Weird Weapons of War That Totally Failed

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  • During World War I & II weapon innovations were at an all-time high, but not every new weapon design was a hit, some were just plain stupid! Check out some of the worst weapons ever invented that were so bad they never made it to the battlefield!
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  • @AuRoaraAnimations
    @AuRoaraAnimations 2 роки тому +652

    imagine beta testing weapons in the middle of a war

    • @shaansingh6048
      @shaansingh6048 2 роки тому +67

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

    • @SushiArmageddon
      @SushiArmageddon 2 роки тому +56

      War brought to you by EA

    • @Bro1212_
      @Bro1212_ 2 роки тому +19

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

    • @shaansingh6048
      @shaansingh6048 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +6

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

  • @SargentD4
    @SargentD4 8 місяців тому +3

    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

  • @user-DrJoe-Future
    @user-DrJoe-Future 2 роки тому +230

    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 роки тому +22

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

    • @wrath2008
      @wrath2008 2 роки тому +6

      @@mindlessfun4804 What other videos by them are inaccurate

    • @wiseferret4745
      @wiseferret4745 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому

      @@wrath2008 the last few

  • @doujinloverXD
    @doujinloverXD 2 роки тому +112

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

    • @schhur
      @schhur 2 роки тому +2

      What does MSG3 mean

    • @doujinloverXD
      @doujinloverXD 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +9

      I love metal solid gear

    • @DizzyDez613
      @DizzyDez613 2 роки тому +2

      MSG3? Metal Solid Gear 3?

    • @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780
      @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780 2 роки тому +6

      @@DizzyDez613 metal solid gear 3 eater snake

  • @calmc
    @calmc 2 роки тому +81

    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 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

      O k

    • @CasualKillZz
      @CasualKillZz 2 роки тому +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 роки тому

      @@CasualKillZz o k

    • @aquilamflammeus5569
      @aquilamflammeus5569 2 роки тому +6

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

  • @Shadowkey392
    @Shadowkey392 Рік тому +128

    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 Рік тому +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)

    • @AverageNerdGamer
      @AverageNerdGamer Рік тому

      MythBusters did an episode on it.

    • @Johnplayz9
      @Johnplayz9 11 місяців тому

      Wow

    • @Potato-Eye
      @Potato-Eye 9 місяців тому

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

    • @ulrichkalber9039
      @ulrichkalber9039 9 місяців тому

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

  • @TonyisKing343
    @TonyisKing343 2 роки тому +146

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

    • @explainedunexplained6819
      @explainedunexplained6819 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @Right-Is-Right
      @Right-Is-Right 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +3

      Sounds like a war crime.

    • @isaacmedina2957
      @isaacmedina2957 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @johncaughey7583
      @johncaughey7583 2 роки тому +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.

  • @Sheevlord
    @Sheevlord 2 роки тому +74

    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 роки тому +12

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

    • @Bambihunter1971
      @Bambihunter1971 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @TehButterflyEffect
      @TehButterflyEffect 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @carrion8752
      @carrion8752 2 роки тому +1

      Torgue!

    • @wintergreen9949
      @wintergreen9949 2 роки тому +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

  • @fesco4752
    @fesco4752 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +7

      @@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 роки тому +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 роки тому +4

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

  • @geoffo7920
    @geoffo7920 2 роки тому +457

    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 роки тому +29

      I believe dreamland is also called area 51 not sure tho

    • @milkuetea
      @milkuetea 2 роки тому +4

      Wait, WHAT

    • @geoffo7920
      @geoffo7920 2 роки тому +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 роки тому

      Poyo

    • @davidlao5887
      @davidlao5887 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @nicklatino7157
    @nicklatino7157 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 Рік тому +3

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

    • @dasstigma
      @dasstigma 11 місяців тому

      @@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 5 місяців тому

      @@dasstigma I think he is talking about global warming

    • @dasstigma
      @dasstigma 5 місяців тому

      @@JacklynWeathers Don't hurt yourself.

