Weird Weapons of War That Totally Failed

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  • @Shadowkey392
    @Shadowkey392 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Fun fact: Project Habbakuk didn't actually fail, it just wasn't cost-effective. The model that they built on Patricia Lake, in Jasper, Alberta, Canada, actually worked (it floated), and took an entire summer to melt to the point of sinking. The wreckage was rediscovered in 1985, and has since become a popular diving attraction.

    • @bigdaddy9926
      @bigdaddy9926 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Pykrete wouldn't work due to the fact of ice does melt and when ice melts in wood the moisture of the melting in any type of air conditioning or not would soften wood and making you heavier increasing your chance of sinking or crashing(pykrete aircraft)

    • @iMacG4GAMING
      @iMacG4GAMING ปีที่แล้ว

      MythBusters did an episode on it.

    • @Johnplayz9
      @Johnplayz9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow

    • @Potato-Eye
      @Potato-Eye ปีที่แล้ว

      It was a decent build but wouldn't have worked in the more temperate waters it was needed in

    • @ulrichkalber9039
      @ulrichkalber9039 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bigdaddy9926 you are wrong, it just had to be cooled, which actually was the plan.

  • @AuRoaraAnimations
    @AuRoaraAnimations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +660

    imagine beta testing weapons in the middle of a war

    • @shaansingh6048
      @shaansingh6048 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      well that's what they did with the nuclear bomb...

    • @SushiArmageddon
      @SushiArmageddon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      War brought to you by EA

    • @Bro1212_
      @Bro1212_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@shaansingh6048 nah, several tests were performed in New Mexico and parts of the ocean

    • @shaansingh6048
      @shaansingh6048 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Bro1212_ well I assumed he meant middle of the war as in while the war was going on rather than literally on the battlefield

    • @TheVagabond2828
      @TheVagabond2828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Bro1212_ yeah they where alpha testing them on mexico but beta testing in japan

  • @user-DrJoe-Future
    @user-DrJoe-Future 2 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    Actually, if I remember correctly, Project X-Ray (the bat bombs) were proven to be highly effective, more effective then they anticipated as they set blaze to an Army Air Base in New Mexico. In theory and operation they worked, and the technical aspects were being worked out for the bomb's mass production. Bomb production was greenlighted for a raid on Japan which probably would have been very deadly. However, at the time the Bat Bombs were being primed for combat, the nuclear bomb took top priority, and many Japanese cities have already been firebombed by General Curtis Lemay (about 66) who led the firebombing campaign over Japan. However, Bomber Command now needed untouched cities to test the effects of the nuclear bombs, and the number of remaining cities that met requirements were very limited. Thus between the extensive firebombing of Japan and preparation for a nuclear strike expected to end the War, the need for a bat bomb was overtaken by events and weapons of a higher priority. I would NOT consider them a "failed weapon."

    • @mindlessfun4804
      @mindlessfun4804 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Get used to it - this channel is known to do very superficial, inaccurate research.

    • @wrath2008
      @wrath2008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mindlessfun4804 What other videos by them are inaccurate

    • @wiseferret4745
      @wiseferret4745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@wrath2008
      Bro they have over 5,000 videos wtf kind of a question is that. They get things wrong pretty often, but they share knowledge with us that we may not have learned about. The comments will fact check them really hard, too. Just don't take everything in the video as 100% accurate and pay equally close attention to the criticisms.

    • @user-DrJoe-Future
      @user-DrJoe-Future 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@wiseferret4745 Yes, I am one of those criticisms. I don't have time to read hundreds of posts, but have time to make a quick comment if someone missed it.

    • @rachinvocat9587
      @rachinvocat9587 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wrath2008 the last few

  • @nicklatino7157
    @nicklatino7157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I remember when I was a kid in the early 2000's, the forward mounted laser cannon and the heat ray that disperses crowds were treated as marvelous advances in technology. But, now in today's world, you call them failures. Interesting how times change

    • @mindlessfun4804
      @mindlessfun4804 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not really. Inforgraphics is the only failure here.
      The heat ray is still used secretly. It's slow, but also long range and hard to notice.

    • @bradconway6111
      @bradconway6111 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I remember a scientist in the 1960’s attached a “laser” to sharks.
      Apparently, he was way ahead of his time.

    • @dasstigma
      @dasstigma ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mindlessfun4804 "The heat ray is still used secretly, but I know, because internet!"
      Do you even know what a secret is? Read a book.

    • @JacklynWeathers
      @JacklynWeathers 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dasstigma I think he is talking about global warming

    • @dasstigma
      @dasstigma 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JacklynWeathers Don't hurt yourself.

