What did not come up to the people to destroy the enemies.
Some of our greatest inventions were allocated in the military sphere. Here is a list of eccentric guns, invented quite misguided military inventors.
10. Animals-bombs
Today’s organization for the protection of animals would protest against the use of animals in war, but some States during the second world war were doing. The US tried to use bats with tiny incendiary bombs. The British tried to use the dead rats with explosives inside. They thought that when the Germans throw their containers with charcoal, the rats will explode. In the Soviet Union trained anti-tank dogs for what they look like under the tanks there is food.
9. Destroyer sword
Those weapons came from the middle Ages. It was a long sturdy dagger with a carved on one side with teeth. During the battle the knight grasped the sword of the enemy in one of the notches and with a quick movement, broke or knocked it.
8. Mancatcher
Mancatcher represented mounted on a shaft whataboutery tip, differing, flexible horns, spiked. It was created in order to pull the man off his horse. He played a major role in the medieval tradition of the capture of a member of the Royal family or aristocrats for ransom, and in order to catch dangerous criminals.
7. The Gun Pakla
This weapon is considered the first mechanical weapon. It was set on a tripod of conventional single-barreled flintlock, but with the 11-round drum-cylinder. This gun was designed for use on the ship for the bombardment of boarding teams and was able to do 63 shots in 7 min. But what did this weapon is so unusual, is the fact that it used two types of bullets: spherical against the enemies of Christians, and cubic against Muslims. Cubic bullet was considered more painful and, according to the inventor ACLU could convince Muslims to a high development of Christian civilization.
6. The air carrier
Often included in some novels, TV shows and movies. Air carriers were part of the collective imagination of the military companies. Some represented them as the Zeppelin with the plane overhead. But after the catastrophe with a Zeppelin Ginderburg all the plans to build these types of ships were cancelled. Later attempts included the bombers and the Boeing 747.
5. A shield with a lantern
Was created during the Renaissance. It was not only a protection tool but also a weapon. It was a small round shield, which is attached to a gauntlet with several swords, lances and a lantern was located in the center of the shield. The lights were wearing leather flap, which was then shot to confuse the enemy. But it was not only a military weapon. This shield was also used by fencers or as protection from criminals in the dark city streets.
4. The Project Habbakuk
During world war II, metal was considered a valuable commodity. Because of the German submarines of the Alliance forces lost a large number of logistics vehicles. The British government was planning to build the largest aircraft carrier of picareta (frozen mixture of water and sawdust). After extensive development it was proposed to build an aircraft carrier with a length of 610 m, a width of 92 m and a height of 61 m and a displacement of 1.8 million tonnes, which would be able to accommodate up to 200 fighters. However, before he managed to build one such ship, the war came to an end, and there was no more need for the creation of carriers from picareta.
3. The Claw Of Archimedes
The claw of Archimedes was designed in the 3 century ad to protect the city walls of Syracuse from Roman invaders. Claw was a giant crane with big hooks-cats. When a Roman ship got close to the walls, hooks grabbed him and lifted out of the water. And then the ship was released back into the water so that it was overturned. This invention was so carefully hidden that the Romans thought that they were fighting with the gods.
2. Gun-tornado
Gun-the Twister was built in Germany during the second world war to create artificial tornadoes. This gun in full size was designed, but it could not create tornadoes at high altitude, so the project was closed.
1. The gay bomb
That bomb non-lethal actions that the explosion produced a powerful aphrodisiac, which would cause strong sexual arousal in enemy soldiers and, ideally, encouraged homosexual behavior, making them more vulnerable. In October 2007 a gay bomb received the IG Nobel peace prize, awarded for the most dubious achievements in science and technology. According to the organizers, none of the invited by the U.S. air force in the award presentation were not.
