Recoiless Automatic Shotgun
polycounter lvl 18
Damn this is why Future Weapons is one of the coolest shows on tv.
Look at this damn thin. I want one for hunting and I don't even hunt.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/guns/recoille...p?autoplay=true
Look at this damn thin. I want one for hunting and I don't even hunt.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/guns/recoille...p?autoplay=true
Replies
But yeah when I saw that weapon I was really impressed especially when I saw two of them together on a turret. I was kind of surprised they haven't tried to make it have a spray effect like an ak 47.
Alex
The show would be great if it wasn't for him. But every time he opens his mouth, he sounds so full of himself, and he talks in that low, steven segall, "I'm such a badass" voice!
However, the shotgun is awesome.
Still a neat gun though.
The pump action grenade launcher is still probably one of my all time favorites though. I got to see one in person at the Navy Seal Museum..its a bulldog of a gun.
Wiki entry on it
and i'm sure theres still plenty of close combat going on that something like this would be of plenty use.
Alex
It's definitely all about the shock and awe. And turning anything in its sights into mulch.
Alex
But
After that, it became apparent how useful this thing would be, especially in anti-vehicle combat and when up against armored targets, etc.
It's like a tommy gun+ shotgun!
They are like little guided rockets with fins and all the jazz.
jesus christ . Imagine the damage terrorist factions etc will do with these !
[/ QUOTE ]
Don't let the U.S. fearmongering influence you. Terrorists? Imagine the damage the armadillos will do with these!
[ QUOTE ]
jesus christ . Imagine the damage terrorist factions etc will do with these !
[/ QUOTE ]
Don't let the U.S. fearmongering influence you. Terrorists? Imagine the damage the armadillos will do with these!
[/ QUOTE ]
Oh my god
why didn't they use melons!!?
[/ QUOTE ]
Pretty much my only complaint, or ballistics gel dummies would work, too :P
[ QUOTE ]
jesus christ . Imagine the damage terrorist factions etc will do with these !
[/ QUOTE ]
Don't let the U.S. fearmongering influence you. Terrorists? Imagine the damage the armadillos will do with these!
[/ QUOTE ]
Armadillos are actually more likely to get their hands on them.
The reality of modern 'terrorist groups' is that while they are certainly military threats, due to the incredible utility with which they can apply force for political goals, they honestly have no funding or organization worth fearing. The sad (and often ignored) truth of 9/11 is that while devastating, it was militarily cheaper than a few of these autoshotguns. Just a couple of (mostly untrained) men, unarmed, attacking incredibly vulnerable targets (planes in midair.)
I'd be more afraid of an american street gang getting their hands on these, they have a much higher chance of it.
cthogua.. thats why they make different typses of guns,, i seriously doubt they designed this for sniper duels.
and i'm sure theres still plenty of close combat going on that something like this would be of plenty use.
[/ QUOTE ]
Hehe, yeah totally, I was just trying to think of the disadvantages of such a weapon since everyone was all "OMG" You know, devils advocate and all...Armor would be a problem too I think, obviously if you got pounded by like 10 rounds from the thing it wouldn't be. However it might have more of a tendancy to wound rather than kill an armored target, if it were using a scatter type round, shotguns not being known for their penetrating power and all....although flechette rounds out of something like that would be eeevil. It seems like the availability multiple ammunition type might be the best thing about a weapon like this.