- "Soldier, take your 90° rifle and shoot around that corner!" - "But Sir my barrel is bent 90° to the right, for this corner is need a barrel bent to the left!" - "Then just get upside down!"
Cheburushka damn give me a marine. Order them to do something and they will get it done without the excuses, now soldier just grab the barrel and bend it back to the left.
I remember being 7 years old and watching the first episode of Mythbusters, they asked for viewer submitting and after begging my mom to help me submit a possible myth to the Mythbusters (at the time my favorite show and still holds a close place in my heart).... my question came from the first Harry Potter movie where Hagrid bends Harry's uncle's shotgun barrel 90° upward.... I was so curious to see what would happen.... so glad they eventually tested it.
During WWII some Stg-44s were equipped with 45 and 90 degree bends. 90 degree barrels where mounted in some German tanks to shoot soviets off the top of them or close range fire.
The Germans made for Tank destroyer crews because on the Elephant they forgot to put a Bow machine gun on it. They made them in 45 and 90 degree variants. The 90 degree was more popular, but because of the extra rifling and time in the barrel it would cause the bullet to heat up really bad and the bullet would shatter, it resulted in a shotgun effect. Which didn't matter because they were shooting at Russians climbing there Tank trying to pour gasoline down the tank destroyers hatches and then light the thing on fire.
Didn't the Germans in ww2 invent a curved gun like this? edit: Jesus it's been five-plus years since I've posted this and this is the most likes I've ever gotten on any media platform. It's not even that good of a comment lol I was 15 or 16 years old when I said this and I'm pretty sure I knew the answer already!
Ja, but by accident. It was used primarily in the tank battles of the Eastern German front. Germany made the mistake of not putting a machine gun on top of their Tiger tanks. The Soviets exploited this and started climbing on top of the Tiger tanks to destroy them. The Germans remedied this by using their curved guns. These guns were so made that the bullet, upon the curve, would shatter. This gave the gun a shotgun effect, making it perfect for keeping those pesky Soviet soldiers off the tanks.
Nathan Applegate Minor Correction; it was actually the Ferdinand Tank Destroyer, which used the otherwise usless chassis of the Tiger prototype build by Porsche, repurposed for Tank Destroyers and Self-Propelled Guns when Henschel won the Contract for the Tiger which we know today. Though eventually the Ferdinand was upgraded to the Elefant Tank Destroyer, which did little else but add the missing Coaxial MG.
This would work much better with a smooth bore musket and round ball ammunition. No wonder the bullet tumbles, it's being formed to the contour of the barrel, which is curved. It's probably getting a lot of material stripped off the bullet by the rifling while having to make a hard turn, as well.
+Tombs Clawtooth and many instances, it shatters the bullet, making it fire like a shotgun. It was a good thing for close quarter though, so the Germans didn't complain.
Yeah that would definitely be pretty damn hard with a muzzleloader, though in theory you could also do this with a breechloader that just has a smooth barrel and a cartridge with a ball-shaped bullet. Might take a bit more effort, but it would be more likely to be successful I think.
1:20 It doesn't care. There's no threshold; the bullet doesn't "remember" its original trajectory and go "oh wait, now I'm going backwards". Energy is lost as the bullet is forced to turn. That's it. If you go down a corkscrew water slide, there's not sense of suddenly reversing course; all you recognize is turning. I thought these guys were _at least_ this smart.
This reminds me of that meme where Tom the cat shoves a double-barrel into Jerry's house hole and it angles right back at his head through another hole on top
These things were used it ww2 to discourage anyone trying to climb on a armored vehicle. Not much point in a tank if you have to stick your head out to shoot someone, so they had these bent assault rifle attachments that you could stick out from a viewing port and possibly hit someone crawling around on top of the tank or at least get them to jump off.
Yep, this was meant for point blank range so keyholing bullets and such weren't that big of a deal. It was still an unpractical design though and the barrels life plummeted to a couple hundred rounds at most before catastrophic failure
So the Germans modeled a gun after the episode of Tom and Jerry, when Tom tries to put the shotgun into the mouse hole then it curved right back at him.
I haven't seen the whole episode so I don't know if this was already mentioned but during ww2 the germans had a barrel attachment for their STG 44 assault rifle called the Krummlauf (german for curved barrel) and it was bent so german troops could shoot around corners and over cover it also included a mirror to help with aiming
The problem is any curve in the barrel will deform the bullet and make it impossible to fly straight. Curved rifle barrels were actually experimented with during ww2 and found to be virtually useless after only a few rounds.
