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setsneedtofeed ,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/31d6ab28-92a4-4b49-9eb9-1409f45abe2c.jpeg

XF-85 Goblin

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

Oh yes, the Goblin is an excellent doohickey

Kecessa ,

Me 163 Komet

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/2f4d67a6-f5ac-4b93-9ca1-05a67d132f87.jpeg

stoy ,

Ah the one that melted it’s pilot!

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

Sometimes they (and/or the ground crew) burned or blew up too! Gotta love Nazi engineering that kills a lot of Nazis

snugglesthefalse ,

They briefly considered chlorine trifluoride but it was apparently too hazardous.

dactylotheca OP , (edited )
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

In John Clark’s book Ignition (highly recommended for rocketry nerds if you can get your hands on it. I had a copy but somehow managed to lose it…), he described chlorine trifluoride like this:

It is, of course, extremely toxic, but that’s the least of the problem. It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water-with which it reacts explosively. It can be kept in some of the ordinary structural metals-steel, copper, aluminium, etc.-because of the formation of a thin film of insoluble metal fluoride which protects the bulk of the metal, just as the invisible coat of oxide on aluminium keeps it from burning up in the atmosphere. If, however, this coat is melted or scrubbed off, and has no chance to reform, the operator is confronted with the problem of coping with a metal-fluorine fire. For dealing with this situation, I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes.

MonkderDritte ,

Isn’t that the stuff that explodes stone and burns water?

snugglesthefalse ,

Yeah, it makes really good fuel but also likes to burn just about anything without any encouragement

MonkderDritte ,

I made this in KSP.

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/39834a4c-38eb-45bf-be19-2967f44c2001.jpegthe twi-

mindbleach ,

787 Min.

Jumbo shrimp jet.

The short Airbus.

setsneedtofeed ,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/dd71d9da-a41e-4117-b781-7dfac972b0a7.jpeg

Gallipoli “drip rifle”.

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

Saudi drip rifle:

https://suppo.fi/pictrs/image/c2a9feda-b388-44c4-a59f-47073418eb5d.jpeg

Sylvartas ,

Are these gold plated bullets ? That has to be the most expensive expanding bullets “tech” ever

dactylotheca OP , (edited )
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

The boolets look pretty normal surprisingly enough, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they weren’t. Whichever Saudi prince bought this thing probably wasn’t thinking about cost or practicality all that much

Sylvartas , (edited )

Yeah I actually zoomed in after commenting and they look pretty much exactly like the 7.62 PS in Tarkov (never seen a 7.62x39 IRL so that’s my best point of reference ¯_(ツ)_/¯ ). I just thought they were also gold at a glance because they are included in the carrying case (and there aren’t even enough to fill half the mag that looks like a 30-rounder)

Zink ,

Laughs in defense contractor

disclaimer: I don’t work for a defense contractor

BeMoreCareful ,

What’s that little dodad on the right? Like a matching hat?

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

Was wondering the same but I have no idea. It sort of looks like it’s got a small segment display counter thing at the bottom there, but it might just be a jewel.

Lorindol , (edited )

That is a gilded SAKO RK-95.

I saw one on display in the late 90’s, they were a special batch ordered by the Royal Guard of the Arab Emirates or Quatar, if memory serves correctly. The image does not give away how mindblowingly cool it was in real world.

EDIT:

I was mistaken. It is not RK-95 but some other AK variant, as OP clearly points out in the comments.

dactylotheca OP , (edited )
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

I was in the 🇫🇮 military for a few years so my service weapon was the RK 62 and I’ve seen some 95s, and the drip rifle doesn’t look like either - especially not the 95 which looks much more “modern”, iirc doesn’t have a stockless variant (edit: nvm the drip has a folding stock but way different compared to the 95), has a different kind of muzzle device etc. 62 doesn’t really match either, controls look different, the gas tube on the drip is way more AK-ish when on the 62 it’s kinda blockier, etc. In general the drip one looks more like a classic stereotypical AK than Sako’s stuff.