  • @geoffo7920
    @geoffo7920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +459

    Dale Brown has a series of books where they tested and perfected Tin Man armour, handheld rail guns, and even plane based lasers. All of which took place at the research and testing facility called Dreamland, which is actually a real place

    • @explainedunexplained6819
      @explainedunexplained6819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I believe dreamland is also called area 51 not sure tho

    • @milkuetea
      @milkuetea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wait, WHAT

    • @geoffo7920
      @geoffo7920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@milkuetea yep! Great series! Oddly, he seems to be very knowledgeable on what they're working on, because his books seemed to come out right as new tech was announced, or even before in some cases. I highly recommend them because they're amazing lol

    • @nerdmetall
      @nerdmetall 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poyo

    • @davidlao5887
      @davidlao5887 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There was also a guy called Stan Lee that had some as well

  • @calmc
    @calmc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    5:55 the rotabuggy did NOT fly it was a propeller kite concept, the propellers served as kind of like a spining parachute that would slow the vehicle's decent, the wings and the propellers were supposed to be detachable, it was not meant to be some early helicopter. PLEASE please Infographics show, I love your channel, I have been following this channel for years but lately you've started to spit out wrong information about your World War weapons and medieval facts.

    • @Right-Is-Right
      @Right-Is-Right 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah, like the pikecrete aircraft carrier not being designed from the ground up with tubes through the pikecrtete and then saying it was dumped for reasons other than the end of WWII and even then the increase in medium range bombers is insane. The worst was saying it was melting too fast after launch, it took about three years to melt after the cooling was switched off with the project being abandoned, there is no eveidence of melting while the project was being ran.
      This channel seems to be taken from a weirdos twitter thread and not even researched anymore.

    • @luisisrael8837
      @luisisrael8837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      O k

    • @CasualKillZz
      @CasualKillZz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I’ve noticed the same decline, reusing weapons in videos that have no reason being their, false information for the sake of an entertaining video etc.

    • @luisisrael8837
      @luisisrael8837 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CasualKillZz o k

    • @aquilamflammeus5569
      @aquilamflammeus5569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lots of false info these days. It's even more obvious when it's a topic you actually know lots about.

  • @doujinloverXD
    @doujinloverXD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    I remember the flying platforms from MSG3, they were weirdly effective but also fun to shoot down.

    • @schhur
      @schhur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What does MSG3 mean

    • @doujinloverXD
      @doujinloverXD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@schhur Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater it took places in the mid 60s dealing with a spy infiltration of secret soviet weapons testing facilities to destroy a super weapon.
      These hover platforms mentioned here were enemies in the game.

    • @kippert8912
      @kippert8912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I love metal solid gear

    • @DizzyDez613
      @DizzyDez613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MSG3? Metal Solid Gear 3?

    • @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780
      @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@DizzyDez613 metal solid gear 3 eater snake

  • @SargentD4
    @SargentD4 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You’re wrong about the active denial weapon. The sunburn effect was the weapon dialed to the lowest setting. The weapon can fry and vaporize people instantly

  • @fesco4752
    @fesco4752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    14:29
    The Sturmgewehr 44 wasn't a machine gun it was an assault rifle, the first one in masses produced and inspiration for the ak-47 later.

    • @prussia1557
      @prussia1557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That is actually a common myth because the STG and AK look alike.
      The AK is basically an upside down M1 Garand believe it or not. Brandon Herrera has a great video on the subject and I highly recommend it as it gives people a great view onto both the STG and AK.

    • @jesseeodom2891
      @jesseeodom2891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@prussia1557 i was gonna say the same thing also assault rifle isnt a thing and wasnt a thing until the like 70s i think feel free to correct ms

    • @chandlerlawson711
      @chandlerlawson711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@prussia1557 It’s not actually a myth, while the engineering wasn’t taken from the Sturmgewehr. The overall look, ergonomics and mid size cartridge utility of the STG were taken for the AK. It was an inspiration, but not reverse engineered

    • @Karagianis
      @Karagianis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Strumgewehr literally means assault rifle in German, it's the reason we even all these guns assault rifles in the first place.

    • @ReffaDay
      @ReffaDay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I believe Strumgewehr means storm rifle. Strum= Storm Gewehr= Rifle

  • @joshmcmahon4249
    @joshmcmahon4249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    I haven't even seen the video yet but you know it's going to be good

    • @ehross7358
      @ehross7358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Exactly

    • @Sheridantank
      @Sheridantank 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Or you want to comment something easily likable and be one of the first to do it being that's how our minds work now.

    • @joshmcmahon4249
      @joshmcmahon4249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No

    • @joshmcmahon4249
      @joshmcmahon4249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I not even Frist

    • @CarlosRodriguez-th9kd
      @CarlosRodriguez-th9kd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too haha before it starts I'll say that and that and that and that and that and that lol it was all planned and that and that too haha! :') anyway how about a tool to end war? Like a future predictor like a weather predictor computer... It's real haha take it out my head lol 😂

  • @EricLeafericson
    @EricLeafericson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I've heard of fans having their own head cannon, but this thumbnail takes it to a new level

    • @MacStyran
      @MacStyran 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Beat me to it. By 6 months...

    • @EricLeafericson
      @EricLeafericson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MacStyran I'm just sad this pun is so horribly underrated. Glad to see someone else appreciates it!

  • @TonyisKing343
    @TonyisKing343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    I remember seeing something recently showcasing how far the active denial system has come and it seems much more effective

    • @explainedunexplained6819
      @explainedunexplained6819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think they just changed frequency of radiation and name still same concept

    • @Right-Is-Right
      @Right-Is-Right 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah, after dumping the bit about using heat and using sound instead, it is now really effective. It is pretty much a completely new device.

