Are rocket propelled chainsaws credible?

Orks are definitely the only species this would ever work for.

Although I'm surprised they don't just make a gun that fires smaller guns that also fire bullets which themselves fire bullets... that explode.
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Choppa shoota’ or shoota’ choppy?

Mork said iz good, make it work!

You would need an equal and opposite angular momentum at the back of the chainsaw otherwise it will just rotate upwards and loop around in circles.

So a second chainsaw in the opposite direction?
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- Nah, second chain pointing forward rotating the opposite direction, with the teeth facing forward.
an equal and opposite angular momentum

Idea: contra rotating chainsaws.
You can balance it adjusting the rocket nozzle
The real one deploys blades that cause the missile to spin at very high speeds before it slices through its targets like butter without an explosion
just enough rotational velocity to counter gravity trying to pull the nose of the missile down though. and also the centripetal momentum of the chain would act like a gyro stabilizer insuring that it remains nominally upright.
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nuh uh, make it laser guided

Hellfire R9X

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What the fuck

40 horsepower??? Holy shit are you trying to cut titanium?

It's an anti-tank weapon.

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I bet you're so old you can drive too

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Every 40k author is tearing up their manuscript right now and starting afresh,

...the screaming chainsaw missile tore through the mid-morning air, the astartes all laughed as it sliced though half a squad of guardsmen as they ate breakfast...

Serious Sam 4 has a secret RPC weapon you can find if you preordered the game or enable it with cheats. It's as broken as it is fun.

You'll shoot your arm off.

Yes

New Helldiver support weapon?

Groovy

I'm all for it as long as it can make a conventional cut and a Humboldt cut. I'm assuming it can make plunge cuts.

That’s actually a good idea for a new fallout weapon

The bang saw

What if you put chainsaws on a Hellfire missile to replace the blades.

I genuinely don't think that would make a difference. No matter which version of those you get hit by a direct strike is going to turn you and your immediate surroundings into salsa. May as well save the construction costs.

If they were they'd be a war crime.

It's never a war crime the first time!
Why would that be a war crime if the Hellfire R9X isn't?
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I was hoping this linked to an XKCD article that discusses the question. Answering the question optional.

Only if they're battery-powered. Carrying enough fuel to feed the saw as well as the rocket would be too much

Honestly, I see circular saws/blades as more horrifying

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Spinning blade would cause some gyroscopic issues

Perhaps, especially if combined with giant magnet neck collars like in the beginning of Wild Wild West

Only if they can reach mach 5

Fun concept but if only starting a gas powered chainsaw were that easy...

You see, if you fix the chainsaw ripcord to the bazooka and then fire it you can use the propulsion pull to also start the chainsaw during launch
- Just remember to clean the fuel lines during maintenance as it can separate when left for too long, and press the primer button the correct number of times while loading, and then always store it upright.
- You should be able to replace the heavy engine with a turbine mounted in the rocket engine.
- Like a BeyBlade. Let em rip. And tear.