It seems to me that this could be made more effective with specialized ammo- if you had a round bullet instead of a tapered one, the tumble wouldn't affect the penetration as much. Though you might end up getting curving bullets with the spin.
+iliketowin win As pointless as it would be, it'd be pretty darn epic, now also make the barrel of something that is transparent so you can actually ''see'' the bullet.
Awsisa zeen uh... 360 is a whole circle, so yeah, but 180 is literally a suicide gun. I think the point was a barrel that did a loop, and then went out the right direction.
The Krummlauf was a barrel accessory used for the German STG-44 assault rifle at the end of World War II. It was meant to be used as a means to shoot around corners, and shoot from the relative safety of the inside of a tank to fend off enemies who had clambered on. The Krummlauf had a few different variants for different angles of fire, including a 90 degree angle. It even had a periscope system to accurately aim.
In the 2.WW Germany actually produced these type of Barrel(attachment) in the 45Degree Version for the Tank Crew of the Ferdinads and the 90Degree Version for the Infantry in Stalingrad to better/easier shoot around the Corners of Buildings. But there was an slight sideffect the Bullet turned into Fragments and you got an Shotgung with the Firingspeed of Machinepistol
Germany did it back in the 1930's with a STG34 Krummlauf . They even placed segmented mirrors along the barrel in three places so they could even use the sights. It curved left.
The issue with the wobbling is due to the rifling in the barrel being crushed together on one side. You have more pressure on the left side of the gun, putting spin on the bullet, than you do on the right.
The U.S. Had a curved gismo to go on the M3 SMG. It used solid copper round ball .45 ammo. It was meant for a tank crewman to fire from inside the tank at enemy on the tank. And for tank destroyer troops to use on enemy tanks finish off the crews of knocked out enemy tanks. Hand grenade works just as well or better.
Kind of wanna try this with a smooth-bored black powder musket... because the projectile is already round, and doesn’t have to spin like a football, therefore it’s not as likely to deform in the same way the .22 rounds did in this test...
The Germans tried this in world war 2. It does work but the problem is the bullets speed ends up wearing the rifling of the barrel during it's turn to a point where it ends up breaking the gun after a bit of shooting. Should work for a few rounds though overall 3/10 would not recommend.
The Germans tried this in world war 2. It does work but the problem is the bullets speed ends up wearing the rifling of the barrel during it's turn to a point where it ends up breaking the gun after a bit of shooting. Should work for a few rounds though overall 3/10 would not recommend?
Fun fact during world war 2 the allies and axis experimented with 90 degree and 45 degree bent barrels to shoot around corners but they didn’t make a lot of them because the barrel need to be replaced a lot and was very unneeded because a regular gun would be much easier to use and less costly
When did I express support or sympathy for Stalin and Lenin? The USSR was by no means a fun place, but the Nazis tortured and murdered children and the disabled, and everyone in Germany let it happen because of nationalism. Nazi leaders turned eugenics into patriotism, and that should never be excused, nor should the people who reported their neighbors to be sent to their deaths.
Germans actually did this In ww2, the bullets they used actually fragmented inside the barrel and acted like a shotgun, not very effective but was a prototype that was scrapped after a few field tests.
It makes me laugh when they talk about wheter a .22 LR bullet is "still lethal" or not. It's hardly even reliable to kill people who put it against their temple.
.22LR is actually just as deadly as any other. if you think it will "barely" kill on someone's temple, then you know nothing about guns. plus their are LOTS of different kinds of .22. some doing 4000 feet per second. keep in mind that the 223 used in 90% of AR platforms is just .001 larger than a .22
I said .22LR, not .223. And yes, a massacre in finland was commited with a .22LR. I'm just saying it's severely underpowered, and that you wouldn't call a sharp stick or a pencil "lethal", even if its wounding potential is probably more or same like most .22LR,
The US army m3 submachine-gun, also called the grease gun, could be fitted with a 90-degree curved barrel. the idea was for tankers to be able to shoot enemy soldiers off their tank without exposing themselves. The curved barrel on an m3, of course, is much shorter than whatever Jamie and Adam were using.
Regarding the bullet tumbling, this can be attributed to conservation of angular momentum rather than simply from contacting the barrel wall (sort of).
