Secret of Canal Defence Light 's finally revealed

[tigercat]

Documents recently declassified by the British Government  reveal the secret of the CDL it was issued to units of the Special Tank Squadron 15 and was part of a defense system to combat Nazi Vampires. Members of the unit signed the  Official Secrets Act and have kept the secret of Britains battle against the supernatural .

Captain Van Helsing formerly of the Free Dutch Army said. "It was a messy secret war, the vampyrs used to slip into tanks in mist form and we used to have to be very careful as they would use their hypnotic powers on u when we were off duty. Thats what got Driver Renfield. He was never the same again."

[NARSES2]

Can't wait until Radish sees this 

[Weaver]

But hang on, doesn't it have to be sunlight with vampires? If they were affected by artificial light they'd never get out of their coffins in the modern world.....

[pyro-manic]

Ahh, but it's probably just a specific frequency in sunlight that affects them. The CDL would be tuned to emit this band in order to be effective. The Supernatural Research Department at Porton Down went to great lengths to determine this once it was realised Nazi Germany had vampires in it's employ.

[tigercat]

It was employed in conjunction with the Matilda Hedgehog  Vampire Area Denial Launcher that scattered powdered silver and garlic over a large area. A relatively crude idea which was discontinued once the accountants saw how much the silver was costing.

The V.A.D.L or Waddle was nicknamed Duckula from this name and the Matilldas previous associations with a cartoon duck.

[Weaver]

I'd have said silver was just werewolves, but that point seems to be a bit mixed up these days. I would have thought a Churchill Crocodile loaded with holy water would be pretty effective, assuming you can bless water on an industrial scale...

[pyro-manic]

Enfield rapidly developed a man-portable repeating crossbow as well, which was issued to Home Guard units and sentries posted at key facilities around the country. A heavier bolt thrower was trialled as well, but it was found to be of limited use - attacking vampires could not be relied upon to approach in single file.

[jcf]

Enfield rapidly developed a man-portable repeating crossbow as well ...

Which was based on examples acquired in China during the 19th century. 


http://www.arco-iris.com/George/chu-ko-nu.htm

[Weaver]

And of course, one must not forget the Fairbairn-Sykes Commando Crucifix, whose slimline design and matt black finish allowed highly-trained Commandos to sneak up behind a vampire sentry and drop it down the back of their collar. The vampires quickly reacted to this tactic by adopting the tall, stand-up collar now so much a part of their image, but the truth is that this actually made the commandos job easier by restricting the vampires' peripheral vision. This is, of course, the origin of the phrase "to get collared", meaning to be caught or aprehended.

[JayBee]

Of course the hardended charcoal bullets were a great success against Vampires, and easy to produce, they also kept the ancient art of charcoal burning alive!

JimB

[PR19_Kit]

I think I've slipped into a different space/time continuum........ 

[tigercat]

Extract from Civil service memo.

"All Windows where possible to be criss crossed with tape the cross will not only act to prevent injuries from flying glass but will also act as a low cost and low key to protect buildings from the vampire menace."


Extract from the  Bletchley Diaries

"as well as an odd assortment of coves, mathmeticians, linguists and crossword fiends the first months at Bletchley also saw the arrival of numerous theology students. We were never quite sure why but after a few months they were all rounded up by a Captain Brown of the Royal Engineers and we never saw them again."


Extract from Bombards, Bridges and Bats  published 2010 Brigadier Archie Northgate Retd

"Us Engineers were involved quite heavily in anti Vampire duties. Despite early experiments with garlic the easiest solution was found to be running water which vampires were unable to cross. All Military facilities were retrofitted to take this into account.  The great breakthrough came when Chalky White came up by waterproofing the pipe which ran along the bottom of mesh fences and sealing the joints. Holy Water was then pumped through the fence with buried pipes being used where gates needed to be fitted this  gave us a low tech and cheap solution to keeping vampires out."

[GTX]

I guess this thread explains this German publication from the '40s then:



Regards,

Greg

[lancer]

I guess this thread explains this German publication from the '40s then:



Regards,

Greg

Is it me or does the look on that bats face resemble the look given by someone when they see Rad's Rocky Horror costumers for the first time???

[NARSES2]

Not just you