  • @russchadwell
    @russchadwell 2 роки тому +16

    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.

  • @foxymetroid
    @foxymetroid 2 роки тому +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.

  • @joshmcmahon4249
    @joshmcmahon4249 2 роки тому +83

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

    • @ehross7358
      @ehross7358 2 роки тому +4

      Exactly

    • @Sheridantank
      @Sheridantank 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

      No

    • @joshmcmahon4249
      @joshmcmahon4249 2 роки тому +1

      I not even Frist

    • @CarlosRodriguez-th9kd
      @CarlosRodriguez-th9kd 2 роки тому

      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 😂

  • @swaggery
    @swaggery 2 роки тому +59

    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 роки тому +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 роки тому

      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 роки тому +1

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

    • @Gameprojordan
      @Gameprojordan 2 роки тому

      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 роки тому

      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.

  • @DarknetDude
    @DarknetDude 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780
      @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780 2 роки тому

      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 роки тому

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

  • @Warfighter-lf7tb
    @Warfighter-lf7tb 2 роки тому +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.

  • @EricLeafericson
    @EricLeafericson 2 роки тому +18

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

    • @MacStyran
      @MacStyran Рік тому +3

      Beat me to it. By 6 months...

    • @EricLeafericson
      @EricLeafericson Рік тому +3

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

  • @jacktribble5253
    @jacktribble5253 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому

      @@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...

  • @publicspeaker4009
    @publicspeaker4009 2 роки тому +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."

  • @colbywyatt755
    @colbywyatt755 2 роки тому +4

    The longer videos lately are amazing thank you!

    • @mindlessfun4804
      @mindlessfun4804 2 роки тому

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

    • @LegendOfKhaos12
      @LegendOfKhaos12 2 роки тому

      @@mindlessfun4804 what’s incorrect?

  • @GumbootZone
    @GumbootZone 8 місяців тому +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.

  • @rsbandbj1
    @rsbandbj1 2 роки тому +64

    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 роки тому

      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 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

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

    • @DavidRichardson153
      @DavidRichardson153 2 роки тому +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.

  • @ives3572
    @ives3572 2 роки тому +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 роки тому

      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 Рік тому

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

    • @WakeAndBakeBeats
      @WakeAndBakeBeats 8 місяців тому

      Bro really tried to warn us

  • @ipolo
    @ipolo Рік тому +21

    The flaming pigs made me sad

  • @RAMROD1847
    @RAMROD1847 Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      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 4 місяці тому

      Mythbusters already tried it. Plausible but impractical.

  • @x5x
    @x5x 2 роки тому +10

    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.

  • @TiberiusTheLivingLegend
    @TiberiusTheLivingLegend 2 роки тому

    Meanwhile the ones who tested and invented these weapons: *FULL OF EMBARRASSMENT BECAUSE THE PROJECTS FAILED*

  • @TironaBloodspiller
    @TironaBloodspiller Рік тому +5

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

  • @mrherobrine_15
    @mrherobrine_15 2 роки тому +169

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

    • @CG-ej8nu
      @CG-ej8nu 2 роки тому +8

      *We do not care*

    • @CG-ej8nu
      @CG-ej8nu 2 роки тому +4

      Oml the amount 0f bots in this thread 🤣

    • @mrherobrine_15
      @mrherobrine_15 2 роки тому

      @@CG-ej8nu cg 5?

    • @mrherobrine_15
      @mrherobrine_15 2 роки тому

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

    • @mrherobrine_15
      @mrherobrine_15 2 роки тому +1

      i think i shhould not @everyone aagaain

  • @diversejoe617
    @diversejoe617 2 роки тому +5

    That would be insane if those weapons actually worked

    • @mindlessfun4804
      @mindlessfun4804 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @adamb89
      @adamb89 Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      @@mindlessfun4804 Got ya

    • @diversejoe617
      @diversejoe617 Рік тому

      @@adamb89 Fr fr

  • @Jan_2000
    @Jan_2000 7 місяців тому +1

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

  • @chazzerous
    @chazzerous Рік тому +9

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

  • @SuperMrHiggins
    @SuperMrHiggins Рік тому

    The bit with the crying roman pig handler seeing his beloved piggies burning alive AND being a bad weapon - truly heart rending.

