.50cal machine gun vs. Katana

[TwoScoopsOfViking]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHTJAKN-5k

[Seijitai]

Lol

[Wundai]

So this...is where the strenght of the Katana fails...

They even laugh after shooting such a beautiful weapon to pieces

Oh well at least some of the bullets shattered with it

[TwoScoopsOfViking]

it cut some of the bullets in half. You'll see it when the bullet strikes the blade there is a flash or shimmer when the bullet comes apart. Really does show the strength of the blade.

[Seijitai]

Yep, especially facing a .50 !

[Dermeister]

If it took a .50 to shread that blade u can hold ur head high my friends .. lol

[Vyktrius]

Don't hold your heads too high. I know the strength of a well made katana, but do you realize how hot that bullet must be. It would splinter on impact of a human body not to mention an edged piece of steel.

[Petavian Belgae]

I shot a few +- 200 rounds with a .50 at a target 200 meter away from me (it was an abandod car ) and when i checked in there was not much left of that car.
By the way .It is normally forbidden to shoot with a .50 on humans
(conventions of Geneve)

[Dermeister]

I shot a few +- 200 rounds with a .50 at a target 200 meter away from me (it was an abandod car ) and when i checked in there was not much left of that car.
By the way .It is normally forbidden to shoot with a .50 on humans
(conventions of Geneve)

with the geneve convention u cant shoot people they are war exeptions though but im not getting into those.. buta .50 cal does alot of damage to cars, houses ect imagen a human...altho not as much as the 25mm on my lav 25 coyote lol we use the coax 7.62 for people

[Emperor]

Ahhh, what a waste of a precious weapon.
I hate guns, because you can kill someone by range without fighting him.
Thats not the warriors weapon.

If the Ottoman never used guns, we the arab empire will still live.

Dying with a sword is honor, Dying with a gun is child.

Even some of the bullets were shatered.

[Juggernaut]

Ahhh, what a waste of a precious weapon.
I hate guns, because you can kill someone by range without fighting him.
Thats not the warriors weapon.

If the Ottoman never used guns, we the arab empire will still live.

Dying with a sword is honor, Dying with a gun is child.

Even some of the bullets were shatered.

Are you saying bow, prominent and more important weapon than sword for early Samurai, isn't warriors weapon!?

[Dermeister]

sorry to bust ur bubles but welcoem to 2007 lol were the only place ul find a sword well i nthe canadian army is on a parade square and its not even a katana lol then if u liek blade we do have a bayonette >_>

[TwoScoopsOfViking]

I shot a few +- 200 rounds with a .50 at a target 200 meter away from me (it was an abandod car ) and when i checked in there was not much left of that car.
By the way .It is normally forbidden to shoot with a .50 on humans
(conventions of Geneve)

Geneva states you cannot engage personnel with a .50cal machine gun



You CAN engage equipment, therefore...a side arm is equipment just as a canteen or a helmet is equipment...

[Oldgamer]

Geneva states you cannot engage personnel with a .50cal machine gun

You CAN engage equipment, therefore...a side arm is equipment just as a canteen or a helmet is equipment...

Quite right. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the enemy is engaged with the Barrett M-107, which is a .50-cal sniper weapon. The purpose is to hit the enemy in center-of-mass and literally rip his body in half. If there are any other enemies with the first man hit, they usually give up immediately. The Barrett is a psychological weapon, more than a sniper weapon.

Also, the .50-cal has better ridge-to-ridge ability than the standard weapon, in the hills and mountains of Afghanistan.

With a 59-grain .223 sabot-discarding round (in a .30-06 casing), a 12-power scope, and a Winchester Model 70 (which I carried in Vietnam), I could hit a target accurately at ranges up to 2000 meters. So, the power of the .50-cal isn't needed for sniping.

[TwoScoopsOfViking]

Quite right. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the enemy is engaged with the Barrett M-107, which is a .50-cal sniper weapon. The purpose is to hit the enemy in center-of-mass and literally rip his body in half. If there are any other enemies with the first man hit, they usually give up immediately. The Barrett is a psychological weapon, more than a sniper weapon.

Also, the .50-cal has better ridge-to-ridge ability than the standard weapon, in the hills and mountains of Afghanistan.

With a 59-grain .223 sabot-discarding round (in a .30-06 casing), a 12-power scope, and a Winchester Model 70 (which I carried in Vietnam), I could hit a target accurately at ranges up to 2000 meters. So, the power of the .50-cal isn't needed for sniping.

I served in Iraq, I am quite familiar with what the M2 can do :hmmm:

[Oldgamer]

I served in Iraq ...

Sah-LUTE!

[Wundai]

lol really? forbidden, I had no idea

[Petavian Belgae]

That is it
The most simple peasant can kill a samurai with a rifle.
Shun stu ???

[Dermeister]

i dunno but as soldiers were not simple pesents thats the civilians thenyou have the reserves wich is the millitia then us the professional soldiers then the officers... then the polititians i dont know how it works in japan but its probebly similar. times have changed dont get me rong though i love the katana and if i were to have lived back in medival times id of wanted to be a samurai..... but in our days the samurai wouled get OWNED unless they straped on a bullet/frag vest with some camo and face paint and strap a katana beside theyr camel back and carryed a hand gun and a rifle trust me i tought about it often LOL i evne own a katana i dressed up in my army gear and straped the katana to my back it looked cool LOL! practical.. hummm i dunno

[Petavian Belgae]

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Avoid this kind of comments please - Seijitai