Really? The most magnificent failure of the 20th century is some gun prototype a handful of people have ever heard of and not, i dont know, the Titanic? The Hindenburg? Vietnam?
As far as failures of the 20th century goes, this wasn't worth mentioning! There were the NAZI's, the Soviet Union, more crackpot religious cults that You could imagine.. the 20th century was an incredible jump for mankind in relation to transportation and communication,and that led to many good and horrific events.
The Gyrojet was just an interesting idea at a time where people were willing to back something to see just how far it could be taken is all.
@aaron4820 That is idiotic when people say that. However, it is interesting that people frequently say the inverse of that, using time as distance: "I'm about 20 minutes away," "I live in a small town about 2 hours from Chicago," etc.
@aaron4820 Came here to say exactly that, thank god it was the top comment and there is still at least one intelligent person left in this world. Why do people not understand the word "literally" and not understand that a "light year" is a measure of distance? And this was the narrator from the farking HISTORY channel? The rocket gun was ACTUALLY 786,000,000 miles ahead of it's time. WTF??
ok, in a nutshell, it fired little 'rockets'. it was horribly inaccurate and woefully underpowered. give it some points for the designers trying something a little different, and a couple points for the cool factor, end of story for the gyrojet.
If you want to say "lightyears ahead of its time" thats fine, it's not accurate but I understand it's a figure of speech.
But when you add "literally" in front of that now that's just stupid. It's lightyears ahead of its time sure. But not literally lightyears ahead of its time. Unless you're trying to say its not a gun for planet earth.
@mudkipping No, if you want to say "lightyears ahead of its time" it's NOT fine. Not when you are on the History channel and want to be taken seriously. Irregardless, for god sakes, and other stupid sayings are "figures of speech" but they don't make the speaker sound any less stupid.
@metaleater9 Actually, you are right. DARPA is currently working on "Project SCORPION" (Self CORrecting Projectile for Infantry OperatioN), which is focused on developing small-to-medium caliber (15-40mm?) guided munitions intended for the infantryman to use in the field, based on applications of "Microadaptive Flow Control" technology: the aerodynamic steering of spinning projectiles.
@wadeNYC1 Due problems that they didn't have the necessary technology to feasibly solve at the time it was devised.
Similar to the iPod that you likely own. Its predecessors (prototypes) were failures, because the technology of the day was too limited to create a product that could be suitably compact and yet have the capabilities seen in the iPod.
@wadeNYC1 Its a magnificent idea but poorly exacted. It can work but the rockets need a caseless propellant base. Ive designed some concepts my self as well as stripper clips to load the old 12mm variant as well as a redesigned gun utilizing magazines. The rocket rounds have also been simplified removing the slanted vent on mine as the barrel would be rifled like a conventional firearm. Ive drawn up different caliber variants from .22 to .308 calibers.
@weewoo1010 no, black ops sucks. n $100 isnt a lot of money even for a mini rocket, ur just mad cause ur poor n i gotha money to spend. stop beings a jealous jane brah, u got no swag
@weewoo1010 are you retarded, black ops sucked, you obviously never played a call of duty game because everyone knew black ops sucked n tha captain is right n we both live in a country that isnnt in a fucking recession, stupid american
@ariandynas, If you look at the barrel, you'll notice that it has a series of holes up and down it's length. The rocket propellant was designed to burn for about 50 feet or so, not to explode or burn up in a split second as with a regular pistol cartridge. If the barrel were plugged it would vent the gasses through those holes.
The problem with this weapon basically boiled down to it's being so inaccurate. The round itself controlled the rate of spin,but you couldn't be sure of getting equal thrust on all the nozzles at the same time, due to inequities in fuel burn/ fuel flow and pressure flow problems. Essentially, you are trying to hit a target with a bottle rocket. Yes you can stop the round with your finger over the barrel, because the rocket takes time to build up it's speed before it can do any damage. M=mxv
@rbilzing The other problem was the expense, 50 dollars a bullet after all. Although the part where someone else could plug the barrel I call a non issue, if he's close enough to do that, you're better off getting out a combat knife. Aside from that fact, the bullet (from what I know, so I may be wrong.) would still explode IN THE BARREL, thus defeating the purpose of plugging the gun in the name of "self-preservation."
Yeah put your finger on the barrel and stop the projectile. I'd like to see him do it. The problem of low muzzle velo of these bullets is usually exaggerated.
I think maybe if we develop a special casing which simultaneously strikes the primer and propels the round using a separate explosion, this technology could be made more plausible.
omg, bitch bitch, whine whine. Its a prototype, did they really expect some shitty beta model with crude ammunition to be instantly better than all other firearms?
