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Little-known weapon of World War II
V-3
V-1, V-2 and V-3 (V-3 is also known as "Centipede" and "English gun") - a project of the Nazis under the title "weapon of retaliation." V-3 - a huge artillery piece built on a hill and is capable of being in France, London shelling across the English Channel. The gun had a total length of 124 m, a gun barrel 32 consists of four long sections, 48 m; Each section had two located along the trunk at an angle to it bolt. During the trial in May 1944 showed a weapon firing range of 88 kilometers, and during testing in July 1944 flight of the projectile was 93 kilometers.
Was built two guns V-3, and only one of them has been applied in practice. From 11 January to 22 February 1945 produced about 183 shots. The aim was recently released from the Nazis Luxembourg. But the gun only demonstrated its ineffectiveness. Objectives reached 143 projectile, which, fortunately, were killed 10 people, and 35 were wounded.
Super heavy railway artillery "Dora" and "Gustav»
The Nazis was definitely a "quirk" on the big guns. These two guns caliber 807 mm were gigantic. And in fact, it was the biggest gun in the world. Each of them can be transported only in part, then they have to assemble and install the platform to advance - all the procedures required about 4,000. The Nazis launched a full-fledged anti-aircraft regiment to protect the guns, and special forces protected them from the guerrillas.
Only "Gustav" was applied in the case. This instrument made 42 shots during the siege of Sevastopol in 1942. The destructive power of its huge shells (each of which was a mass of 4800 kg) was enough to destroy the ammunition depot, which was protected by a 30-meter cliff. There were plans to use this instrument of missiles that could hit targets at a distance of 145 kilometers. Weapons expert Alexander Lüdecke called these instruments "technological masterpiece", but also said that it was "a waste of labor and materials».
Rat Bomb
After the capitulation of France Winston Churchill promised to "set fire to Europe." After that British special agents have adopted various disguised explosive devices, which surprised even James Bond. The bombs were disguised as soap, shoes, bottles of wine, bags and even rats.
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka
To increase the effectiveness of the kamikaze, the Japanese in 1944 released Ohka - flying bomb driven by a suicide bomber pilot.
This jet, specially created for kamikaze was fitted with a 1, 2-ton warhead. These aircraft were transported bomber Mitsubishi G4M. When the target is within reach, Ohkaotdelyalsya from bomber pilot flew up as close as possible to the target, then ran jet engines and with great speed crashed into a set goal. Anti-Hitler coalition troops quickly learned to neutralize the bombers before flying bombs were separated from them, which nullified their effectiveness. But still recorded one case where Ohka sank the USS.
Soviet anti-tank dogs
When our troops were in a very difficult situation on the Eastern Front, had to seek new desperate means of warfare - including the use of so-called anti-tank dogs. These dogs are specially trained to deliver the bomb to the desired goal, activate mouth and run back. Unfortunately, very rarely the dogs were able to correctly perform the required tasks, so I had to use a simple strategy - just blow dogs.
These dogs bombers coached on what they can find food on the bottom of the tank. Therefore, they deliberately kept hungry, tied him to a 12-kilogram bombs and released on the necessary goals. They ran up to the tanks, trying to find food, unaware of their fate. When the dog began running under the bottom of the tank, the bomb was activated by a fixed arm that strikes the tank. Thus, the dog effectively carry out their tasks, so some Germans took the habit to shoot at any dogs in sight. During the war, our army has been used about 40 thousand dogs to perform military tasks. According to estimates of undocumented thus destroyed about 300 enemy tanks.
Self-propelled mine "Goliath»
For the first time such devices were used by the Germans in 1942 to deliver a 75-kilogram bombs to the target (usually these were tanks, dense clusters of infantry, bridges or buildings). Wedge wire-guided and exploded at a distance when approaching the target. Was made 4600 such self-propelled mines, including an enlarged version, which could carry a 100-kilogram bombs. Unfortunately for the Germans, these devices were very slow, poorly managed and has a low carrying capacity. But the idea is clearly ahead of its time. "Goliaths" - a kind of precursor of some modern robots, but just at that time the technology for them were not sufficiently developed.
