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Old 05-05-08, 00:20
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Default Great Panjandrum

This one gets my vote!
During WW2, the Royal Navy's Department of Miscellaneous Weapon Development. (DMWD aka "Wheezers and Dodgers") was a highly irregular group of scientists and engineers gathered together to develop innovative weapons outside of normal channels. One of these was the "Great Panjandrum" This was a device designed to blow holes in coastal fortifications. It consisted of an explosive filled drum fitted with a 10 foot diameter wheel on either end. The wheels had cordite rockets attached for propulsion. The Great Panjandrum was to be launched from a landing craft, roar up the beach, hit the target and then explode. It was guided by two cables which operated brakes on each wheel.

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Old 05-05-08, 01:57
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Default Can't Leave Out the Airdales...

How about a jet aircraft that is recovered by snagging a nylon line with a hook on the front...

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Old 05-05-08, 07:06
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how about the home guard device that threw glass bottles of flameing fluid at enemy tanks. nearly 1/2 of the bottles broke when fired and would splash the crews with burning liquid.

the same inventor made the PIAT

also there was a nuc charge that was suposed to be fired from the M-110 SPG. the problem was that the charge was so heavy that when the gun fired it it blew the recoil system and would total the gun and kill the crew. also the round was known to land short.

again on the nuc issue, there was a plan at one time to fire vollies of NIKE-AJAX and NIKE-HERK rockets armed with nuc warheads over canada to make a line of fire do soviet aircraft could not fly through. just a little problem with fallout.

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Old 05-05-08, 21:35
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The great Panjan drum, thats the one on the film clip when fired from the water line was chased by a stupid dog which in turn ended up at full pelt in reverse being chased by the drum
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Old 06-05-08, 00:27
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Makes me happy that not only the Germans had some really crazy people & weird employed to develop "Wunderwaffen" :witch
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