90-Degree Barrel | MythBusters

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[@kio3370]

"Adams feeling real optimistic" "I'm feeling really optimistic"

[@Headlock123456789]

KibYT Best part, lol.

[@nicolataino2003]

Apparently he's feeling optimistic

[@CaelVK]

Hmm yes this ground is made out of ground

[@captainmurica4]

Sausige17 Your pfp isn’t

[@janosskublics7438]

Wait a minute! I smell air!

[@CUXOB2]

- "Soldier, take your 90° rifle and shoot around that corner!" - "But Sir my barrel is bent 90° to the right, for this corner is need a barrel bent to the left!" - "Then just get upside down!"

[@stevenbaker470]

Cheburushka damn give me a marine. Order them to do something and they will get it done without the excuses, now soldier just grab the barrel and bend it back to the left.

[@neuroplastic3142]

Could just hold the gun upside down...

[@nmspy]

*bends spine upside down and leftwards to shoot right* AYE SIR

[@tony_5156]

Heh isreal made a flexible and it works quite well and looks sci-fi af.

[@gz6344]

@Markus Reigns I'm too late, But... r/woooosh

[@harryabbott9994]

Never bring a 90° gun to a 0° gun fight.

[@jimtaylor294]

...unless the fight's round corners XD.

[@arkesh110]

Jim Taylor just around the corner...

[@kamomile_tea]

Or a 360° fight

[@harryabbott9994]

Kamomile Tea haha, that could work!

[@Llamaifunny]

Kamomile Tea In a 360 i would i win against a 90 degree. Infact i bet money

[@50antigua50]

I remember being 7 years old and watching the first episode of Mythbusters, they asked for viewer submitting and after begging my mom to help me submit a possible myth to the Mythbusters (at the time my favorite show and still holds a close place in my heart).... my question came from the first Harry Potter movie where Hagrid bends Harry's uncle's shotgun barrel 90° upward.... I was so curious to see what would happen.... so glad they eventually tested it.

[@kylev.1163]

How about a 180 degree barrel for youtube commenters?

[@theofficialstig]

+Vaas Montenegro well that one backfired

[@Dsworddance22]

+Vaas Montenegro darude - sandstorm

[@kasperjam]

Hi Vaas

[@Hachiae]

+Vaas Montenegro just do a 360 and walk away

[@dirttraxbiking]

oooooohh, shots fired!

[@sriramradhakrishna878]

0:48 - My physics teacher's reaction when she sees my lab record

[@PotatoBoiOfficial]

bruh lol

[@oil1252]

Lol

[@Cepheid_]

Just multiply all of your uncertainties by two.

[@supremechaosbeing2696]

Bro- Hah. that’s just wrong.

[@mubirshu]

This has a Looney Tunes feel to it. They should stamp it "ACME".

[@darthrevan4933]

That’s true for a lot of stuff these guys do

[@coolminer1231]

Germany actually experimented with something like this during ww2

[@boerharms2209]

STG44 Krummlauf

[@jamoecw]

they used guns with bent barrels in WW1 for trench fighting.

[@MISTERGUY1218]

That's what I was looking up

[@theusmc202]

jamoecw they also had a few experiments using it with tanks

[@matthewadami9092]

The Germans made for Tank destroyer crews because on the Elephant they forgot to put a Bow machine gun on it. They made them in 45 and 90 degree variants. The 90 degree was more popular, but because of the extra rifling and time in the barrel it would cause the bullet to heat up really bad and the bullet would shatter, it resulted in a shotgun effect. Which didn't matter because they were shooting at Russians climbing there Tank trying to pour gasoline down the tank destroyers hatches and then light the thing on fire.

[@Tula1940_LB]

During WWII some Stg-44s were equipped with 45 and 90 degree bends. 90 degree barrels where mounted in some German tanks to shoot soviets off the top of them or close range fire.

[@loganpaul2137]

dude, my name is Logan Barnett. how are our names so similiar?