Let's assume, for simplicity, the curve is roughly a circular arc. When going around the bend, the barrel wall not only accelerates the bullet towards the arc's point of rotation, but also rotates the bullet's orientation about that point. This gives the bullet angular momentum equal to its mass times the square of the barrel's radius of curvature times the rate of rotation (in radians per second) about this point (assuming we treat it like a point mass, which is fair when comparing it's size to the much larger radius of curvature). Since the curve continues basically to the end of the barrel, it leaves the muzzle with this angular momentum, however without the barrel enforcing a point of rotation some distance away from the bullet, the point of rotation shifts to the bullet's center of mass. Treating the bullet now like a small solid rod of uniform density (since the bullet now comprises the entire system and is thus not treatable as a point mass) this means it's new angular momentum is equal to 1/12 times its mass times its the square of its length times its rate of rotation. We know the original momentum must equal the new one, we know the bullet's mass is the same, and we know that 1/12 times the square of its length is much smaller than the square of barrel's radius of curvature. So the only way angular momentum can be conserved is if the rate of rotation dramatically increases.
This is why I said "sort of." The barrel wall does play a roll in that it imparts angular momentum, but the bullet tumble is not random as it would be if it had simply been fired out of a shitty barrel. The bullet will always leave the barrel spinning in the same direction as the barrel's curve. If conservation of momentum were ignored, the bullet should really have been spinning the other way as the barrel wall on the outside of the curve would slow that side of the bullet more than the other side as it exits due to friction.
Wouldn't this be even better using 'rocket' propelled bullets like Gyrojet? It has low muzzle velocity, but the speed of the bullet increases over time. Apparently they also don't require a heavy barrel, so using a curved barrel that is arguably structurally weaker than a normal barrel should be less of a problem with these bullets. Also the bullets automatically gyroscopically stabilize, so they shouldn't wobble as seen in this video.
The Germans actually had some of these during WW2 and they were quite popular with tank crews, since they could just "hose down" their tank by sticking the barrel out of the hatch without having to get out and expose themselves. The problem is that the massive friction coming from the bullet grinding itself along the side will destroy that barrel in no time. But the bend had the added benefit of breaking the bullets apart, essentially turning the assault rifle or machine pistol into a sort of automatic shotgun.
"Adams feeling real optimistic"
"I'm feeling really optimistic"
KibYT Best part, lol.
Apparently he's feeling optimistic
Hmm yes this ground is made out of ground
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Wait a minute! I smell air!
- "Soldier, take your 90° rifle and shoot around that corner!"
- "But Sir my barrel is bent 90° to the right, for this corner is need a barrel bent to the left!"
- "Then just get upside down!"
Cheburushka damn give me a marine. Order them to do something and they will get it done without the excuses, now soldier just grab the barrel and bend it back to the left.
Could just hold the gun upside down...
*bends spine upside down and leftwards to shoot right*
AYE SIR
Heh isreal made a flexible and it works quite well and looks sci-fi af.
@Markus Reigns I'm too late, But... r/woooosh
I remember being 7 years old and watching the first episode of Mythbusters, they asked for viewer submitting and after begging my mom to help me submit a possible myth to the Mythbusters (at the time my favorite show and still holds a close place in my heart).... my question came from the first Harry Potter movie where Hagrid bends Harry's uncle's shotgun barrel 90° upward.... I was so curious to see what would happen.... so glad they eventually tested it.
Never bring a 90° gun to a 0° gun fight.
...unless the fight's round corners XD.
Jim Taylor just around the corner...
Or a 360° fight
Kamomile Tea haha, that could work!
Llama How much we talking? :)
How about a 180 degree barrel for youtube commenters?
+Vaas Montenegro well that one backfired
+Vaas Montenegro darude - sandstorm
Hi Vaas
+Vaas Montenegro just do a 360 and walk away
oooooohh, shots fired!
0:48 - My physics teacher's reaction when she sees my lab record
bruh lol
Lol
Just multiply all of your uncertainties by two.
Bro-
Hah. that’s just wrong.
During WWII some Stg-44s were equipped with 45 and 90 degree bends. 90 degree barrels where mounted in some German tanks to shoot soviets off the top of them or close range fire.
dude, my name is Logan Barnett. how are our names so similiar?
hi
I was literally about to comment that :D
Logan Barnette Germans once again inventing stuff with zeo practical use towards winning an actual war.
you don't know much about germany, do you?
