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Quaker Gun (3 photos)
At the end of the 18th century, a new term - Quaker guns (Quaker Gun). These were usually wooden gun, painted black and are intended to intimidate the enemy. Quaker they were called because of the traditional pacifism Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Such guns are sometimes helped gain time - the enemy does not dare to attack the well-fortified position. During the American War of Independence, detachment of Colonel Washington forced the enemy to surrender under threat of bombardment of fake guns.
French gun made of papier-mache
The Germans actively used wooden guns for training recruits
At the beginning of the Second World mechanics sometimes put a spoke in the cockpit stormtrooper "IL-2", the Germans took her gun and tried to attack the plane back. Interestingly, the same did the pilots of American "Flying Fortresses": together with the barrel of his underpowered 12, 7 tower guns, they establish long sticks to scare the pilots of the Japanese "Zero" sea allegedly set for the defense, "the 20-millimeter guns." via
Such guns are sometimes helped gain time - the enemy does not dare to attack the well-fortified position. During the American War of Independence, detachment of Colonel Washington forced the enemy to surrender under threat of bombardment of fake guns.
French gun made of papier-mache
The Germans actively used wooden guns for training recruits
At the beginning of the Second World mechanics sometimes put a spoke in the cockpit stormtrooper "IL-2", the Germans took her gun and tried to attack the plane back. Interestingly, the same did the pilots of American "Flying Fortresses": together with the barrel of his underpowered 12, 7 tower guns, they establish long sticks to scare the pilots of the Japanese "Zero" sea allegedly set for the defense, "the 20-millimeter guns." via
