This Is A Grenade Launcher From 1730!

Grenade launchers are much older than you think! Back in the 18th century, they also had grenade launchers made of flintlock.
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[@CookieXD240]

Can I find Barney the dinosaur

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@@CookieXD240 ا٠٠٠٠٠٠ⁿ

[@cloudscapemysterio]

This link seems mighty suss I ain't pressing it

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

Yeah that’s cool and all but you skipped the important part! Does it go ‘Thoomp’ like modern ones do!

[@CrayonEater2003]

George Washington hitting that cross-map noob tube at Yorktown:

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Lmfao 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@luckygjv872]

The British when they see George Washington turn up with a noob tube and an exosuit 🫨

[@notajaxon9476]

Do you think he's using one man army?

[@deterrencedispensed4780]

​​@@notajaxon9476 Definitely with EOD pro, Sleight of Hand Pro, Stopping Power Pro, Last Stand Pro, Restock, Gas Mask, Pointman, Hardline, and Over Kill

[@Turnip397]

@@notajaxon9476Yeah they made a game about him its called Doom: 1776

[@NoOne-on4vt]

Can you imagine meeting for a duel and your enemy pulls out one of these

[@AnthonyBlamthony]

U might actually still win if he misses and the grenade flies past you he’s kinda fucked

[@soundrogue4472]

@@AnthonyBlamthony doesn't need a direct hit to win XD

[@edwardochavez1072]

You don't even have to turn around...... just hold it backwards, bendover and......FIRE!!!! Watch the crowds reaction

[@matttw5055]

Don’t know why but the mental image of two men squaring up and one pulling this fuck off thang out his pocket and firing off with his other arm tucked behind his back all gentlemen like has me giggling

[@kibbs325]

Just fill it with a handful of steel ball bearings instead of a single grenade. Shotgun style

[@MaidofRage420]

"What makes me a good Demoman? If I were a bad Demoman, I wouldn't be sittin here, discussing it with ya now would I?!"

[@hennry65600]

I can't believe they made the loose cannon into a real gun.

[@zombiebrother0663]

Good. someone smart. I'm proud that my comment made this beautiful human being finish my original comment. Who has more likes then me. That's pretty damn racist.

[@captainbonebeard6011]

I get that reference!

[@gythftfujvf6hk539]

@@captainbonebeard6011 wat refrans

[@gacasandumpor6840]

@@gythftfujvf6hk539 team fortress 2 meet the demoman

[@happymark1668]

“Soup can” - A one eye man that would want this

[@bluemario1985]

TF2

[@LeakedWall548]

TF2

[@AdrianDaWeeb]

OOHHH THEY GONNA HAVE TO GLUE U BACK TOGETHER..IN HELL 🗣️

[@halofansam2446]

ATF: “Grumbles passive-aggressively”

[@grahamlopez3742]

Technically not a fire arm, but the ammo would be considered a destructive device, and would require a tax stamp for each grenade

[@jdhill770]

@@grahamlopez3742 $200? *EACH?!?* Yeah fuck allthat, I don't even pay my regular taxes... >fires up the forge to preheat my homemade cast iron grenade shell mold

[@Mazdatree]

@@jdhill770 honestly lol, you need a shell, gun powder, and a wick?

[@GlitchedRed]

>Gives up, fires beer cans out of it instead

[@ramiere1412]

you guys love to act like the atf is some kind of opressive force to gun owners meanwhile you’ll likely never see an agent in your life

[@bungojerry9297]

"Thou shall get acquainted with my miniscule companion" -al paTEAno

[@austinflint8671]

youve forced a laugh from me, take my like you filthy animal

[@jensenwolfe8250]

You win

[@glace5717]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thephoenixsystem6765]

shalt* 😉

[@casey3713]

He still snorts a mountain of coke before this though Still coke.

[@eskibal36]

"Now that's quality."

[@jankygrunt]

Me bottle of scrumpy

[@Dave_Subjects32]

Wooop deee dooo!

[@TheEngineerThatsEngiHere]

“What makes me a good demoman?”

[@kingjames678]

“That’s good soop”

[@hugotheimpecileone]

aem drunk

[@Mars61456]

*"Ey, that's good scrumpy"* -A one-eyed black Scottsman

[@firejunior4582]

And he got one sword,shield and he also screams

[@petershaneracoma7844]

Demoman from TF2

[@alb3598]

If you’re black, you’re not Scottish.