Dunno what this drip one is actually. It’s a more classic AK pattern but I’m not that deep into pew pews to be able to guess the manufacturer

edit: I know gold plated Sakos exist though, so I don’t doubt you saw one, just saying this one isn’t it 😁

Lorindol , (edited )

I did my service in the late 90’s and a gun just like on the picture above was on display at the gun exhibit at the RUK main hall. It was of course heavily modified according to the wishes of the buyer, but built upon the basic RK-95 frame.

Here’s a link that somewhat matches my memories:

metsastysjakalastus.fi/sakon-aseaarteet-sako-rk-9…

EDIT:

It is completely possible I am wrong. There are bound to be a large number of gilded AK-variants in the arab courts, everyone probably wanted their own after the first one got them. The picture does match my memory, but it was a long time ago…

dactylotheca OP , (edited )
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

Oh yeah like I said they’ve made a bunch of gold plated ones and I’ve likely seen the same gold plated RK you have, but they still look very much like Sako, like the one on that page:

https://suppo.fi/pictrs/image/a41ce93a-1c53-4a7d-bd85-7830a5d51630.webp

Looks like the drip I posted is a Chinese Type 56-1 at least according to reddit and I’d tend to agree, because you’d need to modify a Sako really heavily to make it look that much like an AK, and I doubt Sako would bother since they’d have to custom make everything including the receiver. They do customize stuff but that wouldn’t be customization, but a whole 'nother gun with practically no common parts except maybe some of the guts (even the charging handle is “wrong” for RK95 so the bolt carrier would have to be custom)

Lorindol ,

Yep, after comparing both images more closely I am now certain that I was wrong. The structural dissimilarities are simply too great, even for a heavily modified model.

This is a good reminder for me to keep my facts straight before I start claiming truths online, based on just memories from quarter a century ago ;)

Thank you for kindly showing me my mistake!

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

That’s the shit part about human memory: you never really know if you brain is lying to you or not.

You went with your best knowledge and then changed your view when it turned out you weren’t right, and that’s pretty much the best anybody can do.

Lorindol ,

True.

I think I’ve reached the age where finding out I’ve been wrong about something isn’t all that bad. Accept and examine the presented facts and you just learn something new. And there’s no shame in that.

PlantDadManGuy ,

Perhaps I’m just stupid, but is this designed to fire when it rains or something?

FinishingDutch ,
@FinishingDutch@lemmy.world avatar

That’s a perfectly valid question. The answer is very interesting:

www.awm.gov.au/articles/…/drip_rifle

Drip (or “pop off”) rifles were self-firing rifles used at Gallipoli to deceive the Turks during the evacuation of December 1915.

Fire was maintained from the trenches after the withdrawal of the last men, by rifles arranged to fire automatically. This was done by a weight being released which pulled the trigger. Two kerosene tins were placed one above the other, the top one full of water and the bottom one with the trigger string attached to it, empty. At the last minute, small holes would be punched in the upper tin; water would trickle into the lower one, and the rifle would fire as soon as the lower tin had become sufficiently heavy.

Another device ran a string, holding back the trigger, through a candle, which slowly burnt down, severed the string, and released the trigger.

gazter ,

Iirc, they were left behind when troops moved out. The drip doohickey would make it fire after a while, giving the enemy the impression the trenches were still manned.

Somethingcheezie ,

What was the purpose. Random shots so enemy thinks there’s always some one there. 6-10 shot magazine

Ilovethebomb ,

This was to cover their retreat, they didn’t want the enemy to know they were leaving until they were well and truly gone.

someguy3 ,

I had no idea the Shinzo Abe thing was a doohickey. I take it that’s not a regular bullet? How did it work?

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

I went digging and found this fairly detailed article on it armamentresearch.com/craft-produced-firearm-used-…

The dude had more doohickeys too! This picture of a cop holding one looks cyberpunk as fuck:

https://suppo.fi/pictrs/image/af59c773-e6f7-4f70-8f92-397848c0632e.jpeg

Sanctus ,
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

So this is where Bungie gets their exotic weapon designs from for Destiny

ArmokGoB ,

Legend of Abcrius

someguy3 , (edited )

Looks like a lego guy at first.

