5 Strangest Top Secret Weapons From WWII

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This contraption was actually developed in the UK, and was one of many devices known as "Hobart's Funnies". Thankfully, other devices which were used in the D day landings, actually proved to be quite effective.

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The concept actually exists, and is in military use. But it's not the barrel that curved.

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Just some constructive criticism from a big fan, I feel like you often repeat yourself and use the introduction of a weapon or listed item later in the description of it. This can get frustrating as you sometimes use the exact same phrase to describe something in the space of 2 mins. I think you could counteract this by saying the same thing with different words. I don’t want to come across as a hater because as I said I’m a massive fan and really love your channel.

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It is not "great Gustav", the german "Schwerer Gustav" translates to "Heavy Gustav".

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My grandfather was in an armored recon in ww2...very dangerous...he told me about the German gun that shot around corners (STG44 Krummlauf) and the German Goliath mini demolition tank.He said you had to watch out for getting shot around corners and he said the mini demotion tanks never worked and one rifle shot disabled them.

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The Gustav giant cannon is extremely similar to the one featured in the game "Lost Planet 2". Seeing how close each one is, I don't doubt that the rail mounted gun from Lost Planet 2 took inspiration from the Gustav.

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Repeats himself a hell of a lot in this video.

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Damn those explosive wheels remind me of the R.A.P.S. Killstreak in Black Ops 3 and that was ages ago! I wonder if it was there inspiration for it?.

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Tyler Sane , look up the British comedy program “Dads Army “ one of the episodes featured the big wheel, it showed just how crazy an idea it was,extremely funny program,well worth watching.

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I agree with the constructive criticism given prior, you repeat yourself in this one SO MUCH. You will explain what the weapon does or how it was used about 3 times on every one.

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@@Vlad_-_-_ Germany could've won against the Soviets with better logistical strategies. The Allies probablybwouldve developed nukes by then though

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"Towards the end of the war, scientists at an institute in Dachau conducted research into how malaria-infected insects could be kept alive for long enough to be released into enemy territory."

[@artmoss6889]

Another problem with the German railway guns not mentioned in this video is that the barrels of these guns experienced significant wear due to the enormous forces they had to endure. Gustav's barrel needed replacement after firing less than 50 rounds in combat, although it must be acknowledged that considerable stress had been placed on the gun during tests and training prior to deployment. Additionally, the guns could only be deployed in areas where the Germans had achieved air superiority.

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Damn those explosive wheels would have been easy to fix.

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The Krummlauf must be really inaccurate to shoot. You have a bended rifle barrel spewing out powerful Mauser Rounds at the rate of 550 per minute. Just the thought of that is uncontrollable!

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Maybe THAT'S why the idea didn't proliferate!

[@TrueSonOfWalhall]

It's written Krummlauf and it wasn't created to be accurate but to be safe for the user because if you shoot someone really close to you accuracy doesn't really matter

[@rugby-freak69]

@@TrueSonOfWalhall n the fact that the bullet break up like a shot gun it's even bettet for close combat

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Manuel Schurig u right. It was used for suppressing. Like LMG’s

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The German Space Mirror sounds a lot like a lesser Death Star.

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9:30 this weapon was used by hungarians back in 1552 :D

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The Sun Gun. I remember something similar to it in Die Another Day.

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Or perhaps Fu Manchu?

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And Japanese Lend Lease that provided them with katanas?

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Sound idea behind project Habakuk? Pike was mad as a hatter, firing his gun in a room at his "pykrete" where the ricochet nearly missed one of the attending generals. (If you're gonna shoot generals, at least do it on purpose) And when Churchill was told of the delays in the project he said something along the lines; "How hard is it to just round up an ice sheet and place guns on it?"

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What is the name of this project 17:14?

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Winston Churchill had a pegleg with a kickstand.

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Archimedes developing the heat ray to burn ships was alas, just a myth; was not possible

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5. Sci-fi paper. Analogical of Filippov machine (1905), Afanasiyev anti-gravity engine (1913), Karamishev Introscope (1776) and other. 4. And?... Analogical weapons used in XVI-XVII centuries. 3. Krummlauf - ok, really idiotic gun. 2. Schwere Hustav, or Dora - standart gun in very big size. In USA created 914 mm Little David, in USSR created 820 mm gun and fired BrAB-6000 AP aviabombs. 1. Ok, really strange project.

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Although most of the German ideas were impractical, you gotta admit that they were pretty damn cool.

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The Curved gun really needs to be a Fallout mod.

