I really think if it's done for any reason it's for stabbing, or hooking. Could even just be that it isn't a detriment to its function and was done for fashion.

well, its also possible it just fit better in their kits

also i was talking about it being a tool for chopping wood. where you use the weight of the axe to do the chopping, i.e. its accelerated by gravity.

givings it a little more arc to fall adds just that much more acceleration

Battle axes make for poor tool axes. The blades are way too thin. Also a lot of these have etching on them so they're not just grunt weapons. An officer or whatever wouldn't be chopping wood

It is really cool though that they're so inspired by Dane axes. Guess they were inspired by their heritage

The head of the top one you posted looks almost indistinguishable from a Peterson type M

Actually, the officer idea would lend to the utility IF the culture had a habit of officers fighting from horseback or having some horseback based units. Going back to the idea of being useful for attacking a target lower than you.

The seem pretty big to use from horseback, but really I don't know much about 17th century warfare. My main interest is more 13-15th as far as actual battlefields go

May be they used that axe to hook a shield out of the way and then be able to thrust the tip into the enemy right away

melee weapons in muh firearms chats

Inb4 melee-chat happens and people will cry that others post martial arts on it

Hey, we are talking about a firearm attachment.

it just so happens that its pretty far back up in chat by now

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/467577750325297162/467791842667397130/gunaxe.jpg

haha

I want one.

need autoloading

ok

time to fork this project and then relabel everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkXeMoBPSDk

His impression of Israelis is spot on.

it is the funniest shit I've seen for awhile

THAT FUCKING MASK

IS SCARY AS FUCK

kinderguardians

I'll do you one better: Why is america?

Why should america? <:VeRiFiEd:463064374236413962>

the answer to all these questions:

that guy is america, that guy is why america is, and that guy is why america should

no trump, no wall, no USA at all!

*seconds after this picture was taken, this guy was sucked up by tornado killed, probably*

seriously, thats some nasty clouds

went out fending off a tornado with both barrels

That's a pump action though

One barrel

Shun the ignoramus, shuuun!

A TRUE MURICAN MODS HIS SHOTGUNS

yes

FULL MAG TUBE

fully semi drum tube clip