It seems like an insane idea, but bullets really will curve around in the most surprising ways
Mythbusters tested that and found, surprisingly, that it does work.
It worked, but it just broke really fast.
So yes, ineffective, but functional.
Perhaps unpractical is a better word. It could do what it promised, just not for long. And it was a very niche tool for a failing state who needed resources for more important things.
Really a decent execution on a fairly stupid idea. Given the period I don’t think they could’ve gotten much better for the solution to their mostly non-existent problem.
If memory serves, the bullets often disintegrated into shrapnel in the process of curving out of the barrel, which is probably a mite inconvenient in most situations.
It’s neat, but I wouldn’t want to bet my squad’s survival on it, that’s for damn sure.
