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[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] Nougat@fedia.io 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Curiousfur@yiffit.net 6 points 1 month ago

I think this shoots something a little more potent than a wood plug...

[–] Xyre@lemmus.org 15 points 1 month ago

The guy she tells you not to worry about...

[–] three@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago
[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I could kill a building with this thing"

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You could. This type of gun is not intended primarily for use against people (although this particular gun might be modified to serve the role of a sniper rifle). It's for shooting aircraft and lightly armored vehicles. By that I don't mean cars; I mean armored personnel carriers. The bullets would go right through a building's walls.

I can't quickly find a photo of this gun's 12.7 mm bullet doing its thing, but here's what the very similar American 50 cal bullet does to six-inch-thick concrete:

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I want one.

Edit: what I really want is one of those 20mm rifles that can take AA rounds. That'd be fucking sick. Just point it at something and boom! It's not a problem anymore!

Edit 2: the reason why I like obscenely high-caliber rifles is because it's fascinating to see all the different configurations that militaries have tried in an attempt to make a mobile, "hand-held" rifle capable of firing such a huge bullet without destroying the user's shoulder in the process.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Shoulder? Have you seen the power of recoilless weapons?

If they weren't recoilless, the person firing them wouldn't have a torso hahahahaha

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Bitches love cannons.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Wow, I think that's a modified DShK, which entered service in 1938. It's not a museum piece - these guns are still in widespread use.

[–] Vikthor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Similar role and similar longevity to the M2 machine gun.

[–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thinking of that girl cop in Vampire Hunter D. That rifle she has.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

Seras Victoria is from Hellsing, and that's a 30mm anti tank rifle, a weapon that (as far as I know) doesn't exist. Even the bigger antitank rifles only went to 20mm.

[–] smokin_shinobi@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hellsing has the cop sniper with the mega cannon I think.

Bitches love cannons

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What's its name? Nobody has a gun like that and doesn't give it a name.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 9 points 1 month ago

That looks heavy.

[–] BestTestInTheWest@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

The tactical vans are a great touch. I've got a pair and they're great shoes.

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

We still let COD players quickscope

  • Activision probably
[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

That thing afkomst looks like a LLM made up a machine gun

[–] Curiousfur@yiffit.net 3 points 1 month ago

The "bad-day-alizer". When "more dakka" doesn't make whatever you're aiming at stop twitching.