7 Most Influential Guns Of All Time! 

Maybe the title should have been the most influential of WW2

Misleading video title, as it is about WWII guns, not all-time guns.

M-1 Carbine's DID see front line service, I knew and know WWII Vet's that carried them as a front line weapon. It's was NOT meant to replace the M-1911A1, it was meant to supplement it.

“Seven most influential guns of all time” Kentucky long rifle - introduced sniping to the battlefield Brown Bess - first with interchangeable standardised parts and in extensive use for almost 100 years Martini Henry - first breach loader in extensive use - still used today in Afghanistan Henry repeater - first workable multiple shot rifle from a magazine Lee Enfield .303 - most widely used rifle (until the AK47) - from 1895 to present day. M1 Garrand - first semi auto in extensive use StG44 - first assault rifle in extensive use - all others, AK47, M16, HK etc, follow this. Just my opinion.

Actually the Soviets entered WWII with a semi auto. The SVT 38/40

It's fascinating to see how these designs have shaped modern firearms.

Colt Paterson revolver. Truly revolutionary for it's time.

I have a Springfield P-35 "Hi Power" clone on the way to a gunshop for my possesion. A friend of mine went from 'terrible shooter', to 'exellent shooter' with a Browning "Hi Power". I hope this purchase enables me to "cover all bases" , for the 24/7 all purpose carry weapon. My loopis- beaten body needs a break. ❤

Thanks for doing these videos! I love learning about the history of firearms and you really do a great job of explaining and educating people about them

German "Sturm" in a military context means "assault" in english. So the Sturmgewehr was literally an assault rifle. Any assault and battle rifle is called Sturmgewehr in german today.

I could’ve swore that the M1 grand was originally chambered in 276 Peterson to compete with the P Peterson rifle. Which is why it has an oddball number of rounds at eight. It was originally chambered in 10 rounds of the 276 and then when he was told that he was the forerunner, but it needed to be in 30 Calber he changed it to 30 odd six, which is why it’s only eight rounds.

Arisaka t99 first chrome line bore as standard. Was amazing for using the standard salty corrosive ammo. Ak47 and ppsh43 also had chrome bores

Germany and Russia had semiautomatic rifles in WWII with external box magazines, and even automatic rifles...

Gun jesus said Hitler didn't like the mp43 only because he wanted only 2 calibers for the army and no more new calibers

Would be great to have a really modernized variant of the M1 carbine. I think the most significant improvement would be newly designed magazines as the originals were their weak link in functional reliability.

The most unpleasant feature of the P35 Browning are the magazine safety. It is as vital a feature as a screen door in a submarine.

Brown Bess, Springfield 1855, Winchester 1866, Colt 1873, Mauser 98, Colt 1911, Stg 44, Ak47, M16, Glock 17.

My grandpa carried and used a M1 carbine in WW2 as a Marine fighting on Guadalcanal. In Korea he said he carried and used a M2 Carbine in combat.

Nice to see the Hi-Power on this list. Odd it never shows up in WW2 games 😂 Awesome list.

i think britain spearheaded the development of suppressors and integerally suppressed weapons

The small arms guns that change everything were the 1851 colt navy . And the 1849 pocket . Look at the numbers on the 1849

It's interesting that the MP40 was, for many years during and after the war, called the Schmeisser. If you look at the photos of the Sturmgewehr(s) in this video, they are labeled Schmeisser. Hugo Schmeisser was a major German gun manufacturer responsible for both.

I believe MG34/MG42 is one of them. Concept of giving infantrymen belt fed MG, and belt feed mechanism itself, had a major influence on later designs.

As far as i know, german Bundeswehr still has a large number of P1 ( after war P38) in storage, even a number of PPK. Those PPK pistols had been up to early 90s used by pilots, and soldiers in civilian dress ( members of military police, military intelligence, couriers and socalled , Wallmeister '. This Wallmeister had to controll prepared positions, which they had to blastoff in a starrting war , to create obstacles of heavy concrete parts or flooded terrain.)

They need to bring the P5 back, with updates to make it even better.

Great video highlighting their impact!

Correction: Sturmgewehr correctly translates to Assault Rifle, NOT Storm Rifle. "Sturm" means "storm", that is correct. But not in this context. "Eine feindliche Position >stürmenAssaulting< an enemy position." Source: I'm German.

13:40 more so, there wasn’t enough 1911 pistols for them and many felt the 1911 was inadequate , but the M1 Rifle was too much. Thus the carbine.

I go with the last ditch German rifle the "Volksgewehr. Very cheap to produce, suitable for mass production, could be produced with the limited resources Germany had at the time. but very effective.

They reason it took Russia so long to "copy" the STG-44 was that they didn't have the ability to reproduce the quality of components and mainly quality of alloys and quality control.

My dad's service pistol 9mm browning hipower cdn navy Korea era.

As for the M1 Garand, every nation worth mentioning was developing semi-auto rifles for standard issue, before the Garand saw combat. Germany, imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, France and Mexico, all used semi-auto rifles in combat before the M1 Garand. Technically the M1 Garand was a simplified Mondragon rifle and the part that was innovative (the clips) was a dead end. As for the High Power the lockwork was highly influential, but the twin stack magazine (that wasn't an innovation that originated with the High Power) didn't take of until 30 years after the war. As for the M1 Carbine, it was far from the first PDW (France and Italy designed and fielded PDW's before the war, and many nations had PDW's during the first world war in the form av carbines, and stocked pistols) and the concept chosen with a dedicated PDW-cartridge died out with the M1 Carbine, never to resurrected, as the intermediate cartridge, made a dedicated PDW-cartridge redundant. The SKS was far from the first semi-auto rifles, it included no technical innovations, and characteristics like a tilting bolt, and feed via stripper clips, rather makes it a dated and unmodern design, even when it was introduced.

