Videos tagged with Sabot

This video demonstrates launching a metal hand grenade using an X Products Can Cannon attached to an AR-15 platform with 5.56 blank ammunition. It highlights the necessity of a discarding sabot for proper pressure when the projectile doesn't seal the barrel. The experiment concludes that the grenade was too heavy, landing unexploded within a dangerous blast radius, emphasizing extreme safety risks.

This entry details the AAI 2nd Gen SPIW flechette rifle, a prototype from the 1960s explored by the US military. It highlights the weapon's unique XM-145 flechette ammunition, its complex operational history including trial failures and improvements, and its eventual legacy influencing the ACR program. The analysis is presented with high authority by Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons.