This is a community dedicated to discussion around historical arms, mechanically unique arms, and Ian McCollum's Forgotten Weapons content. Posts requesting an identification of a particular gun (or other arm) are welcome.
https://www.youtube.com/@ForgottenWeapons
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/
Rules:
1) Treat Others in a Civil Manner. This is not the place to deride others for their race, sexuality, or etc. Personal insults of other members are not welcome here. Neither are calls for violence.
2) No Contemporary Politics Historical politics that influenced designs or adoption of designs are excluded from this rule. Acknowledgement of existing laws to explain designs is also permissable, so long as comments aren't in made to advocate or oppose a policy. Let's not make this a place where we battle over which color ties our politicians should have, or the issues of today.
3) No Advertising This rule doesn't apply to posting historical advertisements or showing more contemporary ads as a means of displaying information on an appropriate topic. The aim of this rule is to combat spam/irrelevant advertising campaigns.
4) Keep Post on Topic This rule will be enforced with leeway. Just keep it related to arms or Forgotten Weapons or closely adjacent content. If you feel you have something that's worth posting here that isn't about either of those (and doesn't violate other rules) feel free to reach out to a mod.
5) No NSFW Content Please refrain from posting uncensored extreme gore or sexualized content. If censored these posts may be fine.
Post Guide Lines
These are suggestions not rules.
-Provide a duration for videos. eg. [12:34]
-Provide a year to either indicate when a specific design was produced, patented, or released. If you have an older design being used in a recent conflict provide the year the picture was taken. Dates should be included to help contextualize, not necessarily give exact periods.
-Post a full URL, on mobile devices it can be hard to tell what you're clicking on if you only see "(Link)".
-Posts do not have to be just firearms. Blades, bows, etc. are also welcome.
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The new minigun model includes a suppressor, which quashes 99% of muzzle flash and significantly diminishes the concussive effect of firing the weapon— a crucial intervention for preventing operator concussions and traumatic brain injuries.
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2024/01/28/shot-2024-dtv-arms-redesigns-minigun/
TFBtv: [6:11] https://youtu.be/ywF0gW2acAU?si=
It being fired skip to 1:05 https://youtu.be/Z71lPUNa2XE?si=
The vehicle it's mounted on is a Polaris MRZR if anyone's wondering.
A crucial intervention for preventing concussions and traumatic brain injuries... Lol I can only hope it was remotely operated before this addition!
Not always but it looks like this guy is having a good time.
Leaked pre-production image of Gun Devil from Chainsaw Man season 2
Kind of hiding the ball that this redesigned gun is 45% lighter than the M134, and it uses polymer linked ammo.
Like the article says, very tailored towards air use. It does look quite attractive in that regard.