10 Strange Weapons Invented During World War II

(via Mental Floss) Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes, and World War II was certainly a time of need. For good, for bad; to kill, to cure; to build and to destroy. Weapons were invented that changed the course of the war, such as the B-17 Flying Fortress, the Soviet T-34 tank, the Spitfire, and Hurricane, and, of course, the atomic bomb. But not all the weapons invented during World War II were quite as effective—some were downright strange. Bat bombs, exploding rats, wind cannons, and fecal sprays were just some of the bizarre weapons invented during the conflict. While some were used in combat, others never progressed beyond the initial testing phase.