[@yungspirit4903]

hi

[@MrEnglishManYT]

I was literally about to comment that :D

[@Wanderer628]

Logan Barnette Germans once again inventing stuff with zeo practical use towards winning an actual war.

[@SpOnGeBoB-db6mu]

you don't know much about germany, do you?

[@Wumbobio]

Didn't the Germans in ww2 invent a curved gun like this? edit: Jesus it's been five-plus years since I've posted this and this is the most likes I've ever gotten on any media platform. It's not even that good of a comment lol I was 15 or 16 years old when I said this and I'm pretty sure I knew the answer already!

[@Darkteen75]

Ya the krummlauf.

[@nathanapplegate5374]

Ja, but by accident. It was used primarily in the tank battles of the Eastern German front. Germany made the mistake of not putting a machine gun on top of their Tiger tanks. The Soviets exploited this and started climbing on top of the Tiger tanks to destroy them. The Germans remedied this by using their curved guns. These guns were so made that the bullet, upon the curve, would shatter. This gave the gun a shotgun effect, making it perfect for keeping those pesky Soviet soldiers off the tanks.

[@ClashClash89]

Nathan Applegate Though the shattering of the bullet wasn't a design-feature. more an unplanned but pleasant regularly occuring surprise^^

[@coenisgreat]

Nathan Applegate Minor Correction; it was actually the Ferdinand Tank Destroyer, which used the otherwise usless chassis of the Tiger prototype build by Porsche, repurposed for Tank Destroyers and Self-Propelled Guns when Henschel won the Contract for the Tiger which we know today. Though eventually the Ferdinand was upgraded to the Elefant Tank Destroyer, which did little else but add the missing Coaxial MG.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

The Krummlauf was actually a barrel accessory for the StG 44 which was one of the first assault rifles.

[@jaypatel8809]

0:53 remember me about tom and Jerry.

[@firstlast6980]

did anyone else loose it when jamie started spinning the barrel at the end?

[@AyedYoutube]

How did you know that his anus is loose?

[@AyedYoutube]

Asking the real question here..

[@brunoactis1104]

I hope no one

[@ZeroTheHunter]

Im getting a cursed halo sniper backflash right know...

[@Coltara]

Ur mom

[@melody3741]

the "commercial" is my favorite part of this

[@skyhop]

This would work much better with a smooth bore musket and round ball ammunition. No wonder the bullet tumbles, it's being formed to the contour of the barrel, which is curved. It's probably getting a lot of material stripped off the bullet by the rifling while having to make a hard turn, as well.

[@gundamnduke0]

+Tombs Clawtooth and many instances, it shatters the bullet, making it fire like a shotgun. It was a good thing for close quarter though, so the Germans didn't complain.

[@pleasedontwatchthese9593]

+Tombs Clawtooth hey, I saw you on the last mythbusters video

[@Toastergod44]

+Tombs Clawtooth good luck ramming it down XD

[@KandiKlover]

Mother Yiffer

[@TheGreyhoundGames]

Yeah that would definitely be pretty damn hard with a muzzleloader, though in theory you could also do this with a breechloader that just has a smooth barrel and a cartridge with a ball-shaped bullet. Might take a bit more effort, but it would be more likely to be successful I think.

[@justananimegirlwithpinkhai8379]

"Adam's feeling real optimistic" "I'm starting to feel real optimistic" Damn, I wonder how Adam feels about this

[@tylerlackey1175]

Let's ask adam

[@Circuitssmith]

The world may never know.

[@amyshaw893]

my best guess? optimistic

[@alida004]

will a 180 degree work so i can give my mother in law one

[@gregistopal]

Rhandy XD

[@joenodden]

E D G Y

[@solidmoon8266]

Theres guns that are designed where the gun folds around corners with a camera to boot. A hinged gun if youd think about it.

[@jsbmx2039]

Rhandy lol

[@bukkbukk7866]

We can speak about it..