Germany actually experimented with something like this during ww2
STG44 Krummlauf
they used guns with bent barrels in WW1 for trench fighting.
That's what I was looking up
jamoecw they also had a few experiments using it with tanks
The Germans made for Tank destroyer crews because on the Elephant they forgot to put a Bow machine gun on it. They made them in 45 and 90 degree variants. The 90 degree was more popular, but because of the extra rifling and time in the barrel it would cause the bullet to heat up really bad and the bullet would shatter, it resulted in a shotgun effect. Which didn't matter because they were shooting at Russians climbing there Tank trying to pour gasoline down the tank destroyers hatches and then light the thing on fire.
Didn't the Germans in ww2 invent a curved gun like this?
edit: Jesus it's been five-plus years since I've posted this and this is the most likes I've ever gotten on any media platform. It's not even that good of a comment lol I was 15 or 16 years old when I said this and I'm pretty sure I knew the answer already!
Ya the krummlauf.
Ja, but by accident. It was used primarily in the tank battles of the Eastern German front. Germany made the mistake of not putting a machine gun on top of their Tiger tanks. The Soviets exploited this and started climbing on top of the Tiger tanks to destroy them. The Germans remedied this by using their curved guns. These guns were so made that the bullet, upon the curve, would shatter. This gave the gun a shotgun effect, making it perfect for keeping those pesky Soviet soldiers off the tanks.
Nathan Applegate
Though the shattering of the bullet wasn't a design-feature. more an unplanned but pleasant regularly occuring surprise^^
Nathan Applegate Minor Correction; it was actually the Ferdinand Tank Destroyer, which used the otherwise usless chassis of the Tiger prototype build by Porsche, repurposed for Tank Destroyers and Self-Propelled Guns when Henschel won the Contract for the Tiger which we know today.
Though eventually the Ferdinand was upgraded to the Elefant Tank Destroyer, which did little else but add the missing Coaxial MG.
The Krummlauf was actually a barrel accessory for the StG 44 which was one of the first assault rifles.
This has a Looney Tunes feel to it. They should stamp it "ACME".
That’s true for a lot of stuff these guys do
This would work much better with a smooth bore musket and round ball ammunition. No wonder the bullet tumbles, it's being formed to the contour of the barrel, which is curved. It's probably getting a lot of material stripped off the bullet by the rifling while having to make a hard turn, as well.
+Tombs Clawtooth and many instances, it shatters the bullet, making it fire like a shotgun. It was a good thing for close quarter though, so the Germans didn't complain.
+Tombs Clawtooth hey, I saw you on the last mythbusters video
+Tombs Clawtooth good luck ramming it down XD
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Yeah that would definitely be pretty damn hard with a muzzleloader, though in theory you could also do this with a breechloader that just has a smooth barrel and a cartridge with a ball-shaped bullet. Might take a bit more effort, but it would be more likely to be successful I think.
did anyone else loose it when jamie started spinning the barrel at the end?
How did you know that his anus is loose?
Asking the real question here..
I hope no one
Im getting a cursed halo sniper backflash right know...
Ur mom
the "commercial" is my favorite part of this
0:53 remember me about tom and Jerry.
Duck Hunting *twist* Fish hunting! *twist*
I'm going to pass out from laughing XD
+Joshua Benton
LOL Me too. XD
This comment made me watch the whole vid xD
It's supposed to look like a sideways face of a person passing out from laughing. Get with it smh
I had not laugh like this since the last year I think
"Adam's feeling real optimistic"
"I'm starting to feel real optimistic"
Damn, I wonder how Adam feels about this
Let's ask adam
The world may never know.
my best guess? optimistic
will a 180 degree work so i can give my mother in law one
Rhandy XD
E D G Y
Theres guns that are designed where the gun folds around corners with a camera to boot. A hinged gun if youd think about it.
Rhandy lol
We can speak about it..
1:20 It doesn't care. There's no threshold; the bullet doesn't "remember" its original trajectory and go "oh wait, now I'm going backwards". Energy is lost as the bullet is forced to turn. That's it. If you go down a corkscrew water slide, there's not sense of suddenly reversing course; all you recognize is turning. I thought these guys were _at least_ this smart.
jamie at the end is freaking funny XD
This reminds me of that meme where Tom the cat shoves a double-barrel into Jerry's house hole and it angles right back at his head through another hole on top
just like in da shoah
Who says Tom the cat
LOL "curved ammo not included"
0:18 barrel-ly inches after leaving the gun the bullet began to tumble.
theshuman100 I heard the exact same thing lol
These things were used it ww2 to discourage anyone trying to climb on a armored vehicle. Not much point in a tank if you have to stick your head out to shoot someone, so they had these bent assault rifle attachments that you could stick out from a viewing port and possibly hit someone crawling around on top of the tank or at least get them to jump off.
