First World. Funny inventions
Inventions are made at the front not from a good life - the rear inventors and designers did not have time or forgot to invent this or that useful thing before the war, the soldiers themselves have to take up the business. Yes, and in the rear during the war, the design idea is also in full swing - war is the engine of progress. As a result, many interesting devices and projects are born. Some of them are quite functional, some are even ahead of their time, and some - belong to the category of curiosities. But they all fall into the pages of the military press - used for propaganda purposes. We offer you a selection of funny military inventions from the pages of newspapers and magazines during the First World War.
As they write in the comments to this material, this is a flight simulator
And this is a more useful thing. Such things tried to be used in all the armies involved in that war. But for some reason they have not taken root
French bomb-throwing machine. Medieval technologies are again in demand
And another French trench catapult
Armored Observer. Attempts to create a bullet-proof vest, effective and suitable for serial production did not stop in many armies during the First World War. But, alas, serial body armor appeared much later.
French armored tricycle. The first step on the road to blitzkrieg. The signature states that this miracle of technology has shown itself well in intelligence. But where exactly it fought is unknown to us.
German snowmobile with a propeller. A little later, these machines appeared in service with the Red Army.
And again the ancient technology of overcoming water obstacles
Combat catamaran
Combat water skiing
The French had a brilliant idea - to use small-caliber guns firing with boarding hooks to overcome enemy wire obstacles. In the photo, the calculations of such guns
The picture shows boarding guns in action.
Single creeping tank. The only crew member also plays the role of the engine.
About the same machine for orderlies
Mobile steel shield for shooters
Big version of such a shield
Car - amphibious for the Austrian army
Radium was used until the seventies of the twentieth century to create luminous paints. American inventor proposes to use such paints on the front lines.
What you can not think of, just to keep warm
Well, a very simple invention - a simple slingshot, only a big one.
As they write in the comments to this material, this is a flight simulator
And this is a more useful thing. Such things tried to be used in all the armies involved in that war. But for some reason they have not taken root
French bomb-throwing machine. Medieval technologies are again in demand
And another French trench catapult
Armored Observer. Attempts to create a bullet-proof vest, effective and suitable for serial production did not stop in many armies during the First World War. But, alas, serial body armor appeared much later.
French armored tricycle. The first step on the road to blitzkrieg. The signature states that this miracle of technology has shown itself well in intelligence. But where exactly it fought is unknown to us.
German snowmobile with a propeller. A little later, these machines appeared in service with the Red Army.
And again the ancient technology of overcoming water obstacles
Combat catamaran
Combat water skiing
The French had a brilliant idea - to use small-caliber guns firing with boarding hooks to overcome enemy wire obstacles. In the photo, the calculations of such guns
The picture shows boarding guns in action.
Single creeping tank. The only crew member also plays the role of the engine.
About the same machine for orderlies
Mobile steel shield for shooters
Big version of such a shield
Car - amphibious for the Austrian army
Radium was used until the seventies of the twentieth century to create luminous paints. American inventor proposes to use such paints on the front lines.
What you can not think of, just to keep warm
Well, a very simple invention - a simple slingshot, only a big one.
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