Coolest/Ugliest Weapons V5 - Bullpup AKs are the best

[Trunk Monkay]

[QUOTE=butre;41136099]most guys who run suppressors still use full-power stuff and just use the thing as a better flash hider.

if you want quiet you're running suppressed .45 ACP, not 5.7. 5.7 doesn't carry enough weight to do any damage if you load it subsonic.[/QUOTE]

And thats where my joke stemmed from; in hindsight I should have worded it better.

[Reds]

Did somebody say bladed weapons?
[img]http://snarkybytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/rails.jpg[/img]

[ColdFusion]

[QUOTE=butre;41135651]you know suppressors don't cause energy loss, right?[/QUOTE]

Most suppressors even make the bullet go slightly faster.

However generally when you use a suppressor you use sub-sonic ammo, and sub-sonic ammo will be less powerful.

[Recurracy]

[QUOTE=Reds;41136886]Did somebody say bladed weapons?
[img]http://snarkybytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/rails.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
why did I think to myself 'cutlass' before even reading the label

[NightWig]

From "The man with the iron fist"
[IMG]http://images.static-bluray.com/reviews/7443_5.jpg[/IMG]
"I always bring a gun to a knifefight"
The blade can spin too.

[matrix_1995]

Suppressors muffle the 'boom', subsonic loads muffle the 'crack', isn't that the general consensus?
Suppressors are pretty useful, even with transsonic loads. Excellent flash concealment, and I guess it'd still spare the operator's ears quite a bit.

[Qaus]

[QUOTE=kaine123;41135673]Hey guys post your favorite bladed weapons.[/QUOTE]

Katar

[img]http://i.imgur.com/FZ4YoFe.jpg[/img]

Squeezing the two handles together makes it fan open into 2-3 blades.

[ColdFusion]

[QUOTE=Raijin;41139474]Katar

[img]http://i.imgur.com/FZ4YoFe.jpg[/img]

Squeezing the two handles together makes it fan open into 2-3 blades.[/QUOTE]

Has anybody found out yet, what the sisor mechanic is used for?

[Qaus]

I don't think it has a particular use, though I could be wrong because those things have a specific fighting style to go with them.

The scissor thing might work in conjunction with some sort of technique.

[Edelweiss32]

[QUOTE=ColdFusion;41139566]Has anybody found out yet, what the sisor mechanic is used for?[/QUOTE]

More than likely for parrying, I read some shit on how it was meant to expand wounds after you stab a guy but that seems unlikely.

[Ilwrath]

[QUOTE=Raijin;41139474]Katar

[img]http://i.imgur.com/FZ4YoFe.jpg[/img]

Squeezing the two handles together makes it fan open into 2-3 blades.[/QUOTE]

not all katars do that though, plus I don't think that one does it. The ones that do scissor are pretty useless and serve just to intimidate.

[Richard Longflop]

[QUOTE=Raijin;41139474]Katar

[img]http://i.imgur.com/FZ4YoFe.jpg[/img]

Squeezing the two handles together makes it fan open into 2-3 blades.[/QUOTE]

[t]http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/voldo-sc2fix.jpg[/t]

Voldo. Him along with Yoshimitsu are my favourate characters of the soul series (even if Yoshimitsu came from Tekken originally)

Edit:

Erection.

[img]http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t320/Nyles303/Winchester%20M1917%20Combat%20Shotgun/PA300057-1.jpg[/img]

[catbarf]

[QUOTE=Raijin;41139474]Katar

[img]http://i.imgur.com/FZ4YoFe.jpg[/img]

Squeezing the two handles together makes it fan open into 2-3 blades.[/QUOTE]

Well, not on that one. You can see that the handles are fixed and the blade is a solid piece.

The folding open feature is pretty useless on a weapon, but the katar did enjoy some use in the Middle East as the inline design makes stabbing very easy and extremely powerful.

[kirby2112]

My favorite bladed weapon.

[IMG]http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/graphics/hadhafang.jpg[/IMG]

[Ilwrath]

[QUOTE=kirby2112;41141079]My favorite bladed weapon.

[IMG]http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/graphics/hadhafang.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

I can't for the life of me understand what the short bit of sharp blade on the spine is for.

[kaine123]

Decoration?

[Zillamaster55]

[t]https://crusadeswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/Scimitar.jpg[/t]
[t]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111106003029/camphalfbloodroleplay/images/8/8f/Arabian_scimitar_.jpg[/t]
[t]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yhXC5A5_934/Tn0oNauY43I/AAAAAAAAnWQ/36Gw6n6CRr4/s1600/110923-scimitar.jpg[/t]
[t]http://www.aceros-de-hispania.com/image/arab-scimitar-sword/arab-sword-kilic.jpg[/t]
[t]http://www.swordsdirect.com/medieval-falchion-swords-300.png[/t]

Scimitars, broham

[Tinter]

What use does the curving on all of these serve?