The first muskets sucked and were expensive as well, does that mean all our ancestors should have thrown them away in favor of a long bow?
The first muskets were also an extremely primitive weapon that operated on a principle that had almost never been seen before. The Gyrojet is coming after many years of rocket and firearms research and development and it really wouldn't be any better than a regular 1911.
@chitoryu12 nope, a normal gun needs air to shoot the bullets, because it takes fire to propelled a fireweapon. a Gyrojet uses solid rocket fuel with does not require air.
@sevyyves937 no actually smokeless gunpowder is self oxidizing, a gun will fire in space and actually at a higher muzzle velocity due to lack of atmospheric pressure. I think the problem in space is Newton's third law (for spacewalks at least).
@ToxicLaughFilms Too bad that's irrelivent since my Tau's pulse rifle is 10 times better than the bolter, and not only that, it comes standard with Fire Warriors.
the only conceivable use of a gyrojet in the modern battlefield would be either to extend the range of sniper ammunition by adding the rocket on top of a conventional round OR to enable an individual to fire extremely large calibres out of a handheld weapon without destroying his shoulder.
My Dad & I own a couple of these, and have shot them on occasion. It's amazing how light the weapon itself is; I've owned cap guns with more weight to them.
Makes you wonder what this gun could've been if they had continued development and successfully ironed out the problems... might've changed the face of warfare as we know it.
i wonder if it would have been a failure if instead of a handgun with at most an 8 inch barrel they made an assualt rilfe version with a 16-18 inch barrel
@zephyr40k Well i m not a small arm expert, but if you can launch this projectile with closed chamber, it is commonsense that it will travel with a initial lethal speed as any other small arms bullet.
Plus, in future, with technological development scientist can produce guided bullets. They should think about it.
And if my idea is technically wrong then someone correct me on this.
@a11457exp we probably can produce guided bullets, but only with High caliber rifle bullets like the .50 Bmg, mainly because a bullet can only turn so much when it's traveling supersonic, but with GPS, durable motors and some fins i bet you could make a guided bullet
I think that problem can be solved, the bullet has to stay in the reciever until has enough force to move a force trigger so that the round can have enough thrust for low range.
I can see this technology returning for the next evolutionary step of micro-smart munitions. Small high-gravity resistant circuitry guidance system that has the ability to be shoot over, under, and round objects and detonate at set distances. I'm sure arms developers have been researching smart ammo for many years, the gyrojet pistol and rifle were just the beginning of the cycle.
@Garduus Wouldn't even need circuitry in the round, really. Have the guidance system built into the weapon. If the flow of air through the nozzles of the ammunition could be controlled by the firing mechanism you could simply 'program' a bullet's trajectory at the moment of firing by limiting the amount of air coming from certain nozzles. If nozzle control were fine tuned enough a gun could shoot precisely around corners with a simple set of precalculated air flow ratios.
@mrfrankincense sorry if that was a response to someone else, but from what i read in your comment... i dont think you understand how it works, no rifling = less recoil, the gyrojet stabilizes the rocket/bullet by spinning it so there's no need for rifling. the concept is sound, the implimentation and limited technology made it a failure, another attempt with military funding today in the US could result in a fully-automatic 20mm rocket launcher, and would have a similar profile to a LMG or SAW.
@KottonmouthSoldiers no i was quoting the ignorant guy in the video who said; there's no rifling, so it's innacurate! that's why i put the time. you're not so fast are you?
Uh no. Modern powder reacts with oxygen already in it. All modern cartridges are fully self contained and CAN be fired in space (or hell, underwater, dont expect to hit anything though). The reason is because firearms actions suffer from wear and tear, and to reduce this, lubricants are used so parts dont just smash into each other. In open space, the lack of pressure means the lubricant boils off, so everytime a gun fires, the parts try to destroy each other.
true. but with oxygen being absent everywhere outside of the gun (not to mention the freezing temperatures), the gun or at the very least its firing mechanism would be likely to shatter (due to the high pressure and temperature of exploding powder and the zero pressure of empty space)
Duh... Recoil of a conventional weapon would drive the astronaut away if fired in outer space. Or make him bounce between the walls (OK, now I'm exaggerating) in a spaceship or space station with no gravity to hold him planted.
Well that doesn't address the question at all.....as to why the Gyrojet wouldn't be affected or "shatter."
And it's not like the Gyrojet's projectile would still generate recoil on the weapon itself. There's no difference there between it and a conventional weapon. They both would cause a back force.
