CLASSIC: (Some of) History's Dumbest Military Prototypes
Ridiculous History
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🗓️ 11 October 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
As Ben and Noel hit the high seas, they're celebrating with a special week of their favorite Classics. It's true that the world's militaries often pioneer technological innovation -- but don't let all those great successes fool you! The world's militaries have at least as many failures as they do breakthroughs. Join Ben, Noel and special guest Christopher Hassiotis as they explore some of humanity's most hilarious military missteps, from round ships to rocket bullets and ball tanks.
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| 0:00.0 | Fellow ridiculous historians, we get a classic for you that just keeps coming back to our mind. |
| 0:06.9 | We brag about our friend Christopher Hossiotis constantly because he is just that cool. |
| 0:14.1 | He's here in spirit. |
| 0:15.2 | He is always with us. |
| 0:17.3 | And Christopher came to us a while back and said, |
| 0:22.6 | hey, guys, do you think the military does dumb stuff sometimes? |
| 0:28.0 | Not a chance. |
| 0:29.1 | Not a chance. |
| 0:30.1 | They're all, it's all thriller, no filler. |
| 0:33.3 | Yeah, and Christopher, you know, knows us well. |
| 0:37.3 | And he probably, if I had to guess, and Christopher, you know, knows us well. |
| 0:47.3 | And he probably, if I had to guess, Christopher probably knew that we had been working on some hilarious stuff that don't want you to know. |
| 0:56.6 | Historical missteps or some ridiculous history, weird ideas, like the government, the world's governments pitch all kinds of crazy stuff. |
| 0:57.7 | They'll see a cat walking around and they'll say, can we turn this cat into a spy? |
| 1:02.9 | What if? |
| 1:03.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:03.8 | Let's just mount some lasers on the heads of these dolphins. |
| 1:07.1 | That was Dr. Evil. |
| 1:08.1 | But you get the idea. |
| 1:09.1 | If I'm not mistaken, Ben, this episode on idiotic military prototypes involves like a thing that was like a pedal-driven helicopter under a dome. |
| 1:19.4 | Oh, I love that one. |
| 1:20.2 | Trying to be sort of like a War of the World sort of space vehicle like Jetsons type thing, but just it could not stay aloft. |
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