It is a real weapon

Aliens was a documentary LOL

@@Mr_Originality I read an article that stated it was made from several real gun assemblies.

@@azmike3572 It uses as base the real WWII german MG 42.

@@CommanderTato Yup. Which makes it even more badass.

Hollywood Casting a White Jewish woman playing a Latin Female ..

@@CP-kb1du But she nailed the role... which is exactly what acting is about.

@@CP-kb1du so glad they did. Not because of the race thing, but because she was perfect in it.

@@CP-kb1du when they do it with robert downey junior they freak out, but when it's a white jewish woman no one bats an eye.

@@gary7867 True, but this was way before people became overly sensitive about this sort of thing where you had to be X to play X. If Aliens was made today, you can sure as hell bet the Twitterati would be all over Cameron for having the audacity to casting a non-Hispanic to play a Hsipanic character, regardless of how well they did in the role.

Best gpmg ever made

Spade Handles on an MG42? I think youre confusing this gun with a Ma Deuce or M2 50 cal. All they removed was the stock which was replaced with a motorcycle grip with clutch/brake handle for the trigger and the pistol grip. Kinda cool how they rigged it up to fire this way. They used a tube housing a cable that was spring loaded. Where the trigger is they enclosed it in a box that had a rod mechanism that when the brake handle was squeezed, it pulled the rod back that depressed the trigger. Its the same concept that was used on M60D as seen used by most door gunners in the UH-1 Huey during Vietnam. You can tell this if you see the aircraft sight or bullseye type sight as well as a feed chute similar to a minigun and a large canvas type covering which is actually a brass collection housing. The M60D also has a set of spade grip in place where the shoulder stock would be. The M60D is also the gun that was used in the original version of Red Dawn in place of the DShK Heavy Machine Gun used by the Russians and The Wolverines in the movie. The only thing that was added was the octagonal barrel device on the end of the barrel

​@@christopherbordelon5960 Let me elaborate and stand by what I said. A spade grip handle was used to attach to the back of the buffer. This allowed the buffer to function with blanks as needed and didn't allow it to excessively vibrate for stability, nor did the tabs or the recuperator. This is how the originals were made, including the charging handle using a spade grip handle. If I were referring to a spade grip of a Ma Duce, I would have said spade "grip", not spade "handle". I know very well how these guns were made. I have TWO original mg42's. One an "ar" or Mauser-Werke, Borsigwalde late 43' date code and a "BNZ" Waffenfabrik Steyr 1944 manufactured model. I had one set up for years as an M56 in a Dummy state until I built it into a restored functional Semi-auto MG-42. The other I have not decided if I want to leave a parts kit or REWAT it. I am also well aware of what a Spade Grip is as I also have one on my 1919A4 Israeli build. Gun came originally with the pistol grip the the Izzy's used the spade on their ww2 1919's given to them as most were converted to a general purpose and to 7.62 nato which mine is. So I kept mine with the the spade. I used the lever and cables on mine from a 1977 Suzuki 250 GT, the spade handle on the buffer from a Swedish anti aircraft gun, a .50 BMG spade grip handle was inletted and attached to the charging handle and made sure to rotate slightly so that as you pulled back on it it would turn in your hand as the charging handle engaged the ratchet plate. Similar to how the originals were made. the cable coupled to a carburetor linkage that would trip the sear and make a dry fire with no pistol grip attachment. The camera mount I used was a cheap Taiwanese single position like in the movie but when you let go of the gun it dropped down, it didn't stay where you let go of it. When I built mine semi auto I had to remove the sear trip and thus the M56 setup would no longer work for a semi auto MG42. The only way to get one to work semi auto is to modify the grip stick which isn't needed in full auto or for the movie prop. I have not found a way to make mine an M56 clone that I can shoot at the range.

It is an MG42, with a couple of cosmetic and mechanical modifications lol

@@reallifetoji hence why I said "it's literally an mg42"

The case is on the projectile soft lead on the outside to protect the barrel and give the round mass

@@andy56730 Wut?

