Oversized Guns
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Published 2024-07-23
Ever since their initial conception, weapons that use gunpowder have come in a variety of shapes and sizes. One of the main aims of firearm design over the years has been to make the weapons smaller and easier to handle. There are some cases, however, when this is put aside and the weapons are made with anything but subtlety in mind. Here are a few examples of oversized guns used throughout history.
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All Comments (21)
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0:26 bro isnt even hiding the fact the last guy is the tf2 heavy
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kentucky ballistics introduced me to the punt gun
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When I was in Boot Camp they still used oversized M-16s as punishment. If a private would lose or leave their rifle behind, they would then have to carry one of the oversized rifles around for a few days. They always looked absolutely miserable lugging those monstrosities around everywhere.
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They done gave them stats😭
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0:26 I am Heavy Weapons Guy, and this is my weapon
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0:25 "the cost is 400.000 dollars"
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3:30 people under 5’3” building their goat gun:
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The British had an option to replace the hull machine-gun with the Boys anti-tank rifle on their universal carriers, and also gave the Soviets 1000's of them through lend-lease. And don't forget the Eargishplttenlauderboomer for oversized guns, lol.
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When you are fighting Kaijus, you need big weapons.
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0:26 HEAVY TEAM FORTRESS TWO
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0:25 is that shadow is heavy?
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As a guy from Northern Ireland, I was curious if you would ever consider doing a video discussing the Troubles in NI, from the 60s to the 90s. Could make a good long video or series. There’s honestly plenty of material for discussion.
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In France we had some kind of Punt gun too, it was called "La canardière" it was illegal after an accident where a cow had a Bowling sized hole after a missed shot.
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Imagine in Transformers universe, Bumblebee would use these oversized human guns during WW2, and continued to serve in the Reds in the Chinese Civil War, Reds in Korean War, Reds in Vietnam War, and so on. Bumblebee would also upgrade his arsenals with human technologies; such as M4, MK14, M2 Browning, etc.
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The custom lego guns i buy from some website:
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I love that they had attention to detail, like look at 6:14 when the soldier takes a bullet out of the box on the gun, they didn't have to do that but they did. ❤simple history for doing small stuff like this
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This might not be a popular fact, but the Persians also used the Jezail muskets and later Musket rifles during the Russo-Persian wars. Even though the Persians ultimately lost their possessions in Northern Iraq to the Ottomans, and the Caucasus ranges, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan to Russia in 1722, the Persians did inflict massive casualties on the Russians because of the Jezail "rifled" muskets.
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Punt guns are the perfect concealed carries!
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big boom sticks:
