12 Incredibly Lethal Made-in-Prison Weapons
7 Saw:
Image designing a saw from a cutlery knife! Ingenious and evil, this 1937 German Navy knife from World War II was smuggled inside. It was confisticated in 1994 from Wolfenbüttel prison in Germany.(source)8 Shank:
This one confiscated from New Jersey prison, was made with a stainless steel spoon. The bowl of the spoon was filled with wax and wrapped with thread to make an improvised handle. The tip was then sharpened.(source)9 Small-bore Pistol:
This one was confiscated around 1984 from a workshop in Wolfenbüttel prison, Germany. It was crafted from legal contraband and fitted with a wooden grip. The plan could have been shooting one of the officers and escaping.(source)10 Prison Knives:
Knives are obviously illegal to carry in the prison complex. However, this collection of knives and shivs were secured at Santa Fu prison in Hamburg Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. Among many of these self-designed weapons was a shiv disguised as a ball pen.(source)11 Grappling Hook:
This 4.5 metres long grappling hook had a rope made of leather and string. This was to help two inmates in their escape from Ludwigsburg prison, Germany on August 19, 1987. While this one was supposed to scale walls, the pointed extension rods make it a deadly hacking weapon if need be.(source)12 Catapult:
Made in the metal workshop of Wolfenbüttel Prison, Germany in 1991, this one could shoot secret messages, drugs, gun parts or bolts into a man’s skull. What more, the inmate claimed it was a piece of abstract art called ‘Dackel’.(source)Advertisements
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