The most absurd weapons in history
• The most absurd weapons in the history of
Man has always tried to protect their territory, or to take other people's land. Fists, sticks, stones, stone axes: the arms race began at the dawn of our existence. And not always it has been successful - designers in the pursuit of the perfect weapon, created quite adapted to the fighting "Frankenstein." We've put together a few examples of such weapons, each of which fits perfectly epithet "stupid."
Telescopic baton
Country: USA
Year Established: 1990
Length: 65 cm
Weight: 0.7 kg
Where to use: police
Telescopic baton may seem to someone quite convenient weapon. It is compact and, judging by the assurance of designers, ideal for self-defense. In many countries, such a club is prohibited for civilian - and then, of course, there is a reason. However, it is not so useful in practice "teleskopichka". It is the second or third application identifies problems with sliding system: at the most inopportune moment, you are quite welcome to stay with a useless stump in his hand.
Napoleon cake
Country: France
Year: 1780
Length: about 90 cm
Weight: 0.9 kg
Where to use: Napoleon's army recruits
The army of Napoleon Bonaparte was truly enormous. At some point, new recruits simply no longer enough equipment. It was decided to equip the new fighters who did not have cold weapons, specially designed short swords: they are produced on the simplified technology - for speed, and made shorter conventional blades at the time - to save resources. The soldiers are so not like pellets that many throwing them at the first halt. Inconvenient handle, short blade and guard, not protecting hand - well, where it is suitable.
The gun-sword Fintloka
Country: France
Year Established: 1800
Length: about 1 m
Weight: about 1 kg
Where to use: mercenaries, cuirassiers
In the early 19th century flint guns have experienced a long and painful process of recognition. Military people looked away bulky and, most importantly, the unusual weapon with caution: on the one hand, to deny the power of firearms could not have one, the other - the colossus often misfire, not to mention the long recharging. Genbleyd became an unsuccessful attempt to unite flint gun with stylet. Genbleyd some time used the Swiss mercenaries and Belgian cuirassiers, and then a clumsy gun safely left to the dustbin of history.
Shuriken
Country: Japan
Year: Unknown
Cast Range: 5 meters
Length: 0.1 m
Weight: 5 grams
Who uses: Ninja and the fans of Chuck Norris
Unique weapons useless - unless you decide to spend on mastering their entire life. Shuriken has an extremely small radius of lesions and can cause only superficial wounds. Get into a vulnerable point of a moving opponent throwing stars - not an easy task, even for professional ninja.
nunchaku
Country: Japan
Year: Unknown
Length: 50-70 cm
Weight: 0.45 kg
Where to use: Japanese farmers, fans of martial arts.
Lee nunchaku Bruce respected, they played table tennis and humiliate opponents (Chuck Norris in particular). Grand Master could afford to come up with any, even the most idiotic weapon - and nunchaku are of this type. In the hands of a person not trained, nunchuck dangerous and unpredictable: not take into account the inertia - smashed his skull. Or worse.