Top 7 Strangest Weapons!
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Here at Interesting Top 7s, we LOVE to talk about weapons.
Whether it be massive military artillery or just something a little more hand-held, we've
covered some of the major types of weaponry.
As always, people get bored with things after time and start tinkering - and the results
of those experiments have yielded some fascinating results.
Some of those results have even found their way to production lines, putting these off-kilter
ideas in the hands of a wide audience.
From the wild and wacky to the downright bizarre - today, let's take a look at seven of the
strangest weapons of all time.
Number seven - the Puckle Gun.
Patented WAY back in 1718 by James Puckle (a British lawyer, writer and inventor) - his
namesake gun is often thought to be the first "automatic" - first referred to as a "machine
gun" by a shipping manifest a few years following its patent in 1722.
However, don't be confused - this primitive version doesn't adhere to the design of today's
machine gun at all - this was technically a manually operated (and crew-served) flintlock
revolver - mounted on a tripod and sporting only a single barrel.
With a 3 foot barrel length and 32 millimeter bore, the cylinder only held about 6 to 11
shots and had to be hand-loaded with powder and shot while it was completely detached
from the weapon.
This is an example of a great idea that needed work.
Number six - Harmonica guns.
While the Puckle gun is an archaic version of an even-cooler invention yet to come - the
harmonica gun is just... weird.
Although we admit, the idea is there - we can't help but wonder how this didn't end
up on the cutting room floor.
Resembling a revolver with a, you guessed it, harmonica sitting atop - this firearm
was breech loaded with a steel sliding mechanism that contained segmented projectile-filled
chambers.
Although most designs of the harmonica gun were classified as "percussion cap guns",
models that bore a closer resemblance to a compressed air gun also existed.
Speaking of variety - you could pick up this goofy contraption in either pistol or rifle
model - with your choice of single or double action.
Number five - Vespa 150 TAP.
Vespa scooters take a lot of shit.
They're the butt of a plethora of jokes and are usually thought to be something like the
Nickleback of two-wheelers.
However, no matter how lame you think these putterers may be, there's no mistaking the
seeming badassery of their great-grand-scooter that came before them.
The Vespa 150 TAP was introduced in 1956 to be used with paratroops - featuring a reinforced
frame and a big ol' three inch recoilless rifle mounted right there on to the dashboard.
The only thing?
You weren't able to aim and oh - it wasn't even meant to be fired from the scooter.
Even though 500 TAPs were produced (and were pretty cheap for their time) - it's pretty
obvious why they closed up shop and ditched the idea.
Number four - the gay bomb.
Yeah, you heard us right.
Also referred to as the "poof" or "halitosis bomb" - these were theoretical non-lethal
chemical weapons that the United States Air Force seriously thought about producing in
the 1990s.
Leaked documents indicate that researchers wanted to develop a chemical spray that could
be doused over enemy forces.
However, instead of making them sick - these dudes would all get extremely turned on by
each other - allowing the attacker to swoop in while they're all hot, bothered and distracted.
Despite numerous clinical trials indicating over and over that pheromones have never indicated
aphrodisiac results when used on humans - this plan almost made it to the real world.
Number three - the "man catcher".
This wicked looking device made its debut in the 18th Century, but unlike the other
entries thus far, it's still infrequently used - but employed nonetheless in modern
day Japan.
This esoteric type of pole weapon first came about in Europe, consisting of a two pronged
head mounted atop a heavy pole.
Since the prongs were semi-circular and featured a spring-loaded door, it created an ideal
valve to trap a man's neck (or anything else that wouldn't slide through the thing).
Much like a dog catcher's wand, it would be used to non-lethally detain and pin down suspects
or rip them off of their horse.
Now refined and padded to reduce possible injury, the Japanese National Police Agency
still keeps their officers up to date on training.
Number two - the Kolibri 2.7mm gun.
Aww, look at it!
It's ...it's... functional?
Seriously?!
Although it could barely hit the broad side of a barn, the 2mm Kolibri (or hummingbird)
is the smallest centerfire cartridge pistol available commercially - first patented in
1910 and officially rolled out in 1914.
Designed to accentuate the Kolibri single shot or semi-automatic pistol, these were
all marketed as a line of personal self-defense weapons.
Invented by Austrian watchmaker Franz Pfannl, it weighed only 5 grams, measured 3 millimeters
and shot an adorable .2 gram bullet.
Sufering from accuracy issues, problems with rounds being accepted and an all around weak-as-hell
shot, it only stayed on the market shortly - officially being discontinued in 1938.
Number one - animal bombs.
Ending with a literal bang, our number one spot goes to all around F'd up animal bomb
idea.
Officially known as animal-borne bomb attacks, the technology isn't sophisticated by any
means.
Rather, a pack full of explosives gets strapped to a horse, mule, donkey or even dog.
When the animal walks into enemy territory, the controllers press a button and things
go pow.
The idea of using animals as delivery systems for explosives isn't a new one, in fact, there's
records of this exact thing predating even the American Civil War - but it's certainly
becoming an ever-increasing concern in recent years.
With known uses in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza Strip - it's even occurred
in the USA with notable bombings including the 1919 US anarchist bombings and the Wall
Street bombing of 1920.
Not cool, guys.
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