The significant plumes of smoke generated when the weapon was fired indicate that it does not make use of commercial small arms ammunition propellant (‘smokeless powder’), and may instead use blackpowder or an alternative propellant. This makes the use of ‘separate-loading’ ammunition (i.e., propellant and projectile loaded separately into the weapon) more likely, as well as increasing the likelihood that the weapon was a muzzle-loading design—that is, loaded from the bore (‘front’ of the barrel), rather than the breech (‘rear’ of the barrel) of the firearm.

the weapon appears to use an electric firing mechanism. Images of the firearm show that an electrical wire passes through each endcap. …This high voltage creates a hot plasma arc between two conductive contacts that can be used to ignite flammable materials

Buelldozer ,
@Buelldozer@lemmy.today avatar

Black powder, model rocket igniters, and ball bearings shoved into a piece of threaded pipe that’s capped on one end. You can build one of these in less than 30 minutes.

Hardest thing to get in Japan would probably be the black powder and it’s completely possible to manufacture that yourself. Everything else comes from the plumbing aisle of a DIY store and a model rocket shop.

MonkderDritte ,

Probably the most prominent electric firing mechanism for 3D-printed firearms has been developed by the user ‘@SuckBoyTony1’. This mechanism uses an 80 kV High Voltage Pulse Generator that converts 6–12 V (the electric potential typically provided by battery packs such as that seen with the assailant’s weapon) into 80 kV. This high voltage creates a hot plasma arc between two conductive contacts that can be used to ignite flammable materials

What’s with this level of overengineering? Just get the Piezo from a lighter and maybe that igniter powder from fireworks and good.

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

I’d guess people have tried those small piezos and they haven’t worked too well (not a big enough spark?), or at least it seems likely most would start from the simplest possible solution. I’d definitely have started with a piezo too if I was screwing around building a zip gun (which I’m definitely not doing)

CoffeeJunkie ,

Firearms don’t have to be needlessly complicated, zeroed in. Ammo, propellant, firing cap/something to ignite propellant, metal tubes to direct the subsequent blast & ammo.

The guy basically rigged up a rudimentary cyberpunk blunderbuss.

MonkderDritte ,

I made in my teens a gun from Lego Technic that shot a lady cracker with another lady cracker. It got about 20 m before the cracker exploded after 0.5 seconds.

Sadly no foto, and it got unusable after about 20 shots.

Sparky ,
@Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Idk i made this a while ago from parts I had laying around in my room. Let’s say I’m terrified when I use it… https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/832001fc-3515-455a-aa9e-25c6736b3052.jpeghttps://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/2959f8bc-1abe-4ab5-ae25-04277db28ef8.jpeg

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

If you were crazy, I’d ask you how the first taze session went

Muscar ,

Ever seen that video of some girl using a tazer as a masturbatory device? It’s a weird mix of hilarious, concerning and disturbing.

NegativeInf ,

I’m gay, and even I want to see that video… for science of course.

syaochan ,

spoiler___ www.facebook.com/watch/?v=382595192286296

NegativeInf ,

What. In the actual fuck?

vaultdweller013 ,

For anyone curious they do make electroshock sex toys, dont use a fucking taser. Use something that isnt built as a weapon. And if ya really dont have the money get one of those fucking electric acupuncture thingies theyre great to harass your friends.

Also I aint into electroshock I new a woman who was and would not shut up about her fucking sex toys. Ive arched enough batteries to know I want nothing to do with it.

Sparky ,
@Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I have touched the pins on the original flash capacitor when it was half discharged, and I was scared it restarted my heart (it didn’t).

With this one I’m even more terrified as it has about 4 times the capacity and voltage, so it would be an even more effective defibrillator.

Also the noise it makes is scary too. It takes a solid minute to charge, and as it does that you can hear a high pitched noise getting higher pitched as the voltage increases. When you finally discharge it, it sounds like a quiet gun shot with echo and everything.

