Incredibly Lethal Made-in-Prison Weapons
Shotgun
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in May 21, 1984 two inmates of a prison in Celle, Germany, took a jailer as
hostage. They shot a bullet-proof glass pane and escaped in a car. The
key to their success was this shotgun, made entirely out of iron bedposts, and
it’s charge was made of lead collected from curtain tape and match-heads that
were supposed to be ignited by AA batteries and a broken light bulb.
Disguised Shiv
An
ingenious and deadly weapon, this Shiv disguised as Jesus’s cross was found in
an inmate’s cell in Wolfenbüttel, Germany
in 1994. Who knows, it could have been used as an escape weapon.
Knuckle Duster
This
dicey weapon was found in a cell in Wolfenbüttel Prison in Germany back in
1993. The padded handle might have been stolen from a prison workshop.
Double barrel Pistol
This
handcrafted firearm was found in the cell of two Celle prison inmates on
November 15, 1984. They have quite obviously been painstakingly crafted in the
prison’s metal workshop. They could be loaded with match-heads and scrap metal
and fired to do damage.
Mace
A cue
from ancient China’s Ming dynasty, an anonymous inmate from Santa Fu prison in
Hamburg, Germany designed this. It was found in 1997 in the metal workshop. It
could have been used as a weapon or an escape tool.
Whip
A whip’s bad enough, but one fitted with razor blades
is too grisly. This one was found around 1996 in Santa Fu jail in Hamburg,
Germany. A drug addict inmate made it after failing to extort a higher
Methadone ration by threatening a female prison officer with a knife.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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