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"And would Sir like the music upgrade with the Assault Rifle?" Bizarre but true!

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Anton

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Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction... a new accessory for the Kalashnikov AK47 is, apparently - an MP3 player. Costs US$600 with audio books, US$350 without. For the militia member who has everything.

More on this is available here.

Cheers,

Anton
 
I want the version WITH the AK-47...

But leave it to the Russians to do something like this*...

*:Keep in mind that some of my maternal ancestors were Russian.
 
My favorite MP3 would be the one of the action jamming and the sound of me dropping a magazine and making 'clearing' noises.

Help make the old enemies figure you're weapon is out of action. Then, when they come to investigate the truth of said sounds .... BLAMMO.

Used to use this trick playing paintball with 12 gram C02 carts (pop one NOT in the gun... psssst.... ah here they come.... SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT!).
 
Nah, you want the sounds of approaching tanks and helicopter gunships...

[heh...now I have the image of two grunts on opposite sides of a wall, armed only with mp3 players, playing increasingly ridiculous FX at each other...]
 
Nobody that I know would rely on sound. First off, in a real battle, you're going to be near deaf after the first few rounds start to fly - unless you have ear protection in which case everything will be muffled anyway.

Anyone hear ever fired a rifle without wearing ear muffs besides me? Those things are frigging loud!

And if I thought you were reloading, that would be my signal to toss a grenade.
 
/me loads player with bagpipe music

Favorite cartoon from the Falkland War was one of a very scared and nervous Piper playing the pipes into a loudspeaker while standing on a small rise. Two brits are dug in below the piper. One says "No idea what it's doing to the enemy but the 5th Essex has moved back 5 kilometers." *

Nothing like real bagpipes but this could work in a pinch. ^_^

Casey

* paraphrased don't have the book in front of me
 
Originally posted by Corejob:
Nobody that I know would rely on sound. First off, in a real battle, you're going to be near deaf after the first few rounds start to fly - unless you have ear protection in which case everything will be muffled anyway.
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Were you not talking about active noise cancellation headgear in another thread? That'd mute out the worst of the gunfire. Might not mute out the smaller sounds.

Anyone hear ever fired a rifle without wearing ear muffs besides me? Those things are frigging loud!
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Even in training I wore in-the-ear plugs unless I was walking point, on ambush or picket. I like my hearing.


And if I thought you were reloading, that would be my signal to toss a grenade.
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If you've got one. And if you want to be sticking bits of yourself out to do that, that's not quite as good as advancing on my position when you think I'm reloading, but it isn't too bad either.

And I've seen a lot of people who can't throw to save their lives (literally). In fact, some who throw so badly it has almost cost them theirs. (Remembers and NCO tossing a private over the wall at the grenade range to avoid the blast from a grenade that the private had failed to make exit the trench).
 
Now we can all have a soundtrack to accompany our fighting with. This should give the '1812 Overture' a run for its money.
 
"My favorite MP3 would be the one of the action jamming and the sound of me dropping a magazine and making 'clearing' noises."

Of course, the speakers and amplifier to make it loud enough to fool anybody might be a little awkward&#133
 
Originally posted by slyen2:
I think The origanal Final Fantasy Battle Theme would be impressive to have.
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Umm... Which "Final Fantasy" would that be? They are up to 11 now. It has got to be the most inaccurately named game to date.

How can you have a sequal to "Final" Fantasy???
 
Looking at the website at the beginning of all this, I note that it is not an MP3 player for an AK-47. Rather it is an MP3 player built into a magazine for that rifle. Which could produce a rather unfortunately hilarious scene.

Guy in firefight with AK-47 runs out of ammo. Pops old mag out, inserts new one, cocks rifle, stands up to fire..

And the sounds of "Gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister, gimme three steps toward the door." come pouring out.
 
Originally posted by Drakon:

Umm... Which "Final Fantasy" would that be? They are up to 11 now. It has got to be the most inaccurately named game to date.

How can you have a sequal to "Final" Fantasy???
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It was originally supposed to be the creator's final game. It was very popular - as 11 sequels show - and has many fans.

Come to think of songs for the sound system, the remake of "Pinball Cha Cha" by Yello.
 
I have always thought massive speakers fitted to tanks and other vehicles (ala barry boy nova) playing loud music could be useful psycological weapon on close confines.
And just useful in peacetime.
 
Agreed, seems like sonics would be as workable as laser weapons and use less power.

imagine a pistol that could fire a directed sound wave at 500 decibles... hit some =one and it would shatter tissue, rpture organs and crush bone. if the power setting was adjustable it could be used to stun or subdue as well as kill.


I think this is a good idea and I am waiting for one of you Gearheads to create a CT version. say somewhere around TL12 pistol, carbine form.. i figure the range would be short so no point in a rifle but i could be wrong about that.

would make a great boarding party weapon.
 
sorry for double post but just remember no sound in vacuum so maybe not so useful in boarding situations after all.
 
From Gavreau's Infrasound Weapons

"The infrasonic foghorns could produce a frightening two kilowatts of infrasonic energy, at a pitch of one hundred fifty cycles per second."

"A whistle 1.3 meters in diameter produced an infrasonic pitch of 37 cycles per second. This form violently shook the walls of the entire laboratory complex, though its intensity was less than 2 watts infrasonic power."

"Tolerances from 40 to 100 cycles per second have been recorded by military examiners."

"Significant visual acuity decrements are noted when humans are exposed to infrasounds between 43 and 73 cycles per second."

All sounds above 20 cycles per second are fully within hearing range and harmless. Their math is off by a factor of ten from the infrasonic range, or else whoever edited this page had no idea what he was doing.

"Low pitched tones cling to the ground, being "guided" along the soil layers. Male vocalizations cannot be localized by predators. Male sounds "hug the ground", diffusing out from their source."

Sounds below 40 Hz are non-directional to human hearing, but other species (notable giraffes and elephants) apparently can distinguish directionality. The author's claim that infrsounds are hard to detect are bogus as well. Most recording equipment filters out sound below 20 Hz because it uses up bandwidth. Equipment designed to record infrasonics does so with ease.

This is not to deny the harmful effects of infrasound at certain frequencies. The Fortean Times article is decidedly more factual.
 
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