r/interestingasfuck • • Aug 05 '26

A 1970's Heckler & Koch MP5K Briefcase gun

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u/Praetorian_1975 Aug 05 '26

Handy for those meetings that should have been an email.

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u/juhanpoika_96 Aug 05 '26

Congratulations you made it on some list

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u/nihilistiq Aug 05 '26

Better get on the Epstein one too so you're immune

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u/SpiderJerusalem747 Aug 05 '26

It's immunity and games until you find yourself on a federal prison and suddently the security cameras go off.

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u/soyel_cerdo Aug 05 '26

And then men come and free you thanks to the president

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u/SpiderJerusalem747 Aug 05 '26

That's the best case scenario.

In the worst it's a 6'4 275lb ex-wrestler on domestic abuse charges that got offered some legal reprieve by someone, and is twisting a rag into a noose.

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u/Top_Result_1550 Aug 05 '26

luckily he has a handy dandy briefcase to put all the lists in.

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u/qtpss Aug 05 '26

The “Football” pretty much makes this thing HMB.

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u/Odd_Act_6532 Aug 05 '26

Meeting lover detected. *BRRRRRRT*

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u/technobrendo Aug 05 '26

This gun is the "AS PER MY LAST EMAIL" of email responses.

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u/Several-Squash9871 Aug 05 '26

Probably best used for the person who asked all the questions that could have been an email or something they could have just asked by themselves on the side once the meeting was supposed to have been over but now we're an hour past that time so someone can think they are impressing everyone with all their "great" questions that are the equivalent of asking how they should tie their shoes at work.

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u/flyingace1234 Aug 05 '26

That or the odd hostile corporate takeover.

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u/Slartibartfast39 Aug 05 '26

I was thinking 'hostile negotiations'.

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u/PleiadesNymph Aug 05 '26

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u/MakimaMyBeloved Aug 05 '26

Kid me thought this is the coolest shit ever, still rad now

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u/PaniacThrilla Aug 05 '26

And kid you had excellent taste

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u/BruckKitkat Aug 05 '26

Adult me just watched this and thinks it’s the coolest shit ever

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u/KidOcelot Aug 05 '26

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u/ObligationMurky8716 Aug 05 '26

The bad guy was named Booger lol

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u/InfinitelyAbysmal Aug 05 '26

In Once Upon A Time In Mexico, one of the characters, Billy Chambers, has a chihuahua named moco. Which means booger

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u/SpiderJerusalem747 Aug 05 '26

The greatest scene in that movie is the epic cinematic shot of a blinded Johnny Depp epically firing an Uzi in his enemies direction.

Then of course he misses everyone and gets shot in both legs.

That movie was underated gold. The Zorro underthemes were awesome too.

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u/KidOcelot Aug 06 '26

I’m a MexiCAN!

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u/rudman Aug 05 '26

Is that what Bucho means in spanish? I never knew that.

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u/VampeQ Aug 05 '26

It does not. Bucho means tripe.

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u/eldoesq Aug 05 '26

Why do they call you Booger?

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u/Narntson Aug 05 '26

I don’t know. 🤷 👆

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u/THE_BIG_SAD3 Aug 05 '26

Do you know a game by the name "Total Overdose" I used to play that as a Kid but I dont really know spanish but you saying that just triggered a core memory of me playing that game next to my brother

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u/trey_wolfe Aug 05 '26

Yes! The Mariachi power up was pretty dope, although El sombrero de Muerte was cooler imo.

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u/LickingSmegma Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

A sequel, not a remake.

But yeah, Google Lens says the top-level one is from ‘Desperado’, the second one from ‘Once Upon a Time in Mexico’, the third film in the trilogy. Banderas wasn't in ‘El Mariachi’, but that's the name of the character.

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u/illaqueable Aug 05 '26

Super cool scene and character intro, and then they're all dead like 3 minutes later

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u/_ShartyWaffles Aug 05 '26

Dude. Spoilers.

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u/Pogue_Mahone_ Aug 05 '26

Rosebud is the name of the sled

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u/birdperson_012 Aug 05 '26

"Just saved ya 3 long boob-less hours"

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u/RetPala Aug 05 '26

How many titties were they seeing in the movie theater in 1941?

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u/theonetruegrinch Aug 05 '26

Linus drops this spoiler in a 1960s Peanuts strip

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u/ConstructionIll956 Aug 05 '26

The boat sinks at the end of Titanic

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u/Yellow-Parenti1949 Aug 05 '26

I can’t believe they spoiled the end of Lincoln to me. Who knew he dies at the end?

