{"id":45647,"date":"2013-06-27T04:40:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T03:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/firing-an-ak-47-under-water\/45647\/"},"modified":"2013-06-27T04:40:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T03:40:37","slug":"firing-an-ak-47-under-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/firing-an-ak-47-under-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Firing an AK-47 Under Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

by
\n Margot Peppers
Daily Mail<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n \"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Submerging an AK 47 gun and firing it underwater appears to make
\n it work better, according to high speed footage.<\/p>\n

In an experiment posted online, a team put one of the automatic
\n machine guns into an water-filled aquarium and filmed it using a
\n high-speed camera.<\/p>\n

When the footage was slowed down, they discovered that not only
\n does the weapon still fire while under water, it actually reloads
\n itself faster.<\/p>\n


New high speed footage has revealed that submerging an AK 47 gun
\n and firing it underwater appears to make it work better<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The AK47 assault rifle is based on a gas recoil system.<\/p>\n

It uses the hot expanding gases of a bullet being fired to automatically
\n rechamber the next round, Gizmodo<\/a>
\n reports.<\/p>\n

The gas flows up through the chamber and back to the gun\u2019s
\n bolt, which forces it back.<\/p>\n

The video was uploaded on the Smarter Every Day channel on YouTube.<\/p>\n


In an online experiment, a team sunk one of the automatic machine
\n guns into an aquarium and filmed it using a high-speed camera<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Read
\n the rest of the article<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

June
\n 27, 2013<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Copyright
\n \u00a9 2013 <\/span>Daily
\n Mail<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on: Lew Rockwell<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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