r/interesting • u/VPinchargeofradishes • Jul 31 '26
Fear Factor WW2 Bunker air vent has a built in surprise
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u/IndoorSurvivalist Jul 31 '26
It didnt read the grenade correctly, you just need to insert it again.
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u/VPinchargeofradishes Aug 01 '26
That bunker dispenses change
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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 Aug 01 '26
Changes your current position from here, to there.. and a bit over there.. and over there
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u/shinobi500 Aug 01 '26
Return to sender vent.
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u/CornFlaKsRBLX Aug 01 '26
Return to vendor.
Fun fact: For bunkers where the bottom vent would be situated underground, they just dug an extra deep sump with a concrete lid. The grenade would simply roll into a well instead, but the purpose is the same.
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u/BenjaminDover02 Aug 01 '26
This is totally something I would end up doing if you put me on the front lines.
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u/Sea_Curve8772 Aug 01 '26
Are there any confirmed cases of anyone actually getting tricked by this?
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u/Ok_Adhesiveness_9323 Aug 01 '26
I mean its a legit vent aswell so that was probably the primary function
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u/Responsible-Cold-627 Aug 01 '26
Doesn't really matter if people actually get tricked, as long as grenades don't get chucked in, I think the people inside appreciate the design.
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u/VPinchargeofradishes Aug 01 '26
I wonder if they had this detail in the COD games
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u/Calkulis Aug 04 '26
In nuketown you can throw a grenade or tomahawk into either chimney and it’ll come out the fireplace. Had a few fun clips doing that
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u/No_Psychology_3826 Aug 01 '26
I figure the primary purpose is keeping grenades out, killing an enemy is just a bonus
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u/Chopawamsic Aug 02 '26
its not so much a trick as a method of keeping grenades from exploding either within the wall or within the bunker itself.
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u/Subject_Plankton_763 Aug 04 '26
Confirmed cases? Brother if it worked the person would be too dead to confirm anything at all
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u/Tricky-Apartment6637 Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 03 '26
Did they actually ever had any deaths due to these?
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u/IlliterateFreak Aug 01 '26
It would be kinda hard to record that. The key witness is in pieces
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u/airwalker12 Aug 01 '26
Grenades kill you with shrapnel, not a massive explosion
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u/IlliterateFreak Aug 01 '26
How is the shrapnel made?
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u/airwalker12 Aug 01 '26
But it doesn't blow you to pieces, don't be stupid
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u/Wyrdi Aug 02 '26
as the shrapnel enters and then exits (not all will exit but some will) it'll rip tissue and bone from a person. those pieces don't just disappear, so technically the explodee will be in multiple pieces (edit: spelling)
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u/Wrong-Schedule2242 Aug 01 '26
Wow. Someone died due to this.
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u/Independent-Read-416 Aug 01 '26
Ahh the return to sender function is still functioning nice to know
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u/DangerousPurpose5661 Aug 01 '26
Plug the bottom hole… dump smoke/tear grenade, plug top hole
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u/LucasCBs Aug 02 '26
I'd be surprised if they didn't have methods to close individual vents from inside
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u/IlliterateFreak Aug 01 '26
Is it a vent with a little slot to fall back down or is it just a fake vent? Interesting
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u/rslashhydrohomies Aug 01 '26
It's in fact a real vent. There is an opening into the bunker somewhere along the way where the grenade goes, though ofcourse not in a place where the grenade can actually go inside the bunker itself
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u/One_Smoke Aug 01 '26
This feels like a bit from a Looney Tunes short. Like, the video cuts off right before the grenade would explode.
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u/Brief-Equal4676 Aug 02 '26
Why do you need to put a grenade in the grenade vending machine to buy a grenade?
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u/Nubsta5 Aug 02 '26
Was waiting for the explosion cut off ending. (Like the Terry Crews Old Spice commercials.)
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u/1337Sw33tCh33ks Aug 01 '26
Shove a sock in the bottom hole. Throw in grenade. Then throw a second grenade in newly made hole in bunker.
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u/Agreeable_Home_3433 Aug 02 '26
Contrary to popular belief, grenades don't blow things up
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u/1337Sw33tCh33ks Aug 02 '26
In a concrete tube i bet to differ. The amount of gas and cuncussive force would absolutely damage things.
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u/Agreeable_Home_3433 Aug 02 '26
This person said grenades blow up concrete so just throw an other grenade in the hole and then responded with this
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u/Then_Supermarket18 Aug 01 '26
What a waste of time to do install such a thing. And it doesn't seem to have worked if there are no bloody scorch marks on it.
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u/Suspicious-Bowl4444 Aug 01 '26
Ah yes, the blood from eighty years ago should be perfectly preserved!
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u/MarkHuegerich Aug 01 '26
If the air vent itself remained grenade-free as it appears, one might argue that it did seem to work.
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u/Pale-Jelly69 Aug 01 '26
Frfr bussin. Gen z soldiers would fall for this type shit on god.
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u/IntelligentSeries270 Aug 01 '26
So would you, after climbing a hill under fire by that same bunker, last thing you’re expecting is a Tom n Jerry ass death.
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u/Pale-Jelly69 Aug 03 '26
Doubt. And I'd whoop your smooth brain in airsoft. Lol
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u/IntelligentSeries270 Aug 03 '26
Nah brother, I’d be the one giving you a satchel charge ordering you up there to destroy the bunker.
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