or maybe he’ll but sometimes it’s also
downright weird welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 weird weapons of war
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list will be
ranking the strangest and most bizarre
attempts at creating a unique style of
weapon firing in three two one
number 10 project Habakkuk ah what I
need to build an aircraft carrier but
steel and aluminum are in short supply
constructed out of ice more at least
this was the idea proposed to England’s
Winston Churchill by inventor jeffrey
pyke in a plan he dubbed project
Habakkuk Pike rationalized that a large
ice carrier could easily operate while
under torpedo attack as the missiles
would only damage small sections of the
ship’s hull that’s go through
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you are going a mixture of ice and wood
pulp called pykrete was used to make the
carrier stronger and more resilient
pushing project tobacco to the point
where a smaller sized test ship was
built
unfortunately it’s slow speed and the
high demand for materials doomed the
project before it could start number
nine the days are laser sometimes it
isn’t about killing your opponent but
rather just incapacitating them for a
bit this is where the idea of non-lethal
weapons comes in with the daser laser
being one of the most bizarre of the
bunch there were three different designs
made of the daser laser a small pistol
of the time and a larger multifunctional
weapon
all of them emit what is called a mean
beam a mixture of modulating pulses and
light which when combined can induce
feelings of nausea vomiting or
disorientation within their target oh
god this is so disgusting I think I’m
gonna puke you may have heard the day’s
or laser referred to as a puke ray and
although this may not be the weapons
intended function it sure could prove to
be a handy bonus in battle never
underestimate the power of pew number 8
the vinca nona the term Wunderwaffe
refers to covert German plans for the
development of so-called
super weapons during World War 2 one of
these proposed weapons was known as the
Venona which roughly translated could be
described as a wind cannon in the stock
right there that’s just a tank of
compressed air yeah this is a
high-pressure air the vin canola was a
ground-based cannon that was packed with
a mixture of hydrogen and ammonia though
some sources say oxygen it was designed
to shoot out a shell of compressed air
at its target with the intention of
grounding planes or otherwise disturbing
airborne threats Vinson ona’s were
tested but their effects against targets
weren’t to the liking of German
officials and anyone manning it was
essentially a sitting duck so the idea
was grabs and I suppose you still ain’t
win this
through magic Dyanne but i understand
your confusion number seven who me it
was the next weird weapon on our list
because this is a strange name for an
equally strange idea who me was an idea
that first came to light thanks to the
proto CIA agency known as the Office of
Strategic Services this American
intelligence sector designed the
horrible smelling stench weapon known as
hooome for the French Resistance
fighting against Germany in World War
two people don’t like other people part
the compound was placed within small
atomizer devices similar to a cologne
dispenser and was intended to disorient
its target with the overwhelming stench
of feces god no it smells like like a
used diaper filled with Indian soup
unfortunately the spring of whom he
often backfired against his user making
it yet another quickly discarded idea in
the ever-evolving fight against Nazi
Germany hey hey for my vacant five
pleasure number six
Novgorod the Russian monitor Novgorod
was a circular flat bottomed warship
which was built with the intention of
being a heavily armored protector ship
with the ability to carry a large amount
of artillery on board built in 1871 the
reality of its strange design made
Novgorod almost impossible to maneuver
effectively
in anything other than perfect weather
conditions its circular shape also meant
that it could take nearly an hour for
Novgorod to make a u-turn thanks to an
incompatible rudder system to be fair
although Novgorod holds a reputation as
one of the worst wartime naval ships
ever constructed it actually achieved
its intended aim for coastal defense
even if it might have looked a tad silly
while doing so number five the man
capture the image of this old-school
European weapon could be considered the
stuff of nightmares
the man catcher possessed a relatively
simple design consisting of a
spring-loaded trap located at the end of
a long stick or pole its main purpose
was to drag enemy targets from horseback
and restrain them presumably to capture
interrogate or ransom them one
particularly devious aspect of the man
catcher where the sharp spikes located
in the spring trap which could prove
intensely painful or even fatal if the
target was not wearing some sort of
protective armor for MI beep okay
shipping and unsink don’t even think
about your escape number for the
japanese fire balloon also known as
Google they develop a technology that is
absolutely brilliant
it was seemingly no end to the
innovation in terms of offense during
the Second World War with this Japanese
invention serving as one of the least
effective yet potentially deadly weapons
of the conflict in some ways the
Japanese fire balloon was frightening ly
successful as these quick moving
hydrogen balloons actually did make