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That number one sounded a bit unfair Jeffery pike took credit for the invention the lads in new York came up with.... I guess it was justice served that the invention never "took off" excuse the pun😁

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The modern corner weapons seem to have their own lower receiver at the bend eliminating the need for the bent barrel making it actually viable...such simple solution today with more modern manufacturing.

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I think the Nazis moving into France through the Ardennes was the key to their success, the French were tactically and psychologically defeated by the time the Wermacht crossed through Belgium. Kind of important, but hey, what do I know?

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Lord Mountbatten, Prince Philip's uncle, was behind that iceberg of Pykrete idea.

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1:45 Anyone else feel a little disappointed this didn't show up in a Wolfenstein game?

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2.58 The atomic bomb was developed by the US and used to wipe out Nagasaki August 9 1945 and Hiroshima August 6, 1945 and the Japanese surrendered unconditionally August 1945. Germany never made much progress with nuclear p0ossibilities.

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These weapons feels like they came straight out of Halo or Bo3

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I know eh the one explosive wheel thing remind me of the Rap Killstreak in Black Ops 3 lol.

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Hell, I'm surprised the Germans didn't use a titan from Titanfall

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Great Gustav seems like something out of Warhammer 40 000. It would totally fit into the setting, which is already full of city-sized artillery pieces and tanks as wide as a 4-lane highway.

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the death star

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Why weren't tank gunners given some sort of steel hutch around the top or at least some kind of cover?

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[@bryanblankenship3627]

Ok I did not read all the comments but did anyone else pick up that the nazis were going to build a "sun gun" and going to space and maintaining a space station these were talks in the 40's. Make me think the nazis would have been in space by 50's.

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Armed icebergs. When ramming cruise ships is not enough.

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Canadians also experimented with ice ships at lake Louise.

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myth busters did a segment on the curved barrel it was really interesting...

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You can't tell me Wile E Coyote wasn't at least an advisor on some of these.

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Using the curved barrel extension would have been more practical with a shotgun using steel shot.

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Could you do something about the aircraft mounted anti-tank cannon please?

[@Irobert1115HD]

the krummlauf was developed to help the crews of the two most useless tanks of all time: the porsche tiger and the maus (yes the maus was crap too (it was practicaly a enlarged porsche tiger)). and the u-boats where more under pressure due to the development of plane based radar, active sonar (the pingi thingy from the movies) and communication encription by the allies (look at the tech on board of a type XXI u-boat for this information (ok the type XXI still used the now useless enigma but the defense of this subs was crazy)).

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Germany had fuel air artillery (equivalent to small atomic bomb) which they used in Russia and had on Normandy, but were not successful executing. See D Day from the German side.

[@5uperNOVA]

Can I just go out on a limb here and say the first one was just too stupid to work? “If we could get this giant 10 mile by 10 mile mirror into space, we could win the war” Ok cool, meanwhile America has already completed the little boy in late 1944, could have had it in 1943, and has already started producing the delivery system. Many theorized weapons could have changed the war, it’s a matter of practicality and deployment, which the Nazi’s lacked absolutely. So saying it could have changed the war doesn’t mean much if the tech wasn’t there, and still isn’t here even after 75+ years

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Nazis were too worried about bigger and better weapons, would have been better off using butter knives.

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#1 by a wide margin is definitely the Bat Bomb. Weaponized nature at it's finest....

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13:34 Black guy in the German army?

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Even has that "Am I suppose to be here" face.

[@keithmartin7831]

Token?? Or Hitler's brother by another mother. Since Hitler had that tall, blond and athletic look happening so well. Before you haters start I'm making fun of Hitler and his ideology.

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Eyam Freemen , You be drizzling on der dingles

[@SomethingDangerous1]

Thought id see some actual discussion in the comments not ppl just saying “hehe i like learnin thx” Anyway the sun gun seems pretty devastating but extremely expensive to make happen... also seems very vulnerable. The germans never went to space or had a program soo.. how would they do this at all. Its beyond a fairy tale- as for the roman sun death beem that melted ship sails... this seems incredible if true why havent we ever heard about this weapon before? Seeems useful for centuries after discovery

[@adenkyramud5005]

I guess, and this is only a theory Based of my understanding of German ideology in ww2 and logic thinking, that they wanted to win the war and then build the sun gun, conquer space and reach ultimate power. They already developed rockets, sent the first man-made object into space (v2 rocket was, as far as I know, the first man made object in space) and had really big plans for the time after the war. After the war, when they had won and everyone else was defeated, they would've had enough time to get a space program running and further advance technology developed during the war.