    • @chukwudiilozue9171
      @chukwudiilozue9171 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sounds like a war crime.

    • @isaacmedina2957
      @isaacmedina2957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chukwudiilozue9171 yeah and they use it against their own people

    • @johncaughey7583
      @johncaughey7583 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@chukwudiilozue9171 it's literally a sound gun that gives you uncomfortable head aches it's not radiation or heat. not a war crime and its used for riots. it's extremely effective.

  • @chazzerous
    @chazzerous 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The turret hat thing takes “that’s my head cannon” to a whole new level

  • @Sheevlord
    @Sheevlord 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Actually the GyroJet gun itself didn't have many complex moving parts. In fact it was a lot simpler than a typical self-loading firearm. The malfunctions were caused by the projectiles themselves.
    Forgotten Weapons and Taofledermaus made videos showcasing this unusual firearm (the latter even got to shoot it).

    • @solyom8034
      @solyom8034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It also do not have recoil at all and realy Light.

    • @Bambihunter1971
      @Bambihunter1971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They were correct though with the useless at close range due to them accelerating slowly after firing.

    • @TehButterflyEffect
      @TehButterflyEffect 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes. The biggest issue with the system was accuracy. As taofledermaus and Forgotten Weapons showed, the rockets were extremely inaccurate.

    • @carrion8752
      @carrion8752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Torgue!

    • @wintergreen9949
      @wintergreen9949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they also didnt have any bullets equipped with payload, meaning they didnt explode on impact, rather they did their best to lodge into the target

  • @x5x
    @x5x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    the krummlauf was intended to minimize the death spots for the tank crew, and that you can attack enemies near your tank (not all tanks had machineguns for defense). so the shattered bullets were not a negativ point at all.

  • @foxymetroid
    @foxymetroid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The Brits also used war balloons and were more successful. Some of the balloons carried metal wires that destroyed enemy powerlines or carried bombs that detonated over Germany. The balloons were phased out toward the end of the war, likely because of the whole "Having troops and equipment in the area" thing. Unfortunately, some of the balloons did manage to go off course and managed to do damage in more neutral countries.

  • @Warfighter-lf7tb
    @Warfighter-lf7tb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Interestingly, the laser research from the plane mounted ball turret worked out for the US Navy and Army who made anti-aircraft turrets that were mounted on ships or could be towed as a trailer behind a HMMWV and set up with a generator. In principle, it works, it just requires power which the powerplant of a naval vessel can provide.

  • @colbywyatt755
    @colbywyatt755 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The longer videos lately are amazing thank you!

    • @mindlessfun4804
      @mindlessfun4804 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      nah, still mostly factually incorrect.
      You might as well watch fiction.

    • @LegendOfKhaos12
      @LegendOfKhaos12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mindlessfun4804 what’s incorrect?

  • @russchadwell
    @russchadwell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    In all fairness, the "tailsitter" could make a comeback. After all, when used for point-to-point earthbound trips, that's almost exactly what Spacex's Starship is.

  • @DarknetDude
    @DarknetDude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Some of these weapons seem like they would be more at home in Metal Slug than in real life.

    • @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780
      @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      well as other comments say the hover platform did show up in a game it just wasnt metal slug i think it didnt show up there no it showed up in metal gear solid 3

    • @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780
      @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      also im pretty sure the gyrojets are the tourge weapons in the borderlands games

  • @akeemovic
    @akeemovic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    These weapons got me laughing hard and loud in the middle of the night. 🤣

  • @jojuanstokes8772
    @jojuanstokes8772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the yelling sound they use in these videos it makes laugh so much 🤣 uugghhhh!! uugghhhhh!!😂

  • @ipolo
    @ipolo ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The flaming pigs made me sad

    • @Anti-_furry_Italy
      @Anti-_furry_Italy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Womp womp

    • @nuggetplayz2391
      @nuggetplayz2391 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Womp womp

    • @Sapphiregamer8605
      @Sapphiregamer8605 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      nah it made me hungry.

    • @Not-an-Alien
      @Not-an-Alien 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      homosexual cops?

    • @prajwalm359
      @prajwalm359 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You won't say that while eating them do yea

  • @AndreaSpencer-v9b
    @AndreaSpencer-v9b 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You realize you're not alone as you sit in your bedroom massaging your calves after a long day of playing tug-of-war with Grandpa Joe in the hospital.

  • @Jpyng
    @Jpyng 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bro if this dude retires I’m unsubbing and never watching another video this dude so iconic

    • @CG-ej8nu
      @CG-ej8nu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's just an AI voice in the end boomer 😂

    • @fantastic4pac
      @fantastic4pac 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CG-ej8nu not a chance

    • @faizan_blue
      @faizan_blue 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CG-ej8nu there is no way my hero isnt real

    • @Jpyng
      @Jpyng 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CG-ej8nu 💀💀

  • @ives3572
    @ives3572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

    • @mindlessfun4804
      @mindlessfun4804 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would love to defeat china with love and kindness, but as long as corruption reigns and NATO won't accept russia in its rows (denied in roughly year 2000), there will never be a world allience that sanctions countries to death.