[@timothymiller-9920]

​@@alb3598My thoughts exactly

[@LocoSauce]

​@@alb3598 That's racist

[@civilwildman]

“They’re gonna bury what’s left of ya in a soup can!”

[@Raptor_HALLOW6]

I’ve been looking for some tf2 comments lol

[@capybara9521]

​@@Raptor_HALLOW6 k

[@krieger8825]

I love demoman

[@reinertgregal1130]

They'll burry you in a lunch box!

[@washingmachine3772]

**soupcan pyro**

[@keterclassscenario6404]

"Parry this you filthy casual!"

[@SNESpaghetti]

"IF I WAS A BAD DEMOMAN, I WOULDN'T BE SITTIN HERE, DISCUSSING IT NOW WOULD I?!"

[@ZaKaizar]

When let me solo her had enough and pulls out a literal 1730's grenade launcher

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

And this is why you always bring a baseball bat as a back up weapon. (Holy shit they actually did it!)

[@Squad_Beaker69]

Yarg matey there be treasure 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️⚓️🏝️

[@gamech2008]

V1 with Feedbacker:

[@MK_ULTRA420]

18th century Demoman be like:

[@the_irs_real]

"kablooie!"

[@pitagaming123]

kaboommmm

[@shiriyu-kun]

"OOHAHAHAHA **SNORT** HAHAH"

[@eusoueu2816]

OOOOH THEY GONNA HAVE TO GLUE YOU BUD TOGETHER IN HELL!!!!!

[@UniqueMappingSequence]

"Oh golly! They've need to put thy back together, in the Avernus!"

[@quinnmcmurtrie8022]

"Ka-BOOOOOOM!" -A black scottish cyclops.

[@CrossingRoads102]

oh they're gonna have to glue you back together IN HELL

[@maryrosefeursua9829]

Demoman tf2

[@Lad_man]

@@maryrosefeursua9829who what have ever thought it was 🤨

[@luizcassiano]

KABLOOOEY! 🗣🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@yinghannong]

Ka bim

[@theredactediq-2467]

"That's how ya do it, lads!" - demoman - *team fortress two*

[@connormclernon26]

Would be fun to see something like this added to TF2. Bigger explosive radius at the cost of single shot and slow reload

[@rottenroads1982]

YES.

[@rikirudee]

KaBOOOOOOM!

[@fiera.9790]

​@@connormclernon26 the loose cannon: crying.

[@yang_not]

*double donk sound*

[@fail22737]

I love how the idea of launching a explosive really far with a smaller explosive hasn't change in 200 years

[@roguespearsf]

That weapon in his hand might not be too terribly old, but they have* had these for over 500 years

[@obsobsessed5814]

If it aint broke dont fix it

[@PUNISHERMHS_2021]

@@obsobsessed5814 well they did sorta fix it by improving its design

[@obsobsessed5814]

@@PUNISHERMHS_2021 thats improving or upgrading not fixing

[@GabrielGarcia-300]

When libs cry about how our founding fathers didn't know what guns would be like in the future. I always tell them. They knew about advancement in the future because they were advancing in their time...20 years ago, a rail gun or energy weapon was a thing of the future. Now they're here. I can't imagine what we'll have in another 200 years if we make it that far

[@reijerlincoln]

The original noob tube.

[@gentlerain8537]

That’s not the original- There are lots of variations… On group of Templars had combination flamethrower/grenade launcher- Over 500 years before this was built… (That still isn’t the oldest- yet there is a really cool well documented fortress defense documentation involving them.)

[@alecmathews8598]

@@smoothcarrot4642 now they’re gonna find your house and noob tube it.

[@smoothcarrot4642]

@@alecmathews8598 oh my lord 😳

[@joshhelms8413]

Lol

[@orbe5533]

Nube toob LoL

[@endergeo116]

I love how the grenades look like Cartoonish bombs Straight out of a Loony toons episode

[@rockythewerepuppy2253]

Thats because it is the origins for where the black ball with a fuse bomb that we know see in cartoons came from

[@Scrub_Lord-en7cq]

@@rockythewerepuppy2253its useless you’d rather just throw a frag

[@cooperkillen5729]

Thats just what bombs used to look like. The cartoons use dynamite too. Looks the same in real life.

