Comments on: Top Nine Insane Weapons Of War http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:12:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: tyree http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1963 tyree Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:23:18 +0000 http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1963 Singe said: "It should be noted that the six deaths caused by the balloon bomb were the ONLY American civilian casualties of war in WW2." That is if you do not include the 180 or so who were killed at Pearl Harbor, and the civilians killed overseas and on the high seas. For example, there were a large group of civilian construction workers at Wake Island when it was attacked and if I remember correctly, many of them were killed. The poor family killed by the balloon bomb were the only ones killed by direct enemy action in the 48 continental US states. Singe said:
“It should be noted that the six deaths caused by the balloon bomb were the ONLY American civilian casualties of war in WW2.”

That is if you do not include the 180 or so who were killed at Pearl Harbor, and the civilians killed overseas and on the high seas. For example, there were a large group of civilian construction workers at Wake Island when it was attacked and if I remember correctly, many of them were killed. The poor family killed by the balloon bomb were the only ones killed by direct enemy action in the 48 continental US states.

]]> By: H@ckintosh http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1926 H@ckintosh Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:48:57 +0000 http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1926 Man alive, that cat bomb was FUNNY. Sick, but bloody funny. A cat comes up to a spy. He nuzzles it, petting it, until its body goes stiff, the tail straightens up and starts beeping, and a satellite dish comes out of its head. Then he pulls his gun out and fires three bullets into Puss-In-Boots. Man alive, that cat bomb was FUNNY. Sick, but bloody funny. A cat comes up to a spy. He nuzzles it, petting it, until its body goes stiff, the tail straightens up and starts beeping, and a satellite dish comes out of its head. Then he pulls his gun out and fires three bullets into Puss-In-Boots.

]]> By: Your name http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1358 Your name Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:45:16 +0000 http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1358 Do you even speak english? Do you even speak english?

]]> By: OldFan http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1303 OldFan Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:32:10 +0000 http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1303 According to noted weapons expert Ian Hogg, the worst weapon ever developed was the "Bates 8-barreled Bottle Thrower". This desperation weapon was designed in 1940, when England feared a Nazi invasion and the British Home Guard was desperately short of anti-tank weapons. This awesome wooden-framed projector used 8 tin tubes fitted with blank shotgun shells to propel glass bottles filled with a volatile mixture of napalm & white phosphorus. Hurling of the bottles demonstrated that the stickey compound could be quite effective in some circumstances. However, actually firing the weapon revealed a 1-in-6 in-bore failure rate among the bottles. Since there were 8 barrels, there is no extant model of this formidable engine of war . . . they all burned up during testing. According to noted weapons expert Ian Hogg, the worst weapon ever developed was the “Bates 8-barreled Bottle Thrower”. This desperation weapon was designed in 1940, when England feared a Nazi invasion and the British Home Guard was desperately short of anti-tank weapons. This awesome wooden-framed projector used 8 tin tubes fitted with blank shotgun shells to propel glass bottles filled with a volatile mixture of napalm & white phosphorus. Hurling of the bottles demonstrated that the stickey compound could be quite effective in some circumstances. However, actually firing the weapon revealed a 1-in-6 in-bore failure rate among the bottles. Since there were 8 barrels, there is no extant model of this formidable engine of war . . . they all burned up during testing.

]]> By: Joe http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1301 Joe Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:28:09 +0000 http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1301 "Cooperating with the desires of the government, the press did not publish any balloon bomb incidents." You could never get today's press to cooperate like that. Just the opposite would probably happen. “Cooperating with the desires of the government, the press did not publish any balloon bomb incidents.”

You could never get today’s press to cooperate like that. Just the opposite would probably happen.

]]> By: Pro Cynic http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1297 Pro Cynic Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:08:15 +0000 http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1297 My understanding os that the Russian anti-tank dog experiment failed because the dogs proved more likley to approach Russian tanks than German ones. The dogs were traine dby being fed under Russian tanks whose engines were running. Thus, the smells of the Russian tanks were much more familiar to the dogs than those of German tanks. The picture you have appears to show an anti-tank dog approaching a Russian tank, not a German one. My understanding os that the Russian anti-tank dog experiment failed because the dogs proved more likley to approach Russian tanks than German ones. The dogs were traine dby being fed under Russian tanks whose engines were running. Thus, the smells of the Russian tanks were much more familiar to the dogs than those of German tanks. The picture you have appears to show an anti-tank dog approaching a Russian tank, not a German one.

]]> By: Singe http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1290 Singe Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:36:03 +0000 http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1290 It should be noted that the six deaths caused by the balloon bomb were the ONLY American civilian casulties of war in WW2. It should be noted that the six deaths caused by the balloon bomb were the ONLY American civilian casulties of war in WW2.

]]> By: classified http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1287 classified Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:14:22 +0000 http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1287 This would work better if it would stop telling me my email adress ins not valid... This would work better if it would stop telling me my email adress ins not valid…

]]> By: Sarah http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1277 Sarah Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:13:54 +0000 http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1277 Killer dolphins? So long and thanks for all the fish! --- there's a 20 char. max. e-mail address for posting; lame. Killer dolphins? So long and thanks for all the fish!

— there’s a 20 char. max. e-mail address for posting; lame.

]]> By: Gay Bombs, Killer Dolphins and Anti-Tank Dogs? « Blogbdon: The Don of all Blogs http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1273 Gay Bombs, Killer Dolphins and Anti-Tank Dogs? « Blogbdon: The Don of all Blogs Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:43:55 +0000 http://thecontaminated.com/top-nine-insane-weapons-of-war/#comment-1273 [...] 10, 2008 Not sure if I am naive or gullible, but here are the nine most insane weapons of war - some are absolutely unbelievable. Posted by brandonblattner Filed in Fancy Tickling, [...] […] 10, 2008 Not sure if I am naive or gullible, but here are the nine most insane weapons of war - some are absolutely unbelievable. Posted by brandonblattner Filed in Fancy Tickling, […]

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