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.
A Yak-B 12.7 HMG on more or less a reinforced version of a diner seat base. As an anti-drone weapon, no less.
No it stopped firing when the operator was thrown from the trigger lmfao
yeah this tastes like it was written by a computer
Can you imagine what would have happened if it had continued firing after the trigger actuator was removed? The truck might very well have taken off.
https://what-if.xkcd.com/21/
The guy who stopped it spinnig then set his hand on the barrel.*
*briefly.