Bet You've Never Seen This Before

B. Lahey · June 24, 2009, 08:22 PM

12.7mm heavy machine gun fired offhand, without a mount (strapped to a walking Russian fellow).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwu3ivAJ68U

One of the coolest things I've seen in a while. Looks kind of like the Space Marine setup from Alien II.

Found this on the gun: http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg24-e.htm

The KORD weighs 25 kilos, so it's not exactly a lightweight. Anyone ever tried this with an M2?

PTK · June 24, 2009, 08:56 PM

That is absolutely insane.

Maser · June 25, 2009, 12:02 AM

He looked like he got lost in the smoke.

HeroHog · June 25, 2009, 12:40 AM

Firing single shot, not F/A? I'm not impressed!

Double Naught Spy · June 25, 2009, 01:01 AM

I guess that it is impressive that he can carry such a heavy gun over uneven terrain in the smoke without tripping, but the randomly fired unaimed single shots aren't impressive.

B. Lahey · June 25, 2009, 02:12 AM

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Firing single shot, not F/A? I'm not impressed!

That's a 2-round burst at the very beginning. The muzzle swings a good 30 degrees, I guess because the muzzlebrake is tilted to the side the way he's carrying it. It's a good thing he didn't go for a 3-round burst or he could have taken out a cameraman.

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randomly fired unaimed single shots aren't impressive

I didn't say it was effective, I said it was cool.

The Russians always have the best bad ideas.

Double Naught Spy · June 25, 2009, 06:08 AM

Sorry, I have completely missed the "cool" factor of that.

So the guy can fire unaimed and poorly controlled two rounds bursts. Why is that cool?

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That's a 2-round burst at the very beginning. The muzzle swings a good 30 degrees, I guess because the muzzlebrake is tilted to the side the way he's carrying it. It's a good thing he didn't go for a 3-round burst or he could have taken out a cameraman.

No, the muzzle brake blow out equally left and right. So it isn't because the muzzle brake is tilted that the gun is doing that. The muzzle brake is straight on the gun. It is because the gun itself is tilted and being held in the manner that it is. That swing would usually be offset by gravity.

As for the 3-round burst, no it would not have taken out the cameraman. The uncontrolled muzzle might have scanned the cameraman LONG AFTER the three round burst was gone, but the burst would not have taken him out. The muzzle isn't swinging so fast or the shots fired so slowly that the shots are being fired at 30 degree intervals.

B. Lahey · June 25, 2009, 11:04 AM

If you don't get it, I guess you just don't get it. You must not have been raised on 80's action movies as I was.

I guess when you saw that scene in Predator with the ridiculous man-portable electric gatling you said loudly:
"What a terrible waste of ammo! That is in no way cool! Such a stupid movie, that guy is dumb enough to be elected Governor of California!"

It's a big burly Rooski firing a heavy MG from the hip. You're overthinking things here. This was supposed to be a silly thread.

goodspeed(TPF) · June 25, 2009, 11:19 AM

Awesome find. Thank you.

aroundlsu · June 25, 2009, 11:25 AM

You are all sadly mistaken. He is a robot cyborg and easily hitting targets at 300m with his terminator vision. I welcome our new Terminator KORD overlords.

seanie · June 25, 2009, 12:10 PM

All hail the Terminator KORD overlords

johnwilliamson062 · June 25, 2009, 12:31 PM

All hail the Terminator KORD overlords

Willie Lowman · June 25, 2009, 08:19 PM

All hail the Terminator KORD overlords

Zilmo · June 25, 2009, 08:25 PM

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If you don't get it, I guess you just don't get it. You must not have been raised on 80's action movies as I was.

I guess when you saw that scene in Predator with the ridiculous man-portable electric gatling you said loudly:
"What a terrible waste of ammo! That is in no way cool! Such a stupid movie, that guy is dumb enough to be elected Governor of California!"

It's a big burly Rooski firing a heavy MG from the hip. You're overthinking things here. This was supposed to be a silly thread

That was fun!

Maser · June 25, 2009, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by B. Lahey

If you don't get it, I guess you just don't get it. You must not have been raised on 80's action movies as I was.

I doubt it has anything to do with what movies we were raised around, but rather that most of us who frequent this section are folks who were raised around the real thing and not how Hollywood portrays machineguns. I'm not saying the video was bad or anything and I am glad to see that the guy did have trigger control and the best aspect of that video was to show that REAL guns have REAL recoil. Imagine Jesse Ventura in Predator trying to fire a REAL minigun at the hip.

