Meet the Disintegrator: 24 barrels of rubber band minigun madness

You've gotta admire folks who bring their trade to a whole new level, even if that does mean escalating the international arms race between builders of automated, wooden, rubber band miniguns. The 24-barrel, tripod-mountable monster you see above, lovingly known as the Disintegrator, was rather amazingly hand-carved and assembled by Anthony Smith of the UK, who spent four months on the ambitious build. Unlike your dinky little six-shooter, this model boasts a 288-band capacity and 40-round-per-second firing capability, making it one of the most dangerous weapons to remain unbanned by the TSA. To see this wonder in its full operational glory, you simply have to check out the video after the break.

[Via TechDigest, image courtesy of Disintegrator.co.uk]

[Phoenixfury @ Jan 16th 2008 1:44PM]

You've been rubbernated!

[Noc @ Jan 16th 2008 2:22PM]

I am the rubbermator! your bands give them to me.

[Flashpoint @ Jan 16th 2008 2:23PM]

"When I saw him....his eyes dissapeared....

...they just dissapeared...

I drew down on em'

I capped of about 250 rounds with the minigun....

...nothin'...

...ain't nothing in the world coulda lived through that..."

[Tim @ Jan 16th 2008 2:49PM]

I thought for a second that this was a sneak peek at Mission Impossible 4

[Special_K_Ninja @ Jan 17th 2008 3:11PM]

What quote was that above mine. Predator?

[Wayne @ Jan 16th 2008 4:22PM]

Looks like a preview of next week's episode of "The Sarah Connor Chronicles".

[thomas @ Jan 16th 2008 8:26PM]

Hehe, or try net-ed... get em spidy with the Rob and Big shooting Net Gun - lol... http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1158

[dizzy @ Jan 16th 2008 1:44PM]

have fun loading up all 288 rubber bands on that thing. Jesus christ.

[Abuzar @ Jan 16th 2008 2:45PM]

They have another rubber machine gun fire rubbers at this thing to load it up.

[Joe @ Jan 16th 2008 1:47PM]

Next step: Automatic reloader

[pelo8280 @ Jan 16th 2008 8:05PM]

If it shoots 40 rounds per second, that's seven seconds of continuous firing.
If it takes 1 second to load each rubber band, that's five minutes.

If anything lives through those seven seconds, you're screwed.

So what about a rubber band grenade...

[rv @ Jan 16th 2008 1:50PM]

I must have that. Then I could shoot stuff. Then I would get bored, and leave it in my basement.

[Derwin @ Jan 16th 2008 1:51PM]

At 40 rounds per second and 288 bands, you should be able to unleash solid rubber band hell for approximately 7 and a half seconds.

[Andrew @ Jan 16th 2008 1:53PM]

Seven and a half seconds of pure agony for your enemy as you totally overwhelm them with a barrage of elastics.

[Student Driver @ Jan 16th 2008 2:34PM]

Wow, that's the same rate some people use up another kind of rubber...

[nitronuke @ Feb 19th 2008 3:46PM]

what about swaping barrels

[SFO Kevin @ Jan 16th 2008 1:51PM]

This is one guy you would not want to piss off in Highschool...

[Chebwa @ Jan 16th 2008 2:21PM]

Look at how this man utilizes his free time.

I think he probably still is in high school.

[Liam @ Jan 16th 2008 2:46PM]

Pfft, it's secondary school, he's British.

[Ghen @ Jan 16th 2008 3:23PM]

not american so that means his HS GED is worth more than a college deploma anyway.

[insertAlias @ Jan 16th 2008 3:30PM]

@Ghen
How much is your "diploma" worth if you can't even spell it?

[Derwin @ Jan 16th 2008 1:57PM]

The only thing that appears to have disintegrated is his social life.

*Ba dum tss* I'll be here all night guys, try the steak

[willyjsimmons @ Jan 16th 2008 2:00PM]

And please remember to tip your waitress!

[looseinthedeuce @ Jan 16th 2008 1:58PM]

Michael Scott will need one of these to unload on Ryan.

[Pete @ Jan 16th 2008 2:05PM]

"0.0% Human Casualties"

The less lethal Terminator

[Amani576 @ Jan 16th 2008 2:09PM]

That thing is amazing!
GR

[Dan Parker @ Jan 16th 2008 2:12PM]

What a loser. He'll be a virgin for life.

[FK @ Jan 16th 2008 2:16PM]

Someone's jealous.

[Silverfrog @ Jan 16th 2008 2:23PM]

No he won't--he'll kill you with it then take your girlfriend.

[Dan Parker @ Jan 16th 2008 2:26PM]

I play with rubbers not rubber bands.

[Eddie @ Jan 16th 2008 2:40PM]

I play with girls. Enjoy your rubbers, though. They do sound like fun. I'm sure this dude can help you with a toy for your little pastime.

[Blackster @ Jan 16th 2008 2:44PM]

dan i pitty you.
you don't play with'em! you use them ;) :-p

[riggs @ Jan 16th 2008 2:55PM]

but enough about your girlfriend, tell us about yourself :)

[Dan Parker @ Jan 16th 2008 2:59PM]

You're talking to someone with over 23,000 myspace friends. BBoy360

[Andrew @ Jan 16th 2008 3:09PM]

Coolness = Interesting Books Read + Gadgets/MySpace friends

[Justin @ Jan 16th 2008 3:14PM]

Oh yes Dan, because you having 23,000 myspace friends means anything to anyone?
Hell, I could go and add 23,000 random people on Myspace and be right up there with you!

Anyway. This thing is amazing.

[MARSHAK @ Jan 16th 2008 5:11PM]

i think dan meant this kid of rubber www.fleshlight.com
or....mr. limpy.

[pelo8280 @ Jan 16th 2008 8:11PM]

May I remind you that we're arguing how cool we are on Engadget? Does anybody see a problem with this?

[Arnob @ Jan 16th 2008 10:11PM]

wait, that WASN'T a sarcastic retort by dan?! really?? myspace friends?

really??

[sweavo @ Jan 17th 2008 4:45AM]

Who needs girls when you can fire 2400 rubber bands a minute? *

* requires 9 guns

[celeritas @ Jan 16th 2008 2:14PM]

The floppy disk massacre was the best part of the video.

[MB @ Jan 16th 2008 2:15PM]

Wow, to have been born in this hi-tech age. In the '50s, we fought our wars with a simple single shot rubber-band gun. Of course, it shot nails...

[mlody11 @ Jan 16th 2008 2:22PM]

Now we need an episode of Jackass where stevo gets pounded by this thing. Jackass v3

[Ed @ Jan 16th 2008 4:29PM]

Dammit! You beat me to it :)

[Brian @ Jan 16th 2008 2:25PM]

unload time 5 seconds, reload time 5 hours

[bigpeeler @ Jan 17th 2008 5:39AM]

Sounds like my sex life.

[Jared @ Jan 16th 2008 2:27PM]

"You'll shoot your eye out"

[Liam @ Jan 16th 2008 2:55PM]

WIN

[4honor @ Jan 16th 2008 2:28PM]

So 40 bands a second, 288 bands... that's only ~7 seconds of continuous firing? I guess he will make one that takes magazines later...

[Evan @ Jan 16th 2008 2:30PM]

Wow that was awesome. Could you imagine a warthog mounted with a rubber band turret?