[@1000FeatheredOwl]

Duck Hunting *twist* Fish hunting! *twist* I'm going to pass out from laughing XD

[@theLuigiFan0007Productions]

+Joshua Benton LOL Me too. XD

[@MinutemanOutdoors]

This comment made me watch the whole vid xD

[@RijuChatterjee]

It's supposed to look like a sideways face of a person passing out from laughing. Get with it smh

[@RodrigoMera]

I had not laugh like this since the last year I think

[@PacWest6]

This reminds me of that meme where Tom the cat shoves a double-barrel into Jerry's house hole and it angles right back at his head through another hole on top

[@sharp14x]

just like in da shoah

[@prithvirajb1953]

Who says Tom the cat

[@Christdeliverme]

LOL "curved ammo not included"

[@ryanm.191]

‘That’s just wrong’ Acute observation

[@distorted_heavy]

Nah, it's a right observation

[@mohammedrazeenzaeencamil9344]

get out.

[@ryanm.191]

Zaeen Camil never

[@nielsreiziger4850]

jamie at the end is freaking funny XD

[@gerich6781]

Narrator: Adam's feeling real optimistic Adam: I'm starting to feel real optimistic thanks for that narrator

[@theshuman100]

0:18 barrel-ly inches after leaving the gun the bullet began to tumble.

[@dallastexas4988]

theshuman100 I heard the exact same thing lol

[@HellishPumpkin]

So the Germans modeled a gun after the episode of Tom and Jerry, when Tom tries to put the shotgun into the mouse hole then it curved right back at him.

[@blossumgang1357]

"Adams feeling real optimistic" "I'm starting to feel real optimistic" I wonder how they got to that conclusion

[@pharmacist66]

Ikr they had no proof he was optimistic

[@TARINunit9]

"Dry up Dursley you old prune!"

[@taylorboys3791]

They should've tried it with a double barrel pointed upwards

[@sean8081a]

That's what brought me here lol.

[@Jjames763]

I would have never expected that to work. Mythbusters, your science is an inspiration to all of us.

[@aleksandersuur9475]

These things were used it ww2 to discourage anyone trying to climb on a armored vehicle. Not much point in a tank if you have to stick your head out to shoot someone, so they had these bent assault rifle attachments that you could stick out from a viewing port and possibly hit someone crawling around on top of the tank or at least get them to jump off.

[@Gameprojordan]

Yep, this was meant for point blank range so keyholing bullets and such weren't that big of a deal. It was still an unpractical design though and the barrels life plummeted to a couple hundred rounds at most before catastrophic failure

[@connorclemmons8698]

0:51 "I'm ready for you assholes!"

[@alexthatsall8834]

im actually happy this popped up in my recommendation tab once again,and god i miss these guys lol

[@TheAtlantaRailfan]

I haven't seen the whole episode so I don't know if this was already mentioned but during ww2 the germans had a barrel attachment for their STG 44 assault rifle called the Krummlauf (german for curved barrel) and it was bent so german troops could shoot around corners and over cover it also included a mirror to help with aiming

[@Adam_K_]

Lmfao that promo at the end though

[@jupikman]

I feel like the curve should be smoother/symetrical for a better result

[@Lonewolf6565]

The problem is any curve in the barrel will deform the bullet and make it impossible to fly straight. Curved rifle barrels were actually experimented with during ww2 and found to be virtually useless after only a few rounds.

[@Earthenfist]

It seems to me that this could be made more effective with specialized ammo- if you had a round bullet instead of a tapered one, the tumble wouldn't affect the penetration as much. Though you might end up getting curving bullets with the spin.

[@dryaldibread2327]

2:30 when I have a flat one xD

[@nightshadekelly]

The end commerical was just perfect

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

This concept HAS been used before! In fact I believe there was a gun in WWII that used this, but they wore down extremely fast, being machine guns

[@VirgilwithanE]

"Dry up, Dursley, you great prune!"

