<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5646409711231404018b5014-1200-900/007t4kb1.jpg" alt="Soviet Union's Lun-class Ekranoplan" data-mce-source="Igor 113 " /><p class="source"><span>Igor 113 </span></p></div><p></p></div></div>History is rife with examples of human ingenuity run amok - especially in the field of weapons design.</p><p>Last year, a group of Quora users sought to answer the question, "<a href="http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-historical-weapons-that-most-people-have-never-heard-of">What are some historical weapons that most people have never heard of?</a>"</p><p>The answers provide amazing insight into the history of war, along with examples of some of the most ingenious - yet impractical - weaponry ever created. </p><p> </p><h3> </h3>

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7 obscure yet unbelievable military weapons

Igor 113 History is rife with examples of human ingenuity run amok - especially in the field of weapons design.Last year, a group of Quora users sought to answer the question, "What are some historical weapons that most people have never heard of?"The answers provide amazing insight into the history of war, along with examples of some of the most ingenious - yet impractical - weaponry ever created.

Igor 113 History is rife with examples of human ingenuity run amok - especially in the field of weapons design. Last year, a group of Quora users sought to answer the question, "What are some historical weapons that most people have never heard of?

7 obscure yet unbelievable military weapons

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