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submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/funny@lemmy.ml

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[–] eldoom@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Isn't this called a ~~deck gun~~ volley gun? They're for dealing with mutinees, the concept was that four people could die at random and nobody wanted to be that guy so they should stand down.

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can find no googley/bingy resemblance to that. But the idea of it, like this giant steering wheel attached to my crotch, is driving me nuts.

[–] eldoom@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aaaha! Sorry for the bad information! It is called a volley gun!

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

duck footed volley gun

A few hand-held volley guns were also developed during the 18th and 19th centuries. One of the most distinctive was the "duck's foot" volley gun, a pistol with multiple barrels arranged in a splayed pattern, so that the firer could spray a sizable area with a single shot.[7] The principle behind this type of pistol is one of confrontation by one person against a group; hence, it was popular among bank guards, prison wardens and sea captains in the early 19th century.

Well done, Captain my Captain!

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

it was popular among bank guards, prison wardens and sea captains in the early 19th century.

So just don't worry about the bank customers, or what?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

It's certainly looks very piratey.

[–] Pr0v3n@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I remember an episode of Pawn Stars featuring these exact weapons and it is as you say, they’re for crowd control on a ship.