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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Krummlauf

It's for clearing buildings and trenches, anywhere the tank commander might want to shoot around corners while staying in the safety of cover

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I always think the funniest thing about those guns is how everyone was surprised that they mostly work.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, but IIRC only for a limited amount of rounds, after which the whole gun is rendered junk

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

afaik, it's still around something like 150 rounds, and just the barrel (and bullets) that get destroyed. Like every other shot comes out more as a tiny shotgun shot than a bullet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm surprised that nobody came up with a gizmo for holding a regular rifle around a corner while keeping the human body behind it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

"Corner Shot" wildly overcomplicated it, but basically it's a fake rifle at the back and a real pistol at the front, connected by a hinge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yup. And for something intended for field use only (no target practice), that's totally fine. If you're so up close and personal that you're needing to shoot around corners and don't need great precision, it's not like it'll need to last much longer anyway, just grab a new one for each op.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Bullets are surprisingly willing to redirect.

https://youtu.be/f5XzBfzfEvg

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

yuo see, it's asymmetric warfare

alternatively

if we don't know where we'll be shooting at, then neither will enemy

i've seen one russian tank ramming its barrel into a tree head on. this probably doesn't matter because it'd be destroyed by now anyway

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Hangs a little to the right. Huh.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

You've got to switch hit or it ends up like that

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

It's no problem, all you need is a good hefty straighten-outer shot to straighten out the barrel.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

For all your horizontal defilade fire needs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

That barrel has gone to plaid.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

That's what happens when the vehicle commander forgets to make sure the barrel clears an obstacle the vehicle is about to drive past.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's to curve the shell round corners during urban warfare. Everyone knows that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Hmm, so the tank version of Wanted?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Our dog only twitches his nose to the left.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've never seen one before, no one has, but I'm guessing it's a white hole