[Gum]

[QUOTE=Tinter;41144278]What use does the curving on all of these serve?[/QUOTE]

From watching Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey, I've learned that curved swords are better at penetrating hardened leather armour than straight swords.

[Zillamaster55]

Momentum. It allows the user to bring the blade down heavier and faster than a straight sword without having to exert more energy.

[Mr. Jelly]

My [B][I]least[/I][/B] favorite bladed weapon is the Gunblade

[t]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110218050951/finalfantasy/images/a/a7/Dissidia-Revolver.png[/t]

why would you even

Like don't give me that bullshit about how it 'sends a shockwave when you pull the trigger at the right moment' or whatever okay

It has bits of a gun on it that aren't actually gun and that saddens me. That's like having a tank where the main gun is made to look like a Tesla coil but it functions exactly like a normal one.

I swear to god, I wouldn't mind this [B]as[/B] much if it was an actual [I]gun[/I]blade

fucking cocktease

[Joazzz]

[QUOTE=Mr. Jelly;41145242]why would you even[/QUOTE]
japan

[Trunk Monkay]

[QUOTE=Ilwrath;41141427]I can't for the life of me understand what the short bit of sharp blade on the spine is for.[/QUOTE]

If you mean the bit that juts out at the top of the hilt, it's most likely to stop the user from losing grip and letting his hand slip onto the blade, and to stop an enemy's sword from sliding down the blade onto the users hand/wrist.

[catbarf]

[QUOTE=Tinter;41144278]What use does the curving on all of these serve?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Gum;41144529]From watching Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey, I've learned that curved swords are better at penetrating hardened leather armour than straight swords.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;41144585]Momentum. It allows the user to bring the blade down heavier and faster than a straight sword without having to exert more energy.[/QUOTE]

I'm no expert in the subject but I don't think either of these answers are correct. Momentum is unaffected by the curvature of the blade, you might be thinking of front-heavy blades like the falchion or butterfly sword which are designed to keep more weight near the tip, so that they have more impact.

The point of curving the blade is to permit them to be used for slashing. Roman and European warfare focused around the use of masses of armored infantry, using primarily polearms, but also swords and shields as a less-common armament. When fighting in a massed formation elbow-to-elbow with your comrades, the only practical strike is a stab, and most European swords are designed first and foremost to be stabbing weapons. In addition to the formation driving weapon design, the prevalence of metal armor in the form of plates or mail rendered slashing essentially useless. Stabbing had the best chance of getting through armor.

In the Middle East and much of Asia, however, this was not the case. Infantry tactics, particularly in the Middle East, focused on more skirmish warfare where individual soldiers had room around them to fight. And in many of these areas, usable iron was a rare commodity, so most armor was made out of (at best) cloth, leather, or lacquered wood. Against a poorly armored enemy, a slash is actually effective, so many of these weapons had curved blades to permit slashing, which is difficult to do with a straight blade.

There are other reasons in specific cases, like how Japanese swords were curved because of the forging process intended to overcome the awful quality of Japanese iron and produce a usable weapon, but in general a weapon meant for stabbing was straight and a weapon meant for slashing was curved.

As an example, and to contribute to the thread, here are some Napoleonic cavalry sabers, used by cavalrymen against unarmored infantry:

[img]http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/9633/10495344_1.jpg?v=8CDC8C22A177920[/img]

While straight sabers existed, curved ones made it easier for the cavalryman to slash his target as he rode past.

[Campin Carl]

[QUOTE=FloaterTWO;41085070]It looks like the OICW and the XM8 had a horrible incest baby.[/QUOTE]

Do you even OPERATE?
The XM8 is the rifle part of the OICW :v:

[Ian]

[img]http://fiberglassblades.com/images/TP-Master-Sword-1.jpg[/img]

Blades? Oh yes.

[TehAgentGuy]

This is the only blade I'm ever gonna need.
[IMG]http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/3/6/9/1/6/webimg/314541706_o.jpg[/IMG]

[Reds]

If we're doing Zelda now...

"Hey, let's make the coolest fucking sword ever and then make you [I]never use it[/I]"
[img]http://www.zeldadungeon.net/Zelda06/Items/RazorSword.jpg[/img]

[Big Orca]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/UPwUHc9.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ed8F1Td.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/EQwUHII.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/lNSFV6o.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/30CDRUB.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/WTATefT.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/sV3rfbx.jpg[/img]

and this fal looks so sharp it counts as a bladed weapon

[t]http://25.media.tumblr.com/a0565a8459e94e6801914c7d5f423585/tumblr_mm5lhxJZJv1rvhbxso1_500h.jpg[/t]

[catbarf]

[b]BOOM[/b]

[img]http://www.royalgunpowdermills.com/_armoury/images/watac_t_0021.jpg[/img]

Early firearms are really interesting to me, they're extraordinarily simple designs but still reflect a degree of craftsmanship on the part of the designer.

Wheellocks are cool too, typically very ornate since they were too complex to be mass-produced.

[img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070127182322/guns/images/5/54/Double-barreled_wheellock_pistol.jpg[/img]