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We might never know what is currently in use, but I'm convinced that any wild and wacky idea has been tried by somebody. Some fun ones off the top of my head:
by gherkinnn 5y ago
We might never know what is currently in use, but I'm convinced that any wild and wacky idea has been tried by somebody. Some fun ones off the top of my head:
- Meet Wojtek the bear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)
- AT-Dogs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog
- Ships made of ice and saw dust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk
- Funny tanks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart%27s_Funnies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart%27s_Funnies
- Pink camouflage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountbatten_pink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountbatten_pink
- Gay Bomb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb
- LSD Trials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziqpwkhqTRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziqpwkhqTRs
- Portable nuclear launcher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device)
Also dogs don't need to attach handcuffs, it suffices that they chomp on your leg. And that they can be trained for easily enough.
- reilly3000 5y agoMy contribution to your already wonderful list: The Bat Bomb, aka Project X-Ray https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb
- hinoki 5y agoAnd pigeon guided bombs: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
- fourseventy 5y agocame here to say this one
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- tk75x 5y agoOlga answered that the murder of the messengers sent to Kiev, as well as the events of the feast night, had been enough for her. She then asked them for a small request: "Give me three pigeons...and three sparrows from each house."[15] The Drevlians rejoiced at the prospect of the siege ending for so small a price, and did as she asked. Olga then instructed her army to attach a piece of sulphur bound with small pieces of cloth to each bird. At nightfall, Olga told her soldiers to set the pieces aflame and release the birds. They returned to their nests within the city, which subsequently set the city ablaze. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_of_Kiev#Drevlian_Uprising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_of_Kiev#Drevlian_Uprising
- kortex 5y agoPsychic spies: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project "The Men Who Stare At Goats" is a delightful book that was made into a film about the subject. More practically, bouncing bomb: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb