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Jan 27, 2026 10:02 PM
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BobAllen2004
SFT2021
Seriously — rotate the barrels by hand while standing in front of the muzzles and you will be dead.
A guy did this on a mini-gun about 10 years ago at a demo. The mini-gun had jammed and he used a wrench to force turn the barrels.
The firing mechanism is timed to the rotation of the barrels. It put a bullet right through his chest. Dead on the spot.
flexstar
MasterMookie
Chihuahuas are such goblins.
Columbus43219
I had four older sisters go to the same small town high school I was entering. I got a new student packet in one of those pocket folders, and it had ten or so highlighted items from the conduct code repeated on the flaps. Six of the ten were DIRECT responses to the actions of one or another of my sisters during their student days. Dress code requirements to "Don't let people ride on the outside of your car when traveling between school facilities" (football team on a compact car)
Cornflakes91
the skippy sisters
SMarkt
AnonOmis1000
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BillandTedsUnremarkableTripToCostCo
PTKrieg
Cornflakes91
im now imagining a zombie-apocalypse-comedy movie where the only thing left is that rotary cannon but the drive motor is broken, so a protagonist is taped to the turret and spins the gun by hand like a cat unrolling toilet paper
WellThatsOriginal
My gun also may fire if "rotated" by hand ;)
Leonon
secretagentchewbacca
Epic use of epic reference
Rodley
Does it say a right to bare arms :-) 2nd amendment?
Kazpur81S
Aw. A Brrrrt and a Tunk-Tunk spotted together
largo33
KnifeKnut
Those are electrically fired.
LariCheltsy
That overhead whistle is SUCH an incredible sound!
kawraith
The GAU-8/A Avenger is one hell of a gun.
AshkorFrost
Cyanide from one of SovietWombles' videos haha.
distractedFreek
Popyachopinafan
OP's image looks more like the turret on the nose of a Cobra
ChazzK
The A-10 Warthog is what happens when they go "Hey we have this gun, it's so huge it won't fit any of the planes," so they build the plane around the gun, and then realize they can also strap every single bomb and missile to it.
That said, any air-to-air jet will eat a Warthog for lunch, they NEED fighter/interceptor support. But if you're on the ground? It's gonna be a bad day.
possumEnjoyer
Funny gif, but the sad reality is that S-400 would absolutely plug that poor A-10 from a different zip code
Hippopotamuswhale
Except on Ukraine ruskie war, S-400 has not performed great at all. Its again been hype of ruskiebastards. I know its capable and perhaps could shoot down A-10 but again its more ruskie hype thing and not as effective as thought.
DracarysBlackfyre
Depending on terrain and flight profile, I'd imagine an s200 is entirely capable of engaging a warthog from BVR. It was only designed to resist short range gun based AA, not large warhead AA missiles
johnxbear
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eXoRainbow
Does anyone know what the name of this person is? I think he is a content creator.
Ihug
I believe that's jontron, or some other spelling. He was the first Game Grumps, other than Arin, and apparently said some awful things that I can't confirm.
johnxbear
I watch his stuff from time to time. He doesn't really get political on YouTube from what I've seen but the occasional remark hits kinda funny.
CreigerRykov
It's JonTron.
SMarkt
the german word for anger is wut. this sounds like wooot! which is nearly the sound you here inside the a10 when it fires the cannon.
MyVirginityIsGrowingBack
Can you rotate it with something other than your hand?
TallynNyntyg
Instructions unclear.
CrisprCAS
The motor, I'd imagine.
UserNamesArentEasy
BeaverOnFire
LitchLitch
It will be educational if you do.
StrokeFlavoured
These are the comments why I didn't become a security engineer.
Chooseausernameandyoureallset
Looks like you could wedge a stick in there
Fairemont
Anyone know how to remove a small cylinder from a larger cylinder without harming the smaller cylinder?
eetsumkaus
IhopeUgetwhatUvoted4
The gas from the bullets cycles most machine guns. This one rotates so likely has a motor.
charondaboatman
Yes
R100GSPD
A legitimate "Paige, No!" situation
circlebreaker
oldDudeButNotThatOld
Like.... The trigger?