There's recoil and there's recoil. You have got recoilless rifles and you have got conventional cannons. Both recoil, but how much? You fire RPG's by resting on your shoulder but wouldn't even think of firing a mortar that way. Because there's "slight recoil" and there's "full recoil".
And nothing should shatter. 1 atmosphere is equal to 14.6 PSI. The SAAMI values for the internal pressure of a conventional .45 ACP pistol is 21.000. Just 14 psi can't counterbalance 21.000.
The gyrojet produces very little recoil when fired due to the fact that it releases it's energy stored over time, as opposed to all at once like a bullet (imagine the difference between letting go of the opening of an untied balloon and popping it) and will be well clear of the barrel of the weapon before most of the held energy is released.
I'm not sure what all this business about shattering is.
Also, and I'm surprised nobody caught onto this yet, what julesville meant when when he said '"literally lightyears ahead of it's time" You'd figure the freaken' history channel wouldn't make such a dumb mistake.' is that lightyears are a measure of distance, not time.
@KLove3232 actually ANY projectile launched (even the small impulse from this) will send the shooter back not a couple yards but to INFINITY! That's Newton, once it's got a velocity, minus friction or another force it will not stop.
The question is a matter of velocity, yes a .45 will push them back but a barely perceptible amount, about 1 meter per MINUTE velocity. Simple vector controls could counter for even firing off say 20 rounds.
@perreterecon Except that in microgravity, there's nothing to hold you or your arm in place, so when your body absorbs the recoil, it does so by being pushed backwards violently.
@Keebalicious It'll make you travel in the opposite direction at maybe 10 centimeters per second. It's not much of a problem if you're firing just a few rounds or can brace against a wall, but I can imagine how doing something like firing a magazine off an assault rifle would cause you trouble if you're floating around in empty space, even with a thruster pack.
@Elukka Yes, it wouldn't be the sort of cartoony flying backwards which I guess is implied by my choice of words, but it would still be a problem if you managed to get into some sort of firefight.
@perreterecon A suppressor would do absolutely nothing. The recoil generated is because of the energy released when the bullet's propellant ignites, which is what propels the bullet out of the gun and powers the automatic loading system of most modern automatic and semi-automatic weapons.
@Keebalicious the recoil on these weapons is always going to be lower than a normal gun. the recoil of a gun is equal to projectile energy, the energy in a gun is released while inside the gun. in a gyrojet the energy is released throughout the journey, only a small portion is within the gun so small recoil
I think if they combine this sort of gun with modern gun technology, it would make it a perfect gun. Cause the problem seems to be at combustion. But this gun would make an amazing rifle, since it is literally just a rocket in a smaller form.
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PSXDooMERR 1 week ago
I love the dumbasses who talk on history channel and try and speak as dramatic as possible...
bravocmdr 1 month ago
@bravocmdr what are you talking about? history channel is the shit.
holahahaful 3 weeks ago
What's with the Russian subtitles? Did the History Channel send a copy off to the Russians so they could copy the weapon?
off2theright 1 month ago
We're 40,000 years away from a functioning version
flashn00b 1 month ago
@flashn00b WH40K?
katarjin 1 month ago
65% more bullet per bullet
TheXXFLIGHTXX 1 month ago
Really? The most magnificent failure of the 20th century is some gun prototype a handful of people have ever heard of and not, i dont know, the Titanic? The Hindenburg? Vietnam?
Superabound2 1 month ago
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how is it amazing and revolutionary if it is a magnificent failure of the 20th century?
wadeNYC1 2 months ago
Hard to be taken seriously when the double negative improper "irregardless" is used. But I get your point
elox02 2 months ago
As far as failures of the 20th century goes, this wasn't worth mentioning! There were the NAZI's, the Soviet Union, more crackpot religious cults that You could imagine.. the 20th century was an incredible jump for mankind in relation to transportation and communication,and that led to many good and horrific events.
The Gyrojet was just an interesting idea at a time where people were willing to back something to see just how far it could be taken is all.
Oldbmwr100rs 2 months ago
its gonna take 40000 years before they make a gyrojet work
DocterEvil111 2 months ago
how was it "LITERALLY lightyears ahead of its time"... that's like saying... "why are you late? I have been waiting for you for 50 yards"
aaron4820 3 months ago 39
@aaron4820 That is idiotic when people say that. However, it is interesting that people frequently say the inverse of that, using time as distance: "I'm about 20 minutes away," "I live in a small town about 2 hours from Chicago," etc.
