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: 🤣
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.
I like how the shoulder braces are right-angles