[@Como_tan_muchachosxd]

Demoman

[@Mohawkmarcje]

Well, that's how they looked during the 17th to 19th century.

[@orphanreaper7221]

Ah yes the good ol "remember that shoulder you had?"

[@adriansrsa90]

To is

[@chemicallylemon]

"Woe to you, good sir, and those fellows within proximity to ye"

[@JakeSmith-em5sh]

Proximity to yeet.

[@isaacschmitt4803]

The addreff be-eth "to whome it may confern."

[@captainofmysoul1355]

To those within thine area hereabouts

[@tardis225]

Just gonna say it, in old English "ye" is actually pronounced as "the".

[@isaacschmitt4803]

@@tardis225 Not in the context of "you" it isn't. But nice try.

[@mnemonichotpocket]

When the homies make fun of your blunderbuss:

[@official_commanderhale965]

Blunderbuss: Original Recipe Blunderbuss: Extra Spicy

[@mnemonichotpocket]

@@official_commanderhale965 I like your style, Sir

[@magicsasafras3414]

​@@official_commanderhale965 blunderbuss: Sriracha

[@Flesh_Wizard]

They are gonna end up blunderbusted 💥

[@dsnahogaragames]

I DIDN'T NEED YA HELP YOU KNOW "Proceeds to kill bind"

[@SNEPARD179]

“What makes me a good demo man?”

[@buckethead6044]

If I were a bad Demoman, I wouldn't be sittin' here, discussing it with ya now would I?

[@bolmobelo]

​@@buckethead6044 "one crossed wire,one pinch of potassium chloride,one errant Twitch!AND KABLOOIE!"

[@aslegger]

@@bolmobelo LETS DOOO IIIITTT!!!

[@maerk9494]

​@@aslegger Not one of ya is gonna survive dis

[@doctorjay8673]

So! T'all you fine dandies, so proud, so cocksure, prancin' about with your heads full of eyeballs... come and get me, I say! I'll be waitin' on you with a whiff of the old brimstone!

[@chucknutly3290]

I keep one of these loaded next to my bed just in case someone breaks into my house at night.

[@elizabethflynn6626]

i keep one in case i need to fight 30-50 feral hogs

[@chucknutly3290]

@@elizabethflynn6626 Oddly specific but ok.

[@h-h1859]

So there will be no house to be broken into

[@Piedrahumo4447]

Just as the founder fathers intended

[@chucknutly3290]

@@Piedrahumo4447 Actually I live in Cambodia.

[@isaiasaguirre342]

I imagine everyone running and fighting in the battlefield, and then you hear somebody with a scottish accent scream "LEEETS DEW IIIIT!" "CANNON BAAAALL!"

[@bustersmith5569]

LMFAO,,,,,,,

[@fizza1473]

What makes me a good demoman?

[@Machiavellli]

@@fizza1473 IF I WERE A BAD DEMOMAN, I WOULDN’T BE SITTIN HERE, DISCUSSING IT WITH YOU WOULDN’T I?

[@maestrofeli4259]

*scottish music plays*

[@Sportacus1501]

This Made me day

[@HellhumperE7ZJ]

"Are thy a excellent man of demolitions?"

[@kippert8912]

By my troth, if I weren't an excellent man of demolitions, I wouldn't be sitting here discussing it with thee, surely you nary think so?

[@demoman5864]

@@kippert8912Let’s begin!

[@SniperOnSunday]

We shall commence!

[@robotikk64]

“They’ll have to glue you back together, in hell!”

[@madeofgrease9220]

“One crossed wire, one wayward pinch of potassium chlorate, one errant twitch... and kablooie!”

[@EDU4RD0ofc]

"A PEEN"

[@zenoxerox]

KABOOM

[@muriloff265]

Eu sou do Brasil kkkkk

[@littlebear4264]

my fucking childhood. Man I remember first playing tf2 10 years ago... It was back then when muselk, mrpaladin were just starting out. My days back then when I was still fucking innocent

[@eaglewolfzen]

"I'm drunk! You don't have an excuse!"

[@thequagsire3592]

“LEEEEEEETS DO IIIIIIIIIT” - Demoman TF2

[@targetishisname]

*i bet demoman is laughing at the distance-*

[@therealblacktronempire1987]

WOHOHOHOHOHOHO, LOHOHAHAHAHA!

