Weirdest World War 2 Weapons You Never Heard Of

War has given birth some some of the most desructive weapons of all time, but some weapons never quite got to reach their full potential and faded into the forgotten history of war, until today. Check out the most insane WW2 weapons you've never heard of before!
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[@TheUnderminer840]

4:52 If you have the opportunity to hide food under a German tank, couldn't you just place a bomb there?

[@faramir3466]

They weren't hiding food under german tanks in battles. They were doing it during the training, so in battle the dogs would run under the tanks only expecting to find food there.

[@MarvinStoker]

I am more than happy to know some dogs came back and exploded their handlers

[@TheUnderminer840]

@@MarvinStoker the dogs will die either way but its better they take Germans with them

[@henrymoore9846]

@@TheUnderminer840 idk the soviets weren’t much better than the Germans

[@TheUnderminer840]

​@@henrymoore9846Of course but during WW2 I would rather have Nazis die then Soviets.

[@DaComebakKid]

I'm looking at the thumbnail and thinking to myself: "They really had Axel from Twisted Metal during WW2?" LOL

[@muhammadasfihanie2121]

Twisted Metal. Good Times, good times..

[@dinnnoel1982]

Ahhhh those good old days.. Twisted Metal 2 in PS1

[@vickscott2055]

80’s babies know wuz up

[@thisemptyworm4677]

Anyone played the PS3 version?

[@DUHLAZYKIDZ]

Ahhhhh I'm dead🤣🤣💀

[@donm5354]

The curved barrel thing reminds me of an Italian Joke book that had a pistol with a curved barrel pointing back at the user called ITALIAN SUICIDE PISTOL.

[@srice8959]

It’s a Pretty Smart Idea. There was 3 Different angles too. Also if you look them up you’ll see that in the curve of the barrel it had a Polished Metal section that could be used like a mirror to help see them. They was originally developed for tank crews and armored personnel carriers. So that they could shot infantry troops that would sneak up on the outside of the tanks to put sticky bombs and other weapons

[@kindaconfused3237]

The curved barrel is something out of Tom and jerry

[@MR-SINISTER76]

@@kindaconfused3237 which is probrably where they got the idea from

[@siggyretburns7523]

Why not just put a pistol at a 90° angle and a mirror on the end of a rifle with a string on the trigger? Its not a bad concept. Just needs a little more design.

[@MR-SINISTER76]

@@siggyretburns7523 pretty sure that isant the best design either but its probrably better than what they had

[@hopexiaorosetheroyal3588]

You know, this just tells me that if you stripped away all the terror and horror of WW2, it was really just a long string of pranks.

[@breexthehedgehog6131]

The weapon in WW2 I found crazy is a 1897m shotgun with a bayonet cuz it just seems to be overkill to me xD

[@thisemptyworm4677]

Sounds like a cod waw attachment

[@breexthehedgehog6131]

@@thisemptyworm4677 it actually was

[@Cbrmkn98xs]

Imagine a 12 gauge being shot at ur face then a knife stabs ur stomach

[@JohnDoe-vf2yo]

A fun fact about the 1897 is that you could slam-fire it. Garand Thumb made a good vid on the 1897.

[@delanovanraalte3186]

Yeah get shot dead with a shotgun and than your corpse gets stabbed several times the japanase would love it cause they do exactly the same they shoot you and than stab you

[@kaustubhtalanki7545]

Germans Big tanks:Maus,Ratte(Mouse,Rat) Small mine:Goliath

[@nome_3999]

my brain doesn't help by making me remember Daebom's drawings

[@Rster103]

Its psychological warfare like when the brits first named tanks (cause a water tank doesnt seem to dangerous) its just to confuse the enemy

[@rafifafkaralhafizh787]

@@nome_3999 ah yes, fellow cultured man

[@grentriz5478]

RCXD moment

[@preciouusss]

😂😂

[@judebrem9689]

Can you imagine being a Chinese soldier in WW3 and seeing that last weapon rolling right towards you from the US lines?

