Comments on: Homemade grenade launcher

By: Sergei

Sergei — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:05 +0000

For a terrorist, this guy has a pretty high quality camera. He is also wearing a nice, clean jacket.

By: Karlos

Karlos — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:24:26 +0000

The GP25 / 30 when fired has enough recoil to throw the bolt back on any AK rifle, and if somebody who is unfarmiliar with the recoil fires it from the shoulder they usualy end up on their back, i can imagine that didnt stay in his hand for long…

By: Cybrludite

Cybrludite — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:44:11 +0000

Hey, Abdul! Hold my drink, which is most certainly not a beer, and watch this!

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:15:05 +0000

yes, they do have them in Israel, so they must be in Palestine as well.

http://kosherfood.about.com/od/kosherisraelifood/a/sabras.htm

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:03:42 +0000

Do they have that type of Cactus in Palastine?

And a snapped wrist might be the least of his problems, but compared to a TNT filled vest, it is a huge step up in Intifada survivability

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:24:52 +0000

Matt, they look like prickly pears to me and they are found all over the world, including the middle east.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia

By: Matt Grossman

Matt Grossman — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:14:20 +0000

Cacti are native to America. Unless they are planted in the Gaza strip as an ornamental plant, I say this is some guy in his backyard in Arizona.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:42:56 +0000

DrStrangegun, you are right, it looks very similar to that launcher. I will update the blog post.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:41:27 +0000

Sean, LOL.

By: Sean Nack

Sean Nack — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:30:55 +0000

i don’t know about all that, but clearly if the palestinians keep coming up with contraptions like that israel won’t have to stay all that strong for all that long.

By: DrStrangegun

DrStrangegun — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:59:46 +0000

FWIW I think the Russian VOG-25 is one of their designs that keeps the propellant and essentially the chamber as part of the projectile, not unlike a Gyrojet.

If so, then all you really need to launch one safely is a piece of pipe strong enough to withstand the initial blast of gas and something to hit the primer…. essentially what they’ve got there.

Actually, it seems closer to a Volcanic than a GJ… Wikipedia writes up the GP-25 which is the native launcher, and describes operation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GP-30

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:19:38 +0000

“Israel needs to stay strong and stay committed to maintaining what they have and taking back what was given to them by God.”

Really? God GAVE them land? Well then, why stop at firing Hellfire missiles into gaza apartment complexes… why not just wipe out all those evil Palestinians.

To think that some stupid people think “they hate us because of our freedom.”

By: Albert A Rasch

Albert A Rasch — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:01:56 +0000

You have to hand it to them though, that ingenuity. Regards, Albert A Rasch The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles The Range Reviews: Tactical

By: Sven Ortmann

Sven Ortmann — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:29:32 +0000

I wonder why he does it at all. His tube most certainly has no rifling, and I doubt that the grenade will detonate if it doesn’t hit head-on.

By: thegreatsatan

thegreatsatan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:35:48 +0000

How does that short barrel give it enough spin to arm the grenade?

By: War Wolf

War Wolf — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:18:04 +0000

And they wonder why the IDF shoots back! Israel needs to stay strong and stay committed to maintaining what they have and taking back what was given to them by God.

By: SoloTwo

SoloTwo — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:58:51 +0000

On the plus side that is a bad ass shemagh wrap…