Riflemanm16a2 3 months ago
@aaron4820 Came here to say exactly that, thank god it was the top comment and there is still at least one intelligent person left in this world. Why do people not understand the word "literally" and not understand that a "light year" is a measure of distance? And this was the narrator from the farking HISTORY channel? The rocket gun was ACTUALLY 786,000,000 miles ahead of it's time. WTF??
jdub53202 2 months ago
I fucking love guns!!!
TheToasteeee 3 months ago
who had a gyrojet pistol in star frontiers rpg? my vrusk was the shit
RichardPortis 3 months ago
IRL bolter
WilhelmScreamer 3 months ago
ok, in a nutshell, it fired little 'rockets'. it was horribly inaccurate and woefully underpowered. give it some points for the designers trying something a little different, and a couple points for the cool factor, end of story for the gyrojet.
bure998 3 months ago
This reminds me of WH40k.
IAmTheStig320 3 months ago
Which episode is this from?
nasanasa3 3 months ago
>"literally lightyears ahead of its time"
Lightyears are a unit of distance not time.
If you want to say "lightyears ahead of its time" thats fine, it's not accurate but I understand it's a figure of speech.
But when you add "literally" in front of that now that's just stupid. It's lightyears ahead of its time sure. But not literally lightyears ahead of its time. Unless you're trying to say its not a gun for planet earth.
mudkipping 3 months ago
@mudkipping You, sir, are a smartass, and no one likes those.
Thelonesniper101 3 months ago
@mudkipping No, if you want to say "lightyears ahead of its time" it's NOT fine. Not when you are on the History channel and want to be taken seriously. Irregardless, for god sakes, and other stupid sayings are "figures of speech" but they don't make the speaker sound any less stupid.
jdub53202 2 months ago
how is it magnificent and revolutionary if its magnificent failure of the 20th century?
wadeNYC1 4 months ago 11
@wadeNYC1 It uses a rocket as a bullet?
acr2121 4 months ago
@wadeNYC1 Revolutionary and magnificent doesn't its any good. A hybrid of this with standard bullets or case-less ammo might be the future.
metaleater9 2 months ago
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@metaleater9 Actually, you are right. DARPA is currently working on "Project SCORPION" (Self CORrecting Projectile for Infantry OperatioN), which is focused on developing small-to-medium caliber (15-40mm?) guided munitions intended for the infantryman to use in the field, based on applications of "Microadaptive Flow Control" technology: the aerodynamic steering of spinning projectiles.
JaftenLKA 1 month ago
@wadeNYC1 Due problems that they didn't have the necessary technology to feasibly solve at the time it was devised.
Similar to the iPod that you likely own. Its predecessors (prototypes) were failures, because the technology of the day was too limited to create a product that could be suitably compact and yet have the capabilities seen in the iPod.
JaftenLKA 1 month ago
@wadeNYC1 Its a magnificent idea but poorly exacted. It can work but the rockets need a caseless propellant base. Ive designed some concepts my self as well as stripper clips to load the old 12mm variant as well as a redesigned gun utilizing magazines. The rocket rounds have also been simplified removing the slanted vent on mine as the barrel would be rifled like a conventional firearm. Ive drawn up different caliber variants from .22 to .308 calibers.
Phenixtri 2 weeks ago
Lol "literally, light years ahead of its time"
DJChrisMack 4 months ago
Yey, bolt-pistols!
8DX 4 months ago
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shan9usfc 5 months ago
They failed to mention that the Gyrojet was not just a pistol.
ultrajd 5 months ago
ok wtf, we got a pistol that shoots rockets n it was never used! smfh military
captainprice4827 5 months ago
@captainprice4827
Each rocket, even at the time, was about $100.
Quit being a little COD fag. Comment on your black ops videos instead.
weewoo1010 5 months ago
@weewoo1010 no, black ops sucks. n $100 isnt a lot of money even for a mini rocket, ur just mad cause ur poor n i gotha money to spend. stop beings a jealous jane brah, u got no swag
captainprice4827 5 months ago
@weewoo1010 are you retarded, black ops sucked, you obviously never played a call of duty game because everyone knew black ops sucked n tha captain is right n we both live in a country that isnnt in a fucking recession, stupid american
RBKproductions1989 5 months ago
@RBKproductions1989 I own 15 Call of Dutys, Black Ops is good.
