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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.

sbv ,

imagine being killed by a doohickey

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

I’d much rather be killed with a doohickey than just a regular boring 'ol gun

setsneedtofeed ,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/10f84485-8a54-4ee8-aa05-de55a90ef387.jpeg

Crowd control M113.

GBU_28 ,

Wuzdis

setsneedtofeed ,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

M113 (Gavin) fitted with M5 Modular Crowd Control Munitions (MCCM). The MCCMs intentionally use the same bodies as Claymore mines for an intimidation factor. The MCCM works similarly to a Claymore, except with a much lower powered charge and rubber balls instead of metal.

The vehicle was meant for military prison control. If a prison riot was getting out of hand, the vehicle could roll up and let off a broadside.

CheapFrottage ,

Everybody gangsta ‘til Gavin rolls up with the claymore broadside

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

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

mindbleach ,

787 Min.

Jumbo shrimp jet.

The short Airbus.

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Make Gauss proud

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

mindbleach ,

Do the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft count? The space shuttle is an aircraft with the flight characteristics of a svelte brick. It’ll land just fine. It only lifted off in Cowboy Bebop. So to fly it from place to place, without taking the long way up, it’d piggy-back atop secondhand 747s. They didn’t bother replacing the American Airlines livery for at least five years.

The mounts on top read “attach orbiter here - black side down.”

dactylotheca OP ,
@dactylotheca@suppo.fi avatar

I’m a doohickey anarchist: anything you think counts as a doohickey is a doohickey. The SCA is a doohickey.

Also lol that text on the mounts, didn’t know about that – beyond the space nerd basics I don’t know much about the details of the shuttle program (but ask me about the AGC irl and I turn into an unskippable cutscene.)

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

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.

BruceWang ,

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

Sylvartas ,

Good ol’ rocket pod technical

AlexisFR ,
@AlexisFR@jlai.lu avatar

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

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

setsneedtofeed ,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c3a03c67-14e8-4bd5-b27b-e0a43520db36.jpeg

M142 kit.

mindbleach ,

Mmhmm. And when does the full firing device come out?

Transporter_Room_3 ,
@Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website avatar

https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/82874f06-fe77-4ebb-9091-2b8fae79aae0.png

Although I’m a big fan of a good old fashioned killdozer.

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