Tervell [he/him]
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Gunsmith Cats!
Shame it was just a 3-episode OVA
Tervell [he/him]@hexbear.netOPto guns@hexbear.net•Beretta M12 submachine gun, with suppressorEnglish2·7 days agoit was actually in Austin Powers:
apparently in Never Say Never Again as well, although I can’t find any screenshots of the actual henchmen with it
Tervell [he/him]@hexbear.netOPto guns@hexbear.net•Danish Brøndby gas-operated submachine gun prototypeEnglish2·7 days agoI got it from this post, which labeled it as Danish, so not sure, maybe that writer was mistaken. It could also be that Brøndby was Norwegian but was working for a Danish company at the time - for example, Hungarian designer Pál Király worked for SIG in Switzerland and BSA in Britain and designed some guns for both, before eventually moving back to Hungary (and after the war he ended up in the Dominican Republic and designed another gun)
the solo pics absolutely don’t do justice to how massive those pistols are
They’re so fucking big, I have no idea what Browning/Colt were doing here. I guess the .38 ACP cartridge they were using at the start was a bit spicier (not to be confused with .380 ACP, which is actually relatively weak), but still, the length is ridiculous
But I guess the C93 is even more massive, and the revolvers that came before could get pretty chonky too - so apparently pistols in this period were either massive enough to beat someone with them when you run out of ammo, or tiny little derringers you could hide in your sleeve à la Django Unchained, no in-between
I think the ejection port blocking is avoided by virtue of these pistols being fucking massive - the slide is long enough that even when fully back your hand will still be some distance away from the port.
It still seems awkward though, and I also would feel a bit worried about having my hand right at the muzzle like that. But to be fair, this line of pistols (starting with the M1900, and going through a bunch of models until the M1911 eventually arrives in its final form) is literally among the first to use a slide design, so they were still figuring out how it’s supposed to work. Some models had the serrations in the back, others in the front
a lot of Soviet/Russian optics for the AK in general are pretty solidly-built, I assume the Cubans were going by similar design principles
(although as @Shaleesh@hexbear.net says it might be based on an AimPoint, the lens color and placement of the battery compartment do give it that vibe, but it’s still clearly more beefed up compared to the AimPoint)
Gunpoint’s a neat stealth/puzzle game about hacking stuff and jumping through windows (very little actual holding people at gunpoint though). Being of that genre, playtime could vary a lot, especially if you try to be perfectionist, but it should be doable in a day. Great jazzy soundtrack too.
Jazzpunk is a weird comedy game, essentially FPS exploration levels with various comedic gags peppered throughout. Again, playtime can vary depending on how thorough you are about checking every single corner for something, but it probably wouldn’t take more than say 3-4 hours. Obviously your enjoyment will depend on your sense of humor, but I found it pretty hilarious
Linear FPS campaigns are a good candidate in general, older games could be decently long but there was a period where 5-6 hours (and sometimes shorter) became a pretty common length.
The trigger being right behind the magazine probably gives it more of a Thompson vibe, in contrast to most other submachine guns of the period which have a big gap between the two.
But the stock makes it pretty distinctive, to me at least, the Thompson looks very different from the pistol grip backwards
Tervell [he/him]@hexbear.netOPto videos@hexbear.net•The Best of Val Kilmer's Spartan DVD CommentaryEnglish2·14 days agoHeh, that’s the same torrent I watched today (although I didn’t listen to the commentary, I just found this video afterwards). It’s a pretty cool spy thriller, and a great Kilmer role
Tervell [he/him]@hexbear.netto news@hexbear.net•Bulletins and News Discussion from April 14th to April 20th, 2025 - The Lamentations of a Levy-Loving LeaderEnglish1·28 days ago:kazuhira-miller: Boss, we’ve established our base of operations on the island of Socotra, off the coast of Yemen. Its location in the Indian ocean is ideal, allowing us to support operations in both Afghanistan and Africa
Tervell [he/him]@hexbear.netOPto memes@hexbear.net•henry morgenthau apology formEnglish1·7 months agoHenry Morgenthau was a US politician who proposed a plan to essentially neutralize Germany after WW2 - split it up in several smaller states, and deindustrialize it to prevent any future rearmament. This plan was rejected though, along with Soviet attempts to turn Germany into a neutral (and demilitarized) buffer state between them and the Western Allies, so we eventually got the Federal Republic of Germany, complete with the Wehrmacht being essentially reactivated and significant propaganda effort being put into convincing people that they really weren’t that bad and it was only the SS who did all the war crimes. All in the name of anti-communism.
I’m not sure, it might just be the particular lighting and camera which makes it look kind of uncanny