    • @adamfrazer5150
      @adamfrazer5150 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Astounding level of insight, can't imagine how this realization must have affected him.

    • @WakeAndBakeBeats
      @WakeAndBakeBeats 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bro really tried to warn us

  • @rsbandbj1
    @rsbandbj1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    should have done the flying wing. They tried to make one during WW2 but it failed dramatically. many decades later, Northrop tried it again, and with more advance technology they succeeded. It's now called the B-2 bomber.

    • @Right-Is-Right
      @Right-Is-Right 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The captured German prototypes and scientists obtained through operation paperclip turned the American dream into reality, because the Nazis had it sorted first.

    • @TheCommissarIsDead
      @TheCommissarIsDead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Actually the horten brothers designed and created the HO299 which was a flying wing,worked and accidentally was the first stealth plane ever designed. False

    • @TheCommissarIsDead
      @TheCommissarIsDead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Although if I believe they only flew a little bit and unlike the ME262 barley got to production and production models and only 2 HO299 were built but they did do test flights

    • @FakTorThis
      @FakTorThis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheCommissarIsDead Didnt the allies accidently stumble on one in a barn or something? lol

    • @DavidRichardson153
      @DavidRichardson153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Germans had made the most advances in the flying wing, but arguably its biggest flaw was its rather extreme stall instability. It was prone to not recovering from a stall - otherwise, it was quite the effective platform and was already showing its potential for long-range high-payload bombers. The US was not far behind in developing their own flying wing, with Northrop handling it with every major prototype, but they ran into those same unrecoverable stall problems, and it got worse when propellers were swapped for jets. Because of the continuing problem regarding stalls, they shelved the design until new technology could be developed to solve the problem, and that tech was what got implemented in the B-2.
      The B-2 became viable because of its flight control system. As the test pilots said, the plane's computer simply would not let the B-2 be put into a stall, which was a bit of a shock to them, as putting planes into and recovering from stalls is an integral part of all military aircraft testing. Basically, the stall issue was solved...by not letting the plane ever enter a stall.

  • @Jan_2000
    @Jan_2000 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    14:24 small correction, the Stg44 was an assault riffle, not a machine gun.

  • @swaggery
    @swaggery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    The laser cannon doesn't seem like a failed weapon. Just with the current technology it isn't practical. Like with the vertical takeoff aircraft. All the research is done, just need a better power source and it can be put on the frontlines rapidly.

    • @listlessviewer153
      @listlessviewer153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel like they just put one of those on a Bzvy ship instead. They didn’t say it didn’t work, just that it was too heavy. Perfect for the ocean 👌

    • @wiseferret4745
      @wiseferret4745 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Laser guns will be our best defense against fast moving projectiles that can't be shot down with modern ballistics. like the supersonic missiles and CWIS we see in militaries around the world.

    • @Durzo1259
      @Durzo1259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A couple years ago they introduced a ship-mounted on that does work.

    • @Gameprojordan
      @Gameprojordan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vertical take off aircraft have been used for decades now? Harrier and Osprey are both VTOL aircraft that have been used in combat many times. The harrier was in production for nearly 40 years before being retired, and the Osprey was under development in the late 20th century before being put into production in 2007

    • @BeHappyTo
      @BeHappyTo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So many factually wrong comments on top... It's ridiculous. Laser weaponry is already there - look up russian Peresvet. US Army and Israel alraedy have working laser weapons. Many other countries are "working on" their own laser weapon projects.

  • @LoveTiglao
    @LoveTiglao 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The gun helmet was very weird

  • @D4RKxHOR1ZoN
    @D4RKxHOR1ZoN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    It's Kool how factual and consistent infographics is especially producing the animations on a daily basis 👍🤙

    • @jimjones395
      @jimjones395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Except they're wrong about active denial. We actually use heat and sound active denial...

    • @jenpauline06
      @jenpauline06 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You clearly don't know anything about the infographics show then
      (To the OP, not the guy who replied)

    • @tentardigrades968
      @tentardigrades968 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jimjones395 Sound and heat are very different things. Don’t think he ever said we don’t use sound.

    • @Pyrokatze
      @Pyrokatze ปีที่แล้ว

      His videos are inaccurate in many cases, I am not a weapons expert or anything but even I know that the bat bombs were even more effective, than the inventor and the rest of the military Personal, that worked on the project thought, it was not failure. One major reason the girojet wasn’t developed further was the high price of the projectiles, the pykrete ship wasn‘t nearly as silly, as he made it look, the material is strong and the wood is great for isolation so it melts very very slowly.

  • @dandymatt
    @dandymatt 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "But like all the other weird weapons in his arsenal, it fails as well" I laughed so hard at that. Excellent intro.

  • @BelgorathTheSorcerer
    @BelgorathTheSorcerer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I saw something about pigeon guided bombs in WW2 by the allies, but as for igniting living animals, that is kinda sick. If that backfires on someone, they kind of have it coming.