[@AU_Player]

"They are gonna bury whats left of you in a soup can!"

[@vancouver9672]

Proceeds to equip the Loose Cannon

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

There are NERF flintlock muskets and pistols. Now someone needs to make a NERF flintlock grenade launcher that can shoot NERF Mini Basketballs.

[@AmyStrikesBack]

Maybe shooting rival? Usually for this type of thing nerf uses mega darts or demolisher rockets

[@TotalyAdSafe]

"Awww they're gonna have to glue you back together...IN HELL" - a wise Scottish man

[@nathanms1]

Launch a potato from one those

[@skinwalker69420]

No. All you need to do that is a barbecue lighter, some PVC pipe and some hairspray.

[@Ltdayman1000]

yes.. YEEEEES

[@backwoodsjunkie08]

The original tater cannon!!

[@scaredhunter672ded5]

It'd turn into roasted potatoes but ok

[@rion7088]

This is the most Irish thing I’ve ever read.

[@jdawg93]

"My heavens Reginald do you see that black ball flying towards us?" "I do sir. What the devil could it b-" 💣 💥

[@crusader2412]

“Ohoho jolly good shot Robert! The enemy has been turned into a fine red mist!” “Thank you sir. Unfortunately I seem to have broken every bone in both of my hands and my right eye has suffered severe powder burns and I can no longer see out of it.” “Oh bollocks. It’s always something isn’t it?”

[@doomzdude_btw5514]

​@@crusader2412 sounds like a squire quote lmfao

[@Greg12839]

lol

[@jessesmith6824]

Henry stickmin reference real

[@d4clovetrain400]

Hiroshima and nagasaki moment

[@jeremiahcastro9700]

*"There's nothing new under the sun."*

[@UberGingah]

There's actually lots new under the sun you're just mistaking 300 years as a long time

[@jeremiahcastro9700]

@@UberGingah people have been sinning since Adam and Eve...and people have known about ballistics and projectiles since they learned to throw objects...there's nothing new...it only seems new to a new generation born long after it was first done.

[@ryushogun9890]

Dude comes with a deep sentence.. just a grenade launcher chill

[@Looonie]

@@jeremiahcastro9700 what are yall on about?

[@stopdeletingmyaccount125]

@@jeremiahcastro9700 yep

[@Bismark1815]

As soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew the entire TF2 community would be here

[@philbegay1946]

1730 " knock knock open the door." " Break out the grenade launcher."

[@adamant6375]

"Fellow soldier I appear to have folded thy opposing team with only one grenade I shall be play of the game now."

[@brentschellekens4151]

"This is my grenade launcher, there are many like it but this one is mine!"

[@Everydaygtagcreator]

“What makes me a good demo man?!”

[@eeeeefffff]

Demoman from Team Fortress 2 taught us this

[@maverick8945]

"Oh, they're goin' ta have to glue you back together...IN HELL!" - Black Scottish Cyclops

[@Kyle_402]

Stolen comment. Pathetic.

[@ColonelMetus]

Black people can't be scottish

[@jamminman9585]

⁠@@skilletfriedomeletteif I were a bad demoman, I wouldn’t be sittin right here, would I?

[@Crewwfoxxproductions]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@topgaming2815]

Suddenly tf2

[@colsanders7571]

*in a duel in the 1730s and you pull this out* “Now what in the devil are you doing?” “Salutations to my tiny acquaintance!”

[@dusannestorovic5699]

"choose your weapon sir!" "I choose.. ye ol'e noob tube!"

[@DarkMatterX1]

Should have used the word diminutive. Much more suited.

[@Brokefootchuck]

Interwebs winner!

[@anonymousyo1202]

Say hello to my little friend

[@LonerChief]

The amount of Demoman this radiates is amazing.

[@goofyflex]

scout mains have been real quiet since this wasnt released..

[@YaM8Kraken]

"Oh, I'm gonna beat you so hard, you'll have a twitch!" -Demoman TF2

[@clongshanks5206]

Your mom has a twitch

[@YaM8Kraken]

@@clongshanks5206 Oh, you watching her streams too?