[@Fnaffan_-tc2so]

In the 2.WW Germany actually produced these type of Barrel(attachment) in the 45Degree Version for the Tank Crew of the Ferdinads and the 90Degree Version for the Infantry in Stalingrad to better/easier shoot around the Corners of Buildings. But there was an slight sideffect the Bullet turned into Fragments and you got an Shotgung with the Firingspeed of Machinepistol

[@suityboi2126]

It wasn’t used in stalingrad

[@maksammo1604]

“Hans I have an idea”

[@niehoe3048]

0:48 huh, that's Just wrong

[@Mystic2760]

I think it was more of a "heh" XD

[@ineedpineapples]

More like hah

[@giraffeman326]

Indeed

[@michaellynes3540]

2:23 Bent Barrel Gun Commercial

[@SFxTAGG3]

The Krummlauf was a barrel accessory used for the German STG-44 assault rifle at the end of World War II. It was meant to be used as a means to shoot around corners, and shoot from the relative safety of the inside of a tank to fend off enemies who had clambered on. The Krummlauf had a few different variants for different angles of fire, including a 90 degree angle. It even had a periscope system to accurately aim.

[@myfavoritemartian1]

Germany did it back in the 1930's with a STG34 Krummlauf . They even placed segmented mirrors along the barrel in three places so they could even use the sights. It curved left.

[@gener1cname]

After 5 years I’m back and I don’t regret it at all

[@F.R.E.D.D2986]

Same

[@ussling]

"....It's still lethal. How cool is that?" I miss the Mythbusters.

[@ILikeToLaughAtYou]

Kind of wanna try this with a smooth-bored black powder musket... because the projectile is already round, and doesn’t have to spin like a football, therefore it’s not as likely to deform in the same way the .22 rounds did in this test...

[@TofsrudCubing]

Myth confirmed. Good job guys. You are crazy myth busters

[@DutchDesires]

Can you shoot a bullet around a corner? Cod players be like: LOL of course, we knew that already.

[@fortheloveofnoise9298]

They should put this gun in MW 2019 as an easter egg.

[@ragnarthefearless9235]

They should have a multiplayer mode where players can only use curved barrel guns

[@CoffeeSnep]

That would end up being OP though. Campers would become invincible.

[@cynicalclusterfuck5605]

I'm gay

[@jq7323]

Thank you myth busters, for allowing many easy classes at school on the days we watched your show lol

[@michaelmichael326]

Every single enemy I go up against in multiplayer cod has these 😂😂

[@richardbautista709]

I wonder if it can do 360 degrees

[@Cubesquareprism]

+iliketowin win skrub

[@Farhzeug]

+iliketowin win As pointless as it would be, it'd be pretty darn epic, now also make the barrel of something that is transparent so you can actually ''see'' the bullet.

[@Farhzeug]

TheBoltMaster I know that, otherwise I think we'd be using it by now ;)

[@Awsisazeen]

+iliketowin win You mean 180. 360 is just a straight shot with a loop in the middle

[@Farhzeug]

Awsisa zeen uh... 360 is a whole circle, so yeah, but 180 is literally a suicide gun. I think the point was a barrel that did a loop, and then went out the right direction.

[@_tsu_]

I was expecting RAID SHADOW LEGENDS when he said sponsor

[@monstercommenter9587]

I fuckin lost it when he stuck that barrel around that corner!😂😂😂😂😂 ABSURD AS FUCK! HAHAHAHABAHAAAAAA!!!!!!

[@draxx8107]

lookin like Hogarth Hughes gun in Iron Giant 😂😂

[@NonnofYobiznes]

I miss this show already... *sad*

[@MichaelSmith-oy7zx]

It's wabit season

[@sarahvillian1263]

Terry Goodkind I love you

[@kfp1200]

Thanks for the info mate

[@tlf.]

0:53 "peek a boo"

[@Tomohran]

I thought this was a really hot barrel, not a 90 degree angle.

[@user-ix2bb3bd5q]

Ian did a look-see on a Belgian over-under bullpup shotgun. The sleek hunting rifle profile is maintained with bent barrels.

