I've heard this before, and believed it to be a practical design for a while, but when I started shooting, I realized that you can definitely tell when you've ran out of bullets in the mag because the bolt typically locks back and feels distinctly different than a normal cycle
In a combat situation, with other explosions and shit going on around you, it’s easier to feel two pops instead of three or whatever than to notice your bolt locked after three pops.
It’s designed for war, it’s not a toy for the range.
Fair enough. They should've installed a little speaker that went, "sacrebleu! You have run out of ze bullets!" instead. I think that would've been more noticeable than just two pops instead of three.
Also important, if instead you hear "tabarnak" or "calice", that's probably a Quebecois spy and you should leave them alive as your goals are likely aligned against the French.
Should probably change the sound of the gun firing to sound like croissa-a-a-ant so we can tell them apart from American gun which of course just play country music.
Mags are often designed to hold rounds in multiples of 5, so ten, twenty and twenty five can be found for some guns. 3 round burst is common, so a rifle having a 3 round burst and a magazine in multiples of 5 is super normal. Many US military automatic rifles like the M4 also fire 3 round bursts. 20, 30, and 40 round magazines are available for the M4. French ain’t got nothing to do with it having non-multiples of 3 in all magazine sizes. Also, the FAMAS has an available 30 round magazine…which is divisible by 3.
Once you've pulled the trigger for a three-round burst, your hand becomes free and you can change the mag while the first round is still being fired. Duh.
Youtube has decided that I need to see all the badly designed French things... I seriously don't know why.
I watched ONE short a while ago from Top Gear about "the most French French car" and that it had several really odd and objectively bad design decisions, and after that Youtube must have put a flag on my account that says "likes to watch things about the French being shitty engineers".
I haven't watched any others since none of them have seemed interesting, but they keep recommending them.
It's so weird.
25+1 is still not divisible by 3. The FAMAS F1 is just not well thought through. I mean they kind of fixed it with the G2 that takes standard STANAG mags.
yeah was making a bad joke about people forgetting that there's one in the chamber so it could've been like a 29 round mag which isn't divisible by three but if it had one in the chamber then suddenly it works, but yeah you're right
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wizzor@sopuli.xyz · 244 pts · 297d
Except...
This works as a tactile feedback that your mag is empty.
Wine at lunch is just one of their secret weapons.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 297d
I just involuntarily hon hon hon-ed at this revelation
papalonian@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 296d
I've heard this before, and believed it to be a practical design for a while, but when I started shooting, I realized that you can definitely tell when you've ran out of bullets in the mag because the bolt typically locks back and feels distinctly different than a normal cycle
4am@lemmy.zip · 80 pts · 296d
In a combat situation, with other explosions and shit going on around you, it’s easier to feel two pops instead of three or whatever than to notice your bolt locked after three pops.
It’s designed for war, it’s not a toy for the range.
papalonian@lemmy.world · 74 pts · 296d
Fair enough. They should've installed a little speaker that went, "sacrebleu! You have run out of ze bullets!" instead. I think that would've been more noticeable than just two pops instead of three.
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 33 pts · 296d
It's hard to figure out who is out of bullets by counting pops, it's easier to aim at the guys who's gun just yelled "Sacre blue"
papalonian@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 296d
It depends. If you're fighting the French and hear, "sacrebleu", you may just think one of them is starting a sentence.
Nasan@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 296d
Also important, if instead you hear "tabarnak" or "calice", that's probably a Quebecois spy and you should leave them alive as your goals are likely aligned against the French.
Aeao@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 296d
Should probably change the sound of the gun firing to sound like croissa-a-a-ant so we can tell them apart from American gun which of course just play country music.
papalonian@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 296d
Ever wonder why our guns burst fire in three? Listen to the intro to "Fortunate Son".
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 21 pts · 296d
visible American confusion
rockstarmode@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 296d
The rifle pictured is a FAMAS, and the bolt does not lock open after the last round.
Though you're not totally wrong, fewer bangs than you expect on the last trigger pull is pretty easy to notice.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 296d
M1 Garand: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 78 pts · 297d
Barrage à trois
ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca · 56 pts · 296d
Look, buddy, numbers in French are hard enough as it is.
BreadOven@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 296d
How many 20s is the number?
stevedice@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 295d
Half to the fourth.
BreadOven@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 295d
Hahaha.
Routhinator@startrek.website · 14 pts · 296d
The French only learned to count to 60 (except for the dialect that learned to count to 70)
Tja@programming.dev · 9 pts · 296d
But 60 is divisible by 3.
pressanykeynow@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 296d
Not in French.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 296d
lmao
Tja@programming.dev · 1 pts · 296d
I loled. Good job.
stevedice@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 295d
You guys got nothing on the Danes.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 296d
Mags are often designed to hold rounds in multiples of 5, so ten, twenty and twenty five can be found for some guns. 3 round burst is common, so a rifle having a 3 round burst and a magazine in multiples of 5 is super normal. Many US military automatic rifles like the M4 also fire 3 round bursts. 20, 30, and 40 round magazines are available for the M4. French ain’t got nothing to do with it having non-multiples of 3 in all magazine sizes. Also, the FAMAS has an available 30 round magazine…which is divisible by 3.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 296d
It just fires that last bullet three time.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 36 pts · 297d
Ha. Looks like besides the 25 round mag, a 30 round is available. As is single shot mode.
psycotica0@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 296d
Duh, it probably divides by 3 in metric...
RattlerSix@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 296d
8 bursts for the enemy, and if that doesn't do the trick, there's one bullet left for you
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 297d
Once you've pulled the trigger for a three-round burst, your hand becomes free and you can change the mag while the first round is still being fired. Duh.
magic_lobster_party@fedia.io · 15 pts · 297d
It’s the hotdog conspiracy in full effect
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 296d
Be careful, last time I saw french jokes on Lemmy some butt hurt frog came out of the woodwork and exploded in the comments
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 296d
A French person? Protesting? No way!
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 296d
Sacré bleu! Bordel! Mille millions des tonneres de Brest!
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 296d
Hon hon hon
Madu@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 296d
Hehe, bre(a)st.
Madu@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 296d
Youtube has decided that I need to see all the badly designed French things... I seriously don't know why.
I watched ONE short a while ago from Top Gear about "the most French French car" and that it had several really odd and objectively bad design decisions, and after that Youtube must have put a flag on my account that says "likes to watch things about the French being shitty engineers". I haven't watched any others since none of them have seemed interesting, but they keep recommending them.
It's so weird.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 295d
because +1 in the chamber
EldenLord@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 294d
25+1 is still not divisible by 3. The FAMAS F1 is just not well thought through. I mean they kind of fixed it with the G2 that takes standard STANAG mags.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 294d
yeah was making a bad joke about people forgetting that there's one in the chamber so it could've been like a 29 round mag which isn't divisible by three but if it had one in the chamber then suddenly it works, but yeah you're right
EldenLord@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 294d
Oh, I did not realise the joke. But then again I‘m the person who would see a "honk if you like muffins" car sticker and honk because I like muffins.