their way to North American shores they
were falling all over western America
this was the longest ranged war attack
recorded at the time despite the fact
that the balloons caused little damage
with their incendiary content officials
were worried about the potential for
biological or chemical warfare with the
balloons however leading to a government
initiated press cover-up concerning
their existence and success there are
still balloons out there obviously of
the thousands they sent over less than a
thousand have been discovered number
three gay bonds also known as halitosis
bomb
baby in what could only be described as
one of the most head-scratching weapons
proposals on our list the gay bomb was
an idea dreamt up by scientists in
Ohio’s Wright laboratory say oh dog
wasn’t sure to make me look gay no about
now
the idea behind their proposed gay bomb
was to utilize female sex pheromones as
a biological weapon spraying them over
enemy soldiers in order to make them
sexually attracted to each other
it’s some special value more special
whoa take it easy pants okay I’m trying
to be behind the fact that this idea was
concocted during the mid 90s makes it
all the more anachronistic with Wright
laboratories going on to receive an
ignoble Peace Prize by scientific
humorists in 2007 as a satirical jab at
this most bizarre plan number two
blaming pigs also known as incendiary
pigs in the body burn
[Music]
the practice of using immense war
elephants on the battlefield was a
common sight during the age of Roman
warfare with the beasts effectiveness as
Mouse
leading to research into a way to combat
their advantage
a simple if troubling solution was found
when it was discovered that elephants
were intensely frightened and
disoriented by the sound of a pigs
squeal the idea cover an array of war
pigs in oil set them on fire and let the
enemy elephants trample the opposing
forces to death
as they tried to get away it may not
have been animal friendly but it was
certainly effective so number one bat
bombs nope Bruce Wayne did not develop
these bat bombs were an idea developed
by the United States during World War
two in an attempt to infiltrate Japanese
territory the thought was that this
would be achieved by arming bats with
incendiary devices letting them loose at
dawn to roost and then later to detonate
those bombs although initial tests led
to a massive explosion when the bathroo
stood under the fuel tank of a New
Mexico Air Force Base another test in
Utah was more successful the bat bomb
project was dropped due to rising costs
and implementation delays although its
developer dentists Lydell F Adams
maintained its youth could have
circumvented America’s dropping of the
atomic bomb in 1945 do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
[Music]
downright weird welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 weird weapons of war
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list will be
ranking the strangest and most bizarre
attempts at creating a unique style of
weapon firing in three two one
number 10 project Habakkuk ah what I
need to build an aircraft carrier but
steel and aluminum are in short supply
constructed out of ice more at least
this was the idea proposed to England’s
Winston Churchill by inventor jeffrey
pyke in a plan he dubbed project
Habakkuk Pike rationalized that a large
ice carrier could easily operate while
under torpedo attack as the missiles
would only damage small sections of the
ship’s hull that’s go through
[Music]
you are going a mixture of ice and wood
pulp called pykrete was used to make the
carrier stronger and more resilient
pushing project tobacco to the point
where a smaller sized test ship was
built
unfortunately it’s slow speed and the
high demand for materials doomed the
project before it could start number
nine the days are laser sometimes it
isn’t about killing your opponent but
rather just incapacitating them for a
bit this is where the idea of non-lethal
weapons comes in with the daser laser
being one of the most bizarre of the
bunch there were three different designs
made of the daser laser a small pistol
of the time and a larger multifunctional
weapon
all of them emit what is called a mean
beam a mixture of modulating pulses and
light which when combined can induce
feelings of nausea vomiting or
disorientation within their target oh
god this is so disgusting I think I’m
gonna puke you may have heard the day’s
or laser referred to as a puke ray and
although this may not be the weapons
intended function it sure could prove to
be a handy bonus in battle never
underestimate the power of pew number 8
the vinca nona the term Wunderwaffe
refers to covert German plans for the
development of so-called
super weapons during World War 2 one of
these proposed weapons was known as the
Venona which roughly translated could be
described as a wind cannon in the stock
right there that’s just a tank of
compressed air yeah this is a
high-pressure air the vin canola was a
ground-based cannon that was packed with
a mixture of hydrogen and ammonia though
some sources say oxygen it was designed
to shoot out a shell of compressed air
at its target with the intention of
grounding planes or otherwise disturbing
airborne threats Vinson ona’s were
tested but their effects against targets
weren’t to the liking of German
officials and anyone manning it was
essentially a sitting duck so the idea
was grabs and I suppose you still ain’t
win this
through magic Dyanne but i understand
your confusion number seven who me it
