are you ready to see some of the most incredible military weapons ever made
if your answer is yes then you're in the right place my friend because today we will explore
the weirdest and most amazing military weapons stick around for an exciting episode let's begin
the s mine in the 1930s germany developed an anti-personnel mine and named it the s
mine this weapon was used frequently in world war ii
aiding the german forces the s mine was made to be used against windshield infantry and in open areas
many enemies of germany during the war feared this weapon very much
it is also known as german spring mine 35 one of the oldest and biggest mines ever known
like many this mine was buried underground but the slightest app could trigger its payload
and anyone unlucky enough to be standing over it is blown to pieces
this mine could jump 1.5 meters in the air throwing out 360 steel bearings it explodes
at 1 000 meters per second at an approximate range of 100 meters based on location where it is used
it is known as bouncing betty on the western front and the frog mine on the eastern front
the goliath tracked mine imagine going on a ride on a four foot long two foot wide and
one foot tall caterpillar tracked vehicle this self-propelled mine is called goliath and it can
hold up to 220 pounds used as germany's secret weapon during world war ii this mine is no joke
you can carry high explosives to help with reloads when necessary the mini tank was blown with the
help of a control panel and 650 meters of the cable wire the tanker was loaded with over 100
kilograms of explosive you will find it easy to sneak up on an enemy and cause a massive explosion
m388 the davy crockett meet the davy crockett titled the smallest nuclear weapon ever made
weighing only 56 kilograms this mini atomic bomb is not to be tampered with davey is up to 80 times
smaller than the bomb used on hiroshima and was most commonly used during the cold war serving the
united states army this mini bomb yields between 10 to 20 tons of tnt with a maximum distance of
an impressive 4 kilometers anything close to 400 meters of the bomb site would be destroyed due to
the destructive power of this bomb even if you are 500 meters away if the bomb doesn't kill you you
will be sure to be left with radiation exposure if you look at the weapon you would think that this
is just an ugly watermelon but you would be wrong however this bomb was said to be a bit inaccurate
with its aim therefore it was retired because it poses great risk to the soldiers deploying it
m65 atomic cannon the world's first atomic artillery piece was the m65 atomic cannon this
weapon was known for how mobile it could be an asset that came in handy countless times developed
by robert schwartz in the 1950s at the start of the cold war and served the american army you
would be surprised to see this weapon wiping out 17 000 soldiers with its gears in a split second
also referred to as atomic annie this machine used w-9 shells up to 138 centimeters long
weighing 364 kilograms the atomic warheads fired by the m65 could go as far as 24 kilometers
without the enemy knowing it was coming it does not land on the ground but is deployed in the air
exploding in midair allows the weapon to be even more deadly as it increases the reach radius
20 of these cannons were manufactured for eight hundred thousand dollars each the m65 cannon was
transported by two trucks and weighed 42 tons this machine would be moved by special trucks
every 15 minutes after use confusing the enemy as to his location wouldn't that be frustrating
2b1 okay the first ever self-propelled atomic gun was the soviet atomic 2b1 oka mine thrower
it has a massive barrel up to 20 meters long that's twice the length of the vehicle carrying it
first developed in 1957 the 2b1 was intended to fire atomic shells weighing 650 kilograms each
these shells could be launched at a distance of 25 kilometers and when equipped with a reactive
engine the distance could easily be doubled the engine on this vehicle was diesel with a turbo
and v12 6b and 750 horsepower when fired the carrier vehicle rolls back 5 meters due to the
power of the weapon this crazy recoil is the main reason that the 2b1 okay never saw the battlefield
fugo balloon bomb do you want to meet the most peculiar and off-beat vehicle in the world
this is the fugo a balloon bomb that served the japanese army japan used this bomb on canada
and the united states sending them into a frenzy america was clueless as to what was going on as
their radar could not detect hot air balloons the balloon's bomb diameter was 10 meters and the bomb
was attached to the underside ringed by several incendiary bombs the special timer attached caused
the bombs to fall after 72 hours which was the approximate time for the bomb to travel from japan
to the united states this made fugo the first bomb with the ability to travel intercontinentally the
autopilot on the fugo controlled the height of the balloon for example if we were to
exceed an 11 kilometer altitude a sensor would cause hot air to bleed to lower the balloon
and at nine kilometer altitude the sensor would drop the sandbag forcing an ascend to
the desired travel point the balloon would then self-destruct after releasing the bombs making
it hard to detect where it was from over 9 300 of these balloons were used by japan during the war
the bob simple tank meet new zealand's do-it-yourself tanker
in the second world war new zealand feared an invasion from japan as they were not equipped
with the number of tankers they wanted a new zealand minister at works bob semple
came up with the idea to put 12 millimeter thick armors on an american caterpillar d8 tractor
they intended to protect their vehicles from small arms fire this project tank had six machine guns
that could thoroughly sweep the area the tank was tall standing at 3.6 meters one meter more
elevated than your everyday military tank the weight of the tractor range from 15 to 25 tons
this made this weapon not properly constructed it had no blueprints and many design flaws some of
the reasons the plan was not actualized so it went back to being a tractor without making it to war
flying tank have you ever wondered how armies on an island like japan got those tankers off
to enter their enemies lands well other than air balloons japan did have a few tricks up their
sleeve in wartime japan wanted to transport its heavy equipment by giving them wings and
water skis this was great for avoiding long boats that would be easily detected
traveling this way was more manageable than one would imagine as the tank would ascend being
pulled by a cargo plane in the sky then the tanks would glide to the enemy's camps in shallow waters
which provided a soft landing through a pair of skis the skis and wings were
then detached and the weapons rolled onto land while many variations to this strategy
were tested none made it to the battlefield which is a bummer because the idea was cool
supergun lastly once upon a time there was a city known as constantinople considered to be
impossible to conquer due to the fact that it was protected by three parallel giant walls around the
city it is exactly like the city in "attack on titan" but three times better in security
however one day titan sultan mahmet khan decided to conquer it he said either i will conquer
constantinople or constantinople will conquer me this humongous super gun also known as darn
danelle's gun or great turkish bombard which was forged in 1464 by turkish military engineer
munir ali designed by the hungarian cannon founder orbin to break the walls of constantinople
the gun weighs 16.8 tons and measures 17 feet in length with a diameter of just under 3.5 feet
and it fired a massive marble shot at a range of one and a half miles the earliest three ottoman
super cannons were responsible for bringing down its walls orbin began his work at adirna to create
one of the largest guns ever built workers dug a giant casting fit in the ground and began
pouring bronze into the mold it reportedly had to be carried disassembled by a team
of 60 oxen and an accompanying crew of up to 400 men its barrel was 30 inches in diameter
and its bronze walls were eight inches thick it fired a massive marble ball that was designed to
knock down fortifications with one shot it was a nuclear weapon of that time no doubt
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