The Bat Bomb

Necessity is the mother of invention so it’s often during war that the most amazing contrivances are developed… and some of the most ridiculous. This is a look at a few of the less successful wartime inventions! The Bat Bomb. During testing, a few bats escaped and disaster followed! A slab of Pykrete with a bullet mark. The proposed Pykrete aircraft carrier. The Bat guided bomb used in Project Pigeon. The Fu-Go hydrogen balloon bomb. A Fu-Go balloon found near Bigelow, Kansas on February 23, 1945. A rendition of the proposed Nazi Sun Gun. Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to US Army, US Gov, USAF, CyranoDeWikipedia, Teramatt, US National Archives, and the US Navy Archives.

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