Russian troops testing a new anti-drone 'mobile fire unit' almost killed one of their own soldiers when a repurposed helicopter machine gun spun out of control and sprayed bullets across a training ground.
In video widely shared by military bloggers this week, a Yak-B 12.7mm heavy machine gun, hastily mounted on a flatbed truck, can be seen whipping round at high speed, hurling the primary gunner from his position and sending live fire in all directions during an undisclosed exercise.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russian-anti-drone-unit-training-mishap-1808191
All I have to say: 🤣
12 Comments
AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 49d
Wow, Then the guy who almost got shot grabs the hot barrel
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 49d
I imagine his brain wasn't working at 100% after nearly becoming a puddle.
cecilkorik@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 49d
He's in the Russian military; his brain hasn't been working at 100% for a long time, maybe ever.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 49d
Hey, he figured out that he needed to duck in the required amount of time. So - half credit?
cecilkorik@piefed.ca · 15 pts · 49d
Was this designed by Russia's finest minds? I like the part where the gun is seemingly intentionally cantilevered out from the rotational pivot point by like a foot in order to make this kind of recoil inevitable. That sort of attention to detail must have been intended to make the gun incredibly accurate and a true joy to shoot. It's also impressive how long it continues firing after the operator becomes airborne and seems to even continue for a few frames after he has been flung into the bushes, knowing the poor trigger discipline of the average Russian conscript this is probably also intentional and seems like a reasonable design compromise.
We are very lucky they are so fucking stupid.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 49d
I like how the shoulder braces are right-angles
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 49d
He missed.
eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 49d
What air defence doing?
Steve@startrek.website · 2 pts · 49d
Got a link to the video?
eyekaytee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 49d
yep right in the link but I just tested on iphone and it didn't work
lets see if this does: https://files.ikt.id.au/vi7tia.mp4
Steve@startrek.website · 3 pts · 49d
Thanks, and lol
albbi@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 49d
Thanks, worked for me on Android.
Good job ducking by that guy on the left. The guy getting yeeted looked like a scene from Starship Troopers just without a giant bug.