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: 🤣

  • cecilkorik@piefed.caEnglish
    161·
    13 hours ago

    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.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 hours ago

      Hey, he figured out that he needed to duck in the required amount of time. So - half credit?

      • cecilkorik@piefed.caEnglish
        81·
        13 hours ago

        He’s in the Russian military; his brain hasn’t been working at 100% for a long time, maybe ever.