# What's the manliest weapon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259 "2014-04-03T15:45:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/101 "2014-04-07T22:19:23Z")
I think [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denel_NTW-20) might be it, for home defence only of course. And fired from the hip. Barrett .50 pfft. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/102 "2014-04-07T22:21:28Z")
Pfft, I have an [ED 209](http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140109032745/villains/images/e/ef/Ed209.jpg) guarding my door. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/103 "2014-04-07T22:33:10Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > I’ve boasted around here that I do a lot of things with a lot of different blades (I can even cook! :D) but with that in my hands, I’ll just look like a poser. Look. Hold a knife like this, [holds a chef’s knife normally] cuts through an onion. [switches to a backhand grip] Hold a knife like this…cuts through, like, eight yakuza in four seconds. Screams, carnage. People are like knives. Everything’s in context. …Elliot Spencer ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/104 "2014-04-07T23:00:06Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > I think [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denel_NTW-20) might be it, for home defence only of course. And fired from the hip. > > Barrett .50 pfft. > [@From link](#): > > It is intended for deployment against a wide variety of targets, including parked aircraft, [Jesus Christ.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXLRYf9EV2Y) I want one. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/105 "2014-04-08T00:46:26Z")
20mm pushes the definition of “rifle”; it’s really more of a man-portable light artillery piece. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/106 "2014-04-08T02:33:34Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > 20mm pushes the definition of “rifle”; it’s really more of a man-portable light artillery piece. Nonetheless, it is damn manly. [Conan](http://old.enworld.org/Inzeladun/images/ff00041b.jpg), of course, would have the same results with a mace and chain. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/107 "2014-04-08T03:21:11Z")
Not sure if it’s been mentioned already but the manliest weapon is when you rip someone’s arm or leg off and use it as a club. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/108 "2014-04-08T03:23:06Z")
Nutcracker. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/109 "2014-04-08T12:31:36Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > Not sure if it’s been mentioned already but the manliest weapon is when you rip someone’s arm or leg off and use it as a club. Since limbs are jointed, would’t that technically be a flail? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/110 "2014-04-08T13:16:39Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Since limbs are jointed, would’t that technically be a flail? 😛 Probably, but you could, say, rip someone’s leg off from the knee down, and then rip their foot off of _that_, and then you have what amounts to a shin club. And after you’ve beaten your opponent to death, you stick his foot in his mouth. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/111 "2014-04-08T13:56:06Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > 20mm pushes the definition of “rifle”; it’s really more of a man-portable light artillery piece. You say that like that somehow makes it less manly. Loud, heavy and ridiculously excessive sounds like the very definition of a manly weapon to me…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/112 "2014-04-08T18:21:58Z")
[A towed howitzer.](http://www.bhmpics.com/view-howitzer_recoil-other.html) ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/113 "2014-04-08T18:55:37Z")
I’ll take a pole arm of some sort, since they had largely supplanted swords by the time muskets came about. Probably a halberd. If we ARE going with firearms, I’ll take an M-4. ---
**Author:** ![Maeganspop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Maeganspop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeganspop)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/114 "2014-04-08T21:45:02Z")
Broken liquor bottles attached to your hands with electrical tape. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/115 "2014-04-08T22:34:36Z")
How about a [quad-barrel](http://youtu.be/ZmyNqO6LAvQ)shotgun (looks about 10 gauge). \*youtube link ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/116 "2014-04-08T23:21:58Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > How about a [quad-barrel](http://youtu.be/ZmyNqO6LAvQ)shotgun (looks about 10 gauge). \*youtube link I’d rather have a [KS-23](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOZ-123) shotgun. At 23mm bore diameter (approx. 4-6 gauge), the barrels were originally recycled anti-aircraft gun barrels (empty shells shown [here](http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/825-img-0906-1-1.jpg). It was designed as a Soviet prison-riot suppressor. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/117 "2014-04-08T23:41:23Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I’d rather have a [KS-23](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOZ-123) shotgun. At 23mm bore diameter (approx. 4-6 gauge), the barrels were originally recycled anti-aircraft gun barrels (empty shells shown [here](http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/825-img-0906-1-1.jpg). It was designed as a Soviet prison-riot suppressor. Sweet jumpin’ Jobu, those Russians must know how to have a riot! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/118 "2014-04-09T14:55:23Z")
Intellect, good judgment, and the courage to face difficult situations head-on and in an honest manner. In today’s world, more than ever, those are the tools you need to meet the challenges you actually face. You’re rarely if ever going to be in a situation where a gun, knife, blunt instrument, or any other physical weapon will help you solve your problem without creating an even worse one for yourself. But difficult situations requiring you to make the most of your inner resources? Yeah, those will keep finding you. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/119 "2014-04-09T15:00:30Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Intellect, good judgment, and the courage to face difficult situations head-on and in an honest manner. In today’s world, more than ever, those are the tools you need to meet the challenges you actually face. > > You’re rarely if ever going to be in a situation where a gun, knife, blunt instrument, or any other physical weapon will help you solve your problem without creating an even worse one for yourself. But difficult situations requiring you to make the most of your inner resources? Yeah, those will keep finding you. We aren’t discussing good judgement, we’re discussing manliness, testosterone posioning. //old rolleyes// ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259/120 "2014-04-09T15:08:34Z")
I agree that the most dangerous weapon is the mind. When faced with a dangerous opponent, always kick them in the mind as hard as you can. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-manliest-weapon/685259.md?page=7)