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]

[hkim823 Posted Jan 17th 2008 9:38AM]

I'm definitely sure that the TSA wouldn't allow this onboard a plane.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 18th 2008 3:10PM]

Those floppy disks were rightfully punished for being so...floppy. >__>

That was a beautiful display of craftsmanship and pure unadulerated firepower. Thank you. THANK YOU.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 1:32PM]

Fact checking. It did not take four month to build this. He clearly states on the construction section of the site for the gun that he did not start building unitl "mid-September 2007". Following that, the first date list in the news section is 27/11/2007, in which he says he has tested the firing speed. November is only two months later, two and a half at most.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 6:27PM]

You're ghostin' us MF, give us away one more time... I'll 'band you, real quiet ...got that?
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Ol' painless is waiting... or is it "ol' stinging-at-40-times-a-second" is waiting?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 9:14PM]

Someone accidentaly tagged this with 'non-lethal weapons'

:p

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 10:21PM]

Pro +win

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 10:22PM]

Oh, and in response to:

"Coolness = Interesting Books Read + Gadgets/MySpace friends"

I got an Error: Divide by zero...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 18th 2008 6:14AM]

Umm...He bought two of these kits and put them together:
http://www.backyardartillery.com/machinegun/plans.php
and
http://www.backyardartillery.com/whassat/82500
Ron Toms is a purveyor of everything ballistic. Check out his catapults and get firing.
http://www.catapultkits.com/

Siege

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 23rd 2008 4:15PM]

Yeah, but if you were going one-on-one wioth some and you had that gun, you'd be screwed to reload it...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 19th 2008 8:46AM]

Finally! A use for all my old floppy disks! Take that, defunct mode of data storage!

[realar Posted Jan 19th 2008 3:19PM]

Many of the comments seem to based on knocking this bloke. The way I see it, he has a lot of talent to design and make this device, even if it's just for fun.