• Jaysyn
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    518 months ago

    I think the proper term for these are anti-materiel rifle. Made for stopping vehicles.

  • Echo Dot
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    408 months ago

    I like the plan, and it looks good, but I just feel that dual wielding them may not work.

  • @[email protected]
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    Are those massive silencers on the end or something else?

    Never seen a rifle that large before.

    • @[email protected]
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      Could also be massive muzzle brakes. That rifle must kick like a horse on five different kinds of steroids.

          • @[email protected]
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            28 months ago

            I have to ask: You are aware that you have no idea what you are talking about, yet you felt the need to answer him? Can you explain why? This is an extremely common thing for people to do, so it is very interesting to hear (if possible) what your train of thought was.

            • @[email protected]
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              28 months ago

              I’m not sure that beating up on someone who decides to say that they aren’t familiar with something and are retracting an earlier suggestion is a good idea. Seems likely to lead to people not retracting things even when they think that they might not be correct.

              • @[email protected]
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                18 months ago

                I simply want to understand the thought process. I appreciate that they acknowledge it to begin with.

        • @[email protected]
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          58 months ago

          Since we’re all going off what is visible and nothing more: the outer bits seem to be fabric, maybe those are dirt covers?

          • @[email protected]
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            78 months ago

            Suppressors tend to get very hot very quickly. This produces a mirage effect when looking through the scope. Wraps made of high temperature materials help mitigate that and also allow the shooter to remove the suppressor without having to wait until it cools down.

    • @[email protected]
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      138 months ago

      They are suppressors (a.k.a. silencers). They work just like your car’s muffler and both were invented by the same guy: the grandson of the inventor of the Maxim machine gun.

      It will certainly not make these monster guns movie-quiet but it reduces their massive sound and flash signature making it harder to locate where they were shot from.

      • @[email protected]
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        28 months ago

        They work just like your car’s muffler and both were invented by the same guy: the grandson of the inventor of the Maxim machine gun.

        Well that’s a cool TIL.

    • @[email protected]
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      118 months ago

      Certainly looks that way. As if it wasn’t big enough already. In most pictures I have seen they have only muzzle brakes, but in some they clearly have suppressors. A useful side-effect may be to reduce the visible muzzle fire for night operation.

  • @[email protected]
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    338 months ago

    I think this is how you get Americans back interested in helping Ukraine. Girl with ridiculously big guns.

  • @[email protected]
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    178 months ago

    That thing looks like it can cause some serious damage, even to things that are relatively well hardened.

    Like, what would happen if a sniper fired that gun into the barrel of a T-80 that had an HE shell loaded?

    • @[email protected]
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      208 months ago

      Don’t have to hit the barrels they usually aim for weak spots hoping for penetration then the round bounces around inside taking everyone out.

      • @[email protected]
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        188 months ago

        Anti-material rifles were initially designed to take out tanks. However all modern tanks have thick enough armor to deflect its bullets.

        Now APC’s, trucks, vans, and most engines and electronics are destroyed by these rounds. Hence the anti-material label now.

        • Treczoks
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          Given some of the antique tanks the Russians pulled out of the moth ball heap, it might still be an anti-tank-weapon occasionally …

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          Would it be possible to ruin the barrel by shooting at it from the side? Or would it just ricochet?

          • @[email protected]
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            158 months ago

            The barrel is thicker than the armor on tanks. Usually they weigh in at over 2 tons of steel. The circular shape also makes it very likely to deflect the impact like sloped armor.

            It might make a little ding in the paint.

    • @[email protected]
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      98 months ago

      It would be hard to get the angle just right to get the bullet all the way down the barrel without it impacting the sides of the barrel

    • Treczoks
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      78 months ago

      Technically, it would be sufficient of they lodge a bullet into the barrel. As soon as the tank fires, the bullet will wedge between the shell and the barrel, destroying - at least - the barrel.

    • DagonPie
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      18 months ago

      That thing might be able to kill someone just by the bullet passing by them.

  • @[email protected]
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    38 months ago

    thats some anime type shit here. What happens when you fire that thing? are you gonna be flung back loneytoons style?