Awesome Weapons

Put the pain in paintball with RAP4’s made-to-order replica of the Breda M37, a heavy machine gun used in World War II. It has an automatic paintball feeder and semi-auto, 3-shot and full-auto firing modes.

Just like last year, YouTuber iZHarms celebrated the 4th of July by making a weapon straight out of Dead Rising. He put together five AK-180 Roman candles, giving him a total of 900 shots. Yes! America!

Water gun? Airsoft? Nerf? Pffff. Talk to this motherflippin’ cannnon. Make it rain with the tackiest rich man’s toy you’ll ever see. The Cash Cannon fires bills or any similarly sized object. Runs on a 9-volt battery.

Available in single- and rapid-fire versions, Mattel’s new BOOMco. toy weapons fire special darts which stick easily on shields and removable stick-on targets. Skilled players can even catch and reuse their enemies’ ammo.

Combining the style of a classic cutlass with the flat, wide profile of a machete, Cold Steel’s hybrid weapon is made from 1055 carbon steel with a baked-on black anti-rust finish. Best wielded in pairs. And great for butchering meat.

Even Frostmourne came from fire. Man at Arms takes on one of the most requested and most complex weapons it’s ever made, the sword from the Warcraft franchise. So, we guess we have four Lich Kings now.

Wanna play laser tag but with swords? Check out Sabertron. It keeps score by knowing when it connects with another sword and when it actually hits your opponent. It comes with an integrated health bar and has five game modes.

(Gore) THIS! IS! MAN AT ARMS! Blacksmith Tony Swatton and his crew replicated King Leonidas’ one-handed sword from 300. Mythbusters’ Grant Imahara then dropped by to test it, and to show just how huge Tony is.

Almost a year after forging the Buster Sword, Man at Arms’ Tony Swatton crafted the weapon of choice of Cloud’s nemesis. The Masamune measures an insane 7’2″ long and had Tony using his more unorthodox tools and tricks.

Extreme builder Colin Furze (of flame-throwing scooter fame) made these deadly steel replicas of Wolverine’s adamantium claws can both extend or retract with the push of a button. What could possibly go wrong? Build video here.

Cory Alexander made a life-size replica of Sasha, the Heavy’s Minigun in Team Fortress 2. It weighs 30lbs., has lights and sound effects as well as music and sound bites from the game. Skip to 3:50 for the demo. More on The RPF.

The latest episode of SoKrispyMedia’s Chalk Warfare sees combatants draw weapons from popular video games, movies and even YouTube channels. To future chalk warriors: soak yourself in water before you fight.

The perfect weapon for cardboard warfare, this papercraft kit provides die-cut templates for your very own Heckler & Koch MP7A1 submachine gun, complete with removable clip. Guaranteed not to fire actual bullets.

Mattel is now in an arms race with NERF. Its BOOMco. Blasters have reusable and universal plastic ammunition with sticky tips. It’s already available in certain parts of Europe and should be out in the US this summer.

George Lucas, Mark Hamill and sound designer Ben Burtt talk about the conceptual and technical aspects of the most famous movie weapon of all time, the lightsaber. The documentary includes a lot of behind-the-scenes clips.

Handmade by the blacksmiths at The Learning Barn Iron Works, this knife started its life as an old railroad spike. It’s been polished and honed to create a razor-sharp blade. They also make a nifty hand-forged bottle opener.

DaveHax shows us how to create a tiny, but still dangerous crossbow using a plastic bottle cap, a couple of popsicle sticks and a rubber band. The ammunition? Toothpicks, Q-Tips or flaming matchsticks. Daryl Dixon approves.

A brief, but highly enjoyable compilation of videos from Cold Steel, who hock their deadly melee weaponry with such enthusiasm and glee that we’d be very scared to run into these guys in a dark alley. Or on a wide street in broad daylight.

The Slow Mo Guys fired off a fully-automatic assault rifle and captured its action at 18,000 fps, showing off every detail of the firing mechanism grabbing bullets, placing them in the firing chamber, and letting the casings fly.

It was only a matter of time before blacksmith Tony Swatton would build the iconic Covenant energy sword from the Halo series. While his version isn’t made from glowing plasma, it’s still a deadly looking melee weapon forged from steel.

This high-tech safe for firearms provides fast access to weapons, but only with an authorized fingerprint and/or an RFID ring or wristband. Sounds an alarm if moved, can be secured with a Kensington cable, and doubles as a USB charger.

SkyNet sounds more and more possible as autonomous robots could take the place of humans on the battlefield. The Verge takes a look at the fascinating ethical and scientific debate behind letting robots do our dirty work.

More expensive than many actual firearms, the M134 is a ridiculous Airsoft gun. It weighs 35lb., mostly due to its steel body and swappable barrels. It carries up to 1,700 rounds, which will all be gone in about a minute of continuous fire.