Light artillery for the VBCW

[Bezzo]

I recently came across the story of an eccentric inventor, Harry Grindell Matthews, who for several years during the 1920's teased the world with announcements of his 'death ray'. He failed to produce the promised weapon but did create a machine capable of projecting advertising messages onto the underside of clouds. This was his Sky Projector, and a commercial flop. However it looks so cool, and surely a machine that projects an intense light beam has some offensive use, however limited. Here it is:





Anyone fancy building one? Here is the man himself and he just looks like a boffin.

[former user]

I can hardly imagine the home guard did NOT try to use it for air defense?

[former user]

I was thinking more of lighting up or blinding the crew

[Thargor]

You mean like searchlights did ? 

[former user]

I don't know, I am not the AA specialist

[Khmorg]

It is Laser cannon 

[former user]

maybe something like that would have been more useful

[former user]

You mean that one?


no, probably that one (still looks like a bunny)

[Eric the Shed]

so crazy...

[georgec]

I am reminded of the Canal Defence Light

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_Defence_Light

which ended up a very large force given that it was never used as intended.

[former user]

this was my thinking - didn't know something like that existed