MK14 in a Japanese animated series
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I think the M4 jams forcing the bunny to transition to his sidearm...
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I speak some Japanese and that still made no sense, but I thought it was awesome. I might find the whole movie. haha.
Now with subtitles
Looks like the m4ish gun is supposed to be a SR47. Nice attention to detail, the mildot was a nice touch.
Looks like the m4ish gun is supposed to be a SR47. Nice attention to detail, the mildot was a nice touch.
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Yeah, I see that! Does seem a bit strange now that I think about it.
On the other hand, I remember from my English lit classes, a concept called "The willing suspension of disbelief". In other words, you have to accept certain things you know to be wrong/impossible/silly to enjoy the story. Most Science Fiction is like that, and Anthropomorphic bunny-rabbits talking and shooting guns certainly fits!
I just have a thing about realism in movies. I know Bruce Willis is not a SEAL, he is an actor, but I "willingly suspend my disbelief" when I see him playing a SEAL in a movie. BUT, I loose some or all of that disbelief if he does something to damage the illusion. Bad "hollywood" gunhandling, bursts longer than the mag allows etc are good examples, and to me, the usual "hollywood" slow motion big white smoke trail RPG is a particular pet peeve.
They went to the trouble to make the scope view realistic (hollywood wierd unrealistic reticle/fake electronic range finder scope views are another pet peeve), yet they still went with the "hollywood" RPG. Lord knows there is enough stock footage of RPGs being fired in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I know it is irrational, but it still bugs me.
I still think the movie looks cool, and I will try to find it.
Slightly off topic, but similar "cool guns" factor is another Anime series called "Gunslinger Girl". The characters are sailor moon style schoolgirls working as brainwashed assassins for some sinister Italian government black program. They use unusual firearms (Berretta 93r, Walther sniper rifles, SIGs etc) which is cool, but the Japanese "schoolgirl" thing is a little creepy.
I am not a super-duper SF commando or an expert on the RPG or anything like that. You don't have to be an expert, just watch the news. Like I said, there is plenty of stock footage out there.
I have handled, but not actually fired one myself, but I do know how it works, and I have seen it fired on video often enough to know when hollywood gets it wrong.
Also, form various written sources; RPGs do not shoot out of the launcher as a rocket from the get-go. There is an initial charge that fires it out of the launcher at around 500 fps, after around 10 metres or so, the booster fires and increases the velocity to around 950 fps. The backblast danger area is approx 20 metres. What it looks like, is pretty much like any other shoulder fired AT launcher (like a Carl G, which I have fired). Loud bang, big backblast hard to see the profectile actually leaving the muzzle, since it is moving fast.
Contrast this with the hollywood version, where they gently whoosh out of the launcher trailing a big white smoke trail and slowly accellerate to the target, visible the whole way, moving almost slow enough to dodge.
You don't have to own a full auto or even to have fired one to know that you can't fire a 10 second / 100 round burst from a 30 round mag. Same principle applies.
I have handled, but not actually fired one myself, but I do know how it works, and I have seen it fired on video often enough to know when hollywood gets it wrong.
Also, form various written sources; RPGs do not shoot out of the launcher as a rocket from the get-go. There is an initial charge that fires it out of the launcher at around 500 fps, after around 10 metres or so, the booster fires and increases the velocity to around 950 fps. The backblast danger area is approx 20 metres. What it looks like, is pretty much like any other shoulder fired AT launcher (like a Carl G, which I have fired). Loud bang, big backblast hard to see the profectile actually leaving the muzzle, since it is moving fast.
Contrast this with the hollywood version, where they gently whoosh out of the launcher trailing a big white smoke trail and slowly accellerate to the target, visible the whole way, moving almost slow enough to dodge.
You don't have to own a full auto or even to have fired one to know that you can't fire a 10 second / 100 round burst from a 30 round mag. Same principle applies.
