your favorite military weapon no longer in service

[Megacherv]

The X8 rifle. Damned shame they cancelled that, it looks sexy, really future-ish. Would've loved to see that as the next standard rifle, but nooooo....

I want one, like, now.

Exactly the same

 

[Thamous]

-snip-

I have to go with the Davy Crockett [i/]Atomic Annie[/i].

Those look funny.

I suppose I'll say... The Lee Enfield Rifle.
Those are quite good rifles... and all my other favourites are still in use somewhere.

Those are my favourite too. The lee enfield was in service for nearly 70 years. Its hard to top that. It was reliable, accurate and easy to use. A near perfect weapon.
I am also quite partial to the vickers machine gun. Saw service from ww1 right the way through to the problems in malaya.

The 1911 was the service pistol from 1911-1990, totally beats out the Enfield for service history.

Actually, I think some Marine units have yet to phase out the M1911, so it would technically still be in service.

 

[TheRealCJ]

The Gattling Gun. I think theres one left belonging to someones military (Probably the Americans) but its not used any more.

Oh and by that i mean the infantry-ish one. I know that there is a type of fighter jet which has a gattling gun attatched to its nose.

Several actually, but what you're probably thinking of is the A10 Warthog/Thunderbolt, which is a tank-killer. It has a nose-mounted GAU-8 Avenger, which is a 7 barrel 30mm rotary (gatling) cannon. They usually put depleted Uranium rounds through it, because they go through tanks like butter. They also fire so fast, and move so much lead, firing that weapon actually SLOWS DOWN THE JET.

It also accounts for 16% of the plane's un-laden weight.

A10s are AWESOME.

I would have to say the Trench Spike, brass knuckles with a bayonet blade welded onto it, designed to go through the helmet and skull of whichever poor sod you happened to be falling onto, banned by the Geneva Convention 'cuz it's possible to miss the vital parts of the brain and just screw the nervous system to buggery.

But wicked awesome for zombie hunters!

Don't they have to prop up the A10's tail when they remove the system, lest it fall on it's arse?

 

[Jark212]

The German MP44. I'm not hugely knowledgeable about weapons, but my readings on WW2 tell me that was quite the sub-machine gun. Plus it's awesome in CoD!

RAGE!!!! It's the worlds first assault rifle. I'd choose that too.

Spoiler

I'll give my vote to the Crossbow. An elegant and pitiless killing machine. The Bender of the 15th century.

Worlds first weapon banned because it's for noobs, by the Pope...

 

[tsb247]

the spaz 12 i cried the day they stoped production :'(

The SPAS 12 is a cool shotgun, and you can still get your hands on them (if you're obscenely rich and have too much time on your hands). There's only a few thousand in the US, and they don't import them anymore.

On the other hand, they didn't handle recoil terribly well, and were... finicky.

I had the chance to buy one a few years ago for $400. I am kinda sad that I didn't. It would be cool to have one in my collection. However, I too have heard that they had some issues. I also heard that they were picky about certain shells and didn't like to cycle certain aummunition types reliably.

Man, you really SHOULD have jumped on that. My friend almost got one for $800, but he needed to buy an entry weapon (he's law enforcement... frighteningly...), and got a Remington 870 instead.

I couldn't really afford it at the time. Besides, I had bought a Winchester 1897 trench shotgun a few days prior. Mine is NOT a Norinco, but it is not 100% authentic. It is a Winchester factory rebuild.

similar to this (although I'm sure you already know what they look like).

Spoiler: Winchester 1897 trench shotgun

 

[tsb247]

The Gattling Gun. I think theres one left belonging to someones military (Probably the Americans) but its not used any more.

Oh and by that i mean the infantry-ish one. I know that there is a type of fighter jet which has a gattling gun attatched to its nose.

Several actually, but what you're probably thinking of is the A10 Warthog/Thunderbolt, which is a tank-killer. It has a nose-mounted GAU-8 Avenger, which is a 7 barrel 30mm rotary (gatling) cannon. They usually put depleted Uranium rounds through it, because they go through tanks like butter. They also fire so fast, and move so much lead, firing that weapon actually SLOWS DOWN THE JET.

It also accounts for 16% of the plane's un-laden weight.

A10s are AWESOME.

I would have to say the Trench Spike, brass knuckles with a bayonet blade welded onto it, designed to go through the helmet and skull of whichever poor sod you happened to be falling onto, banned by the Geneva Convention 'cuz it's possible to miss the vital parts of the brain and just screw the nervous system to buggery.

But wicked awesome for zombie hunters!

Don't they have to prop up the A10's tail when they remove the system, lest it fall on it's arse?

Yes, the gun is actually almost as long as the airplane. The GAU-8 is a DEVASTATING weapon!

Spoiler: A-10 gun

 

[Toaster Hunter]

The greatest weapon ever- M-1 Garand

 

[Venatio]

the spaz 12 i cried the day they stoped production :'(

Ya, I have to say that is one heck of a weapon. Dont know about performance nor do I really care.

 

[Andantil]

the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle

 

[TheRealCJ]

-snip-

I have to go with the Davy Crockett [i/]Atomic Annie[/i].

Those look funny.

I suppose I'll say... The Lee Enfield Rifle.
Those are quite good rifles... and all my other favourites are still in use somewhere.

Those are my favourite too. The lee enfield was in service for nearly 70 years. Its hard to top that. It was reliable, accurate and easy to use. A near perfect weapon.
I am also quite partial to the vickers machine gun. Saw service from ww1 right the way through to the problems in malaya.

The 1911 was the service pistol from 1911-1990, totally beats out the Enfield for service history.

Actually, I think some Marine units have yet to phase out the M1911, so it would technically still be in service.

As is the Lee-Enfield, which is still in active service for many former-British colonies.

Not to mention that it's still the official Dress Rifle of the ANZ Corps.

 

[Horticulture]

Camel Corps [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Camel_Corps]

 

[TheHitcher]

What is your favorite weapon used by any military that is no longer in service because it was impractical, illegal, expensive, or just obsolete?

Hmm, let's see.

Oh wait. I don't care. Because, believe it or not, I'm not an ex army soldier or some old war veteran. Just a gamer, like everyone else who has posted here. Have people forgotten what guns are for? Yeah, that's right, taking the lives of others. Yet it looks like we're all shedding a tear for our favourite murder weapon that isn't in production anymore.
Sure it's fun killing people in games, but this is a bit far.

OT:
I'm not gonna pretend to know anything about weapons apart from what I know in games so I'mma go with the X8 'cause it looks cool (I think that was in Bad Company, actually).

Actually, guns are a lot of fun when you go to a range. Or shoot coffee cans full of Tannerite...

Er, shouldn't knock whatcha 'aven't tried.

EDIT: And the XM8 is hideous.

Yeah, but I'm not gonna use an Armalite AR-10 carbine gas powered semi-automatic weapon to shoot a cup of coffee, am I?

 

[Skeleon]

The crossbow.
Yes, I know some special forces still use them and stuff, but they're not really a generally used weapon anymore.

 

[Bofore13]

The Browning Automatic Rifle

 

[Motti]

The MG42. Sure, they were German, they were still awesome.

Bren guns, just because they look so badass.

I'm pretty sure there are some newer ones still in use.

Seriously? Who by?

 

[stabnex]

Definately this

The Morning Star, AKA: The Skullcracker