The Kapok Landing Stage Mk I

As a follow on to the bridging post that showed the Kapok Assault Bridge for use over streams and small rivers.

British science made some dreadful bloopers when they were give free reign to design during WWII. Some such as P.L.U.T.O. worked well, others such as “Kapoc Landing Stage MkI” and “Giant Panjandrum” didn’t!

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This Post Has 4 Comments

  1. Gareth Jones

    The “one man beach stretcher” looked reasonable… could it be used to carry supplies as well?

  2. Pete Arundel

    Aquatow looks like something the extreme sports fraternity would go for . . .

  3. Simester

    Love the sarcastic commentary. “…or maybe they just ran out of kapok”.

  4. Ian

    The great Panjandrum once had a starring role in Dad’s Army- one of my favourite episodes

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