This reminds me of a flechette from Honor Harrington; a flechette is basically a future shotgun that fires little blades. The main weapon in Honor Harrington, however, is a pulser; a handgun-sized weapon (the rifle sized one is called a pulse rifle) that fires darts faster than the speed of sound. The best part is, you can make the darts explode.Azhrarn-101 said:They use an electric charge to fire yes, but firing 64,000 tiny razor-sharp rounds into an enemy at point blank range over a period of a second or so has to give some satisfaction.Guitar Gamer said:thing is aren't they elictricly operated? I can just see a soldier saying "I'm out pass me an energizer!"Azhrarn-101 said:Metalstorm rifles. (google them, they're nasty and quite real)
The only downside to them is the reloading, these things don't have clips you replace the entire barrel assembly every time you empty one, and that's generally 4 salvoes.
In effect you won't run out of charge before you run out of rounds to fire.
The average Ork weapon then, with the difference that the ork one will, improbable as it is, also fire bullets. Providing said ork believes the weapon should fire of course.ygetoff said:A gun made of solid steel. No barrel, firing mechanism, nothing. You just run around and pistol whip people with it. It would be a one-hit kill.
The difference is that some south-African manufacturer actually builds metalstorm weaponry.orannis62 said:This reminds me of a flechette from Honor Harrington; a flechette is basically a future shotgun that fires little blades. The main weapon in Honor Harrington, however, is a pulser; a handgun-sized weapon (the rifle sized one is called a pulse rifle) that fires darts faster than the speed of sound. The best part is, you can make the darts explode.
didnt they exist in the south park game?BlackJack47 said:A gun that launches a cow...Now That's Udder-Ly Fatal
Maybe you could throw the steel pistol? I dunno.Azhrarn-101 said:The average Ork weapon then, with the difference that the ork one will, improbable as it is, also fire bullets. Providing said ork believes the weapon should fire of course.ygetoff said:A gun made of solid steel. No barrel, firing mechanism, nothing. You just run around and pistol whip people with it. It would be a one-hit kill.
Oooh, I like it. Ideal for a really vicious game for sadists.Pezzer said:Sand-blaster gun, firing a high speed stream of sand, rather like a flame-thrower. Most painful death ever devised by man.
I know that the metalstorm actually exists, I was just using the Flechette example to segway into the Pulser.Azhrarn-101 said:The difference is that some south-African manufacturer actually builds metalstorm weaponry.orannis62 said:This reminds me of a flechette from Honor Harrington; a flechette is basically a future shotgun that fires little blades. The main weapon in Honor Harrington, however, is a pulser; a handgun-sized weapon (the rifle sized one is called a pulse rifle) that fires darts faster than the speed of sound. The best part is, you can make the darts explode.
The rounds are essentially flechettes too, not normal bullets.
They aren't used much I believe, since clean kills aren't something this weapon does very well. Maiming is much more its thing.
I hope you realize that we have to kill you for that pun.BlackJack47 said:A gun that launches a cow...Now That's Udder-Ly Fatal
Nothing would make me happier than to put me out of my moo-sery.orannis62 said:I know that the metalstorm actually exists, I was just using the Flechette example to segway into the Pulser.Azhrarn-101 said:The difference is that some south-African manufacturer actually builds metalstorm weaponry.orannis62 said:This reminds me of a flechette from Honor Harrington; a flechette is basically a future shotgun that fires little blades. The main weapon in Honor Harrington, however, is a pulser; a handgun-sized weapon (the rifle sized one is called a pulse rifle) that fires darts faster than the speed of sound. The best part is, you can make the darts explode.
The rounds are essentially flechettes too, not normal bullets.
They aren't used much I believe, since clean kills aren't something this weapon does very well. Maiming is much more its thing.I hope you realize that we have to kill you for that pun.BlackJack47 said:A gun that launches a cow...Now That's Udder-Ly Fatal