Ultimatepanzer 5 months ago
@Ultimatepanze ummmm, theres only 8 cod games not 15
RBKproductions1989 4 months ago
@RBKproductions1989 I know, I own several of the same :)
Ultimatepanzer 4 months ago
@Ultimatepanzer cool story bro
RBKproductions1989 4 months ago
@captainprice4827
Did you watch the video?
zanuha 3 months ago
You can see both the handgun and the rifle version in action in the 1967 Bond movie "You only live twice".
ratscoot 6 months ago
most magnificent failure. lol
NautilusDubstep 7 months ago
@ariandynas, If you look at the barrel, you'll notice that it has a series of holes up and down it's length. The rocket propellant was designed to burn for about 50 feet or so, not to explode or burn up in a split second as with a regular pistol cartridge. If the barrel were plugged it would vent the gasses through those holes.
rbilzing 7 months ago
Mustang and Sally!
T2oys 8 months ago
As far as I can tell, using the words "amazing" and "revolutionary" to describe something and THEN calling it a failure is kind of redundant, no?
twizz420 8 months ago
it kinda looks like a flare gun
johnyblaze11 8 months ago
@johnyblaze11 That's what it is. One of the first.
twizz420 8 months ago
Guns work in outerspace anyway
kidd912thomas 8 months ago
@kidd912thomas I hope you're being sarcastic.
ariandynas 8 months ago
@ariandynas smokeless powder has its own oxygen content so modern guns will work is space
kidd912thomas 8 months ago
@kidd912thomas A fact which I have now learned through a bit of research and thus apologize for assuming you were some smartass.
ariandynas 8 months ago
@ariandynas No prob.
kidd912thomas 8 months ago
The problem with this weapon basically boiled down to it's being so inaccurate. The round itself controlled the rate of spin,but you couldn't be sure of getting equal thrust on all the nozzles at the same time, due to inequities in fuel burn/ fuel flow and pressure flow problems. Essentially, you are trying to hit a target with a bottle rocket. Yes you can stop the round with your finger over the barrel, because the rocket takes time to build up it's speed before it can do any damage. M=mxv
rbilzing 8 months ago
@rbilzing The other problem was the expense, 50 dollars a bullet after all. Although the part where someone else could plug the barrel I call a non issue, if he's close enough to do that, you're better off getting out a combat knife. Aside from that fact, the bullet (from what I know, so I may be wrong.) would still explode IN THE BARREL, thus defeating the purpose of plugging the gun in the name of "self-preservation."
ariandynas 8 months ago
Yeah put your finger on the barrel and stop the projectile. I'd like to see him do it. The problem of low muzzle velo of these bullets is usually exaggerated.
ThePerfectRed 8 months ago
i say we dig this project up and redesign this FOR THE EMPEROR!
DirkTheWicked 8 months ago
space marine bolter
paydafee 9 months ago
@ToxicLaughFilms yurp
hydra046 9 months ago
"Literally lightyears ahead of it´s time"?
Seems quite impossible to me.
bommobiel 11 months ago
youtube.com/watch?v=LtYy2RILXTY
QT.427 Semi-Automatic Pistol by Raphial Morgado
Vengencelll 11 months ago
I think maybe if we develop a special casing which simultaneously strikes the primer and propels the round using a separate explosion, this technology could be made more plausible.
crazy4sian 11 months ago
omg, bitch bitch, whine whine. Its a prototype, did they really expect some shitty beta model with crude ammunition to be instantly better than all other firearms?
The first muskets sucked and were expensive as well, does that mean all our ancestors should have thrown them away in favor of a long bow?
TheCanadianArchetype 1 year ago
@TheCanadianArchetype
The first muskets were also an extremely primitive weapon that operated on a principle that had almost never been seen before. The Gyrojet is coming after many years of rocket and firearms research and development and it really wouldn't be any better than a regular 1911.
chitoryu12 1 year ago
not light years...millenia.
shan9usfc 1 year ago
so basically this can be use in space ?
sevyyves937 1 year ago
@sevyyves937
Yes, but so can a normal gun.
chitoryu12 1 year ago
@chitoryu12 nope, a normal gun needs air to shoot the bullets, because it takes fire to propelled a fireweapon. a Gyrojet uses solid rocket fuel with does not require air.
sevyyves937 11 months ago
@sevyyves937 no actually smokeless gunpowder is self oxidizing, a gun will fire in space and actually at a higher muzzle velocity due to lack of atmospheric pressure. I think the problem in space is Newton's third law (for spacewalks at least).
dragonamt 11 months ago
@dragonamt Also, heat is a big deal. No air to radiate the heat to.
hydra046 9 months ago
@ToxicLaughFilms Too bad that's irrelivent since my Tau's pulse rifle is 10 times better than the bolter, and not only that, it comes standard with Fire Warriors.
graidstin 1 year ago
"Literally...light years ahead of its time." So, so wrong.
herbalchicken 1 year ago
the only conceivable use of a gyrojet in the modern battlefield would be either to extend the range of sniper ammunition by adding the rocket on top of a conventional round OR to enable an individual to fire extremely large calibres out of a handheld weapon without destroying his shoulder.
fludblud 1 year ago
dear santa...
