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World War II
Retreating British soldiers during the Battle of France in 1940 made booby traps from artillery and mortar shells. These were buried in roads behind them as they retreated, or hung from trees concealed by the leaves and rigged with tripwires concealed in the grass around the tree.[citation needed]
During the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Jewish resistance fighters caused severe German casualties through a vast array of improvised and often elaborate booby traps, set up inside the ghetto buildings and basements. They were so effective that the German forces eventually decided to demolish every building systematically rather than risk entering.[citation needed]
During Germany's retreat from the Soviets in the later years of the war, booby traps were used to slow down the advancing Russian infantry. German infantry would leave poisoned vodka bottles behind, and rig doors with basic trip mines. The same was done on the Western Front in 1944-1945 by retreating German troops. Allied troops often collected desirable weapons such as the Walther P-38 and Luger P-08 pistols for souvenirs, and these items would be left behind, rigged with explosives. If picked up, a hand would be blown off or worse. Another crafty trick involved booby-trapping a hanging picture in a house and tilting it slightly. This was designed to catch Allied officers who would be more likely to note such an imperfection, and more inclined to right it. Other Germans would tie fishing line or piano wire onto trees on opposite sides of a road. When an Allied jeep or motorcycle would come speeding down the road, the "invisible" fishing wire, if put at a proper height, would snag and injure troops.[citation needed]
The Germans were in the habit of hiding explosive charges with clockwork time delays (lasting up to a week or more) under the floorboards of buildings in villages and towns that were about to be evacuated. The Germans deliberately chose the most prominent and undamaged buildings, knowing that allied officers would likely occupy them. Though not strictly speaking a booby trap, such time-bombs created stress and suspicion among the occupiers.[citation needed]
There are some ideas here, obviously the zombies are stupid so the gun ones and stuff wouldn't work. Explosive charges could be placed under the ground and u have to hit a switch in a building or you could hitch up wire that would kill lets say 50 zombies but you only have 3 of them or they cost 5000 points or something. I hope this shed some light and let's hear your trap ideas