Most Useless Guns of WWII — So Bad They Were a Threat to Their Own Troops

Jonathan Ferguson — Keeper of Firearms at the Royal Armouries — takes a deep dive into some of Japan’s most flawed and bizarre weapons from World War II.

From a pistol that could discharge just by pressing its side, to an underpowered submachine gun that struggled to do its job, these weapons tell a story of desperate wartime engineering and fatal design compromises.