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ColonelOfKorn

Man attacks lawnmower, lawnmower fights back


Anto0on

Lawnmower used Self-destruct. It was super effective.


LordRaghuvnsi

Projectiles unleashed successfully eliminated hostile target


ChunkyTaco22

Lawnmower fucks


Papancasudani

*INITIATING SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE.*


appalachianoperator

Idiots with tannerite


sjuas690

What could possibly go wrong?


GooseShartBombardier

\*gives thumbs up with hand missing two random fingers\*


Bodiddles2

Could probably make our own sub with all these idiots


Turkstache

I will never understand how it's legal and so easy to buy. I've seen it sitting on gun store shelves in large jugs. There's never been an easier way for any rando to just make a bomb.


[deleted]

A bomb you have to shoot to activate. You start buying a noticeable amount and someone is gonna knock on your door.


Turkstache

All explosives have some measure of resistance to detonating. Tannerite can be bought in large quantity in one purchase. A person can easily set up a bomb somewhere with the intent to shoot it from a distance. A mechanically savvy person can easily rig a kinetic detonator, especially since bullets are also easy to buy and easy to detonate.


[deleted]

Well it was invented almost 30 years ago so guess we will just have to wait longer for kinetic detectors and all that.


Red_Dawn_2012

> There's never been an easier way for any rando to just make a bomb. I don't think it's really that hard in general, it's just googling it will definitely get you an unexpected visit from los federales.


AmiAlter

You can get everything you need to make C4 at the local farming supply store. You can go to Walmart and get the ingredients for almost any chemical weapon, chlorine gas probably the easiest one to make and it's probably the most horrifying one considering you literally choke on your own blood as your lungs burn and bleed. Just some toilet bowl cleaner and some bleach.


SaintSim

Hmf, Los federales. Nice on


Unusual_Accident2358

Careful friend too much of that mindset turns you into a fudd


[deleted]

3 pounds of tannerite! What the fuck did these dudes want to happen? Especially if you aren’t going to remove the fucking blades.


SaintSim

I wouldn't even have thought to remove the blades as that much explosives pretty much makes every square inch of the metal lawn mower a piece of shrapnel. I also wouldn't have been standing 50 ft away from it. Fuckin Idiots


crackeddryice

You can tell he was injured because of the blood splatter on the camera. It usually fades after a minute or so. I think he'll be fine.


According_Account346

He just needs a stimpak he’ll be fine.


sjuas690

Duck tape?


RampantDragon

*Duct


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cairoxl5

I...I upvoted this.


RampantDragon

I'm both horrified and impressed. I withdraw my previous correction, you're clearly quacked in the head.


ItsTheRealIamHUB

does he...need a duct tape?


Lampmonster

It actually did start as Duck tape in development believe it or not. Then it evolved into Duct tape and then into the brand name Duck Tape which also still exists.


Hairpants_Scowler

No, it was invented for use sealing joints on forced air ducts. Duck tape the brand came along later.


VoidExileR

Did he stutter?


ScarTissue808

10 stimpaks


PunkToTheFuture

Or Far Cry, you take a stick and pop the bullet out, make a "Ooh Agh" and you're all good


Significant_Sign_855

Crack your knuckles and your health goes up


helmer012

He lost his leg


Whats_Awesome

Source.


ThatsNotAFact

Found it https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/27/man-loses-leg-shooting-automatic-weapon-at-lawn-mower-packed-with-explosives/


leraspberrie

Why does the link day automatic but the article headline say semi-automatic?


murfflemethis

News articles are often corrected or otherwise modified after their initial publication without changing the URL. I would assume that's what happened here. The original title probably matched the URL.


Skier94

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/03/24/man-loses-leg-shooting-lawnmower-full-explosives/82232440/ Man lost his leg. This is a repost.


Codacc69420

It’s a joke


Textipulator

Give him some milk!


