Top 5 most awesome weapons

[Planish]

I would venture to say Death by Teacup is one of the most inventive deaths ever.

My favourite is the Russian hit man on the TV series "Oz" who pulled the arm off his titanium eyeglass frames and drove the sharpened end into his target's temple (or some other vulnerable spot, I forget exactly where). Then he puts it back on his glasses, puts his glasses on, and goes his merry way.

[Leon Kensington]

I would venture to say Death by Teacup is one of the most inventive deaths ever.

My favourite is the Russian hit man on the TV series "Oz" who pulled the arm off his titanium eyeglass frames and drove the sharpened end into his target's temple (or some other vulnerable spot, I forget exactly where). Then he puts it back on his glasses, puts his glasses on, and goes his merry way.

Dear God, I think I just puked.

[Planish]

I would venture to say Death by Teacup is one of the most inventive deaths ever.

My favourite is the Russian hit man on the TV series "Oz" who pulled the arm off his titanium eyeglass frames and drove the sharpened end into his target's temple (or some other vulnerable spot, I forget exactly where). Then he puts it back on his glasses, puts his glasses on, and goes his merry way.

Dear God, I think I just puked.

My job is done.

[Wingates_hellsing]

My top five favorite weapons:

5. SPAS 12 shotgun, the shotgunniest of them all!

4. Desert Eagle, you don't even need to say it, just have one on your hip.

3. 553 Commando, because it has Commando in the name

2. The chaingun, Because I kick so much butt, two barrels isn't enough

1. The meteorite tactic in GalCivII, apparently Meteor doen't have a long casting time anymore 

[FNH]

I would venture to say Death by Teacup is one of the most inventive deaths ever.

If you died this way... and was not already dead... you'd die of shame.

[Russell Nash]

I would venture to say Death by Teacup is one of the most inventive deaths ever.

If you died this way... and was not already dead... you'd die of shame.

When killing with a teacup, is it appropriate to keep your pinky extended.

[Bdoomed]

I would venture to say Death by Teacup is one of the most inventive deaths ever.

If you died this way... and was not already dead... you'd die of shame.

When killing with a teacup, is it appropriate to keep your pinky extended.

its simply good manners!  very lowly to not extend the pinky, its below us... for the peasants.

hmm maybe there should be an 'inventive death' thread... where we try to think of the best examples of new ways to die.

[Wingates_hellsing]

"I once killed the president of Paraguay with a fork..."

and not the poking end either.

[Russell Nash]

"I once killed the president of Paraguay with a fork..."

and not the poking end either.

Grosse Point Blank??

[CGFxColONeill]

what no one posted zat or staff weapon?
those would be in my top 2 SF weapons

as for real ones

in order

1) H&K 416 http://world.guns.ru/assault/as75-e.htm is also nice
2) love the barrett .50 but you cant shoot it most places so I would go for the REC7 instead
3) Tavor http://www.trackpads.com/media/files/2/1/8/2/tarmicro01.JPG
4) Smith & Wesson M&P
5) and for those days when you feel just a little old school

finally got it to work for real this time lol

[CGFxColONeill]

ya that def did not work posting the pic like that I dont really know how to post a pic on here ( if that is not obvious already lol)

[gelee]

Gotta contribute my own two cents:
Singularity grenade, from Donaldsons "Gap" series.
Creates a mini, self consuming black hole of very brief lifespan.  One is used to swallow up an entire starship at one point.  Mind you, this is not a hand grenade, though it is not very large.  Think a large suitcase, massing several hundred kilos.

[Tango Alpha Delta]

I guess I'm a little more simple than most of you dudes; I'd prefer to sit in the very calm center of a GSV sipping bourbon while it does all the dirty work.

Personally, I'm more into non-lethal weapons for the hand-to-hand stuff, though.

[stePH]

I'm not going to come up with a list of five, but I am going to voice my surprise that nobody even mentioned my personal #1:  The Zorg Industries ZF1.

It's light.  Handle's adjustable for easy carrying.  Good for righties and lefties.  Breaks down into four parts undetectable by X-Ray.  Ideal for quick, discrete interventions.

A word on firepower: titanium recharger, 3000 round clip with bursts of three to 300, and with the Replay Button, another Zorg invention, it's even easier. One shot, and Replay sends every following shot to the same location. And to finish the job, all those Zorg oldies but goldies: rocket launcher, arrow launcher, with exploding or poisonous gas heads (very practical), our famous net launcher, the always efficient flamethrower (my favorite),  and for the grand finale, the All-New "Ice Cube System".

Mr. Zorg gives a demo here: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/zorgs-zf-1-gun/2779611193

[Thaurismunths]

I'm not going to come up with a list of five, but I am going to voice my surprise that nobody even mentioned my personal #1:  The Zorg Industries ZF1.

It's light.  Handle's adjustable for easy carrying.  Good for righties and lefties.  Breaks down into four parts undetectable by X-Ray.  Ideal for quick, discrete interventions.

A word on firepower: titanium recharger, 3000 round clip with bursts of three to 300, and with the Replay Button, another Zorg invention, it's even easier. One shot, and Replay sends every following shot to the same location. And to finish the job, all those Zorg oldies but goldies: rocket launcher, arrow launcher, with exploding or poisonous gas heads (very practical), our famous net launcher, the always efficient flamethrower (my favorite),  and for the grand finale, the All-New "Ice Cube System".

Mr. Zorg gives a demo here: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/zorgs-zf-1-gun/2779611193

Yeah. But what's the button on the bottom do?

