World War II soldiers used a variety of weapons, including machine guns, hand grenades, and camel poop. Surprisingly, camel droppings played a small but important role in the North African Campaign.
For some bizarre reason, German tank operators believed they’d have good luck if they drove over piles of camel poop.
Once the Allies learned of this weird Nazi ritual, they started making mines that looked like camel dung.
After a couple of panzers exploded, the Nazis figured out what was going on and started only running over dung that had already been plowed over by other vehicles.
Once the Allies figured out their new good luck charm, they started building new dung mines complete with tread marks.
SOURCE: nuttyfacts