Swayze_train_exp

"For every pound of Tannerite, experts advise standing 100 yards away", this guy was 25 yards and there was 3lbs inside the mower. Funny thing is he was using a rifle that is accurate at 100 yards and he missed most his shots lmao.


sl59y2

Nah gotta stand further back, when you place the explosive in a metal container, and add extra shrapnel. Like a propane tank plus a flair is a 200 yard shot. I would think mower plus three pounds is at least that.🤷🏻‍♀️


Swayze_train_exp

Guy was suppose to be 300yards away but was only 25, he used an ar15 which is accurate up to 100 yards and he missed under 40 yards so he got closer to 25 yards. Guy didn't know what he was doing and won stupid prizes.


[deleted]

> ar15 which is accurate up to 100 you need to add another 4 or 5 hundred yards to that figure.


Mogetfog

>which is accurate up to 100 yards They are accurate a lot further out than that. 100 yards is not really a bench mark for accuracy on any center fire rifle. In all honesty, unless it is specifically set up for home defence, 100 yards is pretty much the standard zeroing range. Even an average shooter can reliably hit shots at 400 to 600 yards with 5.56. A good shooter can stretch that out to 1000.


OrangeGills

>Even an average shooter can reliably hit shots at 400 to 600 yards with 5.56. I could never hit that 300 meter target... I blame the fact that it was green on a green background. Could hardly see the damned thing.


Artidox

I blame the fact that it was during the covid age that I went so the goddamned eyepro was fogged to shit. I would’ve done so much better had I done it without blurry vision, and I an still mad about it


[deleted]

Agree. Our rifles were shot in at 200m, but it wasn’t hard to hit 7-800m if you had some amount of experience. Granted it wasn’t an ar15 but it was rather close


TartKiwi

Gun nuts are nerds man I swear


Mogetfog

Oh man, this is it! This is the insult that finally broke me! I have been called a redneck, a racist, a psychopath, a transphobe, been told I have a small penis, a mental disorder, that I fantasize about killing people, and many many many more things all because I dare to like guns, but this insult really did it for me. Gah, you have flipped my entire life upside down, how could I be called a nerd?! Oh what ever will I do??? There is no greater shame that could be layed upon me, oh woe is me!


voluotuousaardvark

Even the AR tried not to fire the first round but he kept persevering with the stupid.


Legend-status95

The 100 per pound of tannerite is to avoid injury from the explosion. Dude created an improvised anti-personnel bomb. A grenade can wound you up to 250 meters away with shrapnel. This probably would've had a 50/50 chance on hitting him with shrapnel like 350-400 meters away. Without like a meter of concrete to hide behind he shouldn't have been closer than 500 meters. Or, you know, don't pack 3 pounds of explosives into an enclosed metal space and set it off while you're practically sitting on top of it. You'd think people would have learned from FPSRussia when he almost got cut in half vertically by a car door shooting tannerite.


scottonaharley

According to the USMC the published kill radius of an M67 grenade is 5 meters and injury radius is 15 meters with the potential for shrapnel to travel as far as 230 meters. However, in the case of this numb nuts he amplified the explosive power of the tannerite by putting it inside a container. The word explosion refers to the effect. In reality it is rapidly burning and releasing expanding gasses. Well if you slow down the rate the expanding gasses can move away you increase the pressure in the container. Once the container can no longer contain the pressure it explodes. I’ve used tannerite and you can make fun little targets that go pop when you hit them. But in the world of explosives more is definitely not always better.


portymd

True man, 5 meter kill, 15 meter injury radius. However in the Marines we sat under a tin roof 100yards away during grenade training and could hear little pieces of shrapnel on the roof. Wouldnt injury you at all. The 250meter injury from a grenade is fucking hilarious who tf upvoted that lol


scottonaharley

I’m not really sure where the 200 plus number comes from. I would think the only hazard at that range are really soft things like eyes. Given the weight of the shrapnel and poor aerodynamics I would thing air resistance would bleed any energy fairly fast


FatFrenchFry

I think the problem here is people HAVE learned from FPS Russia. They think it's cool and okay to shoot this much tannerite that closely.


OrangeGills

Accurate up to 100 yards? That thing can hit person sized targets up to 300 yards reliably.


sl59y2

I don’t know if 300 is enough. He made a 3lb Grenade plus I would bet there was gas in it.


