Top Nine Insane Weapons Of War

Blacklight · 02-12-08, 04:56 PM

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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 · 02-12-08, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Blacklight

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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.

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

Yahoshua · 02-13-08, 01:05 AM

Thx for the vid.....I can't believe they actuallly tried to use the giant air gun.

Jimbuna · 02-13-08, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Yahoshua

Thx for the vid.....I can't believe they actuallly tried to use the giant air gun.

Your welcome.......I reckon they'd have had more success having Hitler and his cronies drop their pants and bend over.
Apparently they were full of wind and p*ss

02-13-08, 01:05 AM	#3
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thx for the vid.....I can't believe they actuallly tried to use the giant air gun. __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua