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How did the brightest engineering minds of the British military during World War II manage to design a weapon so phenomenally absurd and unpredictable that it routinely chased its own generals down the beach during testing? The Great Panjandrum is the ultimate, hilarious case study of wartime desperation colliding with catastrophic physics. In 1943, tasked with finding a way to breach the heavily fortified concrete defenses of Hitler's Atlantic Wall, the Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development built a nightmare. The Panjandrum was a massive, ten-foot-tall wooden wheel packed with 4,000 pounds of explosives, propelled entirely by cordite rockets strapped to its rim. The theory was that it would launch from a landing craft, roll up the beach at 60 mph, and detonate against the wall. In reality, the rockets misfired instantly. During highly publicized tests, the massive, flaming wheel would violently veer off course, spinning wildly back into the ocean or chasing terrified admirals and cameramen up the sand dunes. This highly entertaining military history explores the comedy of errors behind extreme weapons testing. It documents the desperate creativity preceding D-Day, the flawed aerodynamic math of unguided rockets, and the inevitable scrapping of the deadliest rolling hazard in British history. Laugh at the limits of engineering. The Great Panjandrum proves that sometimes the most terrifying weapon on the battlefield is the one you accidentally built against yourself.
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -How did the brightest engineering minds of the British military during World War II manage to design a weapon so phenomenally absurd and unpredictable that it routinely chased its own generals down the beach during testing The Great Panjandrum is the ultimate, hilarious case study of wartime desperation colliding with catastrophic physics.In 1943, tasked with finding a way to breach the heavily fortified concrete defenses of Hitler's Atlantic Wall, the Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development built a nightmare. The Panjandrum was a massive, ten-foot-tall wooden wheel packed with 4,000 pounds of explosives, propelled entirely by cordite rockets strapped to its rim. The theory was that it would launch from a landing craft, roll up the beach at 60 mph, and detonate against the wall. In reality, the rockets misfired instantly. During highly publicized tests, the massive, flaming wheel would violently veer off course, spinning wildly back into the ocean or chasing terrified admirals and cameramen up the sand dunes.This highly entertaining military history explores the comedy of errors behind extreme weapons testing. It documents the desperate creativity preceding D-Day, the flawed aerodynamic math of unguided rockets, and the inevitable scrapping of the deadliest rolling hazard in British history.Laugh at the limits of engineering. The Great Panjandrum proves that sometimes the most terrifying weapon on the battlefield is the one you accidentally built against yourself. 104 pp. Englisch. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783565461127
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - How did the brightest engineering minds of the British military during World War II manage to design a weapon so phenomenally absurd and unpredictable that it routinely chased its own generals down the beach during testing The Great Panjandrum is the ultimate, hilarious case study of wartime desperation colliding with catastrophic physics.In 1943, tasked with finding a way to breach the heavily fortified concrete defenses of Hitler's Atlantic Wall, the Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development built a nightmare. The Panjandrum was a massive, ten-foot-tall wooden wheel packed with 4,000 pounds of explosives, propelled entirely by cordite rockets strapped to its rim. The theory was that it would launch from a landing craft, roll up the beach at 60 mph, and detonate against the wall. In reality, the rockets misfired instantly. During highly publicized tests, the massive, flaming wheel would violently veer off course, spinning wildly back into the ocean or chasing terrified admirals and cameramen up the sand dunes.This highly entertaining military history explores the comedy of errors behind extreme weapons testing. It documents the desperate creativity preceding D-Day, the flawed aerodynamic math of unguided rockets, and the inevitable scrapping of the deadliest rolling hazard in British history.Laugh at the limits of engineering. The Great Panjandrum proves that sometimes the most terrifying weapon on the battlefield is the one you accidentally built against yourself. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783565461127
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