Comments by "Psiberzerker" (@Psiberzerker) on "Zastava M93 Black Arrow in .50 BMG at the Range" video.

"Clever girl."
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@thevalorousdong7675 Okay, but 20mm Long Solothurn is a late war Anti-tank (And aircraft) round. I mean, that's like saying .357 isn't that bad compared to .500 Smith and Wesson. It's literally the most you can shoulder fire, with a loader laying on your back. The gun designed for it came with Wheels to roll it around.
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@mickleblade it really depends on the action. Long recoil? Yes, enough to feel the difference. Blowback? Not so much.
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For scale, the propellent in a .50 BMG round has about 15 times the expansion of a commercial blasting cap. Try to build a pipe bomb, or "Sten gun" capable of containing that. The only source I could find was a discussion on a Warhammer 40K desktop miniatures battle discussion. Not exactly a reliable source. Sounds like a pipe-bomb to me.
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@rosiehawtrey No, Jurassic Park. In other news: Duh.
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@GaldirEonai Yeah, no. You'd need a 1 ton bolt. Just in general, to answer the question. Just making a semi-auto capable of that cartridge without it blowing up. Felt recoil is kind of a secondary concern to fragmentation.
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@clothar23 Okay, the Oerlikon used a 1 ton spring, instead of a 1 ton bolt, but it's a short recoil system. The barrel still recoils with the bolt. It's not a "Blowback" system the same way a handgun, or stengun is. There's a reason why API Blowback is considered separately from a Blowback system. They do both have Blowback in the name, though.
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Can I get a silencer, and a low profile CCW holster for it?
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20mm Long Solothurn is 11. Regardless of classifications as "Anti-materiel Rifle" by my personal standards, if it comes on a wheeled carriage with a tow hook, we're no longer talking about small arms.
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@ScottKenny1978 Ma Deuce (And the Russian Ma Dush) are Crew Served Weapons. You remember Roadblock, from GI Joe? That was a .30 Browning. Same action, a lot lighter, still Crew Served, a little lighter than a Maxim Gun. Yeah, "Man Portable" if you don't count the loader, carrying the barrels, the dude carrying the gun mount, and the 2 guys carrying the ammo for it. That's Squad portable. 5 man Portable. The upper limit to Man Portable is something you. A Man can carry in the field, set up, and fire yourself. Right around an RPG-7 in the Antivehicle role. I have never shot a Ma Deuce on any mount lighter than a Bradley.
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@clothar23 Okay, nobody was "acting like" anything. We call blowback blowback. There's no reason to act like I'm the only one that said "Blowback," or even the first. Most API firearms are Delayed Blowback. Which is not the same as Blowback, and you know it.
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@clothar23 Also, who else calls simple blowback "Direct blowback?" If you're going to play semantics, where have you ever heard Direct Blowback from before? So no, Direct Blowback isn't even "A form of blowback," let alone the only one.
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@dr.ryttmastarecctm6595 LOL, massive ironic quotes around Ian "Gun Jesus" McCollum ever appearing "Normal." That's like Nick "The Chieftain" Moran unironically pointing out how Irish he sounds, standing next to Ian McCollom.
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That would be Gun Budda (AKA Russel Phagan)
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@thevalorousdong7675 Yes, but you can see the disparity in the numbers. 99mm is not half of 114mms. Okay? Hold up a .50 Duska case, and a .50 Browning case. Even if you haven't fired both competing GPHMGs from both sides of the iron curtain. Any idiot can see that the Browning isn't half the Dushka. There's really no reason to bring an AUTOCANNON into this equation.
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@thevalorousdong7675 https://youtu.be/SOfJrVDB9t0
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@ScottKenny1978 You have no idea what you're talking about. No, nobody, not even a General can make that one man portable. Bullshit.
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@ScottKenny1978 And the mount, and the ammo, at the same time? Okay, show me the picture. I don't doubt that people carry them with a barrel, all the time. Now, what's the plan for it in combat without the mount, and ammo?
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@ScottKenny1978 No. Show me the picture. You can tell the difference between a .30 Browning (1919) and a .50 Browning (M2) from a picture, right? No, the mount can't just be strapped to the top of your pack. You're telling me the gun, and the mount were both strapped to this guy's pack, so his hands were free to carry the ammo? I would just love to see that picture.
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It's an extra 130 lbs, without the ammo. How much ammo are we talking about, 2 crates? You're imagining ammo cans, aren't you. That's about 40 rounds. So, what's the plan for it in combat, with the mount, and 40 rounds?
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@ScottKenny1978 Yeah, just the gun. Without the mount, and the ammo. No, ammo cans carry maybe 30 rounds of .50 Browning. They don't make any different sizes of ammo cans for .30 cal, .223, 9mm, and .50 cal. An ammo can is an ammo can. It'll hold 20 rounds with the belt. If you tried to cram 80 rounds in 2 of them, that poor bastard would have to run back, and get the belt while the CREW set up the gun.
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@ScottKenny1978 This has been fun, but I'm going to bed. I'm sure the photos will be in my notifications in the morning.
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@ScottKenny1978 Watch the channel. They had many many versions of the .30 Browning. You're still talking about fielding it with unbelted ammo. What version of M2 is set up for unbelted ammo?
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