[@emmanuelwatson7893]

There hasn't been a WW3

[@judebrem9689]

@@emmanuelwatson7893 not yet.

[@house_lifeownerstuka6890]

Wait wouldn't it be British lines?

[@judebrem9689]

@@house_lifeownerstuka6890 America could get one of them from the British and improve upon it to throw at the Sino-Russo-North Korean lines.

[@civilprotectionunit8145]

@@judebrem9689 ww3 won't happen as long as nukes exist tbh

[@Awoken_YKW_Fan9001]

10:58 He's taking a picture of us and not the actual "fastest tank" behind him.

[@Ihaveagasmask]

Smort

[@Awoken_YKW_Fan9001]

*BEEG* *BRAIN* *TIME*

[@RadioMan2023]

He must have been old

[@Amr-H]

We appreciate that this channel always brings such interesting facts to us

[@dnxx503]

But someone already commented that wahhhh

[@dnxx503]

Nooo why you do that your brother and I don’t think I will be able with him to you get the park

[@99Malinga]

Plus straight to the fact unlike other channels

[@LeahBouley]

@@99Malinga I do wish they did a little more research for some of the topics, they have in the past bell less than accurate which isn’t the worse offense

[@andrewdesrochers7054]

@@99Malinga Even when the facts are entirely wrong? Doesn't it seems just a little off the Russians had time to hide dog food on German tanks, but not place an explosive charge?

[@bewarenotmyvids711]

2045: This guy talks about how to survive falling in a valcano

[@martyscurllisinnocent4324]

He gonna talk about how to survive being decapitated

[@countywhereverfan9960]

Simple way to avoid falling into volcanoes, stay away from volcanoes!

[@Lize_2134]

@@martyscurllisinnocent4324 your head does stay conscious for atleast 5 minutes when your decapitated

[@Lize_2134]

Hes gonna talk about how to survive fighting pikachu

[@martyscurllisinnocent4324]

@@Lize_2134 Actually it only stays alive for about twenty seconds. But it can stay alive for five minutes in extreme cases.

[@maniacalmurderer4123]

The great pandjandrum is probably one of the funniest weapons seen in concept from world war 2. It is an unstoppable wheel of doom and was so unpredictable that it would attack the enemy and it’s opponents. I really wish I could’ve seen it in action but alas, not every invention makes it to the spotlight.

[@lostmooseswe2715]

If you you search around å bit you can find old weapon test videos with the panjandrum.

[@apsimetlis8842]

Appearantly their is a tank improvised by the Yugoslavs that looks like a used ashbin

[@Lawrance_of_Albania]

Whaaa?

[@Lawrance_of_Albania]

Are you talking about

[@potato8606]

There were also polish grenades made out of spray cans or literall bags filled with explosives from disarmed artillery shells

[@ives3572]

"War's tragedy is that it uses man's best to do man's worst." - Harry Emerson Fosdick

[@jeffcornett1310]

So they hid food under German tanks for the dog mines. So my question is, why not just put explosives under the tanks instead of dog food?

[@roblinxweiler9951]

That's how they TRAINED the dogs.

[@Ev0ltion]

1:16 key part? Thats wrong. Kamikaze were the last resort techniqe, executed by forcing young boys on the planes and making them crash, for abandoning the mission there was a death sentence.

[@wooloo_vt1980]

Not to mention how well known this is

[@Mr.Rambunctious]

Young boys?!

[@civilprotectionunit8145]

Yea I'd just try to escape into another country

[@Ev0ltion]

@@Mr.Rambunctious kamikaze were often kids i've read records aboud 12y old boys. They just had less value for the war machine.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Another day, another video Mr Infographics blesses us with

[@cap_junn6397]

I'm a self proclaimed war historian and I love that this channel and video in particular makes this previously rare knowledge more widely available for those willing to learn. Just knowing this particular field of study is getting so much support fills me with joy

[@SERGEANTDlCK]

Don't proclaim yourself as anything please.

