[Boom-stick]

What the most wacky weapon you've laid eyes on?

I saw something ages ago, think it was called "critical mass", or something like that, took up your whole arm.

Can anyone better this?

DW

[1911JMB]

Despite the fact its fictional, I love the noisy cricket from Men in Black.

[Rupestris]

Gun? I don't need a gun. I've got a Donk." -From Crocodile Dundee. :p

[Boom-stick]

Gun? I don't need a gun. I've got a Donk

LOL, goes right up there with,
"that ain't a knife.....now thats a knife!!!"

[Boom-stick]

http://www.weaponsgalore.com/servercode/showpic.asp?id=182&height=600&width=600

I knew I'd seen it somewhere.:)

[Medusa]

Geez, hard to keep THAT concealed. You could use a polearm or a halberd for god's sake, makes the same. Talking about halberds, local gunshop does have a halberd for sale, wonder why.

[Car Knocker]

Talking about halberds, local gunshop does have a halberd for sale, wonder why.

Because of a shortage of local halberd shops?

[Elmer Snerd]

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=21376

[Llywelyn]

Greetings,


Actually that sort of resembles a real weapon. Though historicaly it only had one blade. Though some have been found that had two smaller blades that could pop out of the side of the main blade. nasty if it was stuck in you at the time. Its called a Katar. It is an indian weapon mainly. Like a punch dagger. Later they started putting more protection around the hands and it became a Patar( I think thats what it was called) and developed into the gauntlet sword.

Anyway, there is your useless piece of information for the day. :D

Llywelyn

[tellner]

The difference is that the katar is a well-designed tool. :scrutiny:

India is home to some of the weirdest-ass weapons in the world. Swords shaped like snakes, blades that curve in all sorts of weird directions, hollow maces, you name it. Mr. Reinhart of Atlanta Cutlery calls it "The South Indian Flamboyant Period". One of the scariest to be around is the urumi. Imagine a sword handle. Instead of a blade you have between one and half a dozen razor-sharp steel ribbons at least six feet long. "43 times more likely to kill you or someone close to you...." :eek:

[Soap]

I second the Romatron!

Also that watchband that doubles as a choking/restraint tool. :banghead:

[Smith357]

I built a nice warhammer, it could do quite a bit of damage it I ever used it and it sits by my desk.....just in case. :D


http://home.wideopenwest.com/~josmith/wh.jpg

[Kevlarman]

Also that watchband that doubles as a choking/restraint tool.

You mean like this? :D
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=37415&stc=1&d=1143071094

[Boom-stick]

You can't go far wrong with a warhammer can you:)

[Boom-stick]

http://www.weaponsgalore.com/servercode/showpic.asp?id=175&height=600&width=600

But this is weirder!!
http://www.weaponsgalore.com/servercode/showpic.asp?id=169&height=600&width=600

[Soap]

Why can I see Tom Anderson as an 11 year old boy who while not designing knives, plays World of Warcraft and Diablo II in his parent's basement?

[Boom-stick]

Why can I see Tom Anderson as an 11 year old boy who while not designing knives, plays World of Warcraft and Diablo II in his parent's basement?

I would have guessed Games-workshop, Warhammer.

[Soap]

Boom-stick- YES! I can see the dude painting Warhammer figurines while his mom screams at him to mow the lawn! :D

[Boom-stick]

Dan,

I did try painting Warhammer myself:)

Gave up, too fiddley, just used to get some of the skinny guys at school to paint them for me.

I think that may have defeated the point though:confused:

[RTFM]

The M247 Sergeant York DIVAD (Division Air Defence gun) was born of the Army's need for a replacement for the ageing M163 20mm Vulcan A/A gun and M48 Chaparral missile systems.

This thing was riddled with radar problems.