[@connorvaughn7968]

The issue with the wobbling is due to the rifling in the barrel being crushed together on one side. You have more pressure on the left side of the gun, putting spin on the bullet, than you do on the right.

[@RebelForce8]

The germans made a functional model of this for the MP44 or STG44 OR MKBH42 ! BACK IN 1942 !

[@darnit1944]

Functional, not effective

[@roflbotfpv9168]

StG44 Krummlauf Barrel !!!

[@Adam-qv2bd]

This is the best idea I've ever seen on mythbusters. How about testing it with a larger caliber?

[@zenvir1680]

Whats with the horizontal interlacing lines on this video? I thought my monitor was set to 1080i instead of 1080p by mistake

[@Bluboy511]

i guess you could say that barrel-ly worked

[@gundamnduke0]

remember, this is no German engineering. So imagine how effective it was for the German's curved barrel MP44 in close quarter.

[@WimsicleStranger]

You could just blind fire over or around any obstacles. This is a neat little trick, but it's really nothing more than that.

[@gundamnduke0]

WimsicleStranger Remember, the Germans made a scope for the curved barrel, blind fire still exposes your hand, and you can't aim for shit.

[@TheLouisianan]

+WimsicleStranger The Germans developed the curved barrel on the STG-44 in WWII to use on the Eastern front for tank crews. The idea was if Soviet troops got on top of the tank and attempted to drop a grenade or shoot inside, a crewman in the tank could point his STG out the hatch and shoot 360 degrees around without having to come out of the tank. Of course, it didn't work very well and by the time the Germans started developing it, they already had logistical issues and started losing ground in the East.

[@RecklesslyPessimistic]

+TheLouisianan They made a 90 degree version for tank crews and a 45 degree version for infantry, so they could shoot around corners in buildings and streets.

[@fudgingteddy9481]

+WimsicleStranger Ye, it wasn't very blind fire, the german stg44 curved barrel also had a periscope.

[@Fahadw4]

I laughed way too hard at this. 0:48

[@RushGamma]

0:52 the way it peeks over the corner xD

[@jonathankennedy1963]

Do you guys know what this video reminds me of? Tom and Jerry 🤣🤣

[@erikito6092]

This is how the guns in CS:GO behave.

[@BFFsEngineer]

this is the guns you unlock when you attain 300ms ping, getting shot behind walls

[@justaguywhoplaysfalloutsom1104]

Also the krummlauf experiment was scrapped because they were not reliable and too brittle!

[@MrTzemisce]

perfect for shooting competitions

[@sarkozygaming3629]

amy shumer is not a whale *MYTH BUSTERS*

[@Oddi0]

Am I the only one reminded of Harry Potter by this?

[@ElBach1y]

nawww freakin hagrid

[@m0ther_bra1ned12]

WHOS YOUR DADY? HAHAHAHAHA! XD

[@nightfury3546]

I remember this show I used to watch it since about ten years ago

[@jollycooperator2876]

Looks like my ruger .44 carbine.. love that gun..

[@thenorth9159]

So the whole 30 mins episode is literally just 2 mins and 22 seconds when the crap is all cut.

[@LordVader1094]

The 30 minutes is showing how they make the thing.

[@wuznab5109]

I mean, the Germans did it. And when were the Germans ever wrong?

[@TrashPanda5150]

Um yes. Yes they were. At least few times.

[@Jeerin_]

They should’ve made custom rifling for the curved barrel

[@bananabuns1369]

if i remember, they would actually break after a few bullets, and that the 45 degrees one was the only one that didnt break after a few rounds

[@minhhenry8308]

You could just ask the Germans

[@_enoeletnom8847]

The Nazi's already tested this in WWII.

[@MisterCOM]

The germans

[@LieseFury]

Yes, the German army that took orders from Nazis. Also known as Nazis.

[@notpulverman9660]

Lieselotte Aya Why do we say "the Nazis," but not "the Communists?" We say "the Soviets," or "the Russians."