[@clongshanks5206]

@@YaM8Kraken I couldn’t resist 😉 least you played along lol

[@Phearsum]

Anytime anyone tries to tell me that in 1776 the Founding Fathers didn't intend for us to have heavy firepower is going to get referred to this. 💀

[@franzjoseph1837]

Bro they literally said well regulated milita cause there was no standing army and they wanted to colonize the rest of North America and probably the South too....they wouldn't want randos walking around with ARs because they gotta be in a milita hence why they said so in the very text lmao.

[@nilsteegen33]

@franzjoseph1837 you don't understand the text. The people are the militia, and well regulated means that they have quality weapons.

[@franzjoseph1837]

@@nilsteegen33 lolo what? A milita is a milita this isn't a riddle and well regulated doesn't mean high powered rifles since it was right before the milita aspect.

[@2HN.]

​@@franzjoseph1837 police 🚓 got guns. Police are humans. U got guns. U human. Humans kill humans. Take property, rape wife. Police does that to underprivileged people. So, u want more guns or more police? 🚨

[@mastercat381]

​@@franzjoseph1837 When it was written you could privately own a warship with enough cannons to level a port town, what are you talking about

[@Markm8]

“The founding fathers didn’t know guns would become so advanced” Bro THEY HAD BOOTLEG GURNADE LAUNCHERS

[@geoffreytudor5674]

"Advanced", in this context, refers to quick-change 30 round banana clips. Is it a sacrifice for you to give up your fun on the range ripping through boxes of ammo? Sure. Doesn't come close to ONE school shooting, so get over it. Bolt action rifles, shotguns, pistols for home/self defense? I've got no problem with those, had plenty in my time. Military wannabe slaughter toys? Need to go.

[@keegan9660]

@@geoffreytudor5674 gun law do nothing I'm all for background checks but a man in Britain made a full auto smg that works and he had no experience in making guns and this was after they banned guns criminals will get guns no matter what you do and then again if you want to get rid of guns you can just buy a cannon, also bolt action for self defense really a bolt action if you miss your shot "hold up mate I need to chamber a new round" and pistol are kinda bad for home self defense the are harder to control that is why semi-automatic rifles and shotgun are good for home defense and I'm all for having a nice civil discussion but man don't just say "get rid of all assault rifles" like I want a full auto gun but the paperwork makes it barley worth it

[@J_Madison]

@@geoffreytudor5674 LOL. Banana clips. Get out of here, Bozo. We didn’t order a clown.

[@archaicresonance4927]

@@keegan9660 If gun laws do nothing how do you explain the incredibly low gun crime rates in the UK? yes criminals will always get guns, but at least our kids aren't going to their parents gun cupboard and shooting up schools :)

[@radicaldradcliffe4201]

@@keegan9660 Yeah go ahead and checkout the gun violence statistics in the US vs the UK....

[@daboijean472]

Meet the demoman:

[@unamedjeff3478]

What makes me a good Demoman?

[@zombiebrother0663]

"what's makes me a good demoman?" My comment was to good that even a sex bot commented.

[@topherlzs8l]

If I were a bad demoman, I wouldn't be sittin here discussin it with ya now would i

[@zombiebrother0663]

@@topherlzs8l "LEEEET'S DO ITT!"

[@roguespearsf]

No such thing

[@flipdip5874]

Bah bah, bah, bah babah!

[@Hansnator]

One crossed wire, one pinch of potassium chloride, ONE ERRANT TWICH... AND KABLOOWIE!!!!

[@J0LL1B33]

“One crossed wire, one wayward pinch of potassium chlorate, one errant twitch, and KABLOOIE!!” - a black Scottish cyclops

[@Igotnoideaman0736]

POV: your a British soldier and a American rapscallion runs up to you with this, you can: A:Cry B:contemplate if that’s a real weapon C:put on your powdered wig and run up to your house to get your cannon loaded with grape shot

[@stevemc01]

First you gotta miss with your smoothbore pistol.

[@doritolord5029]

@@stevemc01 and nail the neighbohrs dog with it

[@stevemc01]

@@doritolord5029 THEN you go for the grapeshot cannon at the top of the stairs, demolish your property values, and then bayonet that rapscallion.

[@RealSMSi]

M79 "Thumper" is the best one

[@conorfoster2337]

"But the founding fathers would have never anticipated modern weapons!"

