Wierd weapons of WWII

scaeagles · 05-23-2006, 09:51 PM

That was on the special as well!

Another interesting one that failed was...well, hard to describe. You know those wheels with fireworks on them that spin around really fast? They hooked two massive iron wheels together with a crate in the middle that contained a ton of explosives. They would light the rockets on them and they would them propel themselves toward the target.

There were actually the first weapons that were supposed to hit the beach on d-day. The problem was they had no way to control them after the were lit and started rolling. Differing friction on the wheels caused them to turn unpredictably, or other such things, and during tests they would often end up turning around and blowing up the spot they were launched from.

05-23-2006, 09:51 PM	#8
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	That was on the special as well! Another interesting one that failed was...well, hard to describe. You know those wheels with fireworks on them that spin around really fast? They hooked two massive iron wheels together with a crate in the middle that contained a ton of explosives. They would light the rockets on them and they would them propel themselves toward the target. There were actually the first weapons that were supposed to hit the beach on d-day. The problem was they had no way to control them after the were lit and started rolling. Differing friction on the wheels caused them to turn unpredictably, or other such things, and during tests they would often end up turning around and blowing up the spot they were launched from.
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