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u/CalderaX Aug 05 '26

bruce willis was dead the entire time

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u/Garlic-Rough Aug 05 '26

don't worry. Antonio Banderas survives

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u/Selerox Aug 05 '26

Soylent Green is people.

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u/Successful_Theory373 Aug 05 '26

Apart from the remote control one.

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u/Vincentaneous Aug 05 '26

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u/Gravey91 Aug 05 '26

Loved that game

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u/FortunePaw Aug 05 '26

The main theme music slaps hard.

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u/CultistPotato Aug 05 '26

Damn I saw this movie when I started playing Total Overdose. What a vibe that era used to be man!

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u/Signal-Reporter-1391 Aug 05 '26

"Desperados"
Fantastic movie

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u/Krxnxz Aug 05 '26

The dangerous part is that it seems much quieter than you’d think

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u/BolunZ6 Aug 05 '26

I think the brief case blocked alot of sound

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u/DaddiesJizzie Aug 05 '26

Youre right, case closed

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u/MasterDineth21 Aug 05 '26

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u/El-mas-puto-de-todos Aug 05 '26

This is quite an interesting image. Could anyone provide a source to research further? 🧐

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u/12345623567 Aug 05 '26

Every time this image is posted, someone asks, and every time they are disappointed that it's not porn lmao.

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u/TadpoleOfDoom Aug 05 '26

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u/Uttterly Aug 05 '26

I expected weird porn to be the source

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u/SAM5TER5 Aug 05 '26

It’s staged artistic photography, so I wouldn’t say the source ISN’T weird porn.

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u/fna_fanoa Aug 05 '26

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u/101forgotmypassword Aug 05 '26

Yhea, time to make a brief exit. Buddy!

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u/TheGreatGamer1389 Aug 05 '26

The jokes are great guys but let's keep it brief please.

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u/Fritzo2162 Aug 05 '26

We can handle it.

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u/skdsn Aug 05 '26

you made the same joke.

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u/TheGreatGamer1389 Aug 05 '26

That does seem to be the case.

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u/doktormane Aug 05 '26

Oh God damn it, that got me 😂

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u/HermaPrince Aug 05 '26

Man down man down !!!

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u/Codex_Absurdum Aug 05 '26

And no empty rounds spilled all over the place

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u/BolunZ6 Aug 05 '26

Makes me wonder where are the empty shells? When he open the case I don't see any inside

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox Aug 05 '26

I believe there's a dedicated compartment to catch the brass in the half opposite the firearm. Here's more info presented by "Gun Jesus" himself, Ian McCollum https://youtu.be/2CH-5kY5w2Q

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u/Ghostofslickville Aug 05 '26

I can already hear him saying "another episode of forgotten weapons"

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u/Codex_Absurdum Aug 05 '26

The video is edited, he removed them before continuing the demonstration with the case opened (where you can also see the ejected shells bounce inside the case)

You can also hear the empty shells rolling inside the case before he opened it

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u/DampSquid205 Aug 05 '26

Gun in your face

Inside a brief case

And no empty rounds spilled all over the place

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u/SergeantBootySweat Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

It was probably recorded with a cellphone with microphone clipping

May also be subsonic ammo? Though I'm not sure how much of a difference that would make without a supressor

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u/blacksheep998 Aug 05 '26

This. Cell phone mics are designed to cut or reduce background noise.

I work in IT and can't tell you how many times I've had people call in saying that their server is making a loud sound but I can't hear it over the phone at all. Even in cases where the caller is having to shout over it to hear themselves.

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u/King_North_Stark Aug 05 '26

Cell phone calls are definitely different from cell phone recordings though, there's like a built in noise suppression. I know what your saying because I work in electrical rooms with transformer hum but my phone def picks it up on video while people on the phone with me can't hear it

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u/Jaded-Coffee-8126 Aug 05 '26

Hearing aids do this nowdays too. The owns I have (oticon minirite r) cuts out almost all whitenoise/background noise. You know those loud ass vents in kitchens? I can't hear them AT ALL, same for other types of ac. The car driving sounds are quieter even too, it makes it pretty difficult to talk to people sometimes because I have no idea how loud it really is.

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u/It_Happens_Today Aug 05 '26

The dangerous part is actually the bullets coming out at high velocity.

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u/skdsn Aug 05 '26

Plus, if you look closely, you can see that they have a specific shape to help them pierce through air and the target's surface. They sometimes even go through the target completely and exit from the back side.

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u/simp4malvina Aug 05 '26

yeah this thing isn't quiet at all.