@@andy56730 no that was the non disintegrating links

@@then00brathalos yeah, those are 7.62×51mm crimped blanks in a standard german 49-link modular belt on the feed tray of a H&K MG3. Fun fact, the parts of an MG3 is fully interchangeable with the parts from a WW2 MG42, but only the bolt, bolt carrier, feeding mechanism and trigger group can be used with either barrel and recoil booster as the external circumference and rim of the 7.62×51 is the same as the 7.92mm Mauser cartridge brass, but the case length, bullet measurements, case neck taper and propellant load is different.

For those that don't know - There are two parts to the -round- ammunition. The part that does the sending and the part that gets sent. 1) The Projectile which gets sent, may have such as a Full Metal Jacket surrounding a lead core - or - an internal charge that can detonate. 2) The Propellant part which does the sending - primarily consisting of the powder that burns really fast such that the gas released by it's burning pushes the Projectile out the barrel. This powder may be contained and ignited in different ways. It is in how this powder is contained and ignited that the issue of Caseless Ammunition exists. Ammunition which uses Powder Bags - is Case Less - but that isn't what's referred to by Caseless Ammunition. Here the Propellant is in solid form and may have attached to the back end a base containing a primer to ignite it. "Caseless" ammo does NOT (as in the picture) have a brass casing around it - with a grove in the base of the case for an extractor to grab and pull the case out of the weapon. There is only the propellant which is solid enough (i.e. not a powder) that it doesn't need to be contained in anything. When the round is fired - the ENTIRE Propellant part of the round is consumed - so that there is nothing to eject. The problems with Caseless Ammo tend to be of two natures, one in that the propellant is not protected by an external container and is subject to such as moisture and rough handling. The other is that while it is supposed to be entirely consumed when fired ... it sometimes isn't ... and that leads to fouling of the weapon - or - I should say _more_ fouling than with powder contained in a case. With the powder contained in the case - some of any unburned powder might well be ejected with the case - instead of having been sent down the barrel to foul that. Apparently, from what I've learned from other commenters in the course of this discussion - the science of Caseless Ammunition has greatly improved since it's early days and is now more widely used. .

Mr Zero I think the underslung grenade launcher makes the weapon heavier. Does it?

Not as heavy as a gun that needs an arm connected to a harness to use. I'm with the pulse rifle. It's much better for maneuverability and versatility and if or when it runs out of ammo you don't have to work your way out of a body harness to ditch it.

Pulse rilfe with an incendary launcher and a laser sight. the incendary rounds are perfect keep chokepoints down and hold the xenos off your back.

Definitely the pulse rifle. In addition to the cons already mentioned, the 30 degree tracking cone also makes the smart gun really cumbersome to use in a CQB situation. Not to mention it's length.

Exactly.

actually, aliens took it from Starship Troopers, ain't brand recognition a Beauty

Best Sci-fi: Alien series. Best Fantasy: Star Wars series. ( The "Hobbit" is close 2nd).

Amin !

Halo franchise had a great inspiration from this movie (as said by the creators)

@@killian9314 aliens came out before Starship Troopers...

Star Wars used the 34 for one of their blasters. lol They are iconic guns.

Your mom sounds like the best the way she started the movie over for you 🤟 respect 😎👍

Great story!

That's an awesome mom

I had a cool mom that let me see R Rated movies too. :)

My mom kinda mixed. She allow me and my sis watch horror like Alien and The Thing, but disallow "adult" theme like James Bond movies or anything who show nudity for that matter. Kinda shape my preference today

smart pistol from titanfall 1 & 2

zogmorp ...except people.😆

@@normturner4849 and this video is proof enough. It's like listening to a talk on adventure travel by someone who is still wearing baby diapers and has yet to leave mamas house and acatually see the big world.

Lol - I remember a scene from ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit” when Yosemite Sam‘s ‘biscuits were burning’ - his derriere was incinerating; Right before he jumped in the puddle he said “great horny toads, ‘that smarts’” - It was often common vernacular back in the days past prior to the 80’s… The interesting thing about the English language is that you can have one word with a plethora of different meanings… …As an adjective, ‘smart’ generally refers to intelligence… However as a verb and a [North American / informal] second noun, the word “smart”, as in the case of these machine guns [and Yosemite Sam’s biscuits], is in context to debilitating, stinging pain.

