The Most American Thing Ever: Blasting a Hornet’s Nest with a Backhoe Mounted Black Powder Cannon!
Posted by M_Owais_kh@reddit | shittytechnicals | View on Reddit | 47 comments
Credit :r/nextfuckinglevel
Dramatic-Resident-64@reddit
I’d argue this nears r/shittyselfpropelledartillery.
Bonus points for hydrologic elevation mechanics AND enclosed crew compartment. Even doubles as being able to drop the piece for the “bedding shot”. 11/10
Bonnskij@reddit
I am extremely disappointed that this is not a real sub
gunmedic15@reddit
r/shittytechnicals
Dwayne_Hicks_LV-426@reddit
That's where we are haha
KnalltueteMk18@reddit
Well you can always go to r/shittytechnicals
Imaginary_Sherbet@reddit
There is r/shittytechnicals
Turbulent_Worker856@reddit
There is? Where??
Imaginary_Sherbet@reddit
It currently has a lot of cartel home made armored cars. But there are a lot of historical stuff
gundog48@reddit
recoilful rifle
Traumerlein@reddit
Im pretty sure its smothebore
BleaKrytE@reddit
Nails the neighbours dog?
Dramatic-Resident-64@reddit
Also i think it was firing HDFSDS (Hive De-materialising Fin Stabilised Discarding Smoothbore)
VaronaZero@reddit
I like that the cannon ejects itself after firing like those missile tubes that discard themselves after launching, one fewer step for the reload process
Shaun_Jones@reddit
It’s probably more that he didn’t want to force the backhoe’s hydraulics to absorb that recoil.
ArgonWilde@reddit
The heck is "seven dust"?
crzapy@reddit
One more than six dust.
Marinated_Bread@reddit
The heck is "six dust"?
creaturecatzz@reddit
six seven six seven
XD_Slavicbutters@reddit
One more than five dust of course
idkarn@reddit
It all started with ashes two-ashes, dust two-dust
madbasic@reddit
Mid tier nu metal band
ray111718@reddit
Pretty good band in the 90s
cheedarpete05@reddit
Pesticide/insecticide
runningraleigh@reddit
It's pretty toxic stuff, I only break that out when nothing else will work and use as little of it as possible.
deadbolt673@reddit
Yeah it's nothing to play with. For context, the factory where the Bophal accident produced methyl isocyanate, one of the main components of Sevin
pwal88@reddit
Spelled “Sevin” though.
lyken4@reddit
Potato, potato!
bagofwisdom@reddit
I think insecticide is a bit of a waste. Could have done as much damage with a similar amount of table salt. Then you'd have "Bug-a-salt BFG Edition"
pc_jangkrik@reddit
Also thinking about this.
If it was me i'll using flour and made it two stages blast. First one to make high density combustible cloud. Second one to ignite it.
Probably made it double just to make sure.
Imho its better compared with uncontrolled insecticide cloud
thinkofmeokbad@reddit
Isnt that just thermobaric
Je_me_rends@reddit
This is the well-regulated militia they were talking about.
Thee_Sinner@reddit
Seems to be in working order to me
Leonydas13@reddit
~~TALLY~~ BACK HO LADS!
doyouevenglass@reddit
what the devil?!
Je_me_rends@reddit
It worked a treat.
ray111718@reddit
This is why America will never be invaded. This is what we do to hornets, imagine what we would do to Invaders.
DogeoftheShibe@reddit
Random neighbor vibing on his roof away when a big fucking hornet's nest with bunch of angry hornets land on him:
TheVirtualMoose@reddit
At that point this would be a "some assembly required" hornet's nest.
Drifter103000@reddit
Word
Super_Kent155@reddit
is this practical for home defense?
weirdbutinagoodway@reddit
No, but great for home offense.
digginroots@reddit
Maybe it counts as black powder under the one grain rule?
Pappa_Crim@reddit
The neighbor half a mile away wondering why its raining hornet paper
IRefuseToPickAName@reddit
Only fail here is not waiting til after sunset to clear the nest
Nyct0phili4@reddit
That chicken in the background definitely got a heart attack
Level-Ad7017@reddit
Arty mist Hive
M_Owais_kh@reddit (OP)
Sorry for the wrong flair but it's geographically the closest one