TheBic4 1 year ago
My Dad & I own a couple of these, and have shot them on occasion. It's amazing how light the weapon itself is; I've owned cap guns with more weight to them.
Catskinner01 1 year ago
spaceguns!
JonoScarbridge 1 year ago
dear santa....
TheBic4 1 year ago
Makes you wonder what this gun could've been if they had continued development and successfully ironed out the problems... might've changed the face of warfare as we know it.
Thatevilmidget 1 year ago
@Thatevilmidget ...
We would have had bolters by now.
SHOOPDABLAARGH 1 year ago
i wonder if it would have been a failure if instead of a handgun with at most an 8 inch barrel they made an assualt rilfe version with a 16-18 inch barrel
valekazogoth 1 year ago
@valekazogoth
It's not shown here but they had a carbine and rifle variant for that ammo, but the problems were just the same.
For all practical purposes a .50 cal rifle with regular bullets could do a better job than the gyro.
kirk85kirk 1 year ago
Why not combine gunpowder and solid rocket fuel?
Sutanreyu 1 year ago
@Sutanreyu thats somthing you call a bomb
TheBic4 1 year ago
@zephyr40k Well i m not a small arm expert, but if you can launch this projectile with closed chamber, it is commonsense that it will travel with a initial lethal speed as any other small arms bullet.
Plus, in future, with technological development scientist can produce guided bullets. They should think about it.
And if my idea is technically wrong then someone correct me on this.
a11457exp 1 year ago
@a11457exp we probably can produce guided bullets, but only with High caliber rifle bullets like the .50 Bmg, mainly because a bullet can only turn so much when it's traveling supersonic, but with GPS, durable motors and some fins i bet you could make a guided bullet
Umimugo 1 year ago
out of my 3 yrs. in the army, i acually never heard of this game
way2good4u100 1 year ago
@MushroomPictures depends how its done. Trust me it'd a baaaad idea but so fun to work out in my head...
SeverEnergia 1 year ago
@MushroomPictures you got me thinking about a liquid fuel gyrojet round now. >:(
SeverEnergia 1 year ago
@MushroomPictures
duh.
MadnessOfMarmots 1 year ago
@ToxicLaughFilms Is it sad that I totally thought the same thing...
HatiHavardsson 1 year ago
How was it "literally light years ahead of its time?" Light years measure distance, not time.
Riflemanm16a2 1 year ago
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@Riflemanm16a2 It's a figure of speak Douchebag
KLove3232 1 year ago
i gotta admit, i wound not want to use this in combat, but it'd be fun to shoot for fun.
Andrewlevin 1 year ago
I think that problem can be solved, the bullet has to stay in the reciever until has enough force to move a force trigger so that the round can have enough thrust for low range.
panzarw 1 year ago
@panzarw If you really wanted that to work, you'd need a large booster charge, making it more like a rocket-assisted artillery shell.
TariqAlSuave 1 year ago
@MushroomPictures dudewhat
Gyrojets were solid brah.
SeverEnergia 1 year ago
@ToxicLaughFilms EMPEROR'S BLOOD! YOU'RE RIGHT xD
RADIOACTIVEBUNY 1 year ago
This should be in Black Ops, it fits perfectly
10samm10 1 year ago 11
Step1: Take a spent shell and load with powder. Step2: insert gyrojet round. Step3: put in normal gun. There, all fixed.
biscuitpapa 1 year ago
@biscuitpapa
well, your a regular samuel colt
TheProjektcc 1 year ago
oh my god its chuck norris at 0:31
Deffypoo 1 year ago
@Deffypoo
that's looks nothing like him
MadnessOfMarmots 1 year ago
Believe it or not. The first rocket firearm was first tested by the Dutch during the 1800's. It was a rocket bullet fired from a musket.
phildaguy 1 year ago
@ToxicLaughFilms Where do you think Games Workshop got the idea from? XD
GeoVII 1 year ago
I can see this technology returning for the next evolutionary step of micro-smart munitions. Small high-gravity resistant circuitry guidance system that has the ability to be shoot over, under, and round objects and detonate at set distances. I'm sure arms developers have been researching smart ammo for many years, the gyrojet pistol and rifle were just the beginning of the cycle.