@@sempergumby3929 what the hell are you even on about

〈YellowDevil〉 gold

〈YellowDevil〉 I love you.

〈YellowDevil〉 thought of a better idea, just send Godzilla down there

Fuckin' A man

〈YellowDevil〉 stay on the ship

They were the only ones who did any damage because they disobeyed orders and kept their spare batteries. Unfortunately, during the firefight, they caused damage to the reactor which is why they had limited time before it reached critical mass and blew up but you’re right. If it wasn’t for them disobeying orders, they would have all been killed or cocooned immediately during their first encounter.

"say hello to my little friend" :)

​@nunosapunso6239 that was the crash of the dropship that caused the fusion overload. Notice that it kept on rolling until the dropship hit the critical side of the processor?

oops

It's from videos of the prop gun. Understandably, Alien Theory used what was available. Also, they are blanks, and not _ammunition._ One just goes boom; the other goes boom and has a projectile. I'm being anal about it becasue such a distinction is very important for safety reasons.

H&K G11 uses caseless ammo.

This one isn't caseless, that's the pulse rifle

AussieBlokeGordo They’re both supposed to take the same ammo

Lucius Avenus As well as a camera operators Steadi-cam body rig, so...a three way. Frisky indeed!

Could be an MG3.

The alloy latice frame on the side is from a Kawasaki Gpz1100 footrest assy.

@@judsongaiden9878 its got the ww2 aa mount on the receiver.

@@ProjectStrum Good eye.

@G E T R E K T 905 Anytime, anywhere!

"right right...she heard "alien" she thought they said "ilegal alien" and signed up".....

@@FireTiger941 THEYRE EVERYWHERE MAAAAAN !!!!! GAME OVER MAN !!!! GAME OVER !!!!!

Oorah to ashes

@@Dan-ob7it "F*ck you, man" lol

You can never not have too much accuracy

@@necrosteel5013 unless the accuracy is so great it keeps shooting bullets through already made holes in tough enemies, can't exactly kill them by passing bullets through 1 hole xD

@@comradneptic4740 not unless they are flak rounds that blow up within the proximity of the targets internals, that could work with bigger bullets.

Possibly an allusion to the Bren gun, which some gunners claimed was "too accurate" to be a truly effective suppressive weapon, and that to get a good spread of fire you had to fan it about judiciously.

That... is a good point

Mate.... grim......but an excellent point, I'd rather brain myself than have some spider fuck shove it's alien dick all down my shit

@@dixonbainbridge923 Xenos are giant intergalactic rapists.

@Duncan Fenwick Not with that attitude you can't.

Idunno...looks like Fig 2.10 @4:08 shows ol' Drake about to blow his toes off in a "sweeping" motion...

It's equally awesome in every other Alien/AVP game it is featured :)

@@leventebolyos8060 No its not

"Every bullet had gone through the same hole"

Like most squad support weapons, an undeniably powerful piece of kit, but you still need riflemen to back it up.

I bet those were 7.62×51 crimped blanks and H&K MG3s rather than collectors antique MG42s. Visually and mechanically, it's the same weapon, the barrel and muzzle recoil boosters are the only critical differences and the parts are interchangeable. The case dimensions behind the neck is identical between the two, the 7.92 just has a bit longer case and larger bullet. The modular 49-link steel belts are still used in many countries and can also be used by any other 7.62 NATO GPMG such as the FN MAG 58 or M60 etc.

some images are from the movie which used a MG42 as the base for the gun and hence uses the same ammo. In universe the ammo is different. Same thing goes for the pulse rifles which are actually tommyguns. It is a matter of fiction vs movie props.

@@SonsOfLorgar 7.62 mm

Its also not even close in appearance to a 10x28mm round , such a round would look basically like a pistol cartridge pretty close to a .40 S&W round. Being caseless with high energy propellant makes it plausible as a rifle round though and its ranges in the various Wiki suggest it has a range of 500 meters. I'd guess a velocity of around 800 meters per second at the muzzle. Its honestly a bit of a weird design

Yup!

but its a space MG42

On a steadycam rig

and it has an aimbot

Still cool as shit

to cast Bill Paxton, is to kill Bill Paxton

darth wint Paxton was and will always be remembered as an absolute boss! He was great in every movie👌🏻 “Game Over man, Game over”!