[@roguespearsf]

They had much more devastating weapons

[@Praktical_]

@@roguespearsf people really don't understand how old some of this technology is lol. Grenade launchers, machine guns, mortars and even just guns in general are extremely old technology lol

[@PUNISHERMHS_2021]

Ha true, puckle guns are a great example

[@pittraider1221]

@Lazys The Dank Engineer You're saying this after seeing a video of a guy showing off a hand held, one man operable grenade launcher from the 1730's.

[@ParadigmUnkn0wn]

**_1700's:_ laughs in privately owned warship**

[@faust167]

"Same as the army does now." Except for the part where you have to light the fuse and hope the flashpan ignites the charge before the grenade explodes.

[@stephenkay1104]

Makes it more hardcore really. Modern militaries learn to rely on their weapons, but back then every shot was a gamble in and of itself

[@praevasc4299]

I was still great for siege defense. If your flashpan fails to ignite, you just toss the whole thing over the wall!

[@geoffreytudor5674]

Generally, at least in artillery, the charge ignited the fuse on the explosive.

[@praevasc4299]

@Randy Alvarado Yet you cannot throw it as far by hand, this is why these were made in the first place. Back then, most battles were sieges, and the defending ramparts of the besiegers were far enough from the walls of the besieged, that they could not throw that far by hand, but they could still shoot.

[@SUPRAMIKE18]

I've heard somewhere that you put the grenade in fuse first and the burning powder from firing lights the fuse.

[@lsherwood4997]

Team fortress definitely stumbled across this and was like Yess we struck gold

[@intrucible]

"Meet the Demoman."

[@DarthEyesDragon]

“do you think our forefathers envisioned us having grenade launchers.” Well actually…

[@roguespearsf]

We had worse, non rate civilians who don't know* better keep trying to peddle disinformation

[@DarthEyesDragon]

@@roguespearsf What info was given? What is the disinformation? You won’t answer

[@anirudhsrivathsavans1615]

@@DarthEyesDragon the person deleted his comment. Love to hear what he said

[@DarthEyesDragon]

@@anirudhsrivathsavans1615 Something about how I’m misinterpreting Info then spreading disinformation.

[@ArnieOcfemia]

@@DarthEyesDragon I've been seeing that person in multiple replies. I guess my description for him is 🤓 I really don't wanna do it but sometimes, these are the kinds of people who do it at a wrong place at the wrong time. Has he actually repented from his sins?

[@xaivergarcia7792]

“An infiltrator kit is available near your location”

[@_sussy.]

18th century demoman showing off his loadout colored :

[@BGinfinite00]

Yes

[@BenjaminMankowski]

"oH bUt tHe fOuNdInG fAtHeRs cOuLdN't hAvE eNvIsIoNeD..."

[@Jo_Rogan]

wheres the good guy with a 1700s grenade launcher when you need one

[@AriaOrAries]

I am positively sure that they didn’t envision drone strikes

[@mikethemedicc]

@@AriaOrAries I mean, straight up how do you know? Lol

[@austinwilliams7919]

​@@AriaOrAries just wait until we find blueprints and proof of the wingsuit being used for air bombing.

[@BenjaminMankowski]

@@AriaOrAries If they had, they would've supported the right of the people to bear arms all the more.

[@308dad8]

What I hear you saying is our forefathers wanted us to have M203’s. Thanks for the history lesson Champ.

[@michaelbibby01]

They would have for sure. The forefathers weren't pussies.

[@woodsballjunkiepb5991]

@@michaelbibby01 for real man. All these pussies today saying nooooo they only meant muskets. Our founding fathers weren’t dumbasses and meant for any weapon that the government or military had access to, the proud law abiding people of America should too, to defend themselves from any threat or tyranny.

[@datboi__]

Anti 2A people: "when the second amendment was created they didn't have the weapons we have now!" The 1730's: hold my grenade launcher

[@YumiiSauce]

I wish private citizens could own warships nowadays like we could back then

[@datboi__]

@@YumiiSauce you can own a ship and then you can modify it how you please really. It's not illegal until you get caught...