Yep, this was meant for point blank range so keyholing bullets and such weren't that big of a deal. It was still an unpractical design though and the barrels life plummeted to a couple hundred rounds at most before catastrophic failure
Narrator: Adam's feeling real optimistic
Adam: I'm starting to feel real optimistic
thanks for that narrator
‘That’s just wrong’
Acute observation
Nah, it's a right observation
get out.
Zaeen Camil never
I would have never expected that to work. Mythbusters, your science is an inspiration to all of us.
0:51 "I'm ready for you assholes!"
So the Germans modeled a gun after the episode of Tom and Jerry, when Tom tries to put the shotgun into the mouse hole then it curved right back at him.
2:23 Bent Barrel Gun Commercial
"Adams feeling real optimistic"
"I'm starting to feel real optimistic"
I wonder how they got to that conclusion
Ikr they had no proof he was optimistic
I haven't seen the whole episode so I don't know if this was already mentioned but during ww2 the germans had a barrel attachment for their STG 44 assault rifle called the Krummlauf (german for curved barrel) and it was bent so german troops could shoot around corners and over cover it also included a mirror to help with aiming
"Dry up Dursley you old prune!"
They should've tried it with a double barrel pointed upwards
That's what brought me here lol.
I feel like the curve should be smoother/symetrical for a better result
The problem is any curve in the barrel will deform the bullet and make it impossible to fly straight. Curved rifle barrels were actually experimented with during ww2 and found to be virtually useless after only a few rounds.
The end commerical was just perfect
0:48 huh, that's Just wrong
I think it was more of a "heh" XD
More like hah
Indeed
If a barrel is 21 inches long, but it curls around then back so it measures 5 inches past the receiver, is that considered a SBR?
It seems to me that this could be made more effective with specialized ammo- if you had a round bullet instead of a tapered one, the tumble wouldn't affect the penetration as much. Though you might end up getting curving bullets with the spin.
2:17 Adam got a wound in the process.
This concept HAS been used before!
In fact I believe there was a gun in WWII that used this, but they wore down extremely fast, being machine guns
It's not really the question of if it can shoot at 45° or 90°. The real question is how long can the barrel withstand the pressure.
im actually happy this popped up in my recommendation tab once again,and god i miss these guys lol
I suspect the rifling was completely compromised causing the tumbling action as the bullet leaves the barrel
"Dry up, Dursley, you great prune!"
I fuckin lost it when he stuck that barrel around that corner!😂😂😂😂😂 ABSURD AS FUCK! HAHAHAHABAHAAAAAA!!!!!!
I wonder if it can do 360 degrees
+iliketowin win skrub
+iliketowin win
As pointless as it would be, it'd be pretty darn epic, now also make the barrel of something that is transparent so you can actually ''see'' the bullet.
TheBoltMaster I know that, otherwise I think we'd be using it by now ;)
+iliketowin win You mean 180. 360 is just a straight shot with a loop in the middle
Awsisa zeen uh... 360 is a whole circle, so yeah, but 180 is literally a suicide gun.
I think the point was a barrel that did a loop, and then went out the right direction.
The Krummlauf was a barrel accessory used for the German STG-44 assault rifle at the end of World War II. It was meant to be used as a means to shoot around corners, and shoot from the relative safety of the inside of a tank to fend off enemies who had clambered on. The Krummlauf had a few different variants for different angles of fire, including a 90 degree angle. It even had a periscope system to accurately aim.
After 5 years I’m back and I don’t regret it at all
Same
In the 2.WW Germany actually produced these type of Barrel(attachment) in the 45Degree Version for the Tank Crew of the Ferdinads and the 90Degree Version for the Infantry in Stalingrad to better/easier shoot around the Corners of Buildings.
But there was an slight sideffect the Bullet turned into Fragments and you got an Shotgung with the Firingspeed of Machinepistol
It wasn’t used in stalingrad
"....It's still lethal. How cool is that?" I miss the Mythbusters.
