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Really with a lack of resources (and the relative safety & time available), off the wall thinking became the standard for British researchers throughout the war
by OliveMate 2y ago
Really with a lack of resources (and the relative safety & time available), off the wall thinking became the standard for British researchers throughout the war – to the point where it practically became policy. Not all of it worked, but considering the challenges faced it's amazing how novel some of the solutions were.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Miscellaneous_Weapons_Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Miscellaneous_We...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_rat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_rat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjandrum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjandrum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart%27s_Funnies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart%27s_Funnies
- stevenwoo 2y agoI was watching a fictionalized version of British SAS origins called SAS Rogue Heroes and they had this in it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_bomb and this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes_bomb