@@LibertyLou_ Hey Hudson, here's another quarter, Peace

Game over man, game over!...

😥😥😥

Self-made ultimate weapon, Ripley is a genius.

One could argue that was the turning point for the entire movie!

I love that part!

Соrrect TRRRRRRR, TRRRRR, brrrt it's a A10 plane))

@Michael Orlow good))

Alex Scott YEAH!!! *fires*

Technically, infrared imaging might be useful in detecting xenomorphs - but not the way you think. Because of thermal radiation, where ever a xenomorph is standing will cause heat transfer (whether TO the xenomorph or FROM the xenomorph). Meaning that you can see environmental background effects even if, some-fucking-how, xenomorphs can't be seen on IR (I've always called bullshit on that, they are moving creatures - MOVING CREATURES GENERATE WASTE HEAT FROM MOVING). Even commercial FLIR cameras/gun sights *_today_* that you and I can go out and buy off the shelf can already do things like see waste heat in foot prints from a human walking with shoes on. Imagine what the military would have access to over a century from now. Also, things like LIDAR or motion sensors (which we do know work on the xenomorphs - although we don't know exactly what kind of technology the USCM's motion detectors use) aren't out of the question either.

matchesburn Yeah exactly. Friction, no matter how small, leads to heat generation even in well lubricated joints. Alien Theory says the gun only uses IR which prompted me to say that. I mean, technology-wise, in Predator 2 Keyes shows Harrigan a clip of a cloaked Predator running around a roof, and the system still detected it. That was 1997 in that film and 2183 in Aliens so I'm pretty damn sure the gun tracks more than just simple IR. But even if it did, I felt me pointing out the flaws in that design needed saying.

Out of interest, where are you getting this information re the IFF capabilities? It makes sense, but it's not in the script. Is it in the TM? I don't have mine handy.

Doesn't Keyes say it is Pheremone tracking for the Concrete Jungle Predator in that image? (Been a while...)

JonMacFhearghuis Found another reference: www.altrion.org/max/aliens/tec-personal.html, might be helpful.

I feel safer already...

Or sharp sticks.

Talk to me Hudson!

Ahh. Multiple signals... they're closing.

Over, say again, all after incinerator....

The dumbest gun ever. This would never pass military spec. A weapon (GPMG of all things) that is unable to be fired from behind cover while it uses the wielder themselves as a bipod. Unable to be fired from a normal kinetic prone position,.. how are you going to fire this from a trench? A dugout? From behind a tank? A weapon that is air cooled yet is suggested to rest on the soldier (heat?). A weapon that weights 17 kg and that is attached and you can't drop and pickup during a malfunction, while having protrusions and loose hanging wires to snag. It also provides tracking images to the wielder in the "8-10 meter range"? 8-10 metres, wow. That's up to 30 ft away. WHile modern GPMG effective range is 1100 metres (3300 feet). It's beyond stupid. Like literally everything about it is stupid from a military standpoint.

Ok, so it seems the movie crew made the concept for the gun to apply to the very specific scenario in Aliens, corridor/room battles against a horde of enemies that can only use melee attacks... but that cool factor though! 😎

Ryan Otte yep. It’s still the coolest looking gun I ever saw.

Oh definitely, the main corporation, Weyland-Yutani, is the one supplying the Colonial Marines so they don't have a choice, unfortunately.

he didn't show it in this video but there is a diagram of using this from behind cover. because of the targeting system, the user can fire from cover more safely than a conventional weapon.

right

Winter Wolf damn skippy, second that.

Lmao😂 I'm with it👏🏽

The Marines were fuckups, chosen as pasties. I dont know why no one catches onto that? Ripley knows it, as is evident in numerous instances, such as her incredulous reaction to a bunch of alleged hardass veterans, bitching and crying about a 3 week hypersleep. Their NCO constantly tolerates insubordination, etc.

What was Hicks doing with them?

