>>2656640>fully automatic .22 issued at a correctional facilityOkay I'm gonna be honest I didn't believe you because that is fucking insane. But I went down a Google rabbit hole on it and holy fuck it's a real thing. They issued fucking laser-sighted fully automatic flat pan mag .22s to correctional officers. They said it was good for urban combat because
> Factory demonstration videos reveal that the American 180's high rate of fire will defeat many bullet resistant vests with a "jack hammer effect." Yet in the event of a miss, the .22LR cartridge does not have excessive penetration for most urban situations.God damn I miss the Wiley Coyote tier bullshit they did in the 60s. I thought I had heard some .22 fuddlore before but this takes the fucking cake. Apparently some crazy fuck even put two quad mounted configurations of them on an ultralight airplane because why the fuck not. Read this article on them if you have a minute, it's full of fucking gems
>The gaurds report that shining the "laser dot" on trouble makers had a submissive effect on them. >sounds more like a chainsaw than a machine gun> For covert operations, an "undercover briefcase" was made for the American 180.I want to go back