Karl Heavy Mortar

German World War 2 600mm Karl siege mortar 

 Dud shell and damage from the 600mm shell of the Karl Mortar.

Japanese battleship turret wreck

World War 2 Battleship main gun wreck. Probably a turret from the Battleship Ise Or Hyuga. It is so huge, these people seem like ants. 

Goliath Demolition Tank

It sounds ironic but like the Maus Super Heavy Tank, these tanks are anything but massive, so they were aptly named Goliath! It is a type of remote controlled demolition tank invented by the Germans during World War 2. They were designed to be steered by remote onto an enemy tank or a strong-point and to be detonated upon contact.

Demonstration of how Goliath tanks are used

German newsreel on the Goliath Tank

A soldier with his new toy

Piles of abandoned Goliath Tanks

Goliath Tank internals

Battle Scooter Vespa

Just to prove a point that anything can be turned into a weapon of shock, awe and destruction. The French weaponized this Vespa scooter to serve with their paratroops. It was equipped with an anti-tank recoilless gun for dealing with pesky enemy tanks.

Battle Donkey

battle donkey equipped with panzerfaust

Barnes Wallis' Bouncing Bombs

A Bouncing Bomb

  Bouncing bombs were a peculiar type of bomb developed by British inventor Barnes Wallis during World War 2. The bombs worked using the same principle as skipping stones through a pond, albeit in a weaponized form. They were successfully used in dam busting  raids deep into Nazi Germany.

Such were the effectiveness of the bombs that the Germans were prompted to develop their own versions.

Bouncing bomb diagram

  The secret to the success of Barnes Wallis' bouncing bombs lie in their spin-stabilisation method of deployment. The spin induced onto the bombs allowed them to maintain their trajectory and travel in a relatively straight line towards the target. The bombs required nerves of steel to deploy as they could potentialy damage the aircraft upon bouncing through the water.

Bouncing Bombs released during training

Moehne Dam breached by the bouncing bombs

A humorous beer commercial on the Bouncing Bombs