​@@springbloom5940 That's an interesting assessment but I don't think they were "fuck ups" per se, simply ill-equipped. They couldn't send crack marines because that would reveal that they know this is a credible threat - or suspect it. So they took what they were given, and the military is famous for sending only what the minimum of what they think you need, and a half-credible bug threat that they might've downplayed probably only mustered a standard skeleton crew. There's nuclear submarines still running on Windows XP for this same reason. They'd been told they were going on a bug hunt and this was the chosen squad. Marines in general can be quite unruly during downtime, but on-mission they were pretty on point. Nobody really believed Ripley's stories, so they didn't send the best team, especially considering they had to convince the military to send assets...but it was in their best interests to send a capable team for combat data and to ensure a specimen would be retrieved, and that they would be forced to retreat. Burke knew everything, he wouldn't have gone out with incapable marines - just ignorant ones. When Ripley is briefing them, they don't really believe what she's saying and likely have been told that they believe she's mentally unstable. Given that they sent only this team, they likely really believed it wasn't going to be so bad. It wasn't until their arrival do they tense up, realizing the colony is gone, but it takes a while for them to realize they even have an enemy here. They were likely wrestling with the idea that the colony deserted, there was an uprising, or possibly a large industrial accident resulting from something more minor. They postulate some ideas like this early on in the investigation. In the field they definitely followed orders, not as tightly as first-class marines would, but enough to suggest military discipline was in force. Listening to Gormon's orders, most telling, says they knew there'd be punishments if the chain of command wasn't followed. By the time Gormon is issuing orders of a life-and-death scale, they fall in line, despite having objective reasons to be truly insubordinate. I think Hicks keeping his shotgun loaded might've been an offense, but given the situation he had plausible deniability - and likely the shotgun isn't using a slug, so he might've understood the orders and extrapolated it was safe to use. A serious misconduct, sure, but plausibly deniable and one nobody was like to notice if it was unnecessary. The other Marines carrying extra ammo smart gun however might've been in serious breach, but military order famously break down in combat scenario's, even among Marines. A combat scenario like this, where they were immediately overmatched especially, it's to be expected. Their overconfidence likely came from the fact that the only bugs they'd likely fought were glorified cockroaches or spooky but otherwise harmless space entities, at worst similar to bears or mountain lions. Scary stuff if lions are hunting and you send soldiers after them, especially in inhospitable otherworldly terrain - but this was an order of magnitude outside that. Military discipline needs to be enforced as well - Gorman gave orders to Sarge, who they didn't disobey. On the ship, sure, they were definitely unruly and messing around, but bunk discipline is easy to enforce when you're in a space station that takes care of most of your worldly needs, and you have a protocol robot. We also don't know the side effects of hypersleep, it might be complaint worthy. Don't get me wrong, in real life military discipline is paramount, but when you're dealing with a crew that's largely traveling in civilian area's doing civilian works, these guys aren't holding themselves in the highest military regard, but that all comes down to how Sarge chose to run his team. They definitely weren't polished examples of military discipline, but bear in mind this is also military discipline in a future where your technology makes being in the military a cushy job. Meanwhile this is also military assets deployed to determine the fate of private assets and civilians - that's highly unusual as-is. We're not looking at the military as you and I know it. Today's Marines are serious business, no disrespect to them, but they are also wildcats outside, they get off base and lose their minds. I definitely would say that their candor was definitely lax, but given this small team is utterly alone 8 million miles from backup probably meant morale was dangerously low, and small observations could save lives. If you take the situation into account, if you sent modern Marines into a scenario like that, that under-equipped and ill-managed protecting a private interest, I would suspect a strong uptake in military lingo and discipline the moment things got bad, probably more than the movie presents. But I wouldn't call this group utterly lacking, other than Gorman and possibly the flight crew who opened the cargo door and the pilot who ignored that fact, but that could be explained away by the pilot not actually hearing what the flight crew said or not realizing he'd opened the cargo door. I'm not sure if those were civilian flight crew - but definitely that'd be some kind of negligent breach of protocol I wouldn't expect to see from any pilot - or intelligent human beings concerned with self-preservation. I'm not saying this out of the air either, I wasn't in the military but almost all my friends were, and they have much worse stories of tolerated insubordination - some of their people were utterly incapable of actually following orders because they couldn't actually understand any of the vocabulary being used... and these people were guarding nukes or important military assets. The military puts all kinds to use.

