What is the worst weapon ever made?

Dr_M_VanNostrand

It's got to be the Chauchat -- a light French machine gun used in WWI by the allies. It suffered from many undesirable characteristics and was pretty much universally despised by the troops that used it.

(Ironically, America had a great machine gun waiting in the wings with the Browning Automatic Rifle or BAR. The US Army was hesitant to bring it into combat though for fear of the Germans copying the design.)

senior citizen

Probably a lot of answers. Our WW1 doughboys didn't have a lot of use for the French-made Chauchat machine gun that they were given to use.

john_galt0

Its a toss up between the French soldier and the Italian soldier.

Holbrook

I don't like the M16 Series of Infantry Assault Rifles...they are hard to maintain and do not perform as well as say an AK47...

PV2 Lake

french made sho sho it had a clip with windows in it mud would get in side and it would jam
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Amos S

nuclear weapon mortar.(may have been a recoil-less rifle) range was 800 yards.Hate to be the one firing it.

morgan j

Hatred.

Combined with it's echo, Intolerance are the source of all conflict. Religion is often used to justify hatred, sometimes skin color, whatever. Hatred by itself will destroy the hater. But Intolerance causes the hater to cross over borders and murder innocents. Extremists of all stripes are driven by this:the Nazis, the Palestinians, Hezbollah, all of them are intolerant of people who live lives on their own terms.

A lot of them will quickly vote this a thumbs down, too. The truth hurts.

Wayne C

I will second Amos S. That Turkey was known as the "Davy Crockett" there is a story on the 3rd Armors web site about a guy explaining the weapon to President Kennedy at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in 63 on the "Ich bin eine Berliner" trip. Evidently he had them removed from the field almost as soon as he got back to DC.

Mike W

Since the Chauchat was already mentioned, I'll mention another weapon that made no sense. The nuclear ASROC made absolutely no sense. Anyone that would have fired one of those may destroy the submarine they were after, and their own ship in the process.

mr.askalot

hmmm i would say the woman is the worst weapon ever made...lol

Sir Hard & Thick

POLITICS and POLITICIANS

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Patrick H

Probably the gatling gun...it was pretty much useless

heckofaman

The first one.The first weapon made on this planet.That was the worst.

SueB

Maybe the arms that the Bush administration is selling to Saudi Arabia which, you can be certain, wil come back someday to bite us in the azz.

Sweetpea

The spoken word has hurt more people.