This rat bomb was developed by British SOE during WW2 as a booby trap. The idea it self was very simple, a rat was skinned, its internal organs were replaced by a plastic explosive, with a time fuse which will ignite the P.E when rat was exposed to fire, then the rats were to be distributed near German boiler rooms, on their coal dumps.
When some one would see a dead rat they would think it died by coal poisoning, and they would immediately throw them in the furnace, the rat would then explode resulting a boiler explosion, and sabotage German operations.
How ever this ingenious booby trap never actually saw its real use. The first shipment of explosive rats was intercepted by Germans.
How ever the discovery of this weapon did a really effected enemy troop morale, and they were practically ordered to kill and dispose of any rat they see on sight, the resources Germans wasted on disposing of rats caused more damage then their intended use, and therefore the operation was considered a success.
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