[@Dell-ol6hb]

@@YumiiSauce why the only people who’d have them would be the astronomically rich since warships are extremely expensive

[@yeasty8290]

@@AnarchisticSociety yeah but they had weapons the military had access to, it’s like civilians owning automatic rifles and f18’s lmao you can’t own an automatic rifle in almost every state and in the states you can it’s so hard to get it’s not even worth it so no you can not have an ak47 grenade shotgun

[@datboi__]

@@AnarchisticSociety and we didn't have news that you could access instantaneously that anyone can write to make legitimate. What's your point

[@ztwntyn8]

Done blew the left side of his hat off

[@Stalin99]

Bruh imagine someone makes a fucking underbarrel attachment for their fucking musket with this💀💀💀

[@Vladimir2846]

"Oh, they're goin' ta have to glue you back together...IN HELL!"

[@derrikblatnick1959]

Gun grabbers: There's no way they could have known how advanced weapons were going to be. Year 1730: Flint lock grenade launchers.

[@greenworkstu]

“Woo child of mine, thine has received a triple of kills in quick succession. Oh yes.”

[@Av8r0214]

He forgot the part where they had a tendency to just explode the munition instead of launching it.

[@theultimateshadowgunmercen751]

That is the best vintage demo launcher ever

[@nurblesonnutrients6637]

"You disrespected me" "My mistake original gangster" No this cannot be forgiven. Now empty the compartments of your pantaloons" "For what purpose?"

[@Saint-Justus]

“Yeah i stay strapped” They strap:

[@sanjithd3343]

“Bid fare regards to my little acquaintance”

[@songohan7264]

Sir Tonyth Montaneth- 1783

[@KarlFredrik]

Must have been pure suicide to light the fuse , make sure the flintlock fires and hope the whole concoction doesn't blow up on your face. On the other hand the mode of combat back then seems to have been to march up to the frontline, follow procedure and firing an synched volley towards the enemy, also placed on a line firing back.

[@nathanjasper512]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@CircleOfInevitability]

I was thinking the act of launching it might light the fuse

[@Voltaic_Fire]

If you prime the launcher, light the grenade, put the grenade into the tube, pull the trigger, and nothing happens then you have approximately 3 seconds to crap yourself and/or yeet the launcher as far away from you as possible. So yeah, I would not want to use that launcher. I would much rather throw the grenade by hand or use an oversized slingshot that can not possibly misfire.

[@Krspy2]

@@Voltaic_Fire 3 seconds to crap yourself is right. Haha I was thinking the same thing. I'd rather use a mini catapult and fling grenades

[@superidol1536]

"if we all fire in the same direction we are bound to hit something" Napoleon Bonaparte.

[@MrCat2029]

Me and the bioshock infinite players when:

[@cake2806]

I never knew tf2's loose cannon was historically accurate, next you'll tell me soldiers shot crossbow bolts at the wounded to heal them

[@officialsquadrilogystudio]

So nice of him to time travel to explain to us.

[@retrofragment7647]

and thus the *demoman* was born.

[@18matts]

That's kinda scary man lol

[@socwyvern9745]

Yeah you light the bomb then aim and shoot, if you mess up you DIE.

[@hunters6940]

Or just imagine you didn’t load enough powder in the barrel or the Flynn doesn’t catch. Then it’s even scarier, you’re in deep shit then

[@sebastianriz4703]

Extreamely. Imagine if the flintlock mechanism doesnt work after you lit the explosive.

[@someguy8365]

@@sebastianriz4703 you better throw that rifle REALLY hard

[@pstrap1311]

@@sebastianriz4703 yeah, exactly. You light the fuse on the munition and drop it down the muzzle and then really, really hope the flint lock works and your propellant powder is dry. If it doesn't fire right away you fling the whole thing, or use it like one of those tennis ball chuckers? I can see why these weren't that common...

[@Delophantae_]

Can't wait until the next cod drops so I can have this as an underbarrel attachment on my musket along with a holographic sight

[@1337penguinman]

COD: Revolutions. Where you have Puckle Gun turret sections and every other enemy drops a Giardoni Rifle.

[@NedInYaHead]

PUT IT IN A GAME! NOW! This looks sick!

[@rustyhowe3907]

"Now that's soldiering!".

[@bruhmazing2158]

More proof that the founding fathers meant what they said when “the right to bear arms” was recognized.

[@oxide9679]

tHe FoUnDiNg FaThErS wRoTe ThE sEcOnD aMeNdMeNt BeCaUsE tHeY cOuLdN't PrEdIcT hOw DeAdLy MoDeRn WeApOnS wOuLd Be

[@mash2481]

@@oxide9679 fact

[@TrueMohax]

Machine guns, semi-autos, cannons, and now grenade launchers? What didn’t they have back then?

