Showing posts with label weapons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weapons. Show all posts
Monday, May 25, 2020
15 Military Weapons That Changed the World-- Part 1
I'd have to call them Weapons, though.
From the May 24, 2020, Hot Cars site"15 Military Vehicles That Changed the World. Go to the site to find more information. I'm just listing here.
15. Wright Military Flyer (airplane)
14. British Mark I Tank (WWI)
13. French Voisin III (WW I airplane) First true bomber
12. USS Monitor
11. HMS Dreadnaught (WW I)
10. HMS Hermes (First designed aircraft carrier)
9. U-boat (WW I and WW II)
--Cooter
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Pigs Find German World War II Anti-tank Weapon
From May 2nd Bloomington (Il) Pantagraph.
Leave it to the pigs to find the truffles, er, weapons. "German police say a couple of hungry pigs digging for food came nose-t0-nose (well, snout-to-metal) with a long-buried World War II anti-tank weapon."
They found a single-shot "Panzerfaust" on private land southwest of Dresden.
Their owner secured it, locked them in their stalls and called police who removed and destroyed it. The Panzerfaust was inexpensive and easy-to-operate and used much in the defense of Germany.
Panzerfausts were small, pre-loaded, recoilless weapons which fired a high-explosive warhead. In late war in-town actions, about 70% of Allied tanks were destroyed by these.
I have written about World War I and II bombs and mines that are often found in Europe, but according to the article, such finds as this are still common even 65 years after the war.
A Real Pair of Hero Pigs. --Cooter
Leave it to the pigs to find the truffles, er, weapons. "German police say a couple of hungry pigs digging for food came nose-t0-nose (well, snout-to-metal) with a long-buried World War II anti-tank weapon."
They found a single-shot "Panzerfaust" on private land southwest of Dresden.
Their owner secured it, locked them in their stalls and called police who removed and destroyed it. The Panzerfaust was inexpensive and easy-to-operate and used much in the defense of Germany.
Panzerfausts were small, pre-loaded, recoilless weapons which fired a high-explosive warhead. In late war in-town actions, about 70% of Allied tanks were destroyed by these.
I have written about World War I and II bombs and mines that are often found in Europe, but according to the article, such finds as this are still common even 65 years after the war.
A Real Pair of Hero Pigs. --Cooter
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