The Incredible Mysterious Monster Weapon of WWI

At 7:20 in the morning on March 23, 1918, the Quai de la Seine neighbourhood of Paris was rocked by a massive explosion. Windows shattered, buildings were pockmarked with shrapnel, and a smoking crater three metres across was blown in the cobblestones. Mercifully, however, no-one was hurt. But others would not be so lucky. Just 20 minutes later, another explosion ripped through the busy Boulevard de Strasbourg, killing 9 and wounding 13. By the end of the day, 19 more explosions would be counted throughout the city. The mysterious attack baffled the Parisian authorities; the closest German forces were hundreds of kilometres away, while no aircraft could be seen or heard in the skies overhead. At first, many assumed the bombs were being dropped by extremely high-altitude zeppelins. But what the people of Paris didn’t know was that they were actually under attack by a brand new kind of weapon....

Author: Gilles Messier
Host: Daven Hiskey
Producers: Daven Hiskey and Alexis DeStout

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[bradlevantis]

A Highlight History or Higher Learning on zeppelin bombing would be interesting too

[georgeosborn]

The sabot (SAY bo) system is what modern tank cannons use.

[TheQuickSilver]

That's a massive amount of work for a gun that needs adjusting quite frequently. It seems like it was probably a waste of resources rather than a fantastic tool

[JeffBilkins]

What is crazy that as massive as this artillery piece was on land, it was only a single gun of about 9 inch calibre and completely puny in firepower compared to just a single battleship that could easily rock nine 14 inch guns.

Which also means the same battleship can just face-tank a shot from this, it's like a single hit from some random cruiser.

[happybrainybren]

this guy has the beard but he not bold.

[mattheide]

Bull was memtiomed? That blows my mind considering his acheivements. 😅