    • @souplord3320
      @souplord3320 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Heard about those too, think they trained the pigeons to peck a dot for food, then strapped them into a missile and had them pecking at enemy ships thinking they'll get food. They would not have gotten food.

    • @alias_aka_alias
      @alias_aka_alias ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Russians also tried to strap bombs to dogs and let them run under German tanks. But they trained their dogs with Russian tanks, so the dogs ran under T-34s and blew up their own tanks

  • @GumbootZone
    @GumbootZone ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When building houses in Canada, often in winter there is ice buildup on the floor that we have to scrape off to stop slipping. But often there is a lot of sawdust mixed in with it and those spots can NOT be scraped off. The Pykrete ice is much, much harder that regular ice, as well as been slower to melt. That's why he thought it might be a feasible idea.

  • @ravagex8725
    @ravagex8725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    After the success of Habakkuk, Geoffrey Pyke went and crafted a Zeppelin called Hindenburg made out of pure hellfire and brimstone.

  • @2424Lars
    @2424Lars 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Microwaves are low-frequency waves and sunscreen wouldn't have any effect on it

  • @hatinonyou8260
    @hatinonyou8260 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the brilliant pebbles sounds like a prototype to an orbital cannon

  • @Thirty_Five
    @Thirty_Five 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These are some Kerbal Space Program level inventions.

  • @ThatHistoryTeacher960
    @ThatHistoryTeacher960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Pycrete actually melts much slower than regular ice. That's kind of an important detail that you left out.

    • @ricimer9770
      @ricimer9770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The design also weighed 2.5 million tons which would have made it almost immoveable.

    • @ZFilms11
      @ZFilms11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It could easily be towed.

    • @ThatHistoryTeacher960
      @ThatHistoryTeacher960 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ricimer9770 The biggest thing that killed the project was the fact that the refrigeration unit that was meant to contain it while it was being constructed would have used more steel than an actual ship, so the impracticality of that really doomed it.

    • @bunzeebear2973
      @bunzeebear2973 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Making you wonder why not build the ship out of wood.?

    • @ThatHistoryTeacher960
      @ThatHistoryTeacher960 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bunzeebear2973 because guns can shoot through wood a lot easier than they could shoot through pycrete.

  • @RAMROD1847
    @RAMROD1847 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pykrete is actually surprisingly resilient from melting. People should look up the material to get a better understanding of it. I think making something at least from it is absolutely plausible

    • @bigdaddy9926
      @bigdaddy9926 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would be heavy especially if it doesn't melt fast but still melts slow liquid would definitely have weight especially flying close to the sun no pun intended.

    • @ChristophBrinkmann
      @ChristophBrinkmann 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mythbusters already tried it. Plausible but impractical.

  • @kennycooper1587
    @kennycooper1587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember that active denial system, my unit was one of the guinea pigs. And ya they said it was supposed to do all this stuff to us but when we walked through it all I felt was slight heat where the skin was exposed, and when in full uniform that isn't gonna do anything. Kinda funny

    • @chinookh4713
      @chinookh4713 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They still use it and it has a sound system too

    • @kg4boj
      @kg4boj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They took the prototypes and supercharged them and put them in the LA county jail to torture inmates

    • @tarkitarker0815
      @tarkitarker0815 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chinookh4713 heat sound and radiation are all the same thing...

  • @publicspeaker4009
    @publicspeaker4009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:35 "They said it could not be done. They said it was designed for tanks. They said I could not make it smaller and more accurate. They were wrong."

  • @williamharris8367
    @williamharris8367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    11:30 -- it is worth mentioning that several of the Japanese balloon bombs landed in Western Canada. At least one surviving example is preserved in a museum.
    Analysis of the ballast allowed the Allied military to ascertain where in Japan these were being produced and target the site for retaliatory bombing raids.

  • @therandommemecat7738
    @therandommemecat7738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Vanguard in nutshell

  • @iamasmattypeofguy
    @iamasmattypeofguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I feel that the one with the turret hat can be realistic if you put an automatic turret that detects enemies and shoots them.

    • @edborrelli2786
      @edborrelli2786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It may work with today's updates in technology because you'd need a targeting system that can 100% correctly identify human enemies over friendlies because even humans still have an issue at times deciphering which is which if their aren't any obvious giveaways identifying them outright. The system would need to be small, compact, lightweight and durable as well which aren't as big of obstacles with today's technology. The system would probably need either a battery which I don't think I would want on my head because of weight and obvious dangers of a battery being on your head or wires coming off it that can be tangled, caught or easily ripped off disabling the entire unit making it useless weight on your head. Plausible at the least but not sure it's quite a practical piece of equipment just yet, maybe a couple of years if a company puts enough money and time into research and prototypes.

    • @bgriffininsd
      @bgriffininsd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One word, recoil.

    • @SnakeBBBite
      @SnakeBBBite ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bgriffininsd right this seems obvious to me.

