10 weird war machines from WW2
by HeritageDailyJune 15, 2018
The Second World War was witness to a technological leap in the advancement of weaponry – some were revolutionary, but others were simply….wierd!
1 – Ice Aircraft Carriers “Bergshipsâ€
Project Habakkuk was a British plan by Geoffrey Pyke to build aircraft carriers out of pykrete (a mixture of wood pulp and ice).
The carriers, nicknamed “bergships†were to operate as landing platforms for aircraft in the war against the German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic.
A small prototype was constructed at Patricia Lake, Alberta that measured 60 by 30 feet (18 metres by 9 metres), but the final design was to have a deck 2,000 ft (610 m) long with a hull 40 ft (12 m) thick to withstand torpedo attack.
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