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- 9/11/2002 6:54:27 AM

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Kanon Fodder posted:

"6 pounder guns vs machine guns for the "female""

Close enough. Any tank armed with a cannon was described as 'male'. Tanks with MGs only were 'female'.

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RE: - 2/28/2004 11:47:44 AM

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Here's an interesting one: what was the last war in which troops wore chainmail?

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RE: RE: - 3/13/2004 7:18:38 AM

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In regards to the chainmail question, I have a debatable answer that the flak jackets worn in WWII bombers were of a similar construction to a type of mail armor with plates, mind you it wasn't exactly chainmail.

Here's a question-- no Internet or Google allowed. I saw it on Discovery channel but have no immediate resources to back it up. The answer is either right or wrong though.

What mammal was considered for use in 'fire bombing' Germany? Live tests were carried out, but the plan was eventually scrapped and never made it past the allied country's border.

Hint: The animal was chosen for its tendency to go to dark recesses such as those found in a factory.

Edit: Go ahead and use the 'Net and see if you can find it. I'll give more hints if this actually is something someone is reading and is curious about.

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RE: RE: - 3/14/2004 8:49:26 PM

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bats

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565 post with Hades.

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RE: RE: - 3/14/2004 11:02:35 PM

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Bats is correct *ding ding ding*.
I won't bother to look up the details currently, but the plan was to strap a small incendiary device to the bats (since bats carry their young on their bellies anyway) and set a timer to go off some hours later. You then collect several hundred bats, make them cold and restful, strap them up, put the cages in a bomber, and go over your target. Upon release, the bats are supposed to wake up, fly off and find cozy homes for the night. In the morning great areas of the bomb site would be on fire.

The tests were less than successful (perhaps fortunately for bats everywhere). Most bats just left bat craters in the ground. Perhaps they weren't awake enough. The test was cancelled as it was near the end of the war, and the test was already under heat form various people. The test did prove that the method could work; one US building not intended to be part of the test burned down a day after the test.

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RE: RE: - 5/6/2004 6:51:04 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Bladrian

Here's an interesting one: what was the last war in which troops wore chainmail?

French troops wore chain mail in world war 1

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