was the next weird weapon on our list
because this is a strange name for an
equally strange idea who me was an idea
that first came to light thanks to the
proto CIA agency known as the Office of
Strategic Services this American
intelligence sector designed the
horrible smelling stench weapon known as
hooome for the French Resistance
fighting against Germany in World War
two people don’t like other people part
the compound was placed within small
atomizer devices similar to a cologne
dispenser and was intended to disorient
its target with the overwhelming stench
of feces god no it smells like like a
used diaper filled with Indian soup
unfortunately the spring of whom he
often backfired against his user making
it yet another quickly discarded idea in
the ever-evolving fight against Nazi
Germany hey hey for my vacant five
pleasure number six
Novgorod the Russian monitor Novgorod
was a circular flat bottomed warship
which was built with the intention of
being a heavily armored protector ship
with the ability to carry a large amount
of artillery on board built in 1871 the
reality of its strange design made
Novgorod almost impossible to maneuver
effectively
in anything other than perfect weather
conditions its circular shape also meant
that it could take nearly an hour for
Novgorod to make a u-turn thanks to an
incompatible rudder system to be fair
although Novgorod holds a reputation as
one of the worst wartime naval ships
ever constructed it actually achieved
its intended aim for coastal defense
even if it might have looked a tad silly
while doing so number five the man
capture the image of this old-school
European weapon could be considered the
stuff of nightmares
the man catcher possessed a relatively
simple design consisting of a
spring-loaded trap located at the end of
a long stick or pole its main purpose
was to drag enemy targets from horseback
and restrain them presumably to capture
interrogate or ransom them one
particularly devious aspect of the man
catcher where the sharp spikes located
in the spring trap which could prove
intensely painful or even fatal if the
target was not wearing some sort of
protective armor for MI beep okay
shipping and unsink don’t even think
about your escape number for the
japanese fire balloon also known as
Google they develop a technology that is
absolutely brilliant
it was seemingly no end to the
innovation in terms of offense during
the Second World War with this Japanese
invention serving as one of the least
effective yet potentially deadly weapons
of the conflict in some ways the
Japanese fire balloon was frightening ly
successful as these quick moving
hydrogen balloons actually did make
their way to North American shores they
were falling all over western America
this was the longest ranged war attack
recorded at the time despite the fact
that the balloons caused little damage
with their incendiary content officials
were worried about the potential for
biological or chemical warfare with the
balloons however leading to a government
initiated press cover-up concerning
their existence and success there are
still balloons out there obviously of
the thousands they sent over less than a
thousand have been discovered number
three gay bonds also known as halitosis
bomb
baby in what could only be described as
one of the most head-scratching weapons
proposals on our list the gay bomb was
an idea dreamt up by scientists in
Ohio’s Wright laboratory say oh dog
wasn’t sure to make me look gay no about
now
the idea behind their proposed gay bomb
was to utilize female sex pheromones as
a biological weapon spraying them over
enemy soldiers in order to make them
sexually attracted to each other
it’s some special value more special
whoa take it easy pants okay I’m trying
to be behind the fact that this idea was
concocted during the mid 90s makes it
all the more anachronistic with Wright
laboratories going on to receive an
ignoble Peace Prize by scientific
humorists in 2007 as a satirical jab at
this most bizarre plan number two
blaming pigs also known as incendiary
pigs in the body burn
[Music]
the practice of using immense war
elephants on the battlefield was a
common sight during the age of Roman
warfare with the beasts effectiveness as
Mouse
leading to research into a way to combat
their advantage
a simple if troubling solution was found
when it was discovered that elephants
were intensely frightened and
disoriented by the sound of a pigs
squeal the idea cover an array of war
pigs in oil set them on fire and let the
enemy elephants trample the opposing
forces to death
as they tried to get away it may not
have been animal friendly but it was
certainly effective so number one bat
bombs nope Bruce Wayne did not develop
these bat bombs were an idea developed
by the United States during World War
two in an attempt to infiltrate Japanese
territory the thought was that this
would be achieved by arming bats with
incendiary devices letting them loose at
dawn to roost and then later to detonate
those bombs although initial tests led
to a massive explosion when the bathroo
stood under the fuel tank of a New
Mexico Air Force Base another test in
Utah was more successful the bat bomb
project was dropped due to rising costs
and implementation delays although its
developer dentists Lydell F Adams
maintained its youth could have
circumvented America’s dropping of the
atomic bomb in 1945 do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
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