Top Nine Insane Weapons Of War

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

Okay.. I LOVE the Catbomb idea !!! If only because I want to see the scene of some poor air force guy tossing cats out the back door of a C130 !!! :rotfl:
It sounds like a freakin' Monty Python sketch and I'm already seeing the sketch playing in my head !!!

Pig bomb for the middle east?:hmm:

[Yahoshua]

no, making sheep carcass bombs might work better.


But I'm also surprised that the german invention of a giant air-gun designed to literally blow aircraft out of the sky wasn't mentioned either.

[AkbarGulag]

Originally Posted by Yahoshua

But I'm also surprised that the german invention of a giant air-gun designed to literally blow aircraft out of the sky wasn't mentioned either.

That weapon was actually put into operational use. I do not recall what bridge one was stationed at but it was certainly a field deployment. I guess in the final days of WWII anything was worth a shot.

I think the firebomb balloon was one of the more practical ideas. Although I don't see how a forest fire would have hurt the US war effort in any real sense.

The other was plague fleas that the Japanese perfected. Another 'creature' weapon that could really have slowed the allied effort. long range bomber development was in such bad shape for Japan, that it was unable to be deployed against many of Japans enemies.

[Jimbuna]

There was a programme on the History channel in the UK yesreday called Weird Weapons of WWII. The Pigeon directed missile was featured as well as a few more.
The Allied plan that caught my imagination was the one that entailed spraying Hitlers garden with a chemical that would change his sex/gender :rotfl:

[SmokinTep]

I like the show where they were talking about the British building that Ice Carrier....:hmm:

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by SmokinTep

I like the show where they were talking about the British building that Ice Carrier....:hmm:

Yeah, Saw that one...was quiet interesting thought.
but would it have worked? I dont really think so.

HunterICX

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by SmokinTep

I like the show where they were talking about the British building that Ice Carrier....:hmm:

Link me. I've got to read that.

[JSLTIGER]

All I remember about the carrier was that it was supposed to be made of pykrete and named the Habakkuk. As I recall, the Canadians built a proof of concept that worked very well. Because of the thinkness of the hull and the density of pykrete, it would have actually been unsinkable by conventional weapons of war...melting on the other hand, could have eventually overtaken it if the refrigeration failed for many months.

LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk

[Oberon]

What about the first biological weapons? Animal Carcasses Fling them into a besieged city and wait for disease to break out.
Either that or throw them over alive and on fire to burn the place down...

[JSLTIGER]

Originally Posted by Oberon

throw them over alive and on fire to burn the place down...

That's why man invented incendiary bombs and napalm.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by JSLTIGER

All I remember about the carrier was that it was supposed to be made of pykrete and named the Habakkuk. As I recall, the Canadians built a proof of concept that worked very well. Because of the thinkness of the hull and the density of pykrete, it would have actually been unsinkable by conventional weapons of war...melting on the other hand, could have eventually overtaken it if the refrigeration failed for many months.

LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk

http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/s...gramme_215.php

[Tchocky]

I'm reading about the cat bomb with my cat sleeping on the arm of the chair.

I'm sad now.

[DeepIron]

You forgot the "prunetron" bomb. It doesn't destroy anything, just knocks the cr*p out of it...

[Blacklight]

Originally Posted by Yahoshua
But I'm also surprised that the german invention of a giant air-gun designed to literally blow aircraft out of the sky wasn't mentioned either.

They actually did use that weapon ONCE. Unfortunately, it was so large and unwieldly that it was almost untransportable (The Paris Gun was more easily transportable.)
It didn't succede in shooting down a single allied airplane and they discontinued research into the weapon shortly after.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

They actually did use that weapon ONCE. Unfortunately, it was so large and unwieldly that it was almost untransportable (The Paris Gun was more easily transportable.)
It didn't succede in shooting down a single allied airplane and they discontinued research into the weapon shortly after.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Weird...-World-War-Two