Most Useless Guns of WWII — So Bad They Were a Threat to Their Own Troops

BFBS Forces News August 12, 2025
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Volatile pistols. Anaemic cartridges. Weapons so poorly designed they were as dangerous to the user as the enemy. Jonathan Ferguson — Keeper of Firearms at the Royal Armouries — takes a deep dive into some of Japan’s most flawed and bizarre weapons from World War II. From a pistol that could discharge just by pressing its side, to an underpowered submachine gun that struggled to do its job, these weapons tell a story of desperate wartime engineering and fatal design compromises. #ww2 #history #explained #VJDay #how Subscribe to Forces News: http://bit.ly/1OraazC Check out our website: https://www.forcesnews.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ForcesTV Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forcesnews/?hl=en X: https://twitter.com/ForcesNews

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