6/15/2006: Mass Destruction of Weapons

Undertoad · 06-15-2006, 01:32 PM

xoB finds this gallery of images entitled "Mass Destruction of Weapons" and it's such a natural title that I can't help but steal it.

A lot of the guns seem to be covered in this sort of tape or glue or goo of some sort.

This massive crane picks up the batches of weapons one after the other, and they get chewed up by some massive industrial metal shredder;

And it all makes a massive pile of scrap.

Ibby · 06-15-2006, 01:44 PM

All those shredded chunks of gun flying through the air look pretty damn dangerous...

06-15-2006, 01:57 PM

In our house this is known as WMD.
I fluff!

glatt · 06-15-2006, 01:57 PM

I'm more interested in the machine that can shred these guns. Seems to me a machine at a typical scrap yard would have "teeth" sized to shred larger objects, like washing machines or refrigerators. And something as small as a gun might get jammed in the teeth or pass through unscathed. Guns are pretty dense and aren't made of soft metal either, so what metal are the "teeth" made of?

glatt · 06-15-2006, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

I fluff!

You're a fluffer?

ferret88 · 06-15-2006, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

In our house this is known as WMD.
I fluff!

or, perhaps, WAD?

(Weapon of A$$ Destruction)

findpolitics · 06-15-2006, 02:52 PM

Wow, I don't know if you recall .... but, this is the second Mass Destruction of Weapons Thread. Seems more thorough than the first option: http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=664

Emrikol · 06-15-2006, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by findpolitics

Wow, I don't know if you recall .... but, this is the second Mass Destruction of Weapons Thread. Seems more thorough than the first option: http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=664

heh, someone beat me to it

xoxoxoBruce · 06-15-2006, 03:52 PM

Welcome to the Cellar, findpolitics.

There was another one burning large stacks of long guns. I don't want to link to it because 2 examples are all Wolf can stand in one day.

06-15-2006, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ferret88

or, perhaps, WAD?

(Weapon of A$$ Destruction)

Nope.... ass destroys... is never destroyed (we do not discuss the habanero "incident"... they look a lot like nanna peppers, s-not my fault).

Why don't they just blow them up, the old-fashioned way?

capnhowdy · 06-15-2006, 05:41 PM

The "goo" they are covered in is most likely carboline.

What another waste of good stuff. I have a 7.62 Rifle but not the pistol. Interesting.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-15-2006, 06:07 PM

Get thee to a Makarov.

footfootfoot · 06-15-2006, 07:25 PM

the gooey stuff is a kind of grease and the paper is an oil impregnated paper, like parchment, I think it is to help prevent rust during shipping and storage. I only have ever seen this on tools coming out of the orient or eastern europe. I think when I was a kid I remember seeing something similar at an army surplus store. REal army surplus, WWII and Korea war

milkfish · 06-15-2006, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

And it all makes a massive pile of scrap.

Wait, don't tell me - it gets sent off to the ploughshare works then, right?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-15-2006, 11:34 PM

Nah, shrapnel for anti-personnel mines.

06-15-2006, 01:32 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/15/2006: Mass Destruction of Weapons xoB finds this gallery of images entitled "Mass Destruction of Weapons" and it's such a natural title that I can't help but steal it. A lot of the guns seem to be covered in this sort of tape or glue or goo of some sort. This massive crane picks up the batches of weapons one after the other, and they get chewed up by some massive industrial metal shredder; And it all makes a massive pile of scrap.

06-15-2006, 01:44 PM	#2
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	All those shredded chunks of gun flying through the air look pretty damn dangerous... __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

06-15-2006, 03:52 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome to the Cellar, findpolitics. There was another one burning large stacks of long guns. I don't want to link to it because 2 examples are all Wolf can stand in one day. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-15-2006, 05:41 PM	#11
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	The "goo" they are covered in is most likely carboline. What another waste of good stuff. I have a 7.62 Rifle but not the pistol. Interesting. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

06-15-2006, 06:07 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Get thee to a Makarov. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-15-2006, 01:57 PM	#3
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	In our house this is known as WMD. I fluff!

06-15-2006, 01:57 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm more interested in the machine that can shred these guns. Seems to me a machine at a typical scrap yard would have "teeth" sized to shred larger objects, like washing machines or refrigerators. And something as small as a gun might get jammed in the teeth or pass through unscathed. Guns are pretty dense and aren't made of soft metal either, so what metal are the "teeth" made of?

06-15-2006, 02:52 PM	#7
findpolitics Long Time Listener, First Time Caller Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 32	Wow, I don't know if you recall .... but, this is the second Mass Destruction of Weapons Thread. Seems more thorough than the first option: http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=664

06-15-2006, 07:25 PM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	the gooey stuff is a kind of grease and the paper is an oil impregnated paper, like parchment, I think it is to help prevent rust during shipping and storage. I only have ever seen this on tools coming out of the orient or eastern europe. I think when I was a kid I remember seeing something similar at an army surplus store. REal army surplus, WWII and Korea war __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-15-2006, 11:34 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nah, shrapnel for anti-personnel mines. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:52 PM.

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