Some of the strangest weapons have been invented by man and used in wars or assassination missions…
During World War II, dogs carrying 9kg explosives were a strange but extremely scary weapon that was popularly used by the Soviet Red Army against Nazi tanks. Accordingly, the Soviet Union turned the dogs into suicide fighters. These animals are fitted with a fused bomb on top. When they get under the tank, the fuse will brush against the body of the vehicle and activate the 9kg explosive block. As a result, the tank was destroyed and the crew inside was destroyed.
The Nazis spent a lot of money to build the world’s largest super cannon called the Gustav . Weighing more than 1,300 tons, the Gustav is the largest rail cannon ever built. The Gustav cannon has a barrel longer than 30.4m, uses 787.4mm bullets, 3.65m long, reaching an effective range of 32.1km. This bullet has two variants, a 5-ton explosive bullet and a 7-ton armor-piercing bullet. The disadvantage of this weapon is that it takes a long time to fire and requires hundreds of soldiers to deploy due to the large size of the weapon.
A flamethrower used by the Byzantine Empire. They assembled a weapon called “Greek rocket” into the ships. According to records, Greek fire is said to contain a flammable liquid mixture of: fuel oil, sulfur, quicklime and some other materials. In battle, the Byzantine army used “Greek fire” to create a large fire of tens of meters long, causing heavy casualties to the enemy.
The lipstick gun is a famous gun that was present during the Cold War. It looks like a normal lipstick but is actually a gun that uses 4.5mm bullets. The Soviet intelligence agency KGB designed and manufactured lipstick guns for female spies to use on assassination missions.
The harmonica gun attracts attention because its shape resembles a musical instrument. To use this special weapon, the gunner needs to use his hand to push the magazine horizontally on the gun body. The gunner needs to be extremely skillful so that the bullet is not in the wrong place. If the bullet is in the wrong position, firing will blow away the fingers of the trigger.
This unique German audio-visual device was designed to amplify the echoes and light emitted by enemy weapons to help soldiers locate the weapon.
Although it looks heavy and bulky, this armor can help block bullets quite effectively.
The unique life jackets of American sailors.
German soldiers ride bicycles to generate electricity for communication and lighting.
The loudspeaker convenes at a US Navy training camp in Seattle.
Camouflage with leaves was also an effective method in the past for many armies to avoid detection by the enemy.
An American camouflage suit designed in 1917.