[@oxide9679]

@@TrueMohax High yield nukes

[@TrueMohax]

@@oxide9679 I asked a simple question, and you just went all in. Well said.

[@carlitosortiz6621]

I’m pulling up to my history class with this

[@furrydomine5615]

@carlitosortis6621

[@HolkHugan]

I imagine a lord showing up to a duel with this, having loaded it to the brim with gunpowder and the grenade is sticking out the front. He goes, "Have at thee, *R A P S C A L L I O N* ", shoots the thing, blows a giant hole in the guy opposite him and flys 30 feet back like in the cartoons.

[@roguespearsf]

Yeah, OK. Keep regurgitating F*cebook memes like we didn't see* it 8 years ago

[@afromans170]

@@roguespearsf How are you so quick, and you’re still going after peoples throats 😭

[@roguespearsf]

@@afromans170 I don't go on KZbin a lot I'm guessing, so my couple or three notifications allow me* to respond. Don't hate the player, son. These busters need to know their place

[@afromans170]

@@roguespearsf Fair enough.

[@kalebbrown8545]

The bad thing about this gun was. When you light the fuse for the grenade and then fire the rifle and it misfires, you have to drop it and run. So it either works and it's a great time or it fails and your gun is gonna try to take you with it.

[@thatwolfdude018]

2nd amendment haters: People shouldn’t be able to own deadly weapons like a Grenade Launcher James Madison: WHY I OUGHTA! Thomas Jefferson: James it’s not worth it

[@loowick4074]

Ban every gun but allow only this too be used by civilians- Home defence will be fun. Probably not much of a home left afterwards though

[@zombiekiller4yo495]

@@loowick4074 it should be a april fools prank

[@ethanchacon]

​@@zombiekiller4yo495 Me

[@Jongadsdes]

everyone should have a grenade launcher. pretty sure you can launch fireworks out of them. also i saw some twitter or meme or some shit about some college kid who sold their grandpas weapons or turned them in for money. i think one was a rocket launcher and the other was a lmg.

[@deranathonarkantos6712]

Puckle Gun has entered the chat.

[@daniloking223]

"Oh they're going to glue you back together IN HELL"

[@megalodon6692]

Captain look out!!! They have a thingamadoodle!!

[@tedthecat238]

Ah yes the demoman of the 1700s

[@todatkinson4781]

My man is drippin in swagu!!!

[@emilyaston4348]

As a wise man one said, “LETS DO IT!!!!”

[@СОЛОМОН-ъ6ж]

I’m certainly not a military expert, but I think that this grenade launcher was cooler than the current ones and the force of its destruction was also probably greater than modern grenade launchers

[@ShogunRyuusha]

For the longest time, mankind has had two approaches to war: "To fight your enemy with the least amount of danger to yourself (I.E., a far distance or a good amount of armor), and to do as much damage to your enemy from that position as possible." A grenade launcher? That serves both purposes admirably. You are far away, and will turn your enemy into bits that will ALSO go far away!

[@Bobbo110]

"I want a grenade launher from the 1730's!" "You'll blow your arms off kid!" *later* "OMG I blew my arms off"

[@iamabsolution95]

Merry Christmas....HO.....HO........HOOOO *While kicking you down the slide* 😃🤣

[@LITTLE1994]

Imagine seeing THAT in a war.

[@zach8335]

“ThE SeConD AmmEnDmEnT DoeSn’t PrOteCt MacHine GuNS anD GreNadE LaunCheRs bEcaUse That DiDnt Exist Back TheN”

[@delmiroschmidt2999]

Puckle gun stares intensely

[@palaiologos4441]

"buT hIgH cApAcITy cLipS dIDn'T eXiSt bAcK tHeN!" Bartolomeo Girardoni, whose air rifle held at least 20 rounds per tube magazine: *ಠ_ಠ*

[@toaster2382]

"I didn't need your help, ya know"

[@tonywhitburn]

I'm more surprised at the fact that they had grenades already in 1730.

[@Discotechque]

General: I wanna hurt that group of guys over yonder. Warsmith: sa no more fam, I have got thee. " *Makes a mini canon*