Germany did it back in the 1930's with a STG34 Krummlauf . They even placed segmented mirrors along the barrel in three places so they could even use the sights. It curved left.
They should put this gun in MW 2019 as an easter egg.
They should have a multiplayer mode where players can only use curved barrel guns
That would end up being OP though. Campers would become invincible.
I'm gay
The issue with the wobbling is due to the rifling in the barrel being crushed together on one side. You have more pressure on the left side of the gun, putting spin on the bullet, than you do on the right.
2:30 when I have a flat one xD
Tom and Jerry's Tom cat already did 180 degree gun chalange
Can you shoot a bullet around a corner?
Cod players be like: LOL of course, we knew that already.
The U.S. Had a curved gismo to go on the M3 SMG. It used solid copper round ball .45 ammo. It was meant for a tank crewman to fire from inside the tank at enemy on the tank. And for tank destroyer troops to use on enemy tanks finish off the crews of knocked out enemy tanks. Hand grenade works just as well or better.
I thought this was a really hot barrel, not a 90 degree angle.
2:23 Local Southern Man talks about 90 degree angles
I was expecting RAID SHADOW LEGENDS when he said sponsor
This looks like the kind of rifle that Elmer Fudd might use in one of those Looney Tunes cartoons when he's hunting that "wascawy wabbit".
I miss this show already... *sad*
if i remember, they would actually break after a few bullets, and that the 45 degrees one was the only one that didnt break after a few rounds
i guess you could say that barrel-ly worked
Kind of wanna try this with a smooth-bored black powder musket... because the projectile is already round, and doesn’t have to spin like a football, therefore it’s not as likely to deform in the same way the .22 rounds did in this test...
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“Hans I have an idea”
0:53 "peek a boo"
Myth confirmed. Good job guys. You are crazy myth busters
Do you guys know what this video reminds me of?
Tom and Jerry 🤣🤣
imagine seeing the barrel of a gun through a corner aiming at you
StG44 Krummlauf Barrel !!!
They should’ve made custom rifling for the curved barrel
You could just ask the Germans
Ian did a look-see on a Belgian over-under bullpup shotgun. The sleek hunting rifle profile is maintained with bent barrels.
This is how the guns in CS:GO behave.
this is the guns you unlock when you attain 300ms ping, getting shot behind walls
The Germans tried this in world war 2. It does work but the problem is the bullets speed ends up wearing the rifling of the barrel during it's turn to a point where it ends up breaking the gun after a bit of shooting. Should work for a few rounds though overall 3/10 would not recommend.
The Germans tried this in world war 2. It does work but the problem is the bullets speed ends up wearing the rifling of the barrel during it's turn to a point where it ends up breaking the gun after a bit of shooting. Should work for a few rounds though overall 3/10 would not recommend?
amy shumer is not a whale *MYTH BUSTERS*
Fun fact during world war 2 the allies and axis experimented with 90 degree and 45 degree bent barrels to shoot around corners but they didn’t make a lot of them because the barrel need to be replaced a lot and was very unneeded because a regular gun would be much easier to use and less costly
So the whole 30 mins episode is literally just 2 mins and 22 seconds when the crap is all cut.
The 30 minutes is showing how they make the thing.
😁😁lubricate it with oil haha thats owesome we can win urban warfare with that 😂
Am I the only one reminded of Harry Potter by this?
nawww freakin hagrid
WHOS YOUR DADY? HAHAHAHAHA! XD
This is exactly the kind of video you watch at 2AM before your exam
I mean, the Germans did it. And when were the Germans ever wrong?
Um yes. Yes they were. At least few times.
So the gun shoots around the corner? But its not an advantage since you still have to peek with your head to see, so its better to not bend
Doge This! They put mirrored sights on them back in the day.
Nowadays they put mirrored sights, as well as small cameras.
The Nazi's already tested this in WWII.
The germans
Yes, the German army that took orders from Nazis. Also known as Nazis.
Lieselotte Aya Why do we say "the Nazis," but not "the Communists?"
We say "the Soviets," or "the Russians."
Lieselotte Aya Stop pretending Germany was the bad guy in Europe.
They were led by Mister Rogers compared to the USSR.
When did I express support or sympathy for Stalin and Lenin? The USSR was by no means a fun place, but the Nazis tortured and murdered children and the disabled, and everyone in Germany let it happen because of nationalism. Nazi leaders turned eugenics into patriotism, and that should never be excused, nor should the people who reported their neighbors to be sent to their deaths.
