Most Visually Pleasing Weapons Of All Time (vanity)

[Don Hernando de Las Casas]

Here’s a light-hearted question for a beautiful Friday morning. What are the most visually beautiful weapons ever created? I was gonna ask for your top 5 or top 10, but, really, why limit ourselves? ANY weapons count; notice I’ve counted warships on my list. I hope I haven’t listed all the best. Have at it, gang. Tiger tank 1911 .45 1921 Thompson BAR 1851 Colt Navy revolver M-60 and/or MG-42 Any ship of the line circa. 1770 – 1815, such as L’Orient.

[DCBryan1]

M1917.....great for killin' La Raza types in the early 20th Century:

[DCBryan1]

M1917 gif:

[DesertRhino]

“You mean, like the F-4 Phantom II?”

Don’t look now, but that was a Navy design.

[Farmer Dean]

I’ll second that.Swedish mausers are some of the best.

[rfreedom4u]

I also love the JU-87 Stuka.

[Liberty Valance]

The Colt Python 357 magnum

[rfreedom4u]

Was there a weapon in that pic somewhere?

[1Old Pro]

Winchester Model 71

[DCBryan1]

Partial to most mausers...but I really like M1897 trench guns too.

[angryoldfatman]

AAAAAAAAVEEE MARIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAA...

[DCBryan1]

1) Roman Gladius
2) English Longbow
3) Brown Bess rifle
4) M1903 Springfield
5) M1911A1 .45 ACP
6) Panther G
7) Iowa Class BB
8) DC-3/C47
9) P-51 Mustang
10) Browning machine guns (M2, M1919, M1917, ANM2, Colt MG40, ANM3, M1918A2 BAR, etc).

[IYAS9YAS]

Don’t look now, but that was a Navy design.

Yup, it was initially designed for the Navy, but the Air Force used it extensively. It was a hand-me-down, and a good one, at that.

[IYAS9YAS]

Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range

Just what you see, Pal...

[chasio649]

P51 Mustang

[Don Hernando de Las Casas]

Lot of P 51 fans on this thread.

[Liberty Valance]

[henkster]

My WW2 list:

Ship: Alaska Class large cruiser
Fighter: P51 Mustang
Bomber: B29 Superfortress
Machine gun: MG 43
Rifle: Sturmgewehr 44
Pistol: 1911 Colt 45
Anti-tank gun: 75mm PaK
Artillery: Soviet D1 152 mm howitzer
Tank: T35/85
Assault gun: Jgdpz IV L 70.

[Don Hernando de Las Casas]

Did you mean MG 34 or MG 42? Or am I getting the numbers confused?

[MosesKnows]

A beautiful sound indeed.

I wish I could locate a similar video with sound for a B-29. I became accustomed to their distinctive sound as a boy during WW2 and can readily identify one by their sound even today.

[smokingfrog]