Right man. Right

@@Hydroculator yep hicks could pretty much be on special ops but was stuck on this team that acts like some rotc

One of the best scenes. I still have NO IDEA why it was deleted.

@@willy565 because it was too effective and made the aliens seem too killable.

Pretty sure those are the smart guns with a portable turret and 500 round ammo box

Pretty sure the pulse rifles firing sound is a tommygun fired backwards, and I know that you can get a pulse rifle kit for an air soft tommygun

TimmyPool yeah, there's also a ready made airsoft pulse rifle, the Snow Wolf M41A.

Yeah, the gun squad tactic is pretty much German WWII MG squad tactic, just scaled down.

Motorcycle parts from a ducatti iirc

Correct and correct. That's true of most films, though. They need a gun that will reliably fire blanks, then they build up the sci-fi gun around it. The pulse rifle is a combination of a Thompson and a SPAS-12, though I believe the internals of the grenade launcher were not from the same shotgun. The M56 is made from the MG-42 and parts from a Kawasaki motorcycle. The sniper rifle from the tech manual is a Walther WA-2000, the handguns are of course HK VP-70's and a Colt 1911. I liked that in the Colonial Marines game they continued the trend, modeling the SMG after a Walther MP-9? MPL? I don't recall the name off the top of my head.

Fair assumption about loadouts but melee combat with a xenomorph is futile and thus renders the knife pointless as a defensive tool.

@@TheRealPDizzle Well, if needs must and sharp pointy stick(er) is handy....lol but tbh if your down to that you've already proceeded that with "and he threw the kitchen sink at it Too!" Agreed.

Replace the grenade launcher with a underslug shotgun and shock ammo(ACM yes i know bad game) and you could potentially keep them off you by simply give them a high voltage shock and running off.

@@Darknessblade4me But the “grenade launcher” on the Pulse Rifle is the receiver of a Spas 12 so it’s already a shotgun.

@@STREET24000 even easier then. just swap ammo types for shock rounds. If it comes closes it'll be having the taste of copper in it's mouth

Imagine a rechambered m41 pulse rifle in 545x39 or 57x28 with a 12 gauge under barrel

@@then00brathalos Oh man . . . . Game Over !

Much more mobile as well. That's my problem with the M56. The user would be very vulnerable to return fire.

It’s not a grenade launcher it’s a 12 gauge under barrel

Even in the lore, the grenade launcher was cited as a huge problem, because it caused a lot of friendly fire incidents, while the technology employed by the smart gun.

His name is James, James Cameron! The bravest pioneer! No budget too steep, no sea too deep Who's that? It's him, James Cameron! James, James Cameron explorer of the sea With a dying thirst to be the first Could it be? Yeah that's him! James Cameron!😄

They're right beside you, Gorman and that grenade you have

Yeah, right. Someone said "aliens" she thought they said "illegal aliens" and signed up.

Hey Hudson, fuck you man. (RIP Bill Paxton)

Anytime man (RIP Bill Paxton)

Sierra MatchKing I hope you're right because one of those things managers to destroy my entire crew so I really hope you're right

Or you can do IT yourself

iam for airsoft version...or paintball :D

@@rambo8863 almost impossible

Someone made their own, there is an extensive video on it.

And now they have, for the pulse rifle lol

mistanix go to 1:31 on this video and the scene that alien theory uses is the scene where drake says i love you babe to vasquez

now i have to see this i didnt see the love connection i only saw a buddy system

maybe they were fuck buddies ;)

I always assumed they were buddies. and that she was a rug muncher

Vasquez was a Jew lesbain, Drake wouldn't come close to sniffing that snatch. But I think she wanted to try and fuck Hudson.

Yeah that was hilarious. The first set shown were blanks even. These are fan-boy sci-fiers here not firearms experts. Good 'ol MG42 just keeps getting around.

I think that's from behind-the-scenes footage, a part of the prop that's not actually shown in the film. It doesn't really fit with the "technical manual" that was written after-the-fact, does it.

I have yet to see any images of this fabled caseless ammo.

Google Heckler and Koch G-11. This is what the movie-ites were after.

Bigtruckseriesreview Motorsports 1st instance is blanks

im pretty sure we can actually make these today:).

