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Why settle for a standard issue chainsaw or rocket launcher when you could have the LV and Chanel versions? Well, that's why Peter Gronquist deciceded to "jazz" up these weapons. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Dubbed "The Revolution will be Fabulous," Gronquist's show opened last night at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. The pieces ranged from anywhere from a few hundred bucks to several thousand and several, such as the Louis Vuitton chainsaw, have sold.

That's right, college student Will Foster built a fully-operational, half-scale Tiger tank, complete with "live air cannon for firing packs of paint ball rounds." Video after the break.

Sure, they're not live fire shells, but it'll do the trick. Will Foster, we salute you for raising the bar higher than we saw it lifted in Flint in quite some time, and we're assuming you no longer worry about the minor issues that troubled us during our time spent in these ivy-covered halls

If nothing else, the FMG-9 concept from Magpul is commendable for being one of the first weapons that can "switch from a simple flashlight to a Glock-style submachine gun in one easy flick of the wrist." Video after the break.

Designed by Magpul, the FMG-9 is currently in prototype phase, and there's no guarantee whether it will be released or not, but I guess it's one for the personal protection peeps

Priced at $60,000, the SwissMiniGun revolver is diamond studded and boasts an 18-carat gold case. It measures 2.16-inches long and fires 4.53mm caliber bullets @ 399 ft/s. Video (standard version) after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

In this 60 Minutes segment, "David Martin gets zapped by a ray gun - a non-lethal weapon that could be used to disperse crowds and could save many lives in war zones." Video after the break.

[source CBS]

Kari Byron of Mythbusters uses a Dillon M-134D minigun to chop down a tree in just 45-seconds. Continue reading for the video.

The Mythbusters presenter aimed at a tree with the weapon (3,000 rounds per minute, or 50 per second) and flipped the switch

Successor to the MK19, the M307 is an auto-grenade launcher -- designed by General Dynamics -- that's capable of firing 260 shots per minute, with almost no recoil. The weapon weighs just 50-pounds and can be transformed into a machine gun in just 1:42. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

At first glance, these items (knife, briefcase, violin, camera, and guitar) may look normal, but they're actually fully-functional weapons. Continue reading to see them all. Click here for first picture in gallery.

What sets this railgun apart from the others is that it "uses magnetic fields, which means it's a lot less messy, and you can dump tons of juice in and get the shell going damn fast." Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

If you've got a little over 10 megajoules as with this demonstration model, you're looking at 5,600 mph. When the system is completed, it'll be firing shells with over six times that energy (well over 13,000 mph) using 64 megajoules of energy

With bullets smaller than a quarter, "The Ring Pistol" slides onto your finger and fires at the push of a tiny trigger. Unfortunately, this antique is not available for purchase at this time. Click here for first picture in gallery.

[via Littlegun]