Midget submarines
These tiny submarines for four people, invented by the Italians could swim a distance of up to 2 thousand kilometers, dive to a depth of 100 meters and swim at speeds up to 6 knots. Displacement of submarines was only 30 tons. They had only one hatch, which created major problems in emergency situations.
"Toys" Hobart
In preparation for the operation of Allied troops on the landing of troops in Normandy has been developed a lot of unusual techniques, some of which was named in honor of a military expert Percy Hobart. Here are some examples of this technique
Sherman Crab, equipped Boikov trawl passes for laying minefields, was vital.
AVRE Bobbin («Reel»)
AVRE Bridgelayer, sapper bridge
Radio-controlled bomb FritzXRuhustahlSD 1400
This bomb was intended to destroy heavily armored targets at sea and was developed based on an armor-piercing bomb SD 1400 but differed improved aerodynamics, four-1, 3-meter wings and tail. But the bomb was dropped directly over the target, which created an additional threat to the bomber.
It was a very formidable weapon against the anti-Hitler coalition. September 9, 1943 the Germans dropped a few bombs on such battleship "Roma", sinking it with 1,455 people on board. Also, using these bombs sank the British cruiser "Spartan" destroyer "Janus" light cruiser "Newfoundland" and damaged many other ships. All were made about two thousand of these bombs, but used about 200. The big problem was that the bomb could only drop vertically, making it difficult bombers, who suffered heavy losses.
Guided bomb HenschelHs 293
This bomb was one of the most efficient in the Second World War, with the help of a lot of sunk and damaged destroyers and merchant ships. After resetting the rocket booster clocked bomb within 10 seconds, then began planning phase towards the target, using the radio command control. On the tail of the bomb was set beacon to the gunner could track its location and mission, both day and night. It was first applied in August 1943, sinking the British sloop «Egret». Toward the end of the war anti-Hitler coalition troops have learned to intercept and interfere with its RF radio control, which greatly reduced the effectiveness of these bombs.
V-1, V-2 and V-3 (V-3 is also known as "Centipede" and "English gun") - a project of the Nazis under the title "weapon of retaliation." V-3 - a huge artillery piece built on a hill and is capable of being in France, London shelling across the English Channel. The gun had a total length of 124 m, a gun barrel 32 consists of four long sections, 48 m; Each section had two located along the trunk at an angle to it bolt. During the trial in May 1944 showed a weapon firing range of 88 kilometers, and during testing in July 1944 flight of the projectile was 93 kilometers.
Was built two guns V-3, and only one of them has been applied in practice. From 11 January to 22 February 1945 produced about 183 shots. The aim was recently released from the Nazis Luxembourg. But the gun only demonstrated its ineffectiveness. Objectives reached 143 projectile, which, fortunately, were killed 10 people, and 35 were wounded.
Super heavy railway artillery "Dora" and "Gustav»
The Nazis was definitely a "quirk" on the big guns. These two guns caliber 807 mm were gigantic. And in fact, it was the biggest gun in the world. Each of them can be transported only in part, then they have to assemble and install the platform to advance - all the procedures required about 4,000. The Nazis launched a full-fledged anti-aircraft regiment to protect the guns, and special forces protected them from the guerrillas.
Only "Gustav" was applied in the case. This instrument made 42 shots during the siege of Sevastopol in 1942. The destructive power of its huge shells (each of which was a mass of 4800 kg) was enough to destroy the ammunition depot, which was protected by a 30-meter cliff. There were plans to use this instrument of missiles that could hit targets at a distance of 145 kilometers. Weapons expert Alexander Lüdecke called these instruments "technological masterpiece", but also said that it was "a waste of labor and materials».
Rat Bomb
After the capitulation of France Winston Churchill promised to "set fire to Europe." After that British special agents have adopted various disguised explosive devices, which surprised even James Bond. The bombs were disguised as soap, shoes, bottles of wine, bags and even rats.
