Comments on: Zombie Tech

By: 3-15 INF

3-15 INF — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:27:46 +0000

I think all of these tools are absolutely practical- weapon mounted taclights are useful for clearing buildings, and red dots are the quickest close quarters site made (especially the eotech holosite).

Just because these tools will eventually run out of juice doesn’t make them a bad idea. What, just because guns will run out of ammo someday makes them unreliable? I’d rather make the first couple of hundred dead with less effort first, thanks. That’s like saying why bother having food if you eventually eat it all.

By: Nickoli99

Nickoli99 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:44:05 +0000

Red dot sights an lasers would be helpfull during the initial outbreak, but people should practice marksmanship with iron sights. When batteries run dead you have to be efficiant with what you have. And night vision is great with a rifle but a torch an a remington 870 with folding stock an eight round extended magazine will do.

In my opinion the best set of weopons to have on you is a katana, 9 inch smooth blade combat knive, M1 carbine (or similar weopon) a Beretta m9 chambered in 40 s&w an a fashlight without finite fuel.

Semi auto would be best with a carbine round.
an a smaller caliber handgun gives you a larger magazine capacity
an low recole

By: KillerB

KillerB — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:32:25 +0000

Dude it is not that the powder is pressure sensitive. It is that pressure causes heat. So when you thread down the cap then pressure (ie Heat) is applied near a highly combustable substance. Funnel it in. AND still wipe the threads. Or use PVC and add frag using whatever you can find. Using plastic almost completly eleminates the very real possiblity of premature ingnition of your device. SO Angryvikingman…………PEACE.

By: Priad

Priad — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:19:09 +0000

I do not know why anyone has not brought this up yet, The best sword to have during the zed apocalypse is by far the katana. It is light, sharp, strong, and if you blacken the blade or buy it blackened it is totally invisible at night. I do know that i never really liked the idea of katanas because of all the nerds and anime shows but after reading about it and getting my hands on one it is one of the singlemost deadly close quarters zombie killer other than the Gurhka kukri which has a curved edge designed for lopping of heads

By: Angryvikingman

Angryvikingman — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:20:22 +0000

@ KillerB

Black powder pressure sensitive?
Yeah, because putting powder in a muzzle loader, and using a ramrod and packing a projectile on top of the powder isnt applying pressure?

Its not like I’d get powder in the threads any-fucking-way because I’m smart enough to use a funnel, and NOT fill the pipe all the way. I don’t know why you decided to get on here and curse at me in the fashion that you did, but I’m reporting it to the admins.

By: Perkele-tor

Perkele-tor — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:01:49 +0000

I just remembered an old topic that mentioned silencers, and I think my silenced MkII would be handy for getting around perimeters of groups or hunting near city edges, especially with a night-vision setup.
No one has mentioned technological melee equipment yet, though I think even my best Husqi would be too finicky and messy to use.
The best technology os in the manufacturing. A modern made double bit or broad sword would be handy. I do love my 3lb double-bit steel falling axe. Heavy enough to cut deep but light enough to keep swinging all day, and an edge that won’t quit.

By: Perkele-tor

Perkele-tor — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:56:09 +0000

Everyone should have a Mag-light or a tac-light handy in general.
I agree about the pipes verse cans, but I like Jordan’s idea for perimeter mines instead of grenade type weapons.
While I think all the above sighting apparatus are handy, I usually prefer to carry more food and use good old iron sights. To me, these would seem more handy from a stationary position with a stockpile of batteries, especially flashlights. They could be used to full effect when it counts most at the height of an infestation and discarded when the juice runs out. For travelers I think all electronics should be reserved for reconnaissance. I had a set of PVS-7s on loan for a while which I really liked but I wouldn’t try operating like normal just because I could see at night. On the other hand they would be really good for building searches after all the power goes out.
I also like the ACOG sight because it isn’t an electronic red dot. I’d still have to stick to my iron sights though because our only T-14 is on my girlfriends FAL.

By: Aaron B

Aaron B — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:29:31 +0000

nothing electronic can be trusted

By: Angryvikingman

Angryvikingman — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:23:58 +0000

A small coffee can wouldnt be able to supply enough of a pressurized blast to hurl your projectiles with sufficient force as to kill in a suitable radius. Try a piece of steel pipe. Thread it, and put end caps on it. 2″ diameter pipe ought to do great if you pack it full of black powder. I say black powder because that will be the easiest explosive to manufacture in your home, or that is comercially available to the public, or that doesnt require a license to buy. If you dont believe me, take the coffee can you intended to use, and fill it with powder, then do one my way, bury them both a foot deep and set them off. The crater left from the steel pipe bomb will be larger than the one left by the coffee can because the steel pipe can handle more pressure before it reaches structural failure, thus increasing the size of your blast. But… you didnt hear that from me….

By: jordan

jordan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:32:58 +0000

Adam-
The IR doesn’t work in detecting heat always. Some, the more effective ones in my opinion, work on the basis of seeing IR light and using it like a flash light. Take your camcorder and T.V. remote control into a dark room. Look through your view finder and start mashing buttons on the remote you’ll see flashes of grayish light. If you don’t see anything its because either the remotes IR emitter is to weak or it doesn’t use IR try pointing the remote directly into the lens.

As for technology does it need to be stuff we’ve already got? What about retrofits for existing vehicles and equipment or specialized tools developed exclusively for making the dead act their age if you know what I mean.

In My own personal R&D laboratory I’ve developed a, for lack of a better term, Anti-Zombie Mine.

Basically a fragmentation case packed with explosives mounted between 5 and 6 feet off the ground on a pole detonated either remotely or by wire whiskers sticking out about 8 inches all around the “head” of the device.

I call them Head Hunters.

I thinking a coffee can inside a bigger coffee can with ball barrings sandwiched in between. The inner can holds the explosives of availability and a detonator corresponding with the explosives used.
Mount the whole thing on a pvc and thats all their is to it.

Again if this is ever used in a movie just toss some credit my way and drop my name in the movie, thats all I ask.