@@rpscorp9457 Not only could we, it would actually make a lot of sense, tactically. A stabilizing arm to assist full auto fire would be awesome, as would be auto-targeting. The harness also allows the operator to easily maneuver and use a weapon much too large to otherwise be fired while mobile. Additionally, the video neglected to mention one other firing position available to the operator, an above shoulder position used for firing over cover. Since the gun has a camera, the operator can fire from such a position accurately without exposing themselves.

@@jadedandbitter Second part of your comment is a great point. First part is debateable. The M60 MG for example proved to be inferior to the replacements namely the M249 LMG and the M240G MMG. A light machine gun like the M249 is a true single-man assault weapon being less heavy (weapon AND ammo) than the medium machine gun M240G which is a crew-served weapon for most effective use. The M60 in theory filled both roles; neither one particularly well tbh. However, the concept looks real cool for movies and video games just like fragmentation grenades that create huge fireball explosions. Theatrics and real life effectiveness tend to be very diferent things from one another.

@@sempergumby3929 Well, to compare the M60 or M240G to the M249, you have to look at the rounds. 7.62 NATO FMJ doesn't offer a lot of advantages over its 5.56 counterpart in assault scenarios, since below certain ranges/above certain impact velocities the 5.56 will yaw and fragment significantly, creating wound channels remarkably similar to a 7.62, but without the added weight and recoil. The main advantage the 7.62 has is its superior range, and stopping power at range, as the 5.56 can become significantly less lethal once its velocity drops below the magic number, 760 m/s; but at the ranges required in assaults, the engagement ranges assault rifles are designed for, that shouldn't be much of an issue. But that's FMJ. When comparing hypothetical HEAP or HEIAP ammo in both calibers, 7.62 would be expected to be much deadlier than 5.56, as it has higher kinetic energy, a larger penetrator and a larger explosive charge. Then, at any range, the 7.62 outperforms the 5.56. And, while such ammunition is currently prevented by the Hague convention, it doesn't mean that it wouldn't be invaluable for wrecking an enemy position were it legal. Additionally, guns like the MG42(which were what was used for the smart gun props) were intended for defensive use, not advancing suppression and flank tactics. The M249 with its mobility is perfect for that role- but that's only because pulling the same stunts like shoulder firing from a standing position with an MG42 are pretty impossible. But the MG42? Hell of a weapon. Its insane ROF made bursts far more accurate than comparable MGs, and it was incredibly powerful and effective in both direct fire and suppression usage, as many surviving US GIs would later attest. Imagine though, that you could use an MG42 for an assault- that you had a 1300 RPM machine gun that not only could you fire on the go with, but also fire with computer aided accuracy and recoil control while doing so? And firing high caliber HEAP rounds the whole time? IDK about you, but I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that. One other thing- the reason the steadicam harnesses were added was because the actors couldn't carry and use the modified MG42s properly- the harness put the weight on their hips, which made them manageable. I think there's also a lot of value in making a machine gun more manageable in terms of its weight distribution, especially for extended marches.

@@jadedandbitter 👍 man it is SOOO refreshing to see a comment from someone who knows their shit, unlike idiots who can't comprehend that 'bullet' means 'bullet' or even projectile as opposed to a cartridge or round.

Dude have you ever tried to kill an Alien? Overkill is the Goal

@@Hecameup Having the firepower necessary is useless if you can't maneuver your weapon around corners. Hence why Hence why in CQB operations, most military units will opt for shorter barreled, lighter weapons; such as the MP5 or similar (or maybe a Colt Commando aka CAR 15); rather than something like a .249 B or an M2. So, now that I have given that super serious response; I know your comment was likely just a joke; because who among us HAS tried to kill an alien? Unless you mean illegals (not cool bro, lol)? Which is still a no for me. lol

What do you want use man, harsh language?

@@thewolfsdenoutdoors7009 WTF are you going on about 😂

The smart gun is certainly a creation of the movie's rule of cool. It was the 80's, man. Overkill was the defining theme of that decade.

I definitely think it was auto-aim. I think once the gun bucks his automatic reaction is pull the trigger, especially in a intense situation.