  • @yssim3243
    @yssim3243 2 роки тому +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 роки тому

      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 роки тому

      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 роки тому

      yeah, check simple history

  • @DarknetDude
    @DarknetDude 2 роки тому +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 роки тому

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

  • @iamasmattypeofguy
    @iamasmattypeofguy 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

      One word, recoil.

    • @SnakeBBBite
      @SnakeBBBite Рік тому

      @@bgriffininsd right this seems obvious to me.

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke 2 роки тому +1

    The gun helmet just needed a couple of spherical objects ether side of the barrel, just to make the user look like how they felt... :P

  • @kennycooper1587
    @kennycooper1587 2 роки тому +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 роки тому

      They still use it and it has a sound system too

    • @kg4boj
      @kg4boj 2 роки тому

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

    • @tarkitarker0815
      @tarkitarker0815 8 місяців тому

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

  • @MrSimonvk
    @MrSimonvk 7 місяців тому

    Despite these failures I still respect the people for at least trying. Many great ideas would have been lost if they were never tried.

  • @vikkimcdonough6153
    @vikkimcdonough6153 2 роки тому +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 роки тому

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

  • @believeinmatter
    @believeinmatter 2 роки тому +1

    The guns with the bent barrels have always made zero sense to me, its like the designer actually just forgot how a gun works lol

    • @johncaughey7583
      @johncaughey7583 2 роки тому

      you must have never seen demolition ranches video of shooting through a curved pipe lol it works with large slow rounds 🤣

  • @greenhowie
    @greenhowie 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @drazoric2275
    @drazoric2275 2 роки тому

    Badman, why are you hunting Dracula?
    ...Bat bombs

  • @BelgorathTheSorcerer
    @BelgorathTheSorcerer 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 Рік тому +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

  • @NoFaceSquid
    @NoFaceSquid 2 роки тому +2

    I'm pretty sure the last one on the list actually got repurposed onto aircraft carriers to be apart of the anti air system

  • @jasonwebb1882
    @jasonwebb1882 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому

      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 роки тому +1

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

    • @robertsears8323
      @robertsears8323 2 роки тому

      @@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 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @agemartinussen8141
    @agemartinussen8141 2 роки тому +1

    In war,many idea`s came up,so it was about trying and failing,trying and failing all the time.Some were good and some were bad.

  • @richewilson6394
    @richewilson6394 2 роки тому +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 роки тому

      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

  • @Jasonarmijo
    @Jasonarmijo 2 місяці тому

    You know how they replaced the pig missle? They started putting fake trunks on their horses... Most elephants wont attack baby or teenage elephants... so this actually worked.

  • @jojuanstokes8772
    @jojuanstokes8772 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @brandonwillis4811
    @brandonwillis4811 2 роки тому

    The pigeon guided bombs would be a game changer with the added insult of taking down shipping by a NY crumb snatcher.

  • @ravagex8725
    @ravagex8725 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @CharlesCowart-x2w
    @CharlesCowart-x2w 2 роки тому

    "Flaming Pig Missile"...sounds like an unlockable weapon for a video game. That or an awesome band name

  • @adrianaslund8605
    @adrianaslund8605 2 роки тому +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.

  • @adrianaslund8605
    @adrianaslund8605 2 роки тому

    Pykrete sounds like a decent building material for igloos. That's about the only application I can think off.

  • @TJXD
    @TJXD 2 роки тому +15

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

  • @Domzdream
    @Domzdream 2 роки тому

    🤣🤣🤣 my favourite - assembling a frikking cannon onto a user’s head. Gee, what could go wrong.