Garduus 1 year ago
@Garduus Wouldn't even need circuitry in the round, really. Have the guidance system built into the weapon. If the flow of air through the nozzles of the ammunition could be controlled by the firing mechanism you could simply 'program' a bullet's trajectory at the moment of firing by limiting the amount of air coming from certain nozzles. If nozzle control were fine tuned enough a gun could shoot precisely around corners with a simple set of precalculated air flow ratios.
GeoVII 1 year ago
I believe the gyrojet just needed more time of testing and different ideas on how to improve it. in my opinion the Gyrojet was a good idea to try.
solidjdr 1 year ago
magnificent failure
IRapeYoKids 1 year ago
most magnificent failure? is that what he said?
TheBetterSalad 1 year ago 66
@TheBetterSalad yup
tkwtg 1 year ago
@TheBetterSalad this was a episode of modern marvels about the failures of tecnology
MrsModernWarfare2 1 year ago
@TheBetterSalad merely because of the price of ammunition
nasanasa3 1 year ago
@TheBetterSalad
the gun was worth nothing at close range (not enough time to accelerate)
and at long range, it hit sound barrier turbulence, and was not accurate at long distances.
It just didn't work...
Hassasin195 1 year ago
@TheBetterSalad Didn't you hear him? He clearly said "fellyor".
thesxex 1 year ago
@TheBetterSalad this should be in black ops
TheBic4 1 year ago
@TheBetterSalad Well it as epic, but it "failed" in the sense that it never caught on. So yes. Magnificent failure, AKA EPIC FAIL.
ig88bc 11 months ago
@TheBetterSalad FAILBLOG
mikethenascarfan 7 months ago
I read about this in a volume of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.
Jaeger7793 1 year ago 4
@Jaeger7793 its in there? i have the book but i didnt see it
footlesspig 1 year ago
UH....HELLO?! SNIPER+GYROJET?
starfoxstarwolf5423 1 year ago
@starfoxstarwolf5423 it's a rocket, the proppelant will eventully die out, or it will vear off to the sides
Umimugo 1 year ago
@Umimugo yea but still..... SNIPER!!!!!!
starfoxstarwolf5423 1 year ago
2:42 there's no rifling, so it's inaccurate i don't think he understands how it works!
mrfrankincense 1 year ago
@mrfrankincense sorry if that was a response to someone else, but from what i read in your comment... i dont think you understand how it works, no rifling = less recoil, the gyrojet stabilizes the rocket/bullet by spinning it so there's no need for rifling. the concept is sound, the implimentation and limited technology made it a failure, another attempt with military funding today in the US could result in a fully-automatic 20mm rocket launcher, and would have a similar profile to a LMG or SAW.
KottonmouthSoldiers 1 year ago
@KottonmouthSoldiers no i was quoting the ignorant guy in the video who said; there's no rifling, so it's innacurate! that's why i put the time. you're not so fast are you?
mrfrankincense 1 year ago
@mrfrankincense i dont have audio, no need for insults.
KottonmouthSoldiers 1 year ago
@KottonmouthSoldiers why are you on youtube watchin a video without sound?
mrfrankincense 1 year ago
@mrfrankincense it was late and i didnt want to wake anyone?
KottonmouthSoldiers 1 year ago
Coilgun + GyroJet =Works
super00su 1 year ago
this gun need to be seen in a game!!!
11251309 2 years ago
Actually, the 1911 works underwater, in space, and in airless areas!
boberamatheclown 2 years ago
@specialforces69
Uh no. Modern powder reacts with oxygen already in it. All modern cartridges are fully self contained and CAN be fired in space (or hell, underwater, dont expect to hit anything though). The reason is because firearms actions suffer from wear and tear, and to reduce this, lubricants are used so parts dont just smash into each other. In open space, the lack of pressure means the lubricant boils off, so everytime a gun fires, the parts try to destroy each other.
DuraLexSedLex 2 years ago
Why can't we use conventional weapons in space?
We have much better small arms for underwater use.
LaRueDeeko 2 years ago
@LaRueDeeko there is no oxygen to combust the black powder
joh04667 2 years ago
Yeah....what modern combat weapon uses black powder????
LaRueDeeko 2 years ago
fine smokeless powder it was just force of habit
joh04667 2 years ago
Smokeless powder does not require oxygen. It has it's own oxidizer in the mix.
LaRueDeeko 2 years ago
true. but with oxygen being absent everywhere outside of the gun (not to mention the freezing temperatures), the gun or at the very least its firing mechanism would be likely to shatter (due to the high pressure and temperature of exploding powder and the zero pressure of empty space)
joh04667 2 years ago
And the gyrojet wouldn't be affected....why?