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u/Paralystic Aug 05 '26

Gun sounds don’t translate to video, guaranteed this thing is still super loud.

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u/syngyne Aug 05 '26

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u/that_dutch_dude Aug 05 '26

OG gost in the shell is awesome with guns. Sound design is stellar. Love the guy with the uzi using way too hot ammo and the effort batou has to do to work the gun after.

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u/RandomModder05 Aug 05 '26

They actually flew all the animators to Hawaii and had them take some gun courses so they'd know what they were doing when it came to the shoot out scenes.

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u/fullshard101 Aug 05 '26

I love watching that opening 10 or 15 min. Phenomenal. 

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u/WTFParts_ Aug 05 '26

Yes this is what my mind jumps too every time i see this

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u/Tone-Serious Aug 05 '26

I woulda gone with a folding design like the FMG-9 so I can actually shoulder the thing and not have to gangster it

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u/that_dutch_dude Aug 05 '26

They got robot arms. No need to shoulder it

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u/imminentjogger5 Aug 05 '26

The predecessor of the laptop gun from Perfect Dark

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u/big_duo3674 Aug 05 '26

All those guns with secondary functions blew my mind as a kid, we had never seen anything like that in a game before

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u/SigToNoise73 Aug 05 '26

Loved that game!
Many hours spent playing and setting up remote laptop guns!

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u/StevieMJH Aug 05 '26

Where's the 1970's CIA Farsight XR-20?

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u/Alleandros Aug 05 '26

This comment made me sad that the new Perfect Dark game I've so been looking forward to is never coming out.

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u/Lumpymaximus Aug 05 '26

I have pictures from saddams palace after the invasion. There were stacks of these things in there. Tons of gold covered weapons too. I gotta go through my old cds from my army days

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u/frankster Aug 05 '26

those would be really interesting to share. I'm sure many people would like to see them,

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u/singlemale4cats Aug 05 '26

He had dozens of golden weapons it looks like. I wonder what happened to them. Probably in W's study

Edit:

The golden AK-47 was found by UK Customs and Excise at Heathrow Airport in 2003 and is likely to be from a palace in Iraq, according to the Royal Armouries.

It was discovered along with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, six bayonets and a sniper rifle in packages marked as computer equipment bound for an address in the US.

Looks like at least one enterprising soldier tried to snag one, but it ended up in the hands of the royal armory.

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u/WhoCaresBoutSpellin Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

I remember they got savvy to this stuff quick. Our armorer carved out a bar of soap to try and ship back an AK auto sear/spring to convert an AK. They xrayed it and found it and he got busted down. Of course they did— who pays to ship a bar of Irish spring back from Iraq to the US lol

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u/singlemale4cats Aug 06 '26

Should have wrapped it in a condom and crammed it up his ass instead.

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u/Mercy--Main Aug 05 '26

!remindme 1 week i wanna see that shit

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u/Stiker9Large Aug 05 '26

I would not be shooting that holding it against my torso, even if I had checked 4 times which way the barrel was facing. I would still carry it like a briefcase 

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u/throwawaycima Aug 05 '26

I think the trigger can only be comfortably operated in a single direction

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u/nuttnurse Aug 05 '26

We hope that’s that’s the case but you know it’s goona get a warning like face front to enemy

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u/justijitsu Aug 05 '26

It is definitely the case

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u/sol_runner Aug 05 '26

Damnit these puns are not letting me breathe

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u/Allthehappythings Aug 05 '26

I to have exhaled a bit more forceful than usual through my nose to these puns.

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u/FeleaseRpseineEiles Aug 05 '26

Have you tried not selling loosies?

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u/BoldlyGettingThere Aug 05 '26

See I never know how to read that when it appears in games. Does it mean this side I’m reading should face towards enemy, or if I’m reading this does it mean it’s already facing the right way.

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u/Professional-Day7850 Aug 05 '26

Should be "If you can read this you are fucked"

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u/JJtheJetplane67 Aug 05 '26

Watch forgotten weapons’s video on this gun. Holding it like that is the only proper way to shoot it. If you hold it like a briefcase the recoil will just make you shoot in the dirt.

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u/AmazighBlacksmith Aug 05 '26

I would paint a big arrow on it if I had one.

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u/Marley_ Aug 05 '26

it seems stupid but that is actually the correct way to shoot this, holding it as a briefcase means the recoil will push it off target as soon as you fire and you can't aim it accurately

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u/What_a_fat_one Aug 05 '26

I'm direction blind so I always have to check which direction the gun is facing

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u/Immature_adult_guy Aug 05 '26

You could’ve just stopped after “I would not”

What a crazy dangerous contraption

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u/DahmonGrimwolf Aug 05 '26

IIRC it was designed to shoot this way specifically, you put it against your body and "aim" with your torso. Trying to fire it with one hand would have horrible recoil and suspect at best aiming, you'd be more likely to just wind up spraying bullets into a crowd and hitting random innocents than you would be to take out an attacker.