Macetheace50
A long stick will do.
TheWhiteBarry
Dang
OdinYggd
Wind a rope around it, loop it through a pulley on a fence post, tie it to the general's jeep that happens to be in the direction it is facing?
IcePhoenix101
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Filanwizard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatling_gun that in the pic is basically this but with bigger bullets and an electric motor. Each barrel is basically its own gun that is cycled by the rotation. Load, fire, eject shell casing, also because this design is externally powered a dud is still ejected while a gas or blowback operated weapon depends on a functioning round. Does also mean its not picky on how it got rotated, if its loaded and a barrel comes to firing position it will fire
DrLOAC
Filanwizard
*using if its loaded as a reference point, i would assume the cardinal rule of gun safety applies to mounted platforms too. Always treat as loaded.
RyvaTheRenamon
Correct.
ImurevJourhein
For the uninitiated, what is this? I mean, I can guess it's a vulcan and a cannon on a rotating turrent, but what vehicle is this?
ChloeRed
Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter
ImurevJourhein
much obliged.
genepoolboy
Not sure, but looks like AH-1 Cobra, an attack helicopter
ImurevJourhein
much obliged.
CrisprCAS
That's a design flaw.
KnifeKnut
How so? Not everything has to be idiot proof.
BeaverOnFire
CrisprCAS
Because it's a bad idea to have a weapon go off unintentionally. That's... pretty obvious.
NKato
There are procedures in place in the military for this and any soldier failing to follow procedure risks getting busted down, reprimanded or kicked out.
CrisprCAS
Yeah... and weapons STILL have safeties.
NovemberAlphaMikeEcho
For civilians, yes. For the military, they need things operational and at its most efficient possible configuration. This is why many military vehicles don't have keys-- can't be scrambling to find keys in the middle of an attack on your base. Is it a bigger risk of theft? Yes, but that's why there are security procedures in place, just as there are safety procedures in place. In the case of aviation mechanics, there are VERY strict procedures in place. If someone gets shot by a lack of a >>
TorrentialUpPour
Lmao tanks don't even have keys, let alone safeties. You're way out of your depth on this, just let it go.
getadogupya
If they survive.
Chooseausernameandyoureallset
That's the entire point of the design. The firing is controlled by the rotation. If you have to actuate the firing pin separately from the rotation you introduce extra lag which reduces fire rate and introduces more complexity which can lead to higher failure rates.
CrisprCAS
There isn't 'a' firing pin, there's six. One per barrel. And safeties are a standard feature of weapon design.
NKato
You basically explained what he said in fewer words. The problem is that some gats have safeties for feed only, since having firing pin safeties on a rotating assembly seems a little hard to do without fucking it up.
When a helicopter has its gat loaded, the first bullet is already in the rotating chamber, hence why hand rotating it is a significant risk without fully ensuring the weapon is empty and safetied by a maintenance technician.
CrisprCAS
No, he said independent actuation of the firing pin. A safety PREVENTS the NORMAL actuation of the firing pin. The exact opposite of what he said.
Chooseausernameandyoureallset
Not related to what I said at all. I said it's controlled by rotation, not by a separate mechanism. That has nothing whatsoever to do with a safety. The separate mechanism could include a safety. It might not. It's a fantasy construct that doesn't exist so you can make believe it's whatever you like.
Don't put words in my mouth.
TheWarHymn
Looking into it, the M134 minigun doesn't have any built-in mechanical safety (the trigger only controls the motor). Standard procedures is to remove all ammunition from the weapon once it lands and dissemble the firing pin assemblies during maintenance. It also takes a bit of force to rotate these barrels so the chance of accidentally rotating the barrels enough for a discharge is rather low.