The most serious being the radar's inability to track low flying targets due to excessive ground clutter. The radar could not distinguish between a hovering helicopter and a clump of trees. And when tracking high flying targets, the radar return from the gun barrel tips confused the fire control system. Turret traverse was also too slow to track a fast crossing target. The ECM (electronic counter-measures) suite could be defeated by only minor jamming. And the use of the 30 year old M48 chassis design meant the vehicle had trouble keeping pace with the newer M1 Abrams and M2/3 Bradley's, the very vehicles it was designed to protect.

These problems proved insurmountable, and in December 1986 after about 50 vehicles had been produced the entire program was terminated.

While stationed at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Al in the early 1980's I was on the team that tried to fix the ECM problems. This is what happens when the big companies like Ford Aerospace and Westinghouse get their way.

There was a competing system that worked as close to flawless that tested against the DIVAD and worked very well, but Ford cried and Westinghouse stomped their collective feet so the DIVAD was picked even though it was seriously flawed.

Another Government boondoggle.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/images/m247-1.gif

[tellner]

Of course, there was the Navy's crewless warship of about the same time. On its first trip out it Blue Screened and had to be towed back to port.

[MDG1976]

Why can I see Tom Anderson as an 11 year old boy who while not designing knives, plays World of Warcraft and Diablo II in his parent's basement?

:D

I agree that he lives in his parent's basement. But I see him as a 40 year old who has never kissed a girl and has memorized every line in Napolean Dynamite.

[TrapperReady]

I've been waiting to do this...

"Leeeeeeroooooooyyyy nnJeeennnnnkkins!!!!!!"

:D

[sm]

First saw the results of insane weapon.

We could not save the patient, I was present during the surgery to save patient , present when patient died, present during harvest of organs.

I saw the picture of weapon later. Busted 40oz beer bottle.

Intent of user - not the inanimate object

Person was intent on injuring, maiming and killing - he succeded.

Most insane weapon?

Total disregard for Moral Law and Living Creatures.

[TrapperReady]

Steve - My dad used to tell a story about a guy he knew from basic training who darned near ended up getting himself killed in a bar fight. The soldier had gotten into an argument with a civilian, and was spoiling for a fight. The civilian acted like he was going to set his beer down, but swung it around, hitting the soldier in the temple and stunning him.

Before my dad and several others could jump in, the guy started digging the broken bottle into the soldier's neck. As I remember him telling it, the soldier lived, but it was a very close thing.

Dad said it was a sobering thing to see how much damage you could do with what you had at hand (literally). Once he was overseas, he saw much more... but that one particular lesson really stayed with him.

[sm]

Trapper-

Sorry I missed this post.

Yes sir, I agree with your post. I read here on THR and elsewhere some "interesting" posts about "interesting" weapons. I know from real life and experiences in the OR and hosptial I work I used to do, two things stand out:

Intent
Accidents

Oh I have seen the gunshot wounds and knife wounds, some made by quality guns, ammo and edged weapons...

It is normal everyday "inanimate objects" that would sicken stomachs.

Ladies and seat belts - seem too many breasts deeply cut, some removed, or require re-constructive surgery due to a car wreck. Ladies really really should have a thick pad on seat belts!

Glass, not just bottles in aforementioned posts. Glass eterge's and folks dusting them and glass shelves fall, fall and break, or break then fall - nasty.
Add big pictures and glass mirrors

Seems we went thru a "chain saw" season, everytime we turned around another chain saw "kicked" and did terrible damage, death if it hits a femoral artery.

Bathrooms/ tubs, showers...forget firearms, these rooms , and tubs , shower stalls...just downright dangerous. Been a victim myself.

Eyes and ears are just vulnerable to a lot of everyday exposures...

Burns

So we can visit about wacky weapons, all sorts of "what ifs" ...just the real world and everyday inanimate objects are the ones to watch out for, respect and use Awareness , Caution and observe Safety with.

One guy put a .357 revolver in his mouth with .357 loadings and pulled the trigger and lived. One guy had 12 GSWs, gang shooting, lived.

The lady getting gas for a lawnmower and static electricity...to late for us, we did the organ harvest tho'