[@cap_junn6397]

@@SERGEANTDlCK fair enough

[@FrostyBalls01]

@@cap_junn6397 proclaim whatever you want. It is a free country. Use your free speech

[@bobthegoat7090]

Actually, the bat bombs might have been a great idea. The bats would naturally go to the attics of houses and would not be discovered before it was too late. Plus the plan, if I remember correctly, would be to attach incendiary bombs and the majority of Japanese houses were made from wood and would have burned very well, so the fire would also have spread quickly.

[@sansthecomic8895]

your a psyco... i like you

[@jessh5310]

Some of the bats escaped and caused chaos setting fire to the camp. The bats would have been dropped in a case which opened and thy flew to targets, The atomic bomb caused the end of the war 2 weeks before the bats were deployed.

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

This was actually done many centuries before by Olga of Kiev where she had her soldiers strap flaming cloth to pigeons and had them fly into people’s houses, setting them ablaze

[@jessh5310]

@@therealspeedwagon1451 . There was use of pigs with straw and tar used to attack enemies as well. In fact many different animals have been used as weapons.

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

@@jessh5310 in WWI they had pigeons with cameras fly over cities for reconnaissance. One pigeon was even awarded the French equivalent to the Medal of Honor for it

[@lewisfairley8642]

Thank you infographics channel I appreciate your content I started watching your guys channel a month ago and now I'm a lifelong fan keep up the good videos

[@devinbutterworth3345]

Love this! Always love getting info on our past wars that I havent heard! Although I don't believe a general would be too disturbed by his car blowing up, he's got the salary to get a new one with no sweat. 🤣

[@robertalpy9422]

The Goliath actually was later reverted to wired versions which could be deployed from forward bunkers that were connected to rear bunkers but camouflaged since they were not reinforced bunkers like their home deployment bunkers. These wired versions were more reliable but limited in range thus the need for forward camouflaged release points.

[@louiewaddington]

couldn't the enemy just cut the wires rendering the mine useless?

[@robertalpy9422]

@@louiewaddington yeah...but it was very unique for the time and the first time the allies saw them was on D day on the beaches. Initially the allied soldiers just sort of gawker at them. They looked like tiny tanks with wires running behind them. They were able to do some damage at first despite being wired and vulnerable. Once the allied troopers realized these were mines they quickly adapted and starting taking out the bunkers that the wires stretched back too. At this point once the Goliath handlers knew the game was up they would wire their forward bunkers to blow and hustle back to their main bunkers and engage the attackers normally. Later in the war when the allies started seeing these things again in the Ardennes they immediately took them out. So it was a fun idea and it could work as planned, but once used they lost the element of surprise which was its only advantage.

[@ThrillSeeker3524]

I remember the curved barrel from Mythbusters. Even the complete turnaround could be deadly.

[@brokenbridge6316]

I've heard of most of these weird weapons but not all of them. So thanks for informing me of those that I didn't know about.

[@SuperBlessedKing]

We appreciate that this channel always brings such interesting facts to us.

[@dnxx503]

@Jason Allen not sure if I will be there tomorrow I can do it in the park and I will don’t look like it in the park and I will have to go eat at my house and then I will go eat dinner with the family reunion and I’m not really hungry 😋 is not a bad

[@Diamondr11Blue]

@Jason Allen no it's the truth. I've found no other channel as good as this thats lasted a long time!

[@Diamondr11Blue]

@Jason Allen no you dont. I see nothing wrong with promoting a good channel such his this one. They work hard to give us facts

[@Xavier-hy3yj]

@Jason Allen why else does someone comment if not for likes

[@Xavier-hy3yj]

@Jason Allen yes

[@hanswittmann]

Y’know I think the soviets also tried to train the mined dogs, but they used Soviet tanks to train them. When the dogs were sent into battle, instead of running under German tanks, they ran under the Russian ones.