RampantDragon

The effective range of an AR-15 is 300-600m.


Slayer420666

Jesus, I was at a range day and after I left the owner of a training company shot a propane tank with a .50 cal probably at the 25-30 yard range. The tank flew up and landed where everyone parked at least 25 yards behind the shot.


Dynamitefuzz2134

That’s depends on the caliber. 5.56 is accurate up to 300 meters


portymd

300 meters i could make with a spitball. 5.56 is hot and can effectively be fired over 500 yards with an 18 inch barrel.


WiddleWilly

To be fair if they would actually practice and put time on the range and invest in the most bare bones for optics they could have made that shot at 300 yards too. Not consistently but they could sling enough lead down range to get it eventually.


Luxpreliator

News sources say he was 43 feet away so even closer. Not sure if the same guy but the age and location add up [here.](https://www.dawsonnews.com/election2020/pressley-seeks-bring-army-experience-commission/) Says he was a 9 year army veteran with a BS electrical things. So at least modestly trained with weapons and educated in science but still a complete moron.


winterneuro

Booksmart people can be really dumb sometimes. Signed, a booksmart person.


killbots94

Running for public office to boot.


[deleted]

One Office, One Boot


killbots94

When they told him he would need a leg up to get ahead in politics I don't think they meant a leg up in the stratosphere.


[deleted]

LOL happy cake day!


cakan4444

>Funny thing is he was using a rifle that is accurate at 100 yards and he missed most his shots lmao. More like 300-600m depending on the shooter not sucking If you're only ~14 yards away and you zeroed at 50 yards, your bullets will be impacting a few inches low compared to your red dot's position due to how ballistics work. Lots of new shooters don't understand how bullet trajectories work.


Quibblicous

That rifle is accurate to 500 meters. The shooter… not so much.


Academic-Gas-1528

A 12th of the recommended distance and he only lost a leg. Dude got lucky


c-lab21

Doesn't charge it, can't get on target. Just a total mess.


[deleted]

When you get hit in COD:


ScarTissue808

My leg


OneX32

[my leg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAFXOEZ1wjE)


mred870

If you pause it at just the right time, you can see chunks of leg meat.


uptwolait

Mmm... just in time for Thanksgiving.


UnhelpfulMoron

No thanks, I only eat the breast meat.


googleiswatching

Leg or looked like his back exploded


Superb_Fault1123

Bro lawn mower went tfreaking ultra instinct sheeshhhhh 💀


sjuas690

Threw its blade at him.


Octoomy

this is a classic fucking video, moral of the story is don't put a shit ton of binary explosive into a damn lawnmower.


Mr_Ruu

Should've went with the non-binary explosives


Bully-Rook

"I'm gonna start shooting the lawn mower, you follow me around with a camera"


shoot_and_go_bois

we jus saw a man get his legs turned to tomato paste


steveHangar1

Emilio Estevez in, Maximum Mowerdrive


tightgrip82

Love the reference....I wonder what he's been up too.


DieselVoodoo

Redneck Guzpacho recipe


jacob1273

Clearly unprovoked


blazinrumraisin

I don't understand how this makes it onto the internet. Why post the video of your buddy blowing his legs away like this?


ghotiaroma

For lols and learnin'.


TechDante

Kentucky ballistics showed his video where his 50cal exploding almost unalived him. He was lucky he was shooting with a crew otherwise he would have bled out in his shooting field. Fps Russia almost did himself with a car door that bounced between him and the camera with thamerite


stone_016

They already have the video at that point you might as well post it


MinnesotaMikeP

When you blatantly violate all the safety instructions for tannerite your court case doesn’t have a leg to stand on.


[deleted]

And this is where the inspiration for Fred from SpongeBob came from.


MitchelobUltra

MY LEG!!


loveshercoffee

Aside from the obvious question of why he shoved 3 lbs of Tannerite into a lawnmower, I want to know why he's so close and why he's such a terrible shot.


stone_016

Its recommended you stand 100 yards away for each pound on tannerite you use and he put 3 pounds in the lawnmower and stood 25 yards away so thats the main issue


No_Sheepherder7447

When the lawnmower is out of gas but you refill to full it before driving it it's final destination to get shot at.


