Rocket-Propelled Cats and Other Feline Weapons

[DicedT]

They would make an awesome avatar. http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2013/01/30/rocket-propelled-cats-and-other-feline-weapons-of-war/

[bayonetbrant]

I wouldn't post that at BGG.  You'll get admonished because it's not featured in a wargame anywhere

[DicedT]

It's a card-based rocket cat.

[LongBlade]

Good stuff, Diced. I didn't know that about the pre-WWII usage.

There's a show on one of these cable channels (Military IIRC) that discusses some of the wacky ideas that were tried for early guided bombs during WWII.

One was to use pigeons to home in on ships. Another was to try and use cats' ability to balance to direct them munition. It failed, however, when the cats tended to pass out after the experience of what must have seemed infinite freefall from 10,000+ feet.

[DicedT]

Thanks, Longblade. You just helped me remember my favorite cat weapon story. Article updated.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

I seem to remember an ancient siege story of tarred cats with lit tails being thrown into a surrounded city. The cats ran setting fire to a large portion of the city. The siege was soon over when the food storage buildings were destroyed. Ghangis Khan?

[Longdan]

You get to have flaming pigs in Rome: Total War.

[MetalDog]

Just the title got me to laugh!  Awesome job!!

[Centurion40]

Now I want a rocket propelled cat more than a shark with a laser beam.

[TheCommandTent]

Now I want a rocket propelled cat more than a shark with a laser beam.

But if we could combine the two, the possibilities would be....  8)

[Barthheart]

Now I want a rocket propelled cat more than a shark with a laser beam.

But if we could combine the two, the possibilities would be....  8)

Cat-astrophic?

[Staggerwing]

ADDITION: I just remembered my favorite cat weapon story: During the Battle of Britain in 1940, when radar was still in its infancy, the British were looking for ways to shoot down German night bombers. Someone sent in the following suggestion:

1. Put cat in cockpit of fighter plane

2. Cat uses night vision to spot German bomber

3. Pilot fires guns in direction where cat is looking at

This needs to be implemented in immediately by 777 studios in their upcoming IL2 reboot in case they or someone else builds a BoB mod for it.

[bayonetbrant]

Cat-astrophic?

a purr-fect weapon

[bayonetbrant]

Now I want a rocket propelled cat more than a shark with a laser beam.

But if we could combine the two, the possibilities would be....  8)

Fin-tastic!

[Martok]

Now I want a rocket propelled cat more than a shark with a laser beam.

But if we could combine the two, the possibilities would be....  8)

Cat-astrophic?

<dramatic sigh>  I suppose that was inevitable, really.  ::)