The Drip Rifle
WWI (1914-1918)
Welcome again viewers! Today I have something new to introduce to you. A daily upload on what life is like in lockdown. In the title to my last blog - Day 1 Lockdown/Teddy Tales-, I mentioned lockdown but I never actually talked about it in the text. For future (and today!) I will be telling you about what is inside and behind surviving lockdown. But first...
During the evacuation of Gallipoli (Turkey), an Australian pair invented an ingenious invention to play mind games with the opposing Ottoman Empire. It was named the drip rifle or pop off rifle. It's uses were to trick the Ottomans into thinking a large force was still engaging in a conflicted stalemate of the trenches against them while the actual troops would escape the trench by waters behind.
It worked using 2 rationed water cans, one empty and the other still full, tied together with string. The can with the water would be at the top of the mini structure and the empty one at the bottom. The trigger to the rifle would be tied with string that connected to the bottom can. A hole would be punched in the bottom of the top can. The rifle would be loaded ready and fixed in place with sandbags. The hole in the can would drip water into the bottom can over and over until the bottom can had reached a certain weight causing pressure on the trigger. It would then fire at the enemy
trenches. In almost every water can, the holes were different sizes meaning more or less water could come out at once. This meant that the rifles would fire at random moments. This was by accident and it made it even better since the allies would fire at random times. How lucky! Mannequins were also constructed to deceive the Ottomans into seeing the allies there.
By the end of the evacuation, over 2000 allied men had escaped! WOW!
During the evacuation of Gallipoli (Turkey), an Australian pair invented an ingenious invention to play mind games with the opposing Ottoman Empire. It was named the drip rifle or pop off rifle. It's uses were to trick the Ottomans into thinking a large force was still engaging in a conflicted stalemate of the trenches against them while the actual troops would escape the trench by waters behind.
It worked using 2 rationed water cans, one empty and the other still full, tied together with string. The can with the water would be at the top of the mini structure and the empty one at the bottom. The trigger to the rifle would be tied with string that connected to the bottom can. A hole would be punched in the bottom of the top can. The rifle would be loaded ready and fixed in place with sandbags. The hole in the can would drip water into the bottom can over and over until the bottom can had reached a certain weight causing pressure on the trigger. It would then fire at the enemy
trenches. In almost every water can, the holes were different sizes meaning more or less water could come out at once. This meant that the rifles would fire at random moments. This was by accident and it made it even better since the allies would fire at random times. How lucky! Mannequins were also constructed to deceive the Ottomans into seeing the allies there.
By the end of the evacuation, over 2000 allied men had escaped! WOW!
Lockdown Survival
To survive lockdown, you must stay entertained. In our household, we played table tennis 8 times per person in the first 2 days! We've also been baking and doing art for relatives that I once started but never finished. If you have a garden, you should go outside in it everyday to get fresh air; especially if you have a pet and a trampoline like me! You must also knuckle down and do some work, child or adult, like you would do on a school/work day. I hope you have enjoyed this blog and I hope to see you again! Bye!
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