[Heradel]

Yeah. But what's the button on the bottom do?

The first rule of Button-on-the-Bottom club is that you don't talk about the Button-on-the-Bottom club.

Edit: In retrospect, that sounds dirty.

[stePH]

I'm not going to come up with a list of five, but I am going to voice my surprise that nobody even mentioned my personal #1:  The Zorg Industries ZF1....

Yeah. But what's the button on the bottom do?

That's the first thing I asked about when Zorg let me test the weapon.  Basically, you shouldn't press it if you know what's good for you.

[bad_andy]

1) The power of a fully operational Deathstar (It vaporizes enemy planets.)
2) The "Grand Canon" on the SDF-1 in Robotech (It vaporizes emeny fleets.)
3) The Lion Voltron's sword (I cuts enemy Ro-Beasts in half. Why they didn't just whip it out at the start of every fight, I'll never know.)
4) The beam weapons the aliens had in Independence Day (Being threatened with having to watch ID again is even more frightening.)
5) The Eighty Eight Magnum from Johnny Dangerously (It shoot through schools!)

On a side note: I used to do Aikido (before I discovered S.C.A.R.S.) and my sensei had a great FAQ page at the front of the dojo for visitors. One of the questions was "So, is Aikido, like, the BEST martial art?" and his answer was "No, the best martial art is thermonuclear warfare, followed by long range bombing and artillery." I still get a chuckle out of that.

[CGFxColONeill]

1) The power of a fully operational Deathstar (It vaporizes enemy planets.)
2) The "Grand Canon" on the SDF-1 in Robotech (It vaporizes emeny fleets.)
3) The Lion Voltron's sword (I cuts enemy Ro-Beasts in half. Why they didn't just whip it out at the start of every fight, I'll never know.)
4) The beam weapons the aliens had in Independence Day (Being threatened with having to watch ID again is even more frightening.)
5) The Eighty Eight Magnum from Johnny Dangerously (It shoot through schools!)

On a side note: I used to do Aikido (before I discovered S.C.A.R.S.) and my sensei had a great FAQ page at the front of the dojo for visitors. One of the questions was "So, is Aikido, like, the BEST martial art?" and his answer was "No, the best martial art is thermonuclear warfare, followed by long range bombing and artillery." I still get a chuckle out of that.

just out of curiosity what style of Aikido did you study?

I was in Nihon Goshen for about a year before I had to move I def wished I could get the instructor to relocate but ya lol

[DarkKnightJRK]

1. The Iron Man Extremis virus: It basically puts anything with an electrical signal in your command.

2. Gunblade from FF8: It's a gun, and a sword.

3. Katanna. Like others have mentioned, Katanna beats every weapon.

4. Flame-thrower. It throws flame.

5. Bowel disruptor from Transmetropolitan. It's less for pure enemies in their fullest health, and more for when they're already defeated or if you just want to mess with someone who angers you. People fear and respect someone who could make them shit themselves with the pull of a trigger.

[Tango Alpha Delta]

Jeez, guys... why do we have to resort to violence?  Don't you know that LOVE is the most powerful weapon?


(Runs away, laughing and dodging DarkKnightJRK's Bowel disruptor....  oops.  Crap.)

 

[Russell Nash]

(Runs away, laughing and dodging DarkKnightJRK's Bowel disruptor....  oops.  Crap.)

 

Literally

[oddpod]

3. Katanna. Like others have mentioned, Katanna beats every weapon.

i beg to difer on this one, thare are a wide veriaty of western sword that can match the katana no problem. thares alot of hoo-har about the super 3000 fold metal working that goas in to them, but this was oanly neded dute to the relativly pore qualaty of iron avalabul . pound for pound thay arnt realy any beter than wester wepons of the same era. the lack of a real hand gard is also a problem, give me a 15th century sword and buckler combo or basket hillt over yer fancy wall decoraton any day

[Chodon]

3. Katanna. Like others have mentioned, Katanna beats every weapon.

i beg to difer on this one, thare are a wide veriaty of western sword that can match the katana no problem. thares alot of hoo-har about the super 3000 fold metal working that goas in to them, but this was oanly neded dute to the relativly pore qualaty of iron avalabul . pound for pound thay arnt realy any beter than wester wepons of the same era. the lack of a real hand gard is also a problem, give me a 15th century sword and buckler combo or basket hillt over yer fancy wall decoraton any day

The thing that really amazes me about the katana is the fact that an early form of carburization was used.  The trailing edge of the blade had a clay and water mixture painted onto the back before final heat treatment.  This has three purposes:

1) It prevents the introduction of carbon to the rear portion of the blade, keeping the steel in that area flexible.  More carbon = more hardness.  More hardness = more strength and better edge, but also more likely to fracture.  The edge of the blade remained unpainted allowing carbon introduction or "carburization".
2) It slowed the cooling of the trailing edge of the blade.  This caused a different temperature gradient through the metal, meaning different rates of shrinkage due to the cold water.  This is what gives the blade its characteristic curve (it was hammered straight up until this point).
3) It produced an attractive pattern that appears after polishing.  This is caused by the different crystal structure of the steel in the two areas (austenite and martensite).  It's purely cosmetic, but it looks awesome.

The workmanship that went into these swords is really amazing, especially for the time period.  As an engineer it blows my mind that these blacksmiths could do the things they did with the equipment they had.  Absolutely incredible.

[oddpod]

indead
thay are neat bits of kit ,but how fancy dose a sharp bit of metal be to kill some one?