  • @redrosie7498
    @redrosie7498 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Honestly they already made a video similar to this. But they still make it watchable and engaging

  • @vikkimcdonough6153
    @vikkimcdonough6153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Not sure where the doubts about Brilliant Pebbles's efficacy are coming from; using computers and radar to aim your shots makes it easy to hit a missile in flight with a projectile.

    • @TehButterflyEffect
      @TehButterflyEffect 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Star Wars system would have been far more successful anyway.

  • @gfan003
    @gfan003 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When the Mongols won over China they only used primitive weapons like bow and arrow, while the Song soldiers got firing squads using muskets, cannon squads and rocket launchers. But when an army are filled with good archers they would win any war, they can read the wind and shot arrows few kilometers out to take out their target while bullets only go so far, the rockets worked well but there were not enough to stop the Mongols.

  • @mrherobrine_15
    @mrherobrine_15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    if the The Infographics Show replys to me I WILL EAT AA COOKIE! RN

    • @CG-ej8nu
      @CG-ej8nu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      *We do not care*

    • @CG-ej8nu
      @CG-ej8nu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oml the amount 0f bots in this thread 🤣

    • @mrherobrine_15
      @mrherobrine_15 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CG-ej8nu cg 5?

    • @mrherobrine_15
      @mrherobrine_15 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CG-ej8nu i just pinged my discod server to llike it lol my 269 members anoyed now tho

    • @mrherobrine_15
      @mrherobrine_15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i think i shhould not @everyone aagaain

  • @marcoaustintumalad2041
    @marcoaustintumalad2041 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE AWSOME

  • @adrianaslund8605
    @adrianaslund8605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The hovering platform is like a super primitive prototype of what Spider Man's Green Goblin or Warhammer 40k's Dark Eldar hellions ride on. Those are super manouverable and Its riders are armoured though.

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff

  • @diversejoe617
    @diversejoe617 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That would be insane if those weapons actually worked

    • @mindlessfun4804
      @mindlessfun4804 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All of them do work, to a certian extent.
      Some have successors which are used today, but not neccessarily in war.

    • @adamb89
      @adamb89 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The funny thing is that weapon the Nazis tried to make to shoot around corners, Israel actually went on to perfect lol. It's called the cornershot, and is an attachment for an assault rifle that has a hinge for peering around corners, and has attachments for a flashlight, pistol, and 40mm grenade launcher. The user aims from behind cover using the camera, and can fire a grenade or the pistol from safety.

    • @diversejoe617
      @diversejoe617 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mindlessfun4804 Got ya

    • @diversejoe617
      @diversejoe617 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adamb89 Fr fr

  • @Dr.Rabbit7346
    @Dr.Rabbit7346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:30 I think a lot of people find it funny when the infographics show characters lose their minds 🤬🤯😱

  • @jacktribble5253
    @jacktribble5253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Most of these things happen because of cumbersome bureaucracies with "Discretionary Funds." Also, and who would have guessed, when you threaten people with annihilation they sometimes get a little crazy... Most of these things make a little sense, conceptually, except the flaming pigs and the explosive balloons- those were pretty dumb.

    • @mindlessfun4804
      @mindlessfun4804 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Flaming pigs made a lot of sense - considering how inferior the roman arsenal was versus elephants. They tried everything not to lose miserably, but alas, they had no archimedes or daedalus.

    • @jacktribble5253
      @jacktribble5253 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mindlessfun4804 I think they would have fared better if they had used a crude harness, flaming bundles and had the pigs shored on the rear and sides to focus them at bit more at the enemy. As implemented, they damaged their own front line. It made for a good story though. I can picture some Legionnaire recounting that day to his Nieces and Nephews...

  • @Tayrwhit04
    @Tayrwhit04 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The laser at the end could work for land I bet.

  • @theangryotaku3361
    @theangryotaku3361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    with all of the horror stories that you hear about military "experiments", it's a wonder that weapons like Churchill's 'Funnies' ever succeeded

    • @EllAntares
      @EllAntares 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean Hobart's funnies? They were test-beds.

  • @Specolution
    @Specolution 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i like how they just say blah blah blah

  • @TironaBloodspiller
    @TironaBloodspiller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think the Gyrojet will make a comeback in 40,000 years time. I just have a gut feeling

    • @jonlima9897
      @jonlima9897 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How come?

    • @kerm7388
      @kerm7388 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      B O L T G U N

  • @raceplayzyt
    @raceplayzyt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:26 his voice cracked lol

  • @greenhowie
    @greenhowie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What about the nuclear mine that would be active as long as the chicken inside it stayed alive?

  • @DarknetDude
    @DarknetDude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It seems like humans are at their most ingenious when they're trying to destroy each other.

  • @TJXD
    @TJXD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Pig missile? That's what I call my- nvm.

  • @ninjalemon9082
    @ninjalemon9082 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Died laughing when the cartoon guy fired the helmet cannon and his head just recoiled back HAHAHA

  • @ahmedtubegamingvlogs5412
    @ahmedtubegamingvlogs5412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I can’t believe this is actually real

    • @hx-1887
      @hx-1887 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ok…..

