The Weapons Stereotype Thread

[(Fallen)]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

PART TWO

17. Cover Vs. Concealment
So you're a cop, patrolling around, doing cop things, and you get into some trouble; Some crazy bastard is shooting at you. What do you do? Well you'd probably say to open the car door and duck behind it, use it for cover, right? Well a bullet goes whizzing through the air, and punches a hole through that door. You're dead.
WHAAAAAAT?
Well lets ignore the fact that no officer anywhere uses the car door for cover, EVER, and discuss how thin a car door is. It's basically a sheet of flimsy metal, some fiberglass, and a few other bits and pieces. Anything above a small, low-velocity round will go straight through, bam and you're dead. In-fact, they teach police officers to put the ENGINE BLOCK between them and the shooter, because it actually provides cover, and engine block will stop a bullet. What about a desk? Well considering its a piece of wood, that's an even worse idea. Well what about a wall in your house, thats legit right? It's a wall! Well no. Drywall is extremely weak, you can actually punch through it if you try hard enough. This is where we draw the line between COVER, something that actually stops a bullet before it can hit you, and CONCEALMENT, something meant to hide you but not necessarily protect you. A bullet will punch through most solid materials, so the general rule of thumb is "put tons of objects between yourself and the shooter". Brick walls can stop most rounds, so that's fairly safe, but car interiors, drywall, furniture, or a bar are not legitimate cover locations. Even tipping over a table in a place is a bad idea unless the table was manufactured to withstand being shot and lined with Kevlar.

Ive Punched thorugh dry wall before in my house when i got super pissed off and loving punch a hole in the wall XD

[Ad Bot]

[Deathwish]

Most eastern countries that lack supply of clusterforget cold war weapons have tribal gunsmith shops all over the place, making crazy things like 12-gauge revolvers, .303 handguns and underbarrel grenade launchers attached to sticks. If you have a round, you can build a weapon around it, given the skills.

[Zloff]

Are you talking about the guns we make for BL, or the idiots who think that whatever a gun does in a game can be done in real life?

[Dnitro]

Are you talking about the guns we make for BL, or the idiots who think that whatever a gun does in a game can be done in real life?

Idiots who think whatever a gun does in MW2 or w/e can be done in RL

[Cheemo]

can you rockit jump in real life??

[Deathwish]

Attempting to rocket jump in real life results in explosive amputation of legs and severe burns.

[Dnitro]

Is there anything in the average house hold that can stop a 9mm, AKM round, and/or a .50 cal?


You should add "Blown away" to the thread

ttlynotanedit

Ive Punched thorugh dry wall before in my house when i got super pissed off and loving punch a hole in the wall XD

I have too, when not mad at all.

Why are some weapons/bullets measured in mm (9mm), and some in Caliber (.50cal)? Also, why is Caliber measured in decimal?

[Zloff]

Idiots who think whatever a gun does in MW2 or w/e can be done in RL

Ahh, good.

[No2mad2]

I laughed so hard at this. Yuki I love you.

[brickybob]

So, how are you gonna cover the guy falling, screaming, his gun, and his equipment hitting the floor all making a big noise?

1.Random toss.
2.Kill someone somewhat far away.

How will they know?

Old post is old, by the way.

[yuki]

Ive Punched thorugh dry wall before in my house when i got super pissed off and loving punch a hole in the wall XD

No you haven't. You're not cool, you're not funny. Leave. Stop posting, just leave, you're obviously too young to be here.

Is there anything in the average house hold that can stop a 9mm, AKM round, and/or a .50 cal?

Why are some weapons/bullets measured in mm (9mm), and some in Caliber (.50cal)? Also, why is Caliber measured in decimal?

1. Many things. A stud in the wall, a thick piece of wood, a refridgerator or icebox, a metal sink or bathtub for instance? Always assume the bullet will penetrate anything you hide behind though.
2. Naming issues. For example, the 7.62 rifle round is in mm, but if you measure it in caliber it turns out to be a .30, which is attributed to an entirely different set of ammunition (you've got .30-06 Springfield, or the .308 Winchester). Confusion arises in certain situation, like when you say .50 caliber. That could mean a .50 Action Express, or .50 BMG. There's a list of cartridges in 12mm:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50

[Otis Da HousKat]

2.What are bullets and casings made out of?

2. Copper, lead, and tungsten are common materials.

You forgot to say that casings are brass. In fact, I've never seen any modern ammunition that didn't use a brass shell; everything from your humble 9 mm round to the Bismarck's 150 mm cannons used brass. If you know of any that don't I'd like to see them though.

[yuki]

You forgot to say that casings are brass. In fact, I've never seen any modern ammunition that didn't use a brass shell; everything from your humble 9 mm round to the Bismarck's 150 mm cannons used brass. If you know of any that don't I'd like to see them though.

Whoops, I think I skipped over the part where he asked about casings.

[Deathwish]

Some old surplus, chinese and eastern bloc ammunition comes in steel cases, and there are nickel plated casings kicking about. Rare and obscure rounds often come in strange materials, aluminium has probably poked it's head up somewhere.

[Tom]

7. Suppressors (silencers)
...Not really. Possibly every misinformed person who has ever seen an action movie thinks that suppressors change a loud gunshot into a tiny "pew". This is far from the truth. There's a reason they're not called silencers in the real world, you know. They barely lower the volume of sound (I think it's only by like a decibel). The actual function of SUPPRESSORS is to SCATTER the sound and cover any muzzleflash.

Wrong. Silencers can lower the sound by about 30 decibels (by lowering the velocity of the gas escaping the barrel). You're right them not working nearly as good as they do in the media, but they are more effective then you make them seem.