. When the bats got down to ground level, they would burst into flames and crash down on the rooves of the Japanese cities.

They got into the testing phase, when a swarm of bats ignited over the supervising General's car, after which, the project was cancelled.

I think my favorate quote from this enterprise was (loosely quoted) "In the bat bomb, we've got a weapon here that could really win the war, and they've got these guys over in the desert jerking off with atoms!"

Cheers,
David

Edit: Just to be completely correct, I think the bats also burned down some hangers on the base on which they were being tested... meaning the Incendiary Bat Bomb itself worked well, but was cancelled because of problems with the "fire control". :rotfl: :-j

So Batman really did fight in WWII??? :o :lol:

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"Don't worry Robin I'll use my Incendiary Bat Bomb on the Joker! Now go back to the Batcave and wait for me in the bed."

Wow, things certainly are different now.

...or maybe WW1?

A lot diffrent:
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I wonder why noone ever thought of a HARM/TASM hybrid. It could be a weapon that would keep the enemy blind without even having to be shot.

Karushios question deserved serious consideration.

The answer to 'why not ?' is quite simply in the process of ejection Special Forces would be transformed into Special Faeces. My many years in the 'Bilges' have allowed me to study at first hand the effects of sudden stress upon Naval personnel and the impact that has upon bodily functions.

SQ, who has access to a very good research library, will recall the work of Professor L.A. Xative of Brunell whose paper on indications from the relevance of the consistency and pile height of excrement. Early results tend to show that there is a correlation between levels of stress and height levels of tu**ds.

Perhaps we should consider keeping the Special Forces on board well fed (mainly meat) and calm. Their steely products could then be ejected to deadly effect from the tubes. Its clear there would be little errosion in passage to target and the sound of impact would have a corrosive effect on the opposing crews morale.
Splodge !! Splodge !! Splodge !! Quite devastating ! :know:

Effing brilliant Bellman! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Im absolutely wrong in this forum (SHIII) buuut i will answer this anyway ;)

The german Kampfschwimmer (Combatdivers) are exiting subs through the torpedo hatches. they will enter the "room" with all 4 man, always 2 man liying head to head (if a scuba gear is not working). then it will be flooded and simply opened... they leave and violá! no one knows that they are there... :up:

i saw this in a TV documentary years ago, very impressive... i would die in this tight, wet, cold and dark hatch, whats going to be flooded... spooky...

I lurve that name Nipplespanner - it just gets me tittering :roll:;)

youre not the first one mate - but this name is harmless, really... nothing else then a tool for bicycles ;) (in the SH3 forum one guy is always reading "Nipplespanker"):rotfl:

Well, although it probably isnt real, if anyone here has ever played Metal Gear Solid, what about that thing that Snake was fired from in the submarine. Does that actually exist?

@TLAM
I think, all in all, there are a lot more wackos now, although somehow that averages out to a more "enlightened" society with arguably less self-control.

The fool thing is that those ideas could even work :lol:

Talking about exotic ideas, I don't remember having ever read about the use of biological or chemical weapons in relation to naval warfare. I.e. Killing the whole crew of a Task Force leaving the platforms intact could be of interest to someone i guess?

Not meaning to cause offence, but I think it's because the important bits at sea are the platforms rather than the men. Sailors can't dig in and claim a piece of sea, you see. Whereas if you want a piece of land, you need to physically remove the soldiers from that piece of land.