The 70 slow-burning cordite rockets attached to the two 10-foot steel wheels sparked into action, and for about 20 seconds it was quite impressive.
But when it was tested on an otherwise peaceful English beach, things didn’t go quite as planned. Packed with explosives, it was supposed to charge toward the enemy defenses, smashing into them and exploding, creating a breach large enough for a tank to pass through. The huge contraption consisted of two wheels connected by a sturdy, drum-like axle, with rockets on the wheels to propel it forward.
In 1943, the British Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development (DMWD) was asked to develop a weapon that could penetrate the concrete defenses of the Atlantic Wall, an extensive system of Nazi-built coastal fortifications. While some were used in combat, others never progressed beyond the initial testing phase. Bat bombs, exploding rats, wind cannons, and fecal sprays were just some of the bizarre weapons invented during the conflict. Inventions like synthetic rubber, the Jeep, and duct tape also helped the Allies win World War II.īut not all the weapons invented during World War II were quite as effective-some were downright strange. Weapons were invented that changed the course of the war, such as the B-17 Flying Fortress, the Soviet T-34 tank, the Spitfire, and Hurricane, and, of course, the atomic bomb. For good, for bad to kill, to cure to build and to destroy. Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes, and World War II was certainly a time of need.
0 kommentar(er)