  • @akeemovic
    @akeemovic 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @jetpackjoyridegamer
    @jetpackjoyridegamer Рік тому

    Imagine your heat beam got stopped by sunscreen.

  • @harpastanman8952
    @harpastanman8952 2 роки тому +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.

  • @MarcusMoore777
    @MarcusMoore777 2 роки тому +1

    The helmet gun was insane 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @brianrunyon266
    @brianrunyon266 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @331coolguy
      @331coolguy 2 роки тому

      Same with the bliz fighter

  • @Luxai
    @Luxai Рік тому

    I looked up a bit about Geoffrey Pyke. It's really sad, none of this ideas really took off, and he ended up taking his own life by overdosing on sleeping pills. A friend of his, John Bernal, said the following:
    "He remained always the knight-errant, from time to time gathering round him a small band of followers but never a leader of big movements. Because of the very greatness of his ideas most of his life was one of frustration and disappointment, but he has left behind to all who knew him and were indirectly affected by him the vision he created for making all things possible."
    Rest in peace, you who would rather be broken than giving up.

  • @williamharris8367
    @williamharris8367 2 роки тому +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.

  • @gonky549
    @gonky549 2 роки тому +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

  • @ThatHistoryTeacher960
    @ThatHistoryTeacher960 2 роки тому +21

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

    • @ricimer9770
      @ricimer9770 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @ZFilms11
      @ZFilms11 2 роки тому +1

      It could easily be towed.

    • @ThatHistoryTeacher960
      @ThatHistoryTeacher960 2 роки тому

      @@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 роки тому

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

    • @ThatHistoryTeacher960
      @ThatHistoryTeacher960 2 роки тому

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

  • @erniehelmholz3644
    @erniehelmholz3644 9 місяців тому

    "The pigs then became early anti Tank missiles" 😂

  • @just_violet
    @just_violet Рік тому +1

    Okay guys, the wheeled rocket is literally something from Bad Piggies

  • @hatinonyou8260
    @hatinonyou8260 2 роки тому +3

    the brilliant pebbles sounds like a prototype to an orbital cannon

  • @pandamilkshake
    @pandamilkshake 2 роки тому

    Behold...the ancient Roman tactic against war elephants. *BACON*

  • @Luckie888
    @Luckie888 8 місяців тому +5

    NPCs talking gibberish is distracting and annoying

  • @Eggbirdplush
    @Eggbirdplush 10 місяців тому +1

    Imagine if that hat worked like every-time u wink it shoots
    How would it know when u wi-
    Just forget what i said GIVE ME LIKE AND ATTENTIO-

  • @theangryotaku3361
    @theangryotaku3361 2 роки тому +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 Рік тому

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

  • @jollysavage5063
    @jollysavage5063 2 роки тому +2

    Actually, with all due respect, it’s been known the USA has still been using that laser technology on other vehicles or just in the ground and it’s gotten even better. The plane was just part of an experiment with the Laser. I feel that should’ve atleast been mentioned about the plane’s laser. I love yalls videos a lot and always enjoy watching em! Keep up the great work!

  • @bickboi9633
    @bickboi9633 2 роки тому +3

    Last

  • @iamlpdo19
    @iamlpdo19 8 місяців тому

    That intro is literally just how Volkswagen owners feel 😂😂😂😂

  • @ahmedtubegamingvlogs5412
    @ahmedtubegamingvlogs5412 2 роки тому +16

    I can’t believe this is actually real

    • @hx-1887
      @hx-1887 2 роки тому

      ok…..

    • @zendetta4364
      @zendetta4364 2 роки тому +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 7 місяців тому

      Same

  • @markrowland1366
    @markrowland1366 2 роки тому +1

    The massive floating ice aircraft carrier was not. It was a floating island of super strong ice, upon which a hundred planes might refuel, repair, and prepared, for onflight. Ist would be a mile long and wide. Two thousand men to defend it and maintain it. What was not known by Mr Pike was the other developments. Iceland would permit the allies bases. Further, Portugal opened the Azores, too. Neither would melt. The Faroes and the Shetlands, along with new US ultra long range Catalinas and B24 Bombers, stitched it all together. Like the relocatable New Zealand pillbox, built on a bulldozer, the RAF concrete pillboxes, mounted on trucks and the one ton RAF armoured cars to defend airfields. The ice airfield thawed and sunk into drunken disrespect.

