Explosive rat

[MYGALE]

Hi all,

I present you an old explosive rat intented for SOE. It's really tired but interesting. It features a double priming.

Mygale

 

[MYGALE]

Hi Minenaz 16pictures are better on bocn. LOL.

See you.

T.

 

[MINENAZ16]

Hi MYGALE,

Disgusting !
Spider, rat..you seem to love strange animals

S.

 

[MYGALE]

Whole story of my life.

T.

 

[highlandotter]

One like it starred in the film, the Guns of Navarrone.

 

[millsbomber]

Thank you for showing that, it's amazing to have pictures of such a thing...... Dave

 

[pointblank0]

Absolutely brilliant! I've only seen black and white pictures before.

 

[MYGALE]

Thanks a lot.
If you want see a rat in better condition (with its tail), go to the french army museum "hôtel des invalides" in Paris, wing "second war"

Mygale

 

[lcn]

Just for the funthe Guns of Navarrone

Thanks Mygale

 

[MYGALE]

Hi Jean-Paul,

Thanks these pictures.

T.

 

[Dreamk]

Ahhh! :tinysmile_shy_t: You must read the instructions - its an SOE official regulation piece of ordnance - and it does not discriminate between fat rat, skinny rat, brown rat, white rat....the instruction just begins with these words " a rat is skinned...":

(from the National Archives)
This was another creation of Charles Fraser Smith – head of Section XV whose job was to create special tools for SOE "work".

And why not some photos of the beast?



Well of course, it's for European Theater of Operation use - in some places of the world, rat is considered as a delicacy :tinysmile_kiss_t4: (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Roasted-Rats-on-Sticks-are-Vietnam-s-Signature-Delicacy-406249.shtml) :tinysmile_fatgrin_t

 

[MYGALE]

Dreamk,

Thanks a lot for your pictures. Very interesting. For your roasted rats I did not taste.

 

[spotter]

theres some more images of the exploding rats and other hidden explosive charges here in this earlier post
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/82725-WW-II-UK-Hidden-explosive-charge?highlight