Just standing there, shooting straight at the enemy hasn’t worked since the 1800s (or at least the last Die Hard). Cover is king when it comes to gun fights, and these 12 periscope rifles from our friends at Oobject let you shoot without giving your opponent anything to shoot at.
When you’re done “rifling” through these images, check out these 14 camera guns, some non-gun guns, and 12 guns concealed in the craziest places.
Demonstration Of A Periscope Springfield Rifle
Corner Peeking Rifle Periscope Patent
Springfield Periscope Rifle
Note the chain of triggers.
US WWI Periscope Rifle
Allows shooting over a trench.
The Vanderlip Pocket Bayonet Periscope
Chandler Trench Periscope SMLE Rifle Adaptation
William Beech And His Invention, The Periscope Rifle
Periscope Gun Based On A US M1903 Rifle
Note how here the stock itself is hinged making the gun fold out into a periscope.
Array Of Periscope Rifles From The Springfield Armory
Belgian Periscope Rifle
M.95 Loopgraafgeweer Dutch Trench Gun
Pies
Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 7:31 PMI’m fairly sure these are against laws of war.
Stuart
Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 8:54 PMSerious? The Geneva convention has a law that you have to physically be aligned to your gun’s barrel to fire it legally? SERIOUS!?
War is awful. But if you’re in one, you want to win.
Dennison
Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 12:16 AM^ I’m with ya.
If I was in a war, there are no moral laws I wouldn’t break. Eye gouging, nut kicking, throat punching here I come. :-)
Not really a rifle, but a modern corner peaking gun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CornerShot
DENAz
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 1:07 PMYeah but nukes are fine….
Ammusionist
Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 10:53 AMNow we just need to put robots at the bottom of the periscopes and we can all go home!
DarthDVD
Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 1:53 PMthat last rifle…. the autralian one.. is that ment to be AUSTRALIAN??? or not??
chugs
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 8:01 AMum sorry to embarrass you but have you not heard of the great nation of Autralia, the same country who won World War 1, 3 and 4 with its innovative Periscope rifle?
Jester
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 10:13 AMIt’s a tiny island nation about the size of Canada, north of India and just south of New Zealand. You may not have heard of it, but they also invented Bluetooth, hydrogen fuel cells and the modern pencil.
drew
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 8:22 AMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi2kaDzGh9A