[@patriciajacobs8224]

*Think this is strange? Wait till The Infographics Show next video shows "The Strangest Weapons To Be Used For World War III!"*

[@cysnoid]

Correction : i think the MXY-7 Yokosuka “Ohka” wasnt really intended to be a plane, but instead a flying bomb.

[@jonnycarcano]

I'm glad you guys mentioned Who Me and The Great Panjandrum, however I'm a bit puzzled as to why Project Pigeon wasn't on here. It was an anti-ship glider bomb guided by pigeons.

[@paul_109]

Originally, the railgun was called "Schwerer Gustav" (heavy Gustav) and was intended for use at the eastern front as well. There was also a "lighter" version called "Dicke Bertha" ("Thick Bertha" or "fat bertha")

[@nome_3999]

great naming sense they had

[@daanvos194]

Wasnt the name dora?

[@paul_109]

@@daanvos194yes, "Schwerer Gustav" was the official name under wich Krupp produced it (three units were ordered btw). Dora was kind of a nickname from the soldiers who operated him.

[@paul_109]

@NoodleSoup no, "dicke bertha" was german

[@Xxtayce]

I totally could have gone my entire life without hearing about kamikaze dogs.

[@Exxperiment626]

Genius

[@VorteX_SH]

Same, I love dogs bro

[@jjcoola998]

Classic Russia, they are true animals

[@christinenine6599]

The Goliath Tracked Mine's description just reminded me of the modern roomba with a gun taped to it

[@ts5160]

I have been watching your videos for years and I love it.

[@lazarmitic5802]

It's middle of the night and I'm watching this.It's a good night

[@Flygfisk_spl]

I've seen a Goliath IRL, at Armémuseum in Stockholm. They're actually really big, but you understand that they're not that usefull, as they're really big.

[@alvin-miller-gaming]

hello just watched and only 2 of these weapons i have heard of but its really awesome to see ones i have not heard of

[@jahsaanpree3391]

Love you guys keep it up😁

[@kflorence7005]

Im a nerd for ww2. Already knew all of these

[@lol-zi4if]

The one time i respect a nerd *Salute*

[@Elfos64]

I heard that the boom of the Gustav cannon's fire was so loud that soldiers had to be like 2 miles back or else their eardrums would like explode.

[@jjcoola998]

Can’t be true how would you reload lol

[@Elfos64]

@@jjcoola998 presumably they would all come back from the safe distance. I guess they felt the destructive power was worth the slow firing rate. Or maybe it had more than 1 shot per load.

[@ziangli4836]

@@jjcoola998 It fired one round every 2 hours, plenty of time to regroup, reload, and then hide at a safe distance

[@florians9949]

America: can we use bats to destroy Japan? China: what about the world?

[@bobsmith372]

wow this is underrated😂

[@Dead_Text]

I’ve actually heard of the curved rifle before. I don’t remember where, but I definitely remember it being known for exploding.

[@ryn911]

I learned the first one from TikTok. I later deleted it later to prevent myself from getting idiocy. Cool vid tho

[@lionoffireministries]

The weapons of this warfare are not flesh and blood. But powers and principalities.

[@DREWVIX1992]

Never heard about the dead rats or rotating wheel. Cool video!

[@StorMRagE4EVA]

Not sure if the ammo used in the STG44 had issues itself but Adam Jamie tested how effective ammo was and the rounds fired out of bent barrels they used which had far more power then the STG rounds came out solid

[@believeinmatter]

Hey everybody! Hope your all having a great day. Always a good day when learning WW2 facts haha

[@Ra3_ar1adnE]

I thought that was spidey's greatest and most evil foe, Big Wheel.

[@delanovanraalte3186]

In z nation is a big circular thing that can spin the greatest enemies of the zombies

[@mezmanmerrill7412]

The great panjandrum was featured in a classic British Comedy called dad’s army. When the home guard unit was sent to provide security for it when it was being tested as a highly secret weapon.

