How The Drip Rifle Worked 🤔

Imagine getting a kill with the Drip Rifle

As they quietly slipped away... ...without their rifles. Genius.

The enemy's ghost when he finds out he got killed by a rope and a tin can

The soldiers back then:

Thx now i can finally use my gun as intended

the enemy when they figure out the trick

🚨🏅 Around 80,000 Allied troops were saved during the evacuation of the Gallipoli Campaign in December 1915, an operation that risked heavy casualties if Ottoman forces discovered the trenches were being abandoned. Because enemy positions were extremely close, maintaining the illusion that troops were still present was critical to a safe withdrawal. To achieve this, Lance Corporal William Charles Scurry of the 7th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, with assistance from Private A. H. Lawrence, invented the Drip Rifle. The device was designed specifically as a deception tool, allowing gunfire to continue after soldiers had left, preventing the enemy from detecting the evacuation. The continued firing successfully masked the withdrawal, enabling the evacuation to be completed with only a handful of casualties instead of the heavy losses commanders had feared. For his ingenuity and vital contribution, Scurry was mentioned in dispatches, awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, and promoted.🫡

It would buy them time but not for long.

Incredible piece of history, beautifully animated.

The squad after setting up the drip rifles:

Thank you Zack D for another unnecessary information 🙏

Incredible animation! Fun fact: The drip rifle was invented by Australian Lance Corporal William Scurry (with help from Pte 'Bunty' Lawrence). It helped evacuate 80,000 troops with almost no losses One of the most successful deceptions in military history. Genius low-tech ingenuity!

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰? 🕵️‍♂️☂️ The so-called “drip rifle” is often confused with a real Cold War weapon—the umbrella gun used in the assassination of Georgi Markov in 1978. A tiny ricin-filled pellet was fired from a modified umbrella, delivering poison with no sound and almost no trace—one of the most infamous covert weapons ever revealed, linked to KGB. Real spy tech… stranger than movies. 👀

POV: The enemy

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... How long would it take to set this up? Also... "Without my rifle, I am useless" rifleman's creed. Full metal jacket anyone?

If everyone is down to their last round Leaving your rifle behind as a decoy, I guess worked

The anzacs at gallipoli.

Low tech. High IQ.

Ist t this what Australian troops did in Gallipoli ?

Wouldn’t it only be good for one use…who’s operating the bolt actions 😂

Brilliant idea.

Someone got did dirty by the craziest drip rifle shot in history I just know it

Humans would come up with anything but cure world hunger

They don’t do traps like that anymore 😔

Australia's biggest contribution to ww2 was designing a clever way to abandon thier arms to conver a retreat. How do ANZAC forces not catch more shade?

Don't let the Vietnamese learn this.

Immaculate drip right there.

Smart

Why not just set up a bunch of these drip rifles and go grab a coffee while the enemy thinks you're still there?

a Bolt action rifle will fire once. Lame.

Nice,learnt something new today

This is a conceptual deterrent, not a field-reliable tactic. Variants were discussed historically, but practical use was extremely limited.