Hubi ,
@Hubi@feddit.org avatar

Username checks out

Console_Modder ,
@Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works avatar

Slightly modified doohickey

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/d0977ab1-7572-41ac-820d-b731b0d80e02.jpeg

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

Well that’s downright demonic

Console_Modder ,
@Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works avatar

You might even say it’s the core of demon…onic s-stuff

fuck

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

You tried, that’s what matters ❤️

gravitas_deficiency ,

F for effort <3

ReeferPirate ,

Looks pretty rad to me

xx3rawr ,

Quite hardcore

NJSpradlin ,

Assuming this worked, how big would the explosion be with this payload?

Schmoo ,

No explosion, just radiation and heat. Everyone nearby is dead, just not instantly.

NJSpradlin ,

How far is nearby? And what timeframe?

Schmoo ,

I was just intuiting the answer based on watching a bunch of educational videos, I am not qualified to do the math on this lol.

itslilith ,
@itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

The closer the faster, days to weeks if you’re getting the full dose, months if you’re unlucky enough to get prolonged medical treatment

Further away, you might get away with losing your hair and developing cancer

yokonzo ,

At that point I’m just picking it up and holding it against the back of my cranium, no point in prolonging it

Lucidlethargy ,

There are few things more terrifying than this concept… To be alive, healthy, and also dead in just a day or two…

Waraugh ,

I don’t get it

Console_Modder ,
@Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works avatar

It’s the demon core.

TLDR: there was an “experiment” that involved using a screwdriver to hold the top half of the cover to get the core as close to critical as possible. One time the screwdriver slipped and the top fell releasing a huge amount of radiation in a very short amount of time.

BruceWang ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/28ecfac4-bc59-454c-aa4f-b303f4f9b6fc.jpeg

Vendetta9076 ,
@Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works avatar

Toob

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

Can a bitch have a crumb of context

gravitas_deficiency ,

*context sold separately

Vendetta9076 ,
@Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works avatar

preview.redd.it/clvsp9niynk91.jpg?width=1080&crop…

Replace the Sten with the doohicky

Thcdenton ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c5225cad-0e05-4563-9f81-858d4a69638e.jpeg

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

Ah, tactical hotdog

Zink ,

The favorite practice weapon of the gravy seals

TheOSINTguy ,

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/e98449e1-dec3-48b1-a8fb-1f739480117d.png

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/1038304e-79fa-4bc7-b030-7acc10836308.png

bbuez ,

Youtube honeypot??

Not sure if this counts, but I feel like I’d be put on a list for watching this

ArmokGoB ,

I think you’d be short a few fingers if you tried firing a live round from that thing.

SkyezOpen ,

I was gonna point out that printed guns usually use proper metal barrels, but no, that fuckin thing sitting in the ejection port looks like a printed barrel. What the hell.

ArmokGoB ,

Even if it had a metal barrel, the forces from firing a bullet would probably tear the gun in half. The gun is made of plastic, and presumably, the hinge it uses to fold in half is also made of plastic.

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

Like I just wrote in another comment, I’m a doohickey anarchist: anything you think is a doohickey is a doohickey.

I feel like I’d be put on a list for watching this

You’re saying that like it’s a bad thing

z00s ,

You mean the cool kids list? 😎

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

That’s what Tor is for

Trainguyrom ,

https://reddthat.com/pictrs/image/3cca00ed-16a1-4b7f-9b4a-662cdd6533cc.webp

Yes that’s a TE3 with rubber tires. I will not be taking questions

Baggie ,

Fuck me but I have questions though

YerbaYerba ,

My guess is that they can kind of steer it by driving only the right or left side wheels. It’s diesel electric so they could individually control each wheel motor.

Maggoty ,

Oh no they tried to put a 12 axle all wheel drive on it. It failed spectacularly.

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Make Gauss proud

https://programming.dev/pictrs/image/d812af63-5ba3-4c5f-8e56-c4cdb33d1dc9.webp

Sylvartas ,

Good ol’ rocket pod technical

AlexisFR ,
@AlexisFR@jlai.lu avatar

The Grad’s distant cousin they don’t like to hear about…

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