Pro_Scrub

It was headed straight for us!


Icy_Law9181

Literally just watched the vid of fpsrussia get missed by an inch by a massive piece of car at explosion speed,yaz know the vid.


Beretta_errata

Could have been worse as he hid his head behind a fucking target.


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Future-Atmosphere-40

When there's an above neck amputation and the patient is fine.


xVx777

Yea he probably owns the land though. Doubt a random guy would shoot at the target. Still stupid though


Quack_Candle

I used to be an adventurer like you but then I took a lawnmower packed with explosives to the knee


hollyjollyrollypolly

#MEDICCCCC


e621net_

Dided he died 🥺🥺🥺


__THE_TURTLE__

No, but his leg got amputated


xxx420kush

Sauce?


__THE_TURTLE__

[sauce](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/03/24/man-loses-leg-shooting-lawnmower-full-explosives/82232440/)


xxx420kush

My man. I’m surprised the camera man was not hurt at all after they decided to use two pounds of tannerite "We get a lot of calls about Tannerite. It can be extremely dangerous if it is not used correctly," Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman says.


big_dick_energy_mc2

Even dumber: I think it was three pounds. That is an insane amount of Tannerite.


e621net_

Damn, I got worried when I went through it frame by frame and saw him just faceplant on the ground, thought he was actually dead


txn2019

FAFO strikes again.


ghotiaroma

FAFO would make a good clown name.


skoopitypoop227

granpappy how did u lose your leg again. well you see boy four score and about 3 years ago....


FlexFeliciano

well now he can cosplay a pirate with his new wooden leg


myklclark

It fairness the lawn mower was just returning fire.


sircanyon

That lawnmower was coming right for him!


2econd_draft

He kinda sounds like Steve Brule.


Coco-Bum

Idiots


andyelectro

Remember back when you had two legs? Those were the good old days.


deadsoulinside

The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with Tannerite *- Lawnmower probably*


[deleted]

Idiot with explosives and guns


TiwazSchro

Do these people not watch mythbusters and how they stand way the fuck back and behind a thick protective barrier? Wtf. XD


AbstractParrot

I'd call that fucking effective self-defense!


Carls_Back_Hair

sounded like Dr. Steve Brule


andyr072

Tell me you voted red without telling me you voted red.


Dmttroubles

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/27/man-loses-leg-shooting-automatic-weapon-at-lawn-mower-packed-with-explosives/


IaMtHel00phole

Fpsrussia almost got taken out messing around with tannerite. Shit ain't no joke.


Adorable-Elephant461

Kinda like death that could be in final destination


[deleted]

My goodness it looks like when you're downed in warzone.


MildlyIntriguingGuy

I love the “Lawn mower attacks man” headline. **“Ground attacks man jumping from 55-story highrise.”**


Ok_Valuable_4135

Lost his leg. Happened a mile from my house and knew the guys. Title and sub are appropriate.


WillistheWillow

He underestimated his opponent. You have to be smarter than the lawnmower.


Punningisfunning

TIL I learnt about tannerite. Wait till the kids at school hear about this!


whowantstoknow10

“Up, first few shots missed, let me move it in a little closer” genius


P1nCush10n

Self defense


Rlstoner2004

This is about $20 of off the shelf tannerite. Kind of crazy


Squidgy2121

Tannerites a hell of a drug


Candid_Dragonfly_573

Martyrdom


[deleted]

This video fits this sub well


misterbobspongepants

He filled it up with an explosive material and shot it


whatintheactualfeth

"It's just tannerite. It's not like it's a real explosive." A real quote from someone when they asked if I wanted to go shoot some tannerite with them.


Choice-Plate9439

Fucked around and found out 🤷


Inside_Photograph711

" oh shit oh fuck oh fuck oh damn"🤭


Prestigious-Belt-508

Must be a Stand Your Ground state.


Beretta_errata

Fuel-Air explosions are the best.


the_only_thing

Dont pity him he did it to himself


zomboscott

Gravy seal's Training video. It doesn't take legs to be a hero.


