THR MythBusters: No Touch .50 Kill...

[AK-74me]

Friend says his aquaintance was told it was a .50 cal. rifle.
The camera has a zoom feature so it appears the shots are being made from quite a distance. I must say the results of these shots are impressive with respect to the damage being done to the ever deserving recipient. We're talking multiple pieces of goblin being moved around.

Gramster: that video is BS we have been over it time and again.

 

[Cosmoline]

What of the Hague Accord/Geneva Convention/Other International Agreement (I dunno which) that prohibits the use of antiaircraft weapons against infantry?

I'm not aware of any such rule. In a fundamental sense an AA gun is just artillery pointed up. You can certainly swing it down and shoot some troops on the ground with it. The Hague's idiotic rules against SP or exploding rounds only applies to "bullets", not shells.

Moreover, these archaic rules of war only apply between signatory nations. They have NO APPLICATION IN ANY CONFLICT THE US IS PRESENTLY INVOLVED IN! As JAG has already made clear "...expanding point ammunition is legally permissible in counterterrorist operations not involving the engagement of the armed forces of another State."

http://www.thegunzone.com/hague.html


The entire US military could be using SP rounds in Iraq and Afghanistan without breaking any rules of war. Though of course the Europunks would complain about it. Our troops are being put at risk because of the edicts of a bunch of European suits over a century ago. It's time to give front line troops the same high-quality, lethal bullets we've been using to hunt with for fifty years. The only application for FMJ spitzers should be target shooting and harvesting small fur-bearing animals.

 

[50 Shooter]

Isn't ROOFUS a date rape drug?

Yes, there are those of us that do shoot .50's here. I think your referring to Raufoss produced by NAMMO.

http://www.biggerhammer.net/barrett/raufoss/

http://www.nammo.com/

Most people only collect it as it costs anywhere from $35-$50 PER round if you can find them.