What are some of the crudest, simplest weapons that were ever issued to modern fighting forces? I'm looking for firearms and other modern equipment that was made with cost and simplicity as the leading factors.
I heard that the Russians had some sort of launcher in WWII that lobbed blown glass orbs filled with some sort of explosive. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
Starting with obligatory Sten.
napalm b
bumpin
>>30222350
Volkssturmgewehr
>>30222350
STEN guns make me rock hard. I hypothetically almost wish I could find the schematics for a possibly full auto version/variant of such a device that would in no way ever be constructed.
IIRC, the Syrians used an AK that was retooled for 8mm kurz. It looks the same as an AKM but everything inside has been refit and modified for the smaller cartridge.
I can't find a pic of it that shows off the work that was done so here's an Armenian standard issue sniper rifle. Why yes, it is essentially a nugget action in an AK pattern rifle.
>>30223917
>buy a tube receiver
>make the gun unaltered
>get ass fucked by the ATF
>>30223917
https://www.scribd.com/doc/288878779/The-Table-Leg-Typewriter-Practical-Scrap-Metal-Small-Arms-Vol-10
basically a sten
It was cheaper to throw the M3 away in 1944 than it was to repair it.
>>30222350
The Russian thing was a ~5" mortar called the Ampulomet.
The glass balls were filled with a self igniting napalm mixture.
>>30224087
i dont know whether to puke or have a seizure
>>30224476
To be fair anything that would break would probably one of the welds, which would be expensive and complicated even if it wasn't a $50 per unit gun.
luty smg, although there are ones coming out of australia that are actually very well done
>>30224759
>>30224759
An American motorcycle gang started cranking out knockoffs of it before the cops shut em down.
>>30226340
>>30224577
>welds are expensive and complicated
nigger what the fuck?
>>30226374
Meant in a field setting, not much point in wasting resources trying to unfuck a shit weld when it could be any number of things when you could just say fuck it and send it off to gun valhalla and crack open another crate.
>>30222350
Owen Gun
As an Ausfag who loves his funs, I want one...
>>30226551
And of course I forgot the pic.
![2dhyxiw[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Cs335Wt.jpg "2dhyxiw[1].jpg")
>>30222350
introducing: the Carlo
http://www.timesofisrael.com/say-hello-to-carlo-the-cheap-lethal-go-to-gun-for-terrorists/
>>30224107
>ass fucked by the ATF
Not before your doggo gets capped
>>30224087
>Armenian standard issue sniper rifle
>That pic
>Mfw
No wonder the Turks tried to genocide those fuckers
>>30222350
>>30222350
>Sten
How cute.
>>30227267
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eDkGAAPA2E
I forgot the link.
A lot of sub guns here. Any more rifles?
>>30224087
I no longer recognize the Armenian genocide.
You forgot the shovel AK
>>30227273
So simple even a techpriest can operate it!
>>30224206
Except designed by someone with a history of making shit that would explode if chambered in anything other than blanks. Pic related is the bolt from the MAC build, it's heavy enough to be safely used in something chambered in .32 ACP and anything more is risking it exploding in your hand.
>>30227296
Subguns can be made for much cheaper than rifles due to how straight blowback allows one to use much shittier materials.
>>30228578
That's why it says to add cobalt inserts, which makes the bolt a lot heavier. .32 makes sense for micro designs, however.
On the subject of volkspistols here's the scrap metal pistol design being test fired. He's making the .380 pistol design also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQlyitOGDUg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfvJtjbY9TM
>>30228836
>That's why it says to add cobalt inserts
Doesn't help when, to my knowledge, he never lists how much one needs it to weigh. Also in his earlier books his wording makes it sound optional.
>>30228865
'Tungsten', sorry.. It says to add five on the bolt page.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/234653552/The-Box-Tube-MAC-11-Practical-Scrap-Metal-Small-Arms-Vol-2-pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/b0u3ppwel9aj7ln/The+Box+Tube+MAC-11+%28Practical+Scrap+Metal+Small+Arms+Vol.2%29.pdf
>>30222350
Although it was only produced in small numbers, the International Ordinance MP2 deserves a place here.
Also, here's a simplified garage version.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/07/07/simple-compact-low-cost-submachine-gun-prototype/
>>30228987
>'Tungsten', sorry.. It says to add five on the bolt page.
Nope, all it says it:
>Additional weight can be added by drilling out and inserting tungsten bars or partially filling the back of the bolt with lead
Also the original has no mention of .32 ACP like the version you posted does. Making an edited version to add more or correct mistakes is okay and does make sense, but you should mark it as the edited version so people know that they have the newest one and not older original. The fact that he can't even own up to how he made changes makes him a complete piece of shit and makes me trust his designs even less than I already did.
>>30222416
this desu
>>30229205
>>30222416
I thought that shit was actually complicated mixtures of oils and acids?
>>30224759
>>30226340
The Luty SMGs are shit though due to the lack of a telescoping bolt and the use of single stack magazines, see pic related.
>>30229189
It's kind of interesting seeing them built though.
The dirt simple semi-auto FCG here has lots of potential for other builds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOtofdac3xQ&feature=youtu.be&t=477
>>30229345
That whole cap infuriates me.
>NO FUCKING SHIT THE SMG BUILT WITH HAND TOOLS SUCKS
Are some people too retarded to understand circumstance?
If you need an awesome home shop subgun you build this.
>>30230299
>Are some people too retarded to understand circumstance?
Except homemade handguns accomplish almost everything the Luty SMG accomplishes (minus the full auto part and being able to hold the gun further out with your other hand) with the downside of being slightly harder to make and homemade multi barrel shotguns outperform the Luty SMG in every way and are easier to make.
>>30230360
Dat BRRRRT tho
>>30230405
If the chav beside him gets a slug of brass from a case rupture one less guy to get a share. Brilliant.
>>30230299
The Métral SMG(the one in your picture) is designed to be built BOTH as a part of clandestine operations as well as at home where improvisation might be requiered. Gerald Métral does not recommend the latter, but it is functional, and will get the job done.
Sten
PPS-43
PTRD
>>30226334
What even are these things?
How do they work?
What do the fire?
You see them all over south american riots, but never get details.
>>30222350
Obligatory.
>>30226551
>>30226554
>>30236180
>i have never shot a gun in my entire life.jpg
>>30236180
Well, first, the sights are on the right side of the mag, not the left, and theyre vertical, laterally shifted, not canted with the tube.
>>30236288
I'm currently in an argument with some dolt on YouTube who reckons that the offset sights on the BREN made it inaccurate at anything but long range.
Apparently because he's shot an AR with offset sights his opinion entirely counteracts the opinion of the people who used it in combat....
>>30236348
>I'm currently in an argument with some dolt on YouTube
Ask him if Krauts are three quarters inch wide because that's about how far the sights are offset if I recall correctly.
Unless he's shooting at something point blank that's the size of a Kennedy half-dollar it's not going to matter how far the sights are offset.
>>30236404
Good point, I'll bring it up.
His logic is that we don't use it now, therefore it was always rubbish and ineffective.
>>30226554
Owen Gun<Prototype Owen Gun
>>30229278
Benzine + polystyrene
>>30224087
>>30224552
>>30226598
>>30227307
http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sniper-rifles/arm/k11-e.html
I regret ever saying anything bad about Turkey. Turkey is truly out second greatest ally.
