a device capable of creating a tank-sized breach in a concrete defense wall 10' high, 7' thick that made up part of the Atlantic Wall, capable of being launched from landing craft, reaching 60 mph, since it was highly likely that the beaches in front of the defenses would act as a killing ground for anyone attempting to deliver the device by hand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjandrum
https://allthatsinteresting.com/panjandrum
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Panjandrum
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/weapons/panjandrum.html?edg-c=1
https://www.grunge.com/1140102/the-panjandrum-went-from-the-allies-super-weapon-of-wwii-to-an-embarrassing-failure/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjandrum
https://allthatsinteresting.com/panjandrum
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Panjandrum
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/weapons/panjandrum.html?edg-c=1
https://www.grunge.com/1140102/the-panjandrum-went-from-the-allies-super-weapon-of-wwii-to-an-embarrassing-failure/
I'm guessing that the simple fact that it wasn't designed with center of gravity, center of momentum, etc caused it to not roll straight and long, and it had balance issues that caused it to veer to either side, tip, and flip
You're right Jesse, the problem was it couldn't be steered well enough.
ReplyDeleteThis was mentioned in Nevil Shute Norway's autobiography, "Slide Rule". Shute was a novelist who wrote under the name Nevil Shute as well as a successful aeronautical engineer who worked on secret weapons for the British during WWII.