    • @zendetta4364
      @zendetta4364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When you just read the title of the video and reply with something relative so you can try to get top comment 🤦‍♂️

    • @ISHAN-io8ue
      @ISHAN-io8ue 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same

  • @MarcusMoore777
    @MarcusMoore777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The helmet gun was insane 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @yssim3243
    @yssim3243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You did not mention that the Gyrojet’s mini missiles cost more than a regular bullet. That means, the US government spent a literal fortune on that.

    • @truplaya089
      @truplaya089 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello, Captain Obvious.
      He gave the reason it was scrapped. It wasn’t scrapped because of the cost difference in ammunition.
      The cost of bullets compared to mini missiles is irrelevant. The goal was a gun that shoots missiles. Not to replace bullet weapons.

    • @Right-Is-Right
      @Right-Is-Right 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How does price equal reliability and of course some better tech is more expensive than old tech. you don't gyro-stabilize anything for free.

    • @yssim3243
      @yssim3243 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah, check simple history

  • @gonky549
    @gonky549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i was about to say that this is the same animation of SCP Explained but then i saw that they are the same person

  • @harpastanman8952
    @harpastanman8952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    If you want to see The Tail Sitter in person there's 2 or 3 of them in Ohio at the Air Force Museum (it's a HUGE museum, with many cool aircrafts from around the world and timelines)
    Along with a Canadian made Flying Saucer which was also a flop during WWll. But it sorta worked and looks pretty dope.

  • @jasondiaz9083
    @jasondiaz9083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pikecrete actually worked pretty well it was a insanely hard material and floated well it just wasn't viable overall

  • @jasonwebb1882
    @jasonwebb1882 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The Japanese balloon bombs were actually genius. Think about the Jet Stream and back then they knew some but not that much. So for them to get all the way to California was pretty amazing to say the least. However it did cause some deaths and for that I am sorry to them and their families. Now to time those balloons to drop weights to stay in the air and make it, you have to admit that was crazy.
    The US definitely didnt want them to know that they were making it all the way over. It sounds a whole better then the Helmet cannon and an aircraft carrier made of ice. Lol.

    • @robertsears8323
      @robertsears8323 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The ice carrier was PERFECT. With todays tech it would be bigger and by far the most powerful weapon ever made.

    • @jonathanzobel1662
      @jonathanzobel1662 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amateur military historian here. The Balloon bombs actually made it as far as Michigan with the most recent one being found in the 2010s. I'm currently in intern at a military museum in Iowa and we have the remains of one of the bombs on display. For anyone who is wondering why nobody really talks about them is that the US Government actually strictly forbade any news agency from talking about them for 2 reasons. 1. to keep panic to a minimum. 2. To keep any Japanese spies from learning that the balloons were in fact making further than they expected.
      Also legend has it that the husband of the Sunday school teacher who was killed was sent 1000 paper cranes by the Japanese women who built the bomb as a sign of sorrow and peace.

    • @HomerXXX
      @HomerXXX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertsears8323 WTF it would still mealt like ice in the sun.

    • @robertsears8323
      @robertsears8323 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HomerXXX No it would not. Even the one the made back then lasted 2 whole summers with no power the the cooling units before it melt. And with modern power systems it would work so much better then ever.

    • @HomerXXX
      @HomerXXX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertsears8323And the engine or nuclear Reaktor that Power the aircraft carrier all that produce heat,also the cooling Systems itself the starting aircraft, Electronic Systems and MORE.
      Not to mention you would have to heat up the rooms for Crew members or should the all frozen to death ?
      And the carrier was laying in canda what if the have to go in the Pacific Area with tropical clima ? That is why nobody buliding such a thing.

  • @kaitlynburke9511
    @kaitlynburke9511 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was hilarious and interesting, good job!

  • @corymac1140
    @corymac1140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Cool video, check out the Convair Model 49 , it was a weird circular looking helicopter that didn't quite work out 🤣.

  • @Beastclan-o5d
    @Beastclan-o5d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:14 Anti tank missile 😂😂😂

  • @richewilson6394
    @richewilson6394 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The helicopter was invented in 1939 so why didn't they go with that? We could have had massive amounts of people saved or dropped in if we had the helicopter in ww2

    • @kg4boj
      @kg4boj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The helicopter isn't a practical invention unless you get very small high power to weight jet engines with 2 running redundantly. Jet engines didn't get to that level of development until the 50s really

  • @brianrunyon266
    @brianrunyon266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice. If we're going for weird Cold War weapons, the Ecronoplan comes to mind.

    • @331coolguy
      @331coolguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same with the bliz fighter

  • @subcookie7521
    @subcookie7521 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They never fail to impress us and make two vids per day good job

    • @ericmakaveli9433
      @ericmakaveli9433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There has to be a team people but only one narrator. 😅😅

  • @Luckie888
    @Luckie888 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    NPCs talking gibberish is distracting and annoying

    • @mitchellbailey4906
      @mitchellbailey4906 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sounds like a personal problem.

    • @barenbloke8019
      @barenbloke8019 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@mitchellbailey4906most respectful reply

  • @paulyiustravelogue
    @paulyiustravelogue ปีที่แล้ว

    Flaming pigs might have been a failure, but the Flaming Lips are FTW 😂

  • @bickboi9633
    @bickboi9633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Last

  • @TheUKNutter
    @TheUKNutter ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ballistic Knife should be on this video.

