Apparently Banzai_Cat's pedigree goes back to the 1500s :P
The concept was conceived by artillery master Franz Helm of Cologne, but fortunately there is no evidence it was put to use...
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/03/06/16th-century-artillery-manual-rocket-cat-weaponry/?intcmp=features
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Cat-rockets were actually SO effective that all the cats exploded on impact.
When the very pleased king asked for more of them, the trainers would spread their hands and shrug their shoulders, since they all blew up, having done their jobs so well.
The king would then kill the trainers for being shortsighted and not having a Schule fur Rocket-Katten.
And everything was lost in the history books. ;)
Nice find, steve58!
freaks meeowt how catastrophic that must have been - cant shake the feline it would scare the crap out of you seeing a rocket cat coming towards you
HELP!
Someone has hacked Geeks account and is using it to post really bad puns............
someone call the punlice!!!
The earliest furst strike weapon in history.
It's impact was reputed to be litterly catastrophic.
The hairball was reportedly enormous and could be seen for great distances.
That's purty crazy.
I wonder if it also comes mounted on a pikitteny rail.