Germans actually did this In ww2, the bullets they used actually fragmented inside the barrel and acted like a shotgun, not very effective but was a prototype that was scrapped after a few field tests.
It makes me laugh when they talk about wheter a .22 LR bullet is "still lethal" or not. It's hardly even reliable to kill people who put it against their temple.
+Antonín Svoboda The Mob might disagree.
.22 is preferred. it's quiet and can be suppressed to the point you can only hear the slide hitting the end of its rails. you don't know anything
The people who put it to their temple don't know that you can survive without the front half of your brain.
.22LR is actually just as deadly as any other. if you think it will "barely" kill on someone's temple, then you know nothing about guns. plus their are LOTS of different kinds of .22. some doing 4000 feet per second. keep in mind that the 223 used in 90% of AR platforms is just .001 larger than a .22
I said .22LR, not .223. And yes, a massacre in finland was commited with a .22LR. I'm just saying it's severely underpowered, and that you wouldn't call a sharp stick or a pencil "lethal", even if its wounding potential is probably more or same like most .22LR,
The US army m3 submachine-gun, also called the grease gun, could be fitted with a 90-degree curved barrel. the idea was for tankers to be able to shoot enemy soldiers off their tank without exposing themselves.
The curved barrel on an m3, of course, is much shorter than whatever Jamie and Adam were using.
demo ranch: "hold my demonitization"
In world war 2 they developed an Stig 44 with a 30degree curved barrel which was used for shooting out of trenches and from cover
Range instructor: point your gun down if you're walking
"You see those warriors from Mythbusters? They’ve got curved guns. Curved. Guns."
Lol I love how they are shooting a picture of Adam.
Regarding the bullet tumbling, this can be attributed to conservation of angular momentum rather than simply from contacting the barrel wall (sort of).
Let's assume, for simplicity, the curve is roughly a circular arc. When going around the bend, the barrel wall not only accelerates the bullet towards the arc's point of rotation, but also rotates the bullet's orientation about that point. This gives the bullet angular momentum equal to its mass times the square of the barrel's radius of curvature times the rate of rotation (in radians per second) about this point (assuming we treat it like a point mass, which is fair when comparing it's size to the much larger radius of curvature). Since the curve continues basically to the end of the barrel, it leaves the muzzle with this angular momentum, however without the barrel enforcing a point of rotation some distance away from the bullet, the point of rotation shifts to the bullet's center of mass. Treating the bullet now like a small solid rod of uniform density (since the bullet now comprises the entire system and is thus not treatable as a point mass) this means it's new angular momentum is equal to 1/12 times its mass times its the square of its length times its rate of rotation. We know the original momentum must equal the new one, we know the bullet's mass is the same, and we know that 1/12 times the square of its length is much smaller than the square of barrel's radius of curvature. So the only way angular momentum can be conserved is if the rate of rotation dramatically increases.
This is why I said "sort of." The barrel wall does play a roll in that it imparts angular momentum, but the bullet tumble is not random as it would be if it had simply been fired out of a shitty barrel. The bullet will always leave the barrel spinning in the same direction as the barrel's curve. If conservation of momentum were ignored, the bullet should really have been spinning the other way as the barrel wall on the outside of the curve would slow that side of the bullet more than the other side as it exits due to friction.
I died when Jamie said "That's just wrong"
Imagine you're about to turn a corner, and all you see its:
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This is the best idea I've ever seen on mythbusters. How about testing it with a larger caliber?
Wouldn't this be even better using 'rocket' propelled bullets like Gyrojet? It has low muzzle velocity, but the speed of the bullet increases over time. Apparently they also don't require a heavy barrel, so using a curved barrel that is arguably structurally weaker than a normal barrel should be less of a problem with these bullets. Also the bullets automatically gyroscopically stabilize, so they shouldn't wobble as seen in this video.
The Germans actually had some of these during WW2 and they were quite popular with tank crews, since they could just "hose down" their tank by sticking the barrel out of the hatch without having to get out and expose themselves. The problem is that the massive friction coming from the bullet grinding itself along the side will destroy that barrel in no time. But the bend had the added benefit of breaking the bullets apart, essentially turning the assault rifle or machine pistol into a sort of automatic shotgun.
ok that ending little gag ad was the funniest thing i have seen in a while