supposed mystery weapon (small pic)
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imprezagm4
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Haha, it has got to be a decoy/prop. The rifle scope is kind of the dead giveaway.
We have seen much sillier things from insurgents.
We have seen much sillier things from insurgents.
El Tejon
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TexasSIG, "Quaker guns" then???
johnster999
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The buttstock/grip looks made of wood, painted but with wear on the edges. The scope is a cheap 3x9 or similar with typical sporting style rings. The mount looks like 3 pieces of metal welded together. The tube is probably metal (artillery shell or similar?) with another smaller tube inserted in the front.
The shadow at the bottom looks like it has a carrying handle such as on a light machine gun of some type.
Maybe a homemade rocket launcher or training/decoy weapon.
The shadow at the bottom looks like it has a carrying handle such as on a light machine gun of some type.
Maybe a homemade rocket launcher or training/decoy weapon.
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texasSigman has a good point imo..
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Training aid dummy?
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I don't know what, but something is screaming FAKE to me.
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I see the weapon...
... but where is the mystery? an underfunded group of fellahin (that's Iraqi for "rednecks") could reasonably be expected to start making wepons themselves. Unless this is Action Man's gun, it something someone made theirself. Probably said "hey dudes, watch this" in Persian or Arabic before he fired it too. Me and my brothers and cousins made something like that once, we put black powder and rocks in it (ours wasn't shoulder fired, though). We were inspired to this act by an older pair of cousins who had done the same thing a generation or so before (one of them went on to become an engineer, the other one to operate an antiaircraft gun).
If I were going to take down a helicopter with one of those (and I'm not saying I will), I might consider putting some heavy gauge chain down the muzzle as a projectile. If it's a muzzleloader and not a recoilless job (you can make yr own rocket fuel with fertilizer and charcoal). Yeah, a barret .50 caliber might be better for the job, but they cost more than a fellah might make in several years.
... but where is the mystery? an underfunded group of fellahin (that's Iraqi for "rednecks") could reasonably be expected to start making wepons themselves. Unless this is Action Man's gun, it something someone made theirself. Probably said "hey dudes, watch this" in Persian or Arabic before he fired it too. Me and my brothers and cousins made something like that once, we put black powder and rocks in it (ours wasn't shoulder fired, though). We were inspired to this act by an older pair of cousins who had done the same thing a generation or so before (one of them went on to become an engineer, the other one to operate an antiaircraft gun).
If I were going to take down a helicopter with one of those (and I'm not saying I will), I might consider putting some heavy gauge chain down the muzzle as a projectile. If it's a muzzleloader and not a recoilless job (you can make yr own rocket fuel with fertilizer and charcoal). Yeah, a barret .50 caliber might be better for the job, but they cost more than a fellah might make in several years.
Hogfan1911
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Looks like very "tacticool" potato cannon to me.....
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truly amazing
that a former special forces guy working as a reporter in iraq describes it as part of a weapons cache and all the troops in camp living room chime in its a fake. special
that a former special forces guy working as a reporter in iraq describes it as part of a weapons cache and all the troops in camp living room chime in its a fake. special
RNB65
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This is no mystery. It clearly a sub-atomic weasel launcher!
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I think it launches small nukes similar to the size of potates
I think it launches small nukes similar to the size of potates
U.S.SFC_RET
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How about a wooden toy gun and camoflaugen so you can lose it in the woods.
Hardtarget
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looks like something I made for my kids for Hallloween years ago....I wondered where that thing went! Piece of crap.
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Looks more like poor fabrication vs. 'mystery weapon' 
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If he could not tell what it was when he had it in his hands he's one dumb SF guy. We are looking at a picture. I bet 50% of the viewers here would give you a correct opinion if they had it in their hands for 15 seconds.
If he could not tell what it was when he had it in his hands he's one dumb SF guy. We are looking at a picture. I bet 50% of the viewers here would give you a correct opinion if they had it in their hands for 15 seconds.
gabeusmc
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HMMMMM
I would have to pass the motion of a spud launcher, and also would have to strongly agree with the RPG on bottom.
I would have to pass the motion of a spud launcher, and also would have to strongly agree with the RPG on bottom.
woody22-250
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whats this wold comming to,like nukes werent enough .now we have to resort to potato warfare!:banghead:
Roccobro
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How's that for circular reasoning? It's a link to THIS thread!
I think we've gone full circle on this topic. Lol.
Justin
Is it? Or is it truly amazing to believe that the imbedded reporter/SF guy is a human and thus not infallible?
Edit: REDACTED after looking closer at the Cody Picture
Though the idea of a mystery weapon responsible for shooting down US helicopters lends itself nicely to our upcoming action against Iran.
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It has a trigger, but it is obviously homemade, it's not even a decent fake, it could be some kind of decoy, but it's not a weapon. One suggestion is that it might be a prop to appear in a terrorist video, looking at it, and the crude way it is made, that's a good possibility.
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