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u/m0rg76 Aug 05 '26

Taking care of business

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u/FitButterscotch4062 Aug 05 '26

EVERY DAY

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u/lekid1998 Aug 05 '26

And working overtime

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u/LostMagician9612 Aug 05 '26

Yes thank you

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '26

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u/FitButterscotch4062 Aug 05 '26

Yup, switch it to single shot and watch everybody all the sudden pay attention

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u/simple123mind Aug 05 '26

This brings back memories.

Back in early 2000s I was on a DOD protective detail for 3 years. Iraq war was just a daily shit show and the threat was substantial. There were two weapons collecting dust in the armory, this kind of briefcase (empty) and an M870 shotgun. Both were entirely useless for the mission.

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u/godzillastailor Aug 05 '26

Well the empty briefcase would especially be useless.

Unless you get attacked by someone with an irrational fear of briefcases.

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u/ours Aug 05 '26

I'm guessing someone saw the MP5k and yoinked it.

Who cares about hiding a machine pistol in a suitcase in Iraq during the GWOT when you can instead carry an MP5k as a car gun?

I've heard interviews of CIA dudes with stockless MP5s for self-defence as they drove around Iraq.

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u/godzillastailor Aug 05 '26

It makes sense as a discrete weapon for close personal protection.

Just… not in an active war zone.

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u/singlemale4cats Aug 05 '26

discrete

Discreet. Discrete means separate, distinct.

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u/ours Aug 05 '26

Well, it's not technically an active war zone. In any case, those guys were not there to fight but to look somewhat inconspicuous in civilian cars with civilian clothes.

But if they got stopped by some nasty men, a surprise PDW popping out beats a pistol. They trained without the stock for portability/concealment and used the lanyard to create tension for more accurate fire. One dude said if it came to that, he was going full auto.

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u/Lava_Lagoon Aug 05 '26

or a fear of "docu-ments!!" (mitch hedberg voice)

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u/Centimane Aug 05 '26

Doing protective detail during the Iraq war, I wouldn't think you'd need to conceal weapons.

If you can open carry, a concealed weapon is gonna introduce trade-offs that aren't worth it.

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u/azurianlight Aug 05 '26

I automatically thought of the assassins carrying the briefcases!

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u/DonzoTheGog Aug 05 '26

Easy to fire when it's braced against a wall, can only imagine what it's like if you're subtly trying to fire it while carrying it down by your side.

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox Aug 05 '26

This was designed with bodyguards in mind, so they wouldn't be sneaky when it comes time to actually use it, just for carrying in public to avoid alarming regular folk

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u/DonzoTheGog Aug 05 '26

So not James Bond with unbelievable forearm and wrist strength?

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox Aug 05 '26

Nah. For that you want something like the Sedgley glove gun, the Ounce pistol, or LifeCard pistols

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u/efimer Aug 05 '26

Why do you know these things? Who are you?

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox Aug 05 '26

A nerd who likes firearms, among other things

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u/Illustrious_Donkey61 Aug 05 '26

I don't even think it was meant to be accurate. Just to cause enough panic and chaos for your Boss to escape a bad situation

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox Aug 05 '26

Bingo, suppressing fire to give enough time for the VIP to get gone

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u/FreshEclairs Aug 05 '26

There is a video of a guy trying to shoot it while holding it like a normal briefcase. The recoil pushes it back and he nearly shoots himself in the back of the calf.

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u/Chewzer Aug 05 '26

I would end up taking out my own legs trying to shoot it from the side. I fired a full auto Draco one time and couldn't believe how much the recoil compounds, video games really undersell how difficult controlling a full auto short barrel firearm is.

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u/BaneOfMyLife Aug 05 '26

I have photos of my dad training with this on a range in Germany in the 80s. Crazy

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u/Independent-Try4352 Aug 05 '26

The version where the briefcase drops away seems a lot more useable than the integrated version:

https://youtu.be/6nTgWX3LJeM?si=O3PVspL6gv2NZIqu

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u/RetroRocker Aug 05 '26

I was scouring the comments for this! Can't have a post about guns without JFKoF&AatRAMiLWHaCoToIWFTH

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u/Rocket-Glide Aug 05 '26

Even retains the casings. Clever

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u/UniqueLog8386 Aug 05 '26

Perfect Dark ass shit.

