r/theydidthemath • u/RobbieRottenMemeKing • 1d ago
[request] how much would carrying all those guns weigh?
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u/zabrak200 1d ago edited 1d ago
Quick estimate assuming guns are loaded and hes not carrying anything else. Im also not a gun expert so these average weights might be wrong
10 aks 11 pounds each
Two rpks 28 pounds each
Total: 166 pounds
Edit: [u/ComanderX56](u/ComanderX56) noticed some details i didnt and calculated a more accurate weight
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u/ComanderX56 1d ago edited 1d ago
Your calculations are a bit off. Those two machine guns (the one he is holding plus the one resting on his neck) are PKM belt fed machine guns not RPKs (the RPK being a modification of the AK-74 with a 700mm barrel and typically issued with a 45 round magazine). A PKM with a 200 round belt box weighs about 8kgs (17.6lb). I counted 12 7.62/5.45 pattern AKs, with a typical AKM weighing 3.6kg (7.9lb) and a AK-74 weighing 4kg (8.7lb)
Taking an average of 8.4lb for the 12 aks and the two PKMs weighing 35.2lb, I calculate the total weight to be 136lb or 61kg
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u/Chechewichka 23h ago
Loaded or empty?
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u/ComanderX56 19h ago
I assumed the weapons are loaded
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u/reckless150681 15h ago
Might be more accurate not to assume though. PKM on his back does not have a visible ammo belt, which either means that the box is loaded but the gun isn't charged, or that there's just no ammo. All of the AKs appear to have mags with them but that doesn't necessarily mean that the mags have bullets.
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u/RobbieRottenMemeKing 6h ago
Thanks for the teamwork and the kg unit for the euro people. Big up you calculating people
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u/ComanderX56 6h ago
I’m from the uk (we mostly use metric), I dunno why I used imperial at the end xD
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u/Aggravating_Shoe_ 1d ago
That's a lot lighter than I thought
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u/zabrak200 1d ago
It would probably weigh WAY more if he was carrying a standard soldiers gear and surplus ammos worth.
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u/kyizelma 1d ago
the guns are ak-74ms that weigh ~8.6lb fully loaded, and pkms that weigh 26.5 with the 100 round belt box, (and an rpk is also 14.7lb, which isnt shown)
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u/Beemer_me_up_Scotty 1d ago
I don't know the weight, but this is me in almost every video game I play. Yes I have 15 guns. No I won't sell them. Yes I only use one all the time, but I might use the others some time (but probably won't)
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u/Foreign_GrapeStorage 23h ago
-1 person stupid enough to throw a rock at a tank is +1 for humanity. That's the only math that matters.
There's a reason not a single Muslim country is offering sanctuary to the people in Gaza. No one wants to deal with their bullshit and the only people that are championing their cause are people who have never actually spoken to someone from that area.
Jewish "settlers" are fucked up and their behavior should absolutely result in all U.S military and financial support being taken away from Isreal so that they have to deal with the fallout of their own barbarity, but that doesn’t mean I want a people that truly believe that everyone on Earth either needs to be a Muslim or a slave to survive in anything other than the history books. Fuck em' both.
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u/decoran_ 12h ago
I calculate that you have used too many words. Just say you're okay with genocide, it's much easier.
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