  • @D3MON_KOR3
    @D3MON_KOR3 2 роки тому +26

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

    • @jimjones395
      @jimjones395 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @jenpauline06
      @jenpauline06 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @tentardigrades968
      @tentardigrades968 Рік тому

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

    • @Pyrokatze
      @Pyrokatze Рік тому

      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.

  • @jefthereaper
    @jefthereaper Рік тому

    Romans:
    - Lets use pigs as Elephants seem fearfull of them!
    - Nice idea' we can do that!
    - Also lets set them on fire!
    - Yes that is... Wait what?!

  • @corymac1140
    @corymac1140 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @Outsideurwindow
    @Outsideurwindow 2 роки тому +1

    The pig one was cruel just cruel 😢

  • @peterweller8583
    @peterweller8583 2 роки тому +1

    My favorite was the Bat Bomb

  • @oldsickwolf7795
    @oldsickwolf7795 Рік тому

    Why set the pigs on fire though? 😅 sending BBQ to the frontline would only boost morale of your enemy.

  • @nvr7ls
    @nvr7ls 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @dodiswatchbobobo
    @dodiswatchbobobo 7 місяців тому

    Hat cannons are for termites and it requires an apparatus big enough to replace most sensory organs in the face.

  • @genghiskhan7041
    @genghiskhan7041 2 роки тому

    Flaming pigs was NOT a fail. How do you think BBQ pork was invented?

  • @oler777
    @oler777 2 роки тому +1

    Have you guys made a bunch of videos that are about 2 to 3 years old do you want more profit off of them well just follow these three simple steps one take all those videos you have that are old and just re-purposed them to put them into a big video that spanning a bunch of things together so you seem like you’re intelligent and know how to actually rate things. 3 Post the Video with the giant click bait thumbnail and your done now you’re finished now wasn’t that easy you now tricked all your news subscribers in the thinking you did something meaningful.

  • @DuszaSpeedcorpse
    @DuszaSpeedcorpse Рік тому

    I love the term "unarmed baby".
    Whete are the armed ones

  • @CrazyCoupleDIY
    @CrazyCoupleDIY Рік тому

    Man the way you explained is absolutely midblowing.

  • @krittraphobsuangpho4884
    @krittraphobsuangpho4884 Рік тому

    "They designed with a slight twist"
    Literally.

  • @gfan003
    @gfan003 5 місяців тому +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.

  • @UndyingZombie
    @UndyingZombie Рік тому +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.

  • @SaltLakePark
    @SaltLakePark 7 місяців тому

    Some of the weapons you mentioned didn't fail. They're being used against us....

  • @Dah-Dude
    @Dah-Dude 7 місяців тому

    The heat wave I personally was involved with its field use and it hurts and is unbearable to withstand. Crowd/personnel dispersal was what it was best at

  • @leondillon8723
    @leondillon8723 Рік тому

    4:48)The "spoon" is still on the grenade. Did someone forget to pull the pin?
    14:22)The US made .45 caliber M3A2 "grease gun" had an attachment for firing around corners.

  • @Unacceptable112
    @Unacceptable112 2 роки тому +2

    1:14 Anti tank missile 😂😂😂

  • @anderman5331
    @anderman5331 2 роки тому

    Those perjandamada things with the wheels look an awful lot like the War Wheels from the old justice league cartoon.

  • @thegodofmemes
    @thegodofmemes Рік тому +1

    hol up... this guy literally forgot about pearl harbor in the balloon incident. I mean that was literally a enemy caused death on American soil.