Weapons and Warfare

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:48 pm

MetalHead wrote:most *notorious* weapon. as in well known for slaughtering loads of people

I dare say that the most notorious weapon in existance would be something along the lines of this.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:18 pm

Except for:
1 - I don't believe that's as well-known as all that, and
2 - I'm pretty sure that MetalHead was referring to firearms.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:28 pm

Mikey wrote:1 - I don't believe that's as well-known as all that, and

I didn't really mean Tsar Bomba in particular, just nukes in general.

Mikey wrote:2 - I'm pretty sure that MetalHead was referring to firearms.

Aye probably.

In which case I'd imagine it's the AK-47. It's hard to find a gun that's more recognisable and prolific than that.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:27 pm

Going back a bit further there's also the Long Land Pattern and the India Pattern muskets - Brown Bess.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:58 pm

Well, the Brown Bess wasn't much better or worse than any other smoothbore musket. It just had the good fortune of being the weapon of a globe-spanning empire.

I have to admit that Captain Seafort has managed to shock me. I was convinced that he would have mentioned either or both of the British guns that were the tops of their classes for their time - the SMLE, of course, and the Webley revolver.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:07 pm

Mikey wrote:...the Webley revolver.

Seconded.

Not only because Indiana Jones carried one, mind you.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:22 pm

Was his pistol a Webley? I never noticed that closely... and it doesn't seem accurate. The Webley was an early DA and had a pretty damned stiff pull; Indy seemed to fire pretty effortlessly one-handed.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:32 pm

He must just be that bad ass.

Sonic Glitch · Post by **Sonic Glitch** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:07 pm

Tsukiyumi wrote:He is ~~must~~ just be that bad ass.

Fixed it for you

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:14 pm

Yep.

MetalHead · Post by **MetalHead** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:10 pm

MG42 takes the cake didn't think about that, and yes I meant fire arms, small arms, etc. guns basically.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:24 pm

So the Tompson, AK47 and MG42 (though its kinda iffy IMO) seem to be good calls. The rest seem to fail when applied to the term notorious.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:29 pm

If you want "notorious", then look no further than this:

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:46 pm

Hardly a personal firearm, is it?

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:55 pm

IDK, I'd love to have one on my lawn.

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