[@JustinDanielDunn]

Dear Infographics show, Your show rocks, Would you consider doing an episode on the presidents and what they do after their presidency and retirement? Is there a different trend change century to century? 🤔 Thanks!

[@Amr-H]

Nothing more dangerous than an angry mom's slipper

[@amrhesham6720]

@Omnipotent sans hahahaa 😂 that one too indeed

[@Amr-H]

@Omnipotent sans yeah true 😂😂

[@rollingminecart9224]

with an ENVG-B you can shoot around corners

[@cybertime967]

Can we just appreciate this animation this dude took a long time to draw this

[@tabletopgamingwithwolfphototec]

We need more of these.

[@klpzxy]

hey i think u guys forgot one its called the belt its used by hispanic moms and its still used daily

[@Ruebenbayona]

No

[@jjcoola998]

Also Eastern European moms lol

[@Cocytus]

That Rail Cannon, I feel like it's not mentioned much within History. I never learned about that weapon during the World History Classes I have taken. Yes I learned about WWII but no mention of that weapon was present. You'd think that such a huge and scary weapon would be more glorified. I guess not.

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

That's because practically all it did was lob a few shells towards Sevastopol.

[@troutwarrior6735]

One major problem with the dog mines was that, because they were trained with Russian tanks, the German ones were unfamiliar. As a result, in combat the dogs would run under the familiar Soviet tanks, with obvious results!

[@Khabirov88]

Awwww.... the doggos tho... that was sooo vicious

[@jacobchavez9102]

Back to the old art style. I love it.

[@420AlucardMr]

Correction The Russians trained the dogs to think food is under the tank they didnt sneak upon enemy tanks thats so dumb nobody would sneak up on a tank in a warzone but anyways after theyre trained before the battle theyll starve them for a few days then release them and send them out to the battlefield where tanks are besides that everything else was correct where they get spooked etc

[@shahancheong9792]

The Panjandrum was featured in an episode of the classic British sitcom series "Dad's Army". "Round and Round went the Great Big Wheel".

[@MrBlueRBLX]

The wheel thing at the end reminds me of an episode of 1970/80s TV Show "Dad's Army" Episode "Round and Round went the great big wheel!"

[@TreeCantTalk]

I wanted to see if the stunk bomb even worked Edit: where did the "channel guidelines" come from, it was not on the videos yesterday

[@1Lazarus]

I think it's a new feature

[@jonahulichny9874]

5:20 actually, i one heard a rumor that they trained the dogs using RUSSIAN tanks, which went about as well as you would expect.

[@jjcoola998]

This is what I heard from my old Russian neighbor back in the nineties

[@forgetfullme6915]

Love your vids

[@px-pl8wc]

this feels like watching one of those weird ww2 documentaries at 3am

[@sachielw.s.demayo3920]

Poor dogs

[@ygobah1915]

Ww2 is pretty much putting anything dangerous in mind happen

[@CZ350tuner]

A full scale working mock up Panjandrum was made for the 1970's BBC TV WW2 comedy show "Dad's Army", for an episode where the hapless home guard platoon has to deal with one that has escaped a firing range, running amok in the surrounding countryside.

[@bigdarshan]

WOnderful video, thoroughly entertaining!

[@notyetyeet6325]

I feel bad for the dogs they did nothing and Russian is like “let’s have ground subside bombers” Like if your a dog lover

[@randomisedperson4375]

I’m a dog lover, and I do not approve, so I agree with you

[@lodiberi7295]

i love cat but but that should be illegal

[@lionoffireministries]

Jesus is Lord ✝️🔥🔥🔥

[@ygobah1915]

Allah is god

[@oktechnique]

@@ygobah1915 allah can smd

[@daionne]

Yes he is

[@ygobah1915]

@@daionne just learn about the religion of Islam and you will convert

[@Omegazerogravity90]

God is a satalite

[@DanielsRandomThings766]

Thats cool i new most of them but the last one with the wheel was cool

[@donm5354]

Heard of Bat Bomb for use against Japan almost 10 years ago on a cable series called DARK MATTERS.

