Title: More whacky firearms fun...
Post by: Art on 17 December, 2003, 08:30:37 PM
Post by: Art on 17 December, 2003, 08:30:37 PM
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun......
Post by: Priv8eye on 17 December, 2003, 08:36:03 PM
Post by: Priv8eye on 17 December, 2003, 08:36:03 PM
Ain't science wonderful! More and more wonderful ways to kill people.
Priv8
Priv8
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Wils on 17 December, 2003, 08:43:26 PM
Post by: Wils on 17 December, 2003, 08:43:26 PM
But you wouldn't need a gun that fires round corners if someone invented a working version of one of these.
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Proudhuff on 17 December, 2003, 08:46:13 PM
Post by: Proudhuff on 17 December, 2003, 08:46:13 PM
Now if you put that in a comic people would just laff...
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Mr C on 17 December, 2003, 08:56:34 PM
Post by: Mr C on 17 December, 2003, 08:56:34 PM
Look, it's got a built in telly so you don't miss neighbours!
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 17 December, 2003, 10:07:53 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 17 December, 2003, 10:07:53 PM
Did'nt someone invent some bent barrel thing for the same purpose during WWII. The Germans?
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Trout on 17 December, 2003, 10:35:32 PM
Post by: Trout on 17 December, 2003, 10:35:32 PM
No, that was in Carry On Spying, I think, Gary.
- Trout
- Trout
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: judge dreddd on 17 December, 2003, 10:50:58 PM
Post by: judge dreddd on 17 December, 2003, 10:50:58 PM
didn't the germans in wwII have somet for shooting around corners, minus the camera of course...
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Tanky on 18 December, 2003, 02:06:47 AM
Post by: Tanky on 18 December, 2003, 02:06:47 AM
i want one! gimme gimme!!
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Smiley on 18 December, 2003, 03:51:20 AM
Post by: Smiley on 18 December, 2003, 03:51:20 AM
The krauts in WW2 had a rifle attachment called a Krummerlauf ("bent barrel").
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 18 December, 2003, 06:01:47 AM
Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 18 December, 2003, 06:01:47 AM
so now all i need is a chainsaw so i can chop logs, hack and maim around corners?
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: HiEx on 18 December, 2003, 08:31:33 AM
Post by: HiEx on 18 December, 2003, 08:31:33 AM
If you are law enforcement or military, one of the most dangerous tasks to perform is going into a house or building where you know or suspect there might be armed bad guys and having to search for them. Probably the most dangerous part of searching inside a building is going around corners.
This firarm was designed specifically to allow law enforcement and military types to be able to safely look around corners without risking themselves and if there is a bad guy there waiting to ambush them, deliver an immediate armed response, i.e. shoot the Drokkers.
This firearm, called the 'Corner Shot and designed in Israel does not feature a bent barrel, instead it has it a standard Glock semi-automatic pistol clamped to the front hinged section, with the pistols trigger mechanically linked to the corner shot's trigger.
Hi-Ex
This firarm was designed specifically to allow law enforcement and military types to be able to safely look around corners without risking themselves and if there is a bad guy there waiting to ambush them, deliver an immediate armed response, i.e. shoot the Drokkers.
This firearm, called the 'Corner Shot and designed in Israel does not feature a bent barrel, instead it has it a standard Glock semi-automatic pistol clamped to the front hinged section, with the pistols trigger mechanically linked to the corner shot's trigger.
Hi-Ex
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Art on 18 December, 2003, 04:18:04 PM
Post by: Art on 18 December, 2003, 04:18:04 PM
Yeah, it was a modified sturmgewehr, and they spent ages messing about with mirrors trying to find a way of aiming the thing. That's the weird thing yer Nazis - technical geniuses but prone to getting sidetracked into throwing a huge doing something completely inconsequential.
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Jared Katooie on 18 December, 2003, 04:25:04 PM
Post by: Jared Katooie on 18 December, 2003, 04:25:04 PM
Thats the trouble with yer mad scientists right there, they can build a nuke no problem but they'd rather mutate flamingos and graft armalites to their wings.
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Priv8eye on 18 December, 2003, 04:58:12 PM
Post by: Priv8eye on 18 December, 2003, 04:58:12 PM
Wasn't the nazi one designed for getting out of tanks without having to stick your head up?
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Jared Katooie on 18 December, 2003, 05:05:07 PM
Post by: Jared Katooie on 18 December, 2003, 05:05:07 PM
How would that even work? Surely the stupid thing would just blow up if you fired it?
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Priv8eye on 18 December, 2003, 05:12:13 PM
Post by: Priv8eye on 18 December, 2003, 05:12:13 PM
Utterly Useless Factoid (from reading too much as a kid): It had a sort of spiral down the barrel so the bullet spun as it was fired allowing it to travel safely along said barrel and fired out other end.
Useless factoid ends.
Useless factoid ends.
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Mk13 on 18 December, 2003, 06:30:38 PM
Post by: Mk13 on 18 December, 2003, 06:30:38 PM
That's not real, You're just trying to cover up for the fact that the postie bent it in half to get it through your letterbox...
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Proudhuff on 18 December, 2003, 10:05:45 PM
Post by: Proudhuff on 18 December, 2003, 10:05:45 PM
Or you could lob a grenade....
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Art on 19 December, 2003, 07:20:16 PM
Post by: Art on 19 December, 2003, 07:20:16 PM
In other israeli weaponry news, it looks like the Uzi is being retired...
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Mr C on 19 December, 2003, 08:18:24 PM
Post by: Mr C on 19 December, 2003, 08:18:24 PM
But what will the fat, mulleted bad guys of every cheap Hollywood action flick use now? They need the Uzi so that everyone knows that they're bad guys!
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 19 December, 2003, 08:31:01 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 19 December, 2003, 08:31:01 PM
All together now: "UZI NINE MILLIMETRE!"
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Art on 19 December, 2003, 08:47:44 PM
Post by: Art on 19 December, 2003, 08:47:44 PM
Looks like it's just the Israeli army that's retiring them -- looks like they'll still manufacture it for the vast export market of moustachioed South American drug dealers. And there's always cheap knockoffs...
Title: Re: More whacky firearms fun.........
Post by: Bony Fella on 19 December, 2003, 08:54:57 PM
Post by: Bony Fella on 19 December, 2003, 08:54:57 PM
Hm, did anyone play that strange game on the N64, Conker's Bad Fur Day? I can remember laughing a lot and irritatinbg my son cos I wouldn't let him play, but one of the few things that stayed with me is one of the lines from the Terminator spoof:
'Suzi 9mm'
'Ah'm Right Here Sweetie-pie, Just Tell Me Where Ta Shoot'
'Suzi 9mm'
'Ah'm Right Here Sweetie-pie, Just Tell Me Where Ta Shoot'