  • @MagicJuggler
    @MagicJuggler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I see Albert Bacon Pratt was trying ti make a Skul-Gun.

  • @Timtimteroo75082
    @Timtimteroo75082 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The active denial system was only week to avoid being accused of war crimes. It had limiters in place that kept it low intensity. Without limiters in place, the hardware was capable of setting people on fire in an instant

    • @441rider
      @441rider ปีที่แล้ว

      LRAD is same it can deafen people or cause hemoraging etc.

  • @Karagianis
    @Karagianis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Gyrojet did at least give us one thing to rember it for. It's the real world inspiration behind Bolters in 40K! LOL

  • @ports7736
    @ports7736 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really appreciate your videos thank you

  • @diclo383
    @diclo383 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    'The pigs couldn't be aimed' 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @NatBobby
    @NatBobby 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He was so preoccupied with whether or not he could that he failed to stop to consider if he should.

  • @noahater5785
    @noahater5785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    biological flaming missiles had me cracking up laughing! 😂😂😂

  • @debbieannsmith8962
    @debbieannsmith8962 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pig missiles is where I lost it 😂😂😂

  • @SpiralPoli
    @SpiralPoli 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    flaming pig missiles meant to subdue elephants sound hilarious. i wish i could've been a fly on the wall seeing it in action.

  • @UndyingZombie
    @UndyingZombie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    WW2 also seen such experimental weapons such as the Japanese "Death Ray".. Invented by a relative on my mother's side. The weapon did not really pan out due to the energy requirements.. Due to it being scrapped its hard to say if such a weapon could be fielded today or not. More so considering the advancements made in the technology involved. It still gets featured in movies though so there is that. If you ever watched old Godzilla movies you seen one without realizing it basically. At least models of them. ( The Death Rays in those films are indeed models of the real thing. )
    Germany had a weapon that was based on sound.. A sort of sound cannon.. Though said cannon was the size of an extremely large factory. Both this and the previously mentioned weapon worked and was very deadly.. The problems are mostly due to size issues and time when they where invented. It made for a decent immobile defense platform but there really was not much time for them to improve on it.
    Honestly there is a bunch more that had potential but because they where made when they where, and not all of the tech was quite there yet.. I feel if these ideas where to be researched again they have some strong potential.

  • @nvr7ls
    @nvr7ls 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro pls make a video about Philippines and China military comparison plssss

  • @princeofpokemon2934
    @princeofpokemon2934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish they at least put these things in museums. So more people can laugh at them.

  • @DarknetDude
    @DarknetDude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like to think that in an alternate universe, all these things succeeded.
    A cooking war helmet and a glorified tanning machine as viable weapons.

    • @Blaz243
      @Blaz243 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, ships made from ice would certainly require heat guns to fight off

  • @alanzee_
    @alanzee_ ปีที่แล้ว

    The ice aircraft carrier reminds me of the Derek and Clive sketch about Winston Churchill's bogey that was the Titanic and "bogeys are not renown for their sea worthy properties"

  • @Hye12112
    @Hye12112 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually lol'd at the thumbnail

  • @SumitKumar-oo4qr
    @SumitKumar-oo4qr 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sometimes the military becomes dum

  • @Mel12722
    @Mel12722 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I haven't seen any of these videos for a while. I wasn't watching much TH-cam. I missed them.

    • @Levidawgs7744
      @Levidawgs7744 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too this is the first time in 5 days I have watched this channel

    • @Mel12722
      @Mel12722 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Levidawgs7744 Try 5 months. My parents blocked TH-cam so I could only access it through Google but I wouldn't get notifications so then I accidentally forgot about this channel

    • @Levidawgs7744
      @Levidawgs7744 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mel12722 Dang!:(

  • @modelermark172
    @modelermark172 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember seeing something similar to Albert Bacon Pratt's "Helmet Mounted Cannon" (at 7:44) in a tongue-in-cheek 1977 book by German author Kurt Halbritter titled, "Halbritters Waffenarsenal." If memory serves, this was supposed to be a Renaissance Era weapon that combined Knightly Chivalry with gunpowder used by Knights called, "The Hot Heads."
    At the time, I thought it was something that Herr Halbritter dreamt up for his book. I guess truth is still stranger than fiction . . . .

  • @forgottenanimator4474
    @forgottenanimator4474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Idea for April Fools: You Vs The Cheese Touch - How to defeat the curse of The Cheese Touch

    • @johnnyjoestar8352
      @johnnyjoestar8352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No

    • @johnnyjoestar8352
      @johnnyjoestar8352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      U 5 year old

    • @forgottenanimator4474
      @forgottenanimator4474 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnnyjoestar8352 what is the problem of giving an innocent idea for April Fools ? Plus, the DOAWK books are not age registered, and what is the problem of liking the DOAWK book series ?

    • @johnnyjoestar8352
      @johnnyjoestar8352 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@forgottenanimator4474 idnc