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2008-02-28 Science & Technology

Pull! - Tankers in Iraq have 120MM Skeet Gun for Jihadi Clay Pigeons

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-02-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Mother MacCree!!! That is one hell of a punt gun! Must be a 6/0 gage shotgun equivalent.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2008-02-28 00:39|| 2008-02-28 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Elevation adjusted, has the capability to engage orbiting satellites as well. There Navy!

Posted by Besoeker 2008-02-28 00:46|| 2008-02-28 00:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Wow! Brutal street-sweeping munition. One shot at a crowd of 50 people would leave a pile of hamburger in it's wake.

Posted by Vanc 2008-02-28 02:21|| 2008-02-28 02:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Incredible footage.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-02-28 03:53|| 2008-02-28 03:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Taliban for two, hang on, we're going to clear the table for you....

How the hell did they film that?

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2008-02-28 06:45|| 2008-02-28 06:45|| Front Page Top

#6 That's quite a spread on that bad boy. Now, will the army brass let the tankers cut the barrels down with a hacksaw to make them even better?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-02-28 07:55|| 2008-02-28 07:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Hand receipt a couple to the Colorado National Guard, just in time for crowd control duty during the [Days of Rage! It's 68 again!] convention. A whiff of grape has shown remarkable success in deterring second offenses.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-02-28 08:14|| 2008-02-28 08:14|| Front Page Top

#8 You just know that the first time they use this thing, the screaming and ranting and raving they're gonna get over it from the usual suspects.
Better if they develop some kind of weapon based on the lemon meringue pie.

Posted by tu3031 2008-02-28 09:29|| 2008-02-28 09:29|| Front Page Top

#9 That appears to be round shot. Now imagine what could be done if they packed little steel pyramids together, each with multible sharp edges. Less distance, wider spread, and blood, don't mention it. I'm sick for even thinking this way.

Posted by wxjames 2008-02-28 09:43|| 2008-02-28 09:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Finally got a cannister round.

We've only been asking for these since the M1A1 came out and switched from the old 105 rifle to the Rheinmetall 120 smoothbore.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-02-28 09:59|| 2008-02-28 09:59|| Front Page Top

#11 FYI, checked with a 19K buddy and these ARE deployed in Iraq already, from what he heard.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-02-28 10:12|| 2008-02-28 10:12|| Front Page Top

#12 would be useful at the Israel/Gaza border

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-28 10:21|| 2008-02-28 10:21|| Front Page Top

#13 FYI, checked with a 19K buddy and these ARE deployed in Iraq already, from what he heard.

A commenter over there at the Evil Youtube link sez he's fired some in iraq.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-02-28 11:31|| 2008-02-28 11:31|| Front Page Top

#14 Jeebers! That's whut Hillary the hunter shudda used instead of the frigging "rifle". She cudda brought down the whole flock 'stead o jez one duck.

Posted by GK 2008-02-28 12:28|| 2008-02-28 12:28|| Front Page Top

#15 I'm just curious if any other Rantburgers (Besides me) know what a "Punt gun" is?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-02-28 13:24|| 2008-02-28 13:24|| Front Page Top

#16 I'm pretty sure the round has been operational since 1st Quarter 2005.

More here.

Posted by mrp 2008-02-28 13:53|| 2008-02-28 13:53|| Front Page Top

#17 IIRC, a punt gun is a boat-mounted 1 to 6 bore shotgun used by waterfowl market hunters. During the 19th century, it wasn't uncommon to have several of these small cannon arranged in battery for the purpose of wiping out a flock of "sitting" ducks.

Posted by mrp 2008-02-28 13:58|| 2008-02-28 13:58|| Front Page Top

#18 I do. My Grampaw had one in Alabama back in the '50s.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-02-28 14:28|| 2008-02-28 14:28|| Front Page Top

#19 Hey Redneck Jim!!! I'm right there with you on this one. Punt guns are... .somewhat frowned upon up here in Canada. . . . not to mention being totally illegal. But if flock shooting is your desire then there's no better tool. Of course proper mounts for the gun are always a problem too.

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2008-02-28 15:23|| 2008-02-28 15:23|| Front Page Top

#20 The biggest problem with using a tool like this. The brave Lions of Islam (tm) never travel alone. They always have their flock of kiddies, pregnant women, fluffy ducks and bunnies as shields. So, if we used this on a crowd, we would get a bunch of them too.
Of course, under the Geneva Convention, using human shields like this is a war crime, but fortunately, the Jihadis didn't sign the GC. Only the US is bound by it.(Even the parts we didn't sign.)

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-02-28 16:19|| 2008-02-28 16:19|| Front Page Top

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