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka
To increase the effectiveness of the kamikaze, the Japanese in 1944 released Ohka - flying bomb driven by a suicide bomber pilot.
This jet, specially created for kamikaze was fitted with a 1, 2-ton warhead. These aircraft were transported bomber Mitsubishi G4M. When the target is within reach, Ohkaotdelyalsya from bomber pilot flew up as close as possible to the target, then ran jet engines and with great speed crashed into a set goal. Anti-Hitler coalition troops quickly learned to neutralize the bombers before flying bombs were separated from them, which nullified their effectiveness. But still recorded one case where Ohka sank the USS.
Soviet anti-tank dogs
When our troops were in a very difficult situation on the Eastern Front, had to seek new desperate means of warfare - including the use of so-called anti-tank dogs. These dogs are specially trained to deliver the bomb to the desired goal, activate mouth and run back. Unfortunately, very rarely the dogs were able to correctly perform the required tasks, so I had to use a simple strategy - just blow dogs.
These dogs bombers coached on what they can find food on the bottom of the tank. Therefore, they deliberately kept hungry, tied him to a 12-kilogram bombs and released on the necessary goals. They ran up to the tanks, trying to find food, unaware of their fate. When the dog began running under the bottom of the tank, the bomb was activated by a fixed arm that strikes the tank. Thus, the dog effectively carry out their tasks, so some Germans took the habit to shoot at any dogs in sight. During the war, our army has been used about 40 thousand dogs to perform military tasks. According to estimates of undocumented thus destroyed about 300 enemy tanks.
Self-propelled mine "Goliath»
For the first time such devices were used by the Germans in 1942 to deliver a 75-kilogram bombs to the target (usually these were tanks, dense clusters of infantry, bridges or buildings). Wedge wire-guided and exploded at a distance when approaching the target. Was made 4600 such self-propelled mines, including an enlarged version, which could carry a 100-kilogram bombs. Unfortunately for the Germans, these devices were very slow, poorly managed and has a low carrying capacity. But the idea is clearly ahead of its time. "Goliaths" - a kind of precursor of some modern robots, but just at that time the technology for them were not sufficiently developed.
Midget submarines
These tiny submarines for four people, invented by the Italians could swim a distance of up to 2 thousand kilometers, dive to a depth of 100 meters and swim at speeds up to 6 knots. Displacement of submarines was only 30 tons. They had only one hatch, which created major problems in emergency situations.
"Toys" Hobart
In preparation for the operation of Allied troops on the landing of troops in Normandy has been developed a lot of unusual techniques, some of which was named in honor of a military expert Percy Hobart. Here are some examples of this technique
Sherman Crab, equipped Boikov trawl passes for laying minefields, was vital.
AVRE Bobbin («Reel»)
AVRE Bridgelayer, sapper bridge
Radio-controlled bomb FritzXRuhustahlSD 1400
This bomb was intended to destroy heavily armored targets at sea and was developed based on an armor-piercing bomb SD 1400 but differed improved aerodynamics, four-1, 3-meter wings and tail. But the bomb was dropped directly over the target, which created an additional threat to the bomber.
It was a very formidable weapon against the anti-Hitler coalition. September 9, 1943 the Germans dropped a few bombs on such battleship "Roma", sinking it with 1,455 people on board. Also, using these bombs sank the British cruiser "Spartan" destroyer "Janus" light cruiser "Newfoundland" and damaged many other ships. All were made about two thousand of these bombs, but used about 200. The big problem was that the bomb could only drop vertically, making it difficult bombers, who suffered heavy losses.
Guided bomb HenschelHs 293
This bomb was one of the most efficient in the Second World War, with the help of a lot of sunk and damaged destroyers and merchant ships. After resetting the rocket booster clocked bomb within 10 seconds, then began planning phase towards the target, using the radio command control. On the tail of the bomb was set beacon to the gunner could track its location and mission, both day and night. It was first applied in August 1943, sinking the British sloop «Egret». Toward the end of the war anti-Hitler coalition troops have learned to intercept and interfere with its RF radio control, which greatly reduced the effectiveness of these bombs.
