Army Receives Report on Nazis’ New Booby Traps
Washington (AP)– The army said Thursday it had received a report that ther Germans were using a new and diabolical booby trap–candy with a piece of thermite implanted in its center. When eaten, the candy melts away and the termite (sic) flames up i nthe throat and mouth.
Two experts in booby trap detection told of the device during a demonstration of weapons and mines at acting Secretary of War Patterson’s news conference.
The Germans also are using the Yankee desire for cleanliness in devising other traps, the experts reported. A liquid soap dispenser is filled with sulphueric acid, or similar material, to burn the hands when tipped up. Another gadget is an innocent looking cake of soap which can be used for some time and then, when the outercoating is worn away, detonates an explosive to blow off the hands.
Trivia
Thermite, according to Wikipedia, is “a pyrotechnic composition of metal powder and metal oxide. When ignited by heat or chemical reaction, thermite undergoes an exothermic reduction-oxidation (redox) reaction.”
A paint can of thermite can burn through a car engine. Even a small amount is violently destructive, as shown in the following video:
I have to wonder how many people fell victim to such a diabolical trap. Nasty.
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