[@Kakashi-jo7de]

Hello infographics lovely video.

[@dnxx503]

I love naruto park in park and I will park on my car in the car and then I will go back there to see the house 🏠 will have the time and I’m going to go eat and eat dinner

[@Cow_of_Fire]

8:33 I remember reading about that. The bomb was in a tree, and a young boy tripped it.

[@garethpreston8275]

The curved barrels where for the crew of a german tank destroyer that had no guns other than the main gun. The hull had small openings that the gun barrel could be put through and the curve allowed then to shoot enemies that were immediately bellow the small opening trying to plant explosives on the vehicles tracks.

[@tattoo78ish]

I've heard of the Gustav, Goliath track mine and The Great Panjandrum in this video.

[@MannyXVIII]

The Krummlauf StG 44s were briefly issued to tank crews as a proximity defence against infantry. Here a shrapneling bullet would work better for the crew that didn't have to stick their head out of a well armoured tank to blindfire at combatants.

[@RYUZAKILL117]

Russian soldier: * Sends kamikaze dog * The dog: * comes back * Also the dog: Right back at ya, buckaroo!

[@pentimento3713]

Hey can you guys do a You vs the White Spikes from Tomorrow War? That’d be awesome since it was such a huge video

[@kato_dsrdr]

I'm looking forward to see weirder weapons this ww3.

[@jdraven0890]

This was great

[@patsyhowse1919]

The last one I knew about, because a 1960/70s British comedy called Dad's Army (about the Home Guard) had one of these in an episode!

[@jrdb04]

That rolling thing in the thumbnail reminded of the that rolling tank from the battle of geonosis from star wars

[@aaronluisdelacruz4212]

As someone who reads many manga. I have to say that I learned about the great pandjadrum for tears and I have to say, it was *hilariously* effective. Especially when to cause chaos to the protagonist's team only for it to take out the enemy commander tank (The one's that used it) at the end.

[@GattToDaChoppa]

Shockingly, I actually knew about the pigeon bomb. Think I saw it on the History Channel, all I know is I remember hearing about it.

[@juniorarmijo2020]

This is the earliest I’ve ever been to a video. Hello infographics show From San Antonio texas

[@arandomguy_e128]

Do not say your city and state online, it can lead to bad things happening to you.

[@geoffwalters3662]

Hello from Bogota, Colombia!

[@chunkypenguin768]

I started to cry when you talked about the dogs

[@SheeshFella]

I love how bombs are deadly

[@PringlesChan]

If you ever make another one of these videos I suggest adding the kugelpanzer A one manned german tank

[@adamslaroth6284]

The moving mines remind me of the ticks from Generation Zero

[@16bitjava41]

Flaming wheel of death? Oh my LORD that's intense.

[@paulpriglinger4154]

The soldier on the thumbnail is like: NIGERUNDAYO, FRANZ!!!

[@karacreed0723]

Wait a minute an upside down yet functioning Thompson in the intro? *_That rattled my laughter up_*

[@kommanderc7208]

i have heard of all of these except the explosive rats and explosive pidgeons. keep up the good work though!

[@RobloxAdventurer199]

I'm a fan of your video I'm new :)

[@midgetydeath]

The railway gun was actually made specifically to destroy a number of important Ally fortresses. It succeeded, as far as I'm aware. Despite the cost and all of it and the rails, it was still cheaper than going across several nations and assaulting the fortresses personally.

[@thatguy-el9ee]

One of those fu-go bombs hit Desdemona tx where I used to live right next to

[@mrwickairsoft6345]

The gustav cannon looks like something from a video game lol 😂

[@SugmaNatsu]

That #5 entry is a real task failed successfully meme

[@tomthecyberhumandrone1412]

The thumbnail can't stop laughing 🤣