[@notpulverman9660]

Lieselotte Aya Stop pretending Germany was the bad guy in Europe. They were led by Mister Rogers compared to the USSR.

[@LieseFury]

When did I express support or sympathy for Stalin and Lenin? The USSR was by no means a fun place, but the Nazis tortured and murdered children and the disabled, and everyone in Germany let it happen because of nationalism. Nazi leaders turned eugenics into patriotism, and that should never be excused, nor should the people who reported their neighbors to be sent to their deaths.

[@tuckern.3534]

I wonder how you measure that barrel length is it just the actual length the distance from the chamber, or is it the forward distance

[@Globez123]

"That's just wrong" XD

[@takomerp]

It makes me laugh when they talk about wheter a .22 LR bullet is "still lethal" or not. It's hardly even reliable to kill people who put it against their temple.

[@brucec43]

+Antonín Svoboda The Mob might disagree.

[@MrHkil3]

.22 is preferred. it's quiet and can be suppressed to the point you can only hear the slide hitting the end of its rails. you don't know anything

[@MrFlarespeed]

The people who put it to their temple don't know that you can survive without the front half of your brain.

[@danimal865]

.22LR is actually just as deadly as any other. if you think it will "barely" kill on someone's temple, then you know nothing about guns. plus their are LOTS of different kinds of .22. some doing 4000 feet per second. keep in mind that the 223 used in 90% of AR platforms is just .001 larger than a .22

[@takomerp]

I said .22LR, not .223. And yes, a massacre in finland was commited with a .22LR. I'm just saying it's severely underpowered, and that you wouldn't call a sharp stick or a pencil "lethal", even if its wounding potential is probably more or same like most .22LR,

[@thatguyfor2adefendtheconst732]

Nice hillbilly gun sales joke. Warning : liberals the gun sales promotion in this Mythbusters episode is a joke not a serious promotional commercial.

[@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

That guy for 2a defend the constitution Warning.... Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are liberals...

[@bukkbukk7866]

Nop,I bouht it

[@notpulverman9660]

DEATHBYFLYINGCDS Yeah, you can tell they're liberals by the fact that they're worried what they're doing might not be legal. If you're worried about breaking the law before you even break the law, or even have anything to do with the limits of the law, you're probably a liberal.

[@notpulverman9660]

Then again..... the ATF might be bored, and we don't know that they wouldn't consider this "shortening" a barrel, which they consider to be a "crime."

[@zachesherman]

Anybody know the brand of Jamie's new glasses? He used to wear a pair of Julbo Drus, but these are rounder and have metallic sides.

[@SuperIwatch]

The US army m3 submachine-gun, also called the grease gun, could be fitted with a 90-degree curved barrel. the idea was for tankers to be able to shoot enemy soldiers off their tank without exposing themselves. The curved barrel on an m3, of course, is much shorter than whatever Jamie and Adam were using.

[@kroneyt1493]

I'm curious how this would affect recoil

[@rockethutchins8547]

Lol I love how they are shooting a picture of Adam.

[@toyotacamry1733]

Brings a whole new meaning to cornet peek

[@RekzysTheTitan]

In world war 2 they developed an Stig 44 with a 30degree curved barrel which was used for shooting out of trenches and from cover

[@gtb81.]

i love the old ones

[@naonao77090]

There’s is a gin attachment that was used in WW2 called the Krummlauf that did just this at 30° for urban warfare and another at 90° for armored vehicles I believe

[@random-le5qh]

I hope there a gunstore with this barrel also has gun with detacheble barrel

[@6literfuelaholic655]

You coupd see that the bullet was still moving on an angle when it was going through the gell, i womder how far itd curve before it dropped

[@unknownz1238]

Fun fact during world war 2 the allies and axis experimented with 90 degree and 45 degree bent barrels to shoot around corners but they didn’t make a lot of them because the barrel need to be replaced a lot and was very unneeded because a regular gun would be much easier to use and less costly