There are some guns created by reactionaries which were actually used in based countries like for example DDR and SFRY used Walther P38 after WW2, and that’s one of the cooler ones imo.

Yugoslavia repurposed MG42 into M53 which looks cool as fuck.

And imo Thompson is one of the raddest guns, and I’m actually used to it being a nazi exterminator along with PPSH-41 since I grew up with old WW2 movies.

Which are your favorites in this category?

  • Soviet Entropy@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    There’s also the “Kraut Space Magic” gun aka the G11.


    The most overengineered gun perhaps ever in mass production. It literally picks up the bullet, rotates it, and then inserts it into the chamber to fire. And it uses caseless ammo for reasons far beyond human comprehension. It is magic because of how infrequently it jams.

    It is also used by the UN troops sent by SEELE to invade Central Dogma in End of Evangelion.

  • EstraDoll [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    There are a few but I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for the FAL. It’s very long and straight, which I appreciate in weaponry and design as those are two qualities I very much lack in my stubby, gay self

  • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
    6·
    3 months ago

    The Jericho 941r is an excellent improvement and evolution of the already phenomenal communist Czechoslovakian Cz75. I would have loved to own one one day if it weren’t for the minor inconvenience of it being designed and manufactured by Israel.

  • Munrock ☭@lemmygrad.ml
    4·
    3 months ago

    What about the Walther PPK? I heard there was this guy in a bunker in Berlin who was about to be arrested by the evil communists, but he used a PPK to stop them and he only needed to use one shot to do it.

  • knfrmity@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    Bullpup platforms are cool. I’ve always liked the FN P90 cause it’s so unique but still very functional. Bullpup long guns like the Barrett M95 also just seem more practical. The combination of a shorter overall length, appropriately long barrel, and center of mass closer to the shooter just makes practical sense.

    • WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      They are SO uncomfortable to shoot though. I’m told you get used to it, but I came away very disappointed after shooting a couple. They’re awkward to hold, the brass is usually ejected uncomfortably close to your face (or in your face if you’re a leftie), and mag changes are obnoxious.

      • knfrmity@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Aren’t most modern ones ambidextrous? Either in that the ejection port can be placed on either side, or like the P90 design where the brass comes out the bottom. I can imagine mag changes being awkward depending on the location and necessary movements.

        How were they awkward to hold in your experience? I have no hands on experience with bullpups but my sense of balance makes me think they’re better with the center of mass closer to your body.

        • WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          Many of them are ambidextrous. But not all, and it’s still uncomfortably close either way. Shells ejecting out the bottom is weird in it’s own way, as that is where your feet/platform are.

          It’s been a while since I’ve shot them, so I don’t recall the exact gripping problems I had. I think it might have been the placement of the trigger coupled with the extremely short barrel ahead of it. But magazine changes were awful, since the magazine was practically touching my boob.

          Edit: Thinking about it further, it was the SCAR that I had troubles holding. On the SCAR, the magazine is still in front of the trigger. So the trigger is pulled back very close to the body, resulting in your arm being tucked very closely in. It was weird, but magazine changes were easier.

          • knfrmity@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            That makes sense. I’m thinking of this all with a cis male body and bias. As are firearms manufacturers I’m sure.

            Doesn’t the SCAR have a telescoping stock? I could be mixing things up though. It’s been over a decade since I paid much attention to firearms.

  • Soviet Entropy@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    the CIA’s Deer Gun and FP-45 Liberator Pistols are American imperialism in the form of a gun but goddamnit if they are not prole as fuck.

    The Liberator looks like it was made out of a soda can and the instructions inform you that after each shot you have to find a stick to eject the casing.