LaRueDeeko 2 years ago
Duh... Recoil of a conventional weapon would drive the astronaut away if fired in outer space. Or make him bounce between the walls (OK, now I'm exaggerating) in a spaceship or space station with no gravity to hold him planted.
Talanbul 2 years ago
Well that doesn't address the question at all.....as to why the Gyrojet wouldn't be affected or "shatter."
And it's not like the Gyrojet's projectile would still generate recoil on the weapon itself. There's no difference there between it and a conventional weapon. They both would cause a back force.
LaRueDeeko 2 years ago
There's recoil and there's recoil. You have got recoilless rifles and you have got conventional cannons. Both recoil, but how much? You fire RPG's by resting on your shoulder but wouldn't even think of firing a mortar that way. Because there's "slight recoil" and there's "full recoil".
And nothing should shatter. 1 atmosphere is equal to 14.6 PSI. The SAAMI values for the internal pressure of a conventional .45 ACP pistol is 21.000. Just 14 psi can't counterbalance 21.000.
Talanbul 2 years ago
I didn't believe anything would shatter....that's what the other guy said.
I was telling him that if a conventional firearm would shatter...why wouldn't the gyrojet?
I still don't see where the gyrojet would have benefit in space over conventional firearms.
LaRueDeeko 2 years ago
The gyrojet produces very little recoil when fired due to the fact that it releases it's energy stored over time, as opposed to all at once like a bullet (imagine the difference between letting go of the opening of an untied balloon and popping it) and will be well clear of the barrel of the weapon before most of the held energy is released.
I'm not sure what all this business about shattering is.
Keebalicious 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Also, and I'm surprised nobody caught onto this yet, what julesville meant when when he said '"literally lightyears ahead of it's time" You'd figure the freaken' history channel wouldn't make such a dumb mistake.' is that lightyears are a measure of distance, not time.
Keebalicious 2 years ago
@LaRueDeeko If you fired a .45 in space the recoil would launch the shooter back hundreds of yards. The Gyrojet has no recoil. Thats why.
KLove3232 1 year ago
@KLove3232 actually ANY projectile launched (even the small impulse from this) will send the shooter back not a couple yards but to INFINITY! That's Newton, once it's got a velocity, minus friction or another force it will not stop.
The question is a matter of velocity, yes a .45 will push them back but a barely perceptible amount, about 1 meter per MINUTE velocity. Simple vector controls could counter for even firing off say 20 rounds.
Treblaine 1 year ago
recoil can be absorved by astronauts arm muscles?
perreterecon 2 years ago
@perreterecon Except that in microgravity, there's nothing to hold you or your arm in place, so when your body absorbs the recoil, it does so by being pushed backwards violently.
Keebalicious 2 years ago
@Keebalicious It'll make you travel in the opposite direction at maybe 10 centimeters per second. It's not much of a problem if you're firing just a few rounds or can brace against a wall, but I can imagine how doing something like firing a magazine off an assault rifle would cause you trouble if you're floating around in empty space, even with a thruster pack.
Elukka 1 year ago
@Elukka Yes, it wouldn't be the sort of cartoony flying backwards which I guess is implied by my choice of words, but it would still be a problem if you managed to get into some sort of firefight.
@perreterecon A suppressor would do absolutely nothing. The recoil generated is because of the energy released when the bullet's propellant ignites, which is what propels the bullet out of the gun and powers the automatic loading system of most modern automatic and semi-automatic weapons.
Keebalicious 1 year ago
@Keebalicious the recoil on these weapons is always going to be lower than a normal gun. the recoil of a gun is equal to projectile energy, the energy in a gun is released while inside the gun. in a gyrojet the energy is released throughout the journey, only a small portion is within the gun so small recoil
mrfrankincense 1 year ago
and with a supressor? it reduces gas pressure
perreterecon 1 year ago
I think if they combine this sort of gun with modern gun technology, it would make it a perfect gun. Cause the problem seems to be at combustion. But this gun would make an amazing rifle, since it is literally just a rocket in a smaller form.
tissuekins 2 years ago
@specialforces69
That makes sense, but it'd have to be more affordable, since the gun sounds awesome on paper, but real life has a way of making awesome things lame.
tissuekins 2 years ago
A great idea that didn`t turn out so great. I can imagine it`d be fun to shoot just on the range but in battle, you want a consistent killer
scallywag86 2 years ago
"literally lightyears ahead of it's time"
You'd figure the freaken' history channel wouldn't make such a dumb mistake.
julesville 2 years ago