Willie Lowman · June 26, 2009, 05:59 PM

It was a real minigun they were firing from the hip, just not real bullets. I have spoken with the man that owns the minigun in Predator/Terminator 2. He said the gun was fired with blanks (obviously) but the recoil of regular 7.62x51mm at 70 per second would be more than Jessie and Arnold could hold together.

eddiejoe333 · June 30, 2009, 10:08 PM

All hail the T---darn! Too late!

June 24, 2009, 08:22 PM	#1
B. Lahey Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,857	Bet You've Never Seen This Before 12.7mm heavy machine gun fired offhand, without a mount (strapped to a walking Russian fellow). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwu3ivAJ68U One of the coolest things I've seen in a while. Looks kind of like the Space Marine setup from Alien II. Found this on the gun: http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg24-e.htm The KORD weighs 25 kilos, so it's not exactly a lightweight. Anyone ever tried this with an M2? __________________ "A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into; the other functions and faculties may be more godlike, but in point of time they come afterwards." -George Orwell

June 25, 2009, 12:40 AM	#4
HeroHog Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2008 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 486	Firing single shot, not F/A? I'm not impressed! __________________ Speedy AKA: Hero Hog, Dr. Speed, "That fat, old, balding, Grey-bearded gimpy guy" *I don't have NEAR enough ammo on hand. `Nuff said.*

June 25, 2009, 01:01 AM	#5
Double Naught Spy Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Forestburg, Montague Cnty, TX Posts: 12,717	I guess that it is impressive that he can carry such a heavy gun over uneven terrain in the smoke without tripping, but the randomly fired unaimed single shots aren't impressive. __________________ "If you look through your scope and see your shoe, aim higher." -- said to me by my 11 year old daughter before going out for hogs 8/13/2011 My Hunting Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/HornHillRange

June 25, 2009, 11:04 AM	#8
B. Lahey Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,857	If you don't get it, I guess you just don't get it. You must not have been raised on 80's action movies as I was. I guess when you saw that scene in Predator with the ridiculous man-portable electric gatling you said loudly: "What a terrible waste of ammo! That is in no way cool! Such a stupid movie, that guy is dumb enough to be elected Governor of California!" It's a big burly Rooski firing a heavy MG from the hip. You're overthinking things here. This was supposed to be a silly thread. __________________ "A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into; the other functions and faculties may be more godlike, but in point of time they come afterwards." -George Orwell

June 25, 2009, 11:19 AM	#9
goodspeed(TPF) Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2009 Location: WI Posts: 1,162	Awesome find. Thank you. __________________ It's a trick. Get an axe. http://www.thepiratefleet.com/index.shtml

June 24, 2009, 08:56 PM	#2
PTK Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2008 Posts: 442	That is absolutely insane.

June 25, 2009, 12:02 AM	#3
Maser Senior Member Join Date: May 21, 2006 Location: Mysterious Cities of Gold Posts: 920	He looked like he got lost in the smoke.

June 25, 2009, 11:25 AM	#10
aroundlsu Senior Member Join Date: December 7, 2007 Location: Louisiana Posts: 156	You are all sadly mistaken. He is a robot cyborg and easily hitting targets at 300m with his terminator vision. I welcome our new Terminator KORD overlords.

June 25, 2009, 12:10 PM	#11
seanie Senior Member Join Date: April 1, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 147	All hail the Terminator KORD overlords

June 25, 2009, 12:31 PM	#12
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	All hail the Terminator KORD overlords

June 25, 2009, 08:19 PM	#13
Willie Lowman Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2009 Location: Uh-Hi-O Posts: 3,006	All hail the Terminator KORD overlords __________________ "9mm has a very long history of being a pointy little bullet moving quickly" --Sevens

June 26, 2009, 05:59 PM	#16
Willie Lowman Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2009 Location: Uh-Hi-O Posts: 3,006	It was a real minigun they were firing from the hip, just not real bullets. I have spoken with the man that owns the minigun in Predator/Terminator 2. He said the gun was fired with blanks (obviously) but the recoil of regular 7.62x51mm at 70 per second would be more than Jessie and Arnold could hold together. __________________ "9mm has a very long history of being a pointy little bullet moving quickly" --Sevens

June 30, 2009, 10:08 PM	#17
eddiejoe333 Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 230	All hail the T---darn! Too late! __________________ Send lawyers, guns, and money.....wait, don't bother with the lawyers.