53 points

I think the proper term for these are anti-materiel rifle. Made for stopping vehicles.

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35 points

…it says that in the title

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The title was edited between my post & yours I guess.

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11 points

Fair enough I didn’t notice that

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43 points

I like the plan, and it looks good, but I just feel that dual wielding them may not work.

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Are those massive silencers on the end or something else?

Never seen a rifle that large before.

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Could also be massive muzzle brakes. That rifle must kick like a horse on five different kinds of steroids.

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18 points

A muzzle brake is not a closed cylinder. There would also be no reason to make it that long.

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12 points

yeah, I’m European, I don’t know shit about guns

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5 points

Since we’re all going off what is visible and nothing more: the outer bits seem to be fabric, maybe those are dirt covers?

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They are suppressors (a.k.a. silencers). They work just like your car’s muffler and both were invented by the same guy: the grandson of the inventor of the Maxim machine gun.

It will certainly not make these monster guns movie-quiet but it reduces their massive sound and flash signature making it harder to locate where they were shot from.

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They work just like your car’s muffler and both were invented by the same guy: the grandson of the inventor of the Maxim machine gun.

Well that’s a cool TIL.

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14 points

Flash suppressors. Snipers are very high-value targets.

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11 points

Certainly looks that way. As if it wasn’t big enough already. In most pictures I have seen they have only muzzle brakes, but in some they clearly have suppressors. A useful side-effect may be to reduce the visible muzzle fire for night operation.

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11 points

Flash hiders maybe? Idk

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9 points

*supressors

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3 points

What’s the difference?

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“Silencer” is the older and frankly BS term. Silencers don’t silence anything outside of video games and movies. They more “suppress” the noise and muffle it a bit.

Basically it’s the difference of firing it outside and having your ears ring forever or just for a long time

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They make nothing silent, it’s a false term

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9 points

It’s a Supressor

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weight — 6.9 kg

That’s quite a suppressor.

Compare to an M4 carbine, the current US issue rifle (not a suppressor on an M4, but the whole weapon):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_carbine

6.43 lb (2.92 kg) empty[4]

7.75 lb (3.52 kg) with 30 rounds and sling

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Holy crap that’s a good point. My current AR setup is 8.2lbs fully done up. That’s a huge can.

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35 points

I think this is how you get Americans back interested in helping Ukraine. Girl with ridiculously big guns.

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Not just American’s, all guys (and some gals) are horny for that

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I’m an American guy and horny for guns. The woman is just a nice addition.

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Nah bruh she a tank girl

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She must love taking them out (idk enough about guns to know if this would actually work on tanks)

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