A novel solution to the age old problem of ‘How can I avoid getting myself killed in a fight?’.

This design allowed a WW1 soldier to fire from complete cover. All sides had some similar variant of this concept.

  • FireTower@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    I suppose I’d rather get hit by a scope than a bullet.

    Thanks, I noticed a couple people mentioning Forgotten Weapons in passing while browsing then decided to see if we couldn’t get a community started.

    • awnery@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      i thought i’d seen you post about that nine barrel volley gun, maybe somehere else, but that’s a heckuva wiki trail, with the “infernal machine” and the Korean hwacha medieval rocket-powered arrow barrage

      • FireTower@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        Yeah, that was me too. If you’ve seen a picture of a gun on Lemmy in the past 2-3 days that’d probably be me.

        I’m trying to grow the community to a point where it’s kept alive by just other people posting. I’ve posted like 10+ times a day since then & spread out so I’m not spamming all.

        Pretty much every design you see today has some aspects that someone did long before it. Like how the Gyrojet I posted about shot rocket ammunition just like the Volcanic Pistol I posted.