Yes very

Yea she was ..it seems to me she and drake were a thing

Really nice boobs

In truth Jeanette Goldstein is actually a very petite very feminine woman. Shes a great actor though. Took the role seriously

Dude why would anyone disagree? Vasquez was such a hottie! I actually swooned when I first saw her. We need more woman like her!

That was music to Ripley's ears.

Me too

I'll take an aa-12 with drum mag plz and thank you

+Josh Fabre yeah just goes to show the insane level of detail James Cameron & Co. went for in designing it.

+Alien Theory what about the predator dogs i think they might be in avp extinction also

Josh Fabre You know I use to watch the military channel and I've seen guns very similar to these not exactly these but damn very close

Shawn Thompson prime example the railgun is as real as a heart attack a lot of those gun are very real in COD so if that gun is not I don't think it far too off from being real

Josh Fabre that's the appeal.

Demonic Jedi Ikr 😍😍😄

it would be perfect if they offer a full set of exoskeleton, i mean this smart gun looks heavy as hell

I’m pretty sure the smart gun utilizes a harness system that alleviates a lot of the weight.

Mickey army or marines? Also is it true that the marines use gear left over from the army

Mickey Baby killer

dion jay woollaston Nope, not true. Hasn't been true since at least WWII and even then we used stuff that the Army didn't like camouflage uniforms and amphibious tractors. Now a days all of our stuff is bought new, even if some of it might not be new by the time you get it but it's not hand me downs from the Army. A good example of this is the M16A2 which was designed by and for the Marine Corps and ended up being adopted by all branches of the US military. The last time that we got Army hand me downs was during Desert Storm when got some old Army M1 Abrams, but this was only because we were just starting to transition to M1s at that time and we didn't have any or many yet but we were going to get factory fresh ones.

THERE IS NOTHING...THAT I LOVE MORE THAN...THIS HERE SHOTGUN...HULK HOGAN!

I say that shit everytime I use a shotty in a FPS...

I heard that.

Franklin Blankenship good luck reloading

Franklin Blankenship hell!!! ah

Least until you realize you're under a vent and you just get grabbed up by one of them.

A lot of the flak came from the wonky alien ai, apparently the coder typed "teather" instead of "tether" in a line of code. If you play it on PC you can actually fix the typo and play it how it was meant

"WHO'S FIRING!? GOD DAMN IT!"

They’re coming outta the walls. They’re coming outta the goddamn walls!

bglover65 /WHOSE firing whose firing stop that firing......lol

Vasquez should be considered as one of the badest of bad ass movie chicks!!!!

Word and shes hawt as hell :D

Yeah, it relies on fine-air movement and some particle-based wizardly off memory.

Christian Garcia i was about to said that,lol,mg42 have a nice design.

+ftwthfats come again? All after "incinerators..."

"DO SOMETHING!"

That's where I thought Gorman was being a real idiot and his inexperience really showed. Instead of telling Apone how to fall back to the APC, just tell him to fall back to the APC and let him work out the details. The man was what, a Staff Sgt. or Gunny, this means that he's been in the Corps a while and knows what he's doing and, being the one actually out there in the thick of things, probably has a much better idea of what's going and probably has the same or a better idea of how to fall back.

Riceball01 officers, am I right!?

Damnit Gorman They're Cut off!

Django Mandingo artillery=guns, mortars and howitzers of any size.

No, as an Army vet I can tell you that small arms are not artillery. The smallest weapon used by infantry which is considered artillery are the mortars. Pistols, rifles, machine guns, anti-tank rockets etc are considered small arms, not artillery.

gpgpgpgp1000 not a vet but caught that also. I think it might have been related to the caliber or appearance but yes, in practice as it was shown in films and videos games, etc. did not function nor deploy in anyway that was analogous to traditional artillery.

Nicholas, it just occurred to me that by "gun", maybe you meant as in a tank gun, any cannon which shoots more or less a "flat" trajectory. If you meant stuff like tank cannons and not rifles and such, then I apologize.

That was only kinda the original intention. Because I had seen other small arms referred to as "artillery" and the main distinction between big guns and lil' ones in my mind was size, I thought that the difference in terminology was only functional, and maybe not technical. I didn't google it or write this because I'm lazy as hell sometimes. Thanks for the benefit of the doubt though.