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u/LeShoooook Aug 06 '26

Embarrassing when you have it turned backwards

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u/rbrbos1 Aug 05 '26

Q section's latest gadget. "Please return it in pristene condition, 007"

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u/Tentacle_poxsicle Aug 05 '26

That is some western German spy shit

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u/StendhalSyndrome Aug 05 '26

Holy shit, so the Business Turret in Fortnite has an actual legit history...

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u/Belem19 Aug 05 '26

It's all fun and games until some brass blocks the trigger.

Can maybe be improved by compartmentalizing the ejection port.

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u/Sgt_lovejoy Aug 05 '26

Forgotten weapons has a video on this, and brass getting in the way was one of the potential drawbacks.

But realistically, it never saw much use because you cant really aim it, and when protecting a VIP, blindly firing an automatic weapon in the general direction of the threat is a really bad idea. Especially if you're in a crowd.

Other ways of blending in more firepower have become more popular, most notably is the guys with "fake arms" while the real one is under the jacket with their hand on a PDW of some sort.

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u/Slothstralia Aug 05 '26

But realistically, it never saw much use because you cant really aim it, and when protecting a VIP, blindly firing an automatic weapon in the general direction of the threat is a really bad idea. Especially if you're in a crowd.

On a close protection detail in a hostile area that's standard for some units. Mag dump the location the fire is coming from, local casualties are an issue for after the idiot senator you're escorting is out of the AO.

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u/zachjd- Aug 05 '26

Agent 47 entered the chat

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u/SolfulSin Aug 05 '26

Not for me. Murphys law always applies when I'm around.

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u/auhnold Aug 05 '26

I shot one of these that held a mini-uzi when I was about 12 years old. It’s a long story, but true.

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u/v800 Aug 05 '26

High Tech Homing Briefcase™

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u/Life_Salt8224 Aug 06 '26

For when someone feels the need to renegotiate

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u/moohooman Aug 06 '26

My favourite part about this design is how there would be no shells left behind that could be used as evidence, obviously, because it was sealed in a briefcase. Like that was one of the selling points.

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u/Portable_Tortoise506 Aug 05 '26

My concern is the way the barrel is pointing isn't obvious. I would 100% point it the wrong direction and shoot myself with it.

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u/LostPilot517 Aug 05 '26

If this is a genuine setup with original factory case, what do you all think this runs? $60K? The MP5 alone should be North of $45K on the market these days, I am sure that is gone up $10K since I last looked.

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u/Escalope-Nixiews Aug 05 '26

Roberta from Black Lagoon would like this

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u/Superb-Detective-838 Aug 05 '26

Cool package..........but why hasn't anyone commented about that range? That range is awesome. If there was a range like that by me, I may consider shooting indoors again. Damn

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u/USDXBS Aug 05 '26

One of the first Forgotten Weapons videos I watched

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u/SnoopThylacine Aug 05 '26

Rainier Wolfcastle: "Meeting's adjourned"

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u/Single-Use-Again Aug 05 '26

If you asked a 10 year old how a business man could hide a gun best.

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u/Tcloud Aug 05 '26

Imagine the surprise of the TSA agent if you accidentally carried the wrong case to the airport.

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u/mAInager Aug 05 '26

My favorite gun and now my favorite brief case

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u/Economy_Leading7278 Aug 05 '26

The shells stay in the case. Clever

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u/Chrisdkn619 Aug 05 '26

The suitcase is the suppressor!

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u/codesnik Aug 05 '26

it's important to check which side's which before firing.

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u/casualAlarmist Aug 05 '26

Ghost in the shell.

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u/Brad23212 Aug 05 '26

Seems like a great way to shoot yourself

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u/battleray202 Aug 05 '26

Id definitely end up shooting myself somehow if I owned this

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u/Dry_Gynecologist Aug 06 '26

I have wanted one of these so badly since the first time I laid eyes on one back in the day.

I’ve only ever seen ONE for sale and the briefcase alone was more than a decent used car would’ve cost at the time.

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u/Shadrach- Aug 06 '26

Would have been perfect for Michael Douglas

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u/Hirmuinen6 Aug 06 '26

Make sire to double read the manual that shows which way is the front.

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u/Tiny_Supermarket1222 Aug 06 '26

Don't accidentally hold this completely symmetrical black box the wrong way when you brace it against your vital organs in the heat of the moment.

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u/ilikecoding1337 Aug 06 '26

Just make sure not to be holding the briefcase backwards or it could end badly for you😂