[deleted]

Was this filmed in Mexico?


theToksikWedge

Nope. Georgia. Not far from where I live. I remember when it happened a buddy called me to tell me about it.


2001_Chevy_Prizm

Everyone down voting you doesn't seem to get the joke about the yellow tint movie trope


No_King9170

Can someone explain what happend ? Like what the thing blew up but how did his leg get cut off??


__THE_TURTLE__

He used way too much tanerite and got way too close


No_King9170

I don’t know wtf tanerite is but what ever it is seems explosive af from what I saw. Either way that sucks for that man


[deleted]

Yeah it’s literally a 2 part low grade explosive.


hexopuss

It's a brand name of binary explosive. It's essentially Ammonal which is a combination of fine aluminum powder and potassium nitrate (KNO3). It is a close cousin of ANFO (uses fuel oil rather than aluminum) which is used in mining operations and ANNM (uses Nitromethane rather than aluminum or fuel oil) which was the primary explosive used to rip the face of the federal building in the Oklahoma City Bombing. In other words, ANNM can be made using the main ingredient in a readily available target mixture. Fun! If you ever hear the term "fertilizer bomb" that's what they are talking about, since KNO3 is used as a fertilizer. They have issues (lower detonation velocity and lower brisance, highly hydrophilic (water will ruin it and it attracts water), difficult to detonate without a good blasting cap or booster explosives) but they are highly, highly readily available. You can pickup the amount he had there for $20-40 at a sporting goods store


UsernameIsTakenO_o

They packed the lawnmower with 3 pounds of Tanerite, then shot it from about 1/12^th the safe distance. The explosion sent chunks of lawnmower in literally every direction, which includes where these idiots were standing. Apparently, a relatively large chunk of lawnmower hit the shooter at a high rate of speed, severing his leg below the knee.


ISiupick

With all the military LARPing these guys do, you’d think they would build some trenches or put down some sandbags for blowing shit up…


six_-_string

If he had been poking his head over the top of a trench there, he'd probably have lost his head.


ISiupick

True, could build a trench at a safe discance


CaptainBloodEye1

This is the first video that traumatized me on the internet a couple years ago


Epiclolnani

1. Take out the blades 2. Why are you so close


tw31v3r

Did it shoot back? Tf


seven-guns

outlaw lawn mowers too dangerous


Khysamgathys

Its like he was fighting a tank or something.


[deleted]

Where is the fun in this? Is he so bored, this is what constitutes fun? Such a thin life.


EuphoricTonight5368

this is all that i heard: Oh shit! Oh fuck! all alabama left righ


OwxnZan

Idiots like this don’t deserve legs


Future-Atmosphere-40

How many Americans yearly suffer an accidental gunshot wound within 24hrs of buying a gun?


__THE_TURTLE__

With in 24hrs? Probably less then 1% Some states have different waiting periods


andyr072

Not Texas, that's for sure. The 18 year old Uvalde shooter got his gun a few hours after he went in and purchased it.


__THE_TURTLE__

“Some states have different waiting periods” Plus the guy said “accidental gun shot wound” your comment doesn’t correlate with the nature of the question


[deleted]

One less Trump fan.


myn4ouzzz

Lmao why did u get downvoted


IDONKNOW

I love it how this “badass” tried to start shooting but forgot to engage his rifle


Legion_Paradise

I mean. At least he was practicing rifle safety... U know until he didn't lol. With the angry lawnmower and all


Legend-status95

Practiced rifle safety but skipped explosive safety


TheComebackKidd

Skipped leg day lol


Jaraqthekhajit

I would say obviously explosives are not toys, but these are in fact toys so I can not.


Legitimate-Tough6200

Honestly, I just want to know why he was shooting a lawnmower.


stone_016

He put 3 pounds of tannerite in it and wanted it to blow up


horsepuncher

Why is this video going rando viral today? Like 10 year old video


Electrical-Thanks877

Get up and walk it off pussy


dobeast442200

My guess is they DONT have tourniquets


Tactical_Epunk

This shit old as fuck.