What was the "Great Panjandrum," and why is it remembered?
Answer
A massive rocket-powered wooden reel filled with explosives, designed to breach the Atlantic Wall, that spun out of control during tests and chased British officers and journalists on a beach
Did You Know?
The device, tested at Westward Ho! beach in Devon in 1943, shed its rockets and careened across the sand in an uncontrolled path. A newsreel cameraman captured the chaos. It was never used in combat.