I would say AK was most influental gun of all time. In different form factors it has indeed substituted rifles, carbines, LMGs and SMGs. Super simple, super robust, super affordable, AK established and toplled more dictators and regimes than any other gun. It is THE MOST influental fun so far

both the M-1' C & the M-1' D saw service in south east asia ( the nam to those that were their ) attached with the M-84' scope , ho'ho'7' carried the Walter ppk in 7:65mm , not the pp model , the us M-9' ( beretta-92' ) originates from the 1951' eye'talian bertta brigadier

The FN FAL/L1A! also known as the right arm of the free world, Also the HK G3

This guy came a long way since building gaudy motorcycles with his choleric dad.

The M1 carbine was and is still In police use in so many nations. So many weapons use a short stroke piston with a rotating bolt.. The hi-power was in service well into the 2010s with the British military. The MG42, alot was copied from it but the German tech of steel stampings. Steel case ammo and cold hammer forged barrels is still used and CHF outside the US is the standard way to produce a barrel. MB42 was one of the first di guns and I forgot the name but some rifles used AR15 type barrel extensions and bolts. The M2 machine gun has changed very little. A roller delayed version of the STG that never made it to front line service pretty much started H&K I think one overlooked gun is the arisaka bolt action rifle especially the type 99 as it was the first mass produced rifle to have a chrome lined bore (now a standard) But also it used a Mauser style system with a push feed so alot of hunting rifles use this type of action and the howa 1500 sporting rifle made in Japan, they used to produce them. Alot of Japanese company's like mitsubishi made weapons and such. I feel if they made the M1 carbine in a more powerful caliber ranging from 6 - 7.62mm with a bottle necked case with the same or more power than 8mm kutz with a 20 - 30 round mag and an assault rifle layout it would have been the best for the average soldier. The AK is mostly just an amaligmation of US semi auto rifles using German tech for its stampings. CHF barrels and a cartridge based on 8mm kutz then eventually chrome lining. The magazine was overbuild and I think it took alot of inspiration from the ZB / bren MG. It would have been cool to see an SKS with a 10 round en block M1 garland style system. Would be great in ban states. They had all of the tech to make pretty much modern firearms before WW2 it's just they did not know how to optimise everything. Honestly the best invention that came out of WW2 was the mass production of penicillin. Sure penicillin was discovered long before that but mass producing it was a nightmare. Amps of allied produced penicillin where highly suaght after by the axis. I would say the worst thing to come out of WW2 was methamphetamine but that was discovered sndbordiuced in Japan long before WW2 I think maybe even before WW1 So I would say the worst thing to come out of WW2 medication wise is methadone as Germany had very limited access to opium (morphine) and it was cheaper to produce than pethidine (demerol the first man made Opiod) but it's totally not suitable for anything in modern medicine apart from if someone has an allergy to every other painkiller. Apart from radar the best mechanical invention to come out of WW2 was the Jet engine and technically it was invented and first produced in the UK but they did not make use of it, but after the war they did. Alot of useful stuff we take for granted was invented wartime as it seems that nations are more willing to fund science.

Well done sir!

Have all of those except the last one. I might of added the Glock.

You can trace the entire arms race today to the 1841 Dreyse needle rifle

Love the vid👍👍 very entertaining and informative. (As always) Great work.

Just a bit of nitpicking, Sturm, depending on the context and word combination, can mean either storm, or assault. The German army at the time used the definition as an assault rifle. Obviously though the propaganda opted to use both definitions.

I love the Garand, but it is sooooo heavy! I can’t imagine dragging that thing around.

The sights on the PP / PPK were of the period - small and shrunken compared to modern practice. At least they didn't catch on anything. Nice P.38 you have - with the AC code, a Walther manufactured arm. I have an AC41, still shoots better than I can. The wedge unlocks by being pushed down by a small free-floating pin located in the block under the barrel, allowing the slide to continue to cycle whilst the barrel is now stopped. Nice video! Cool.

Hello there, Just to amend a little inaccuracy - the AK-47 was pushed (and produced under licence) onto almost every Warsaw’s pact countries apart from Czechoslovakia which was using their own VZ-58. This rifle resembles the AK-47 however apart from the round it fires, no other part is exchangeable.

Most influential handguns: Colt Gouverment 45, (first real functional combat handgun), FN High Power (first double stack), Walther P38 (first ordonance handgun with SA/DA trigger function), CZ 75 (first SA/DA doublestack), Glock 17 (polymer grip & safe action trigger system

My understanding is the M1 Carbine was designed to effectively replace the 1911 for use by rear area troops. Hitting any enemy with a pistol required lots of training and practice. A rifle or carbine is more effective for use by rear area troops than a pistol.

Thank you for giving love to the Walther PP, you here so much about the PPK...

I sonetimes carry my Hi-Power copy. I replaced the small thumb safety and grips, and thought about changing sights but haven't.

The m1 was a good and revolutionary rifle, but I'm just getting so f****** tired of people glazing the s*** out of it.

i would replace some of these guns with the first gun ever built, whatever that is, the ak47, colt revolver, glock 17 and ar15.

I'm remember seeing a video on RU-vid with Mikael Kalashnikov, he was in WW2 when he came home he said during the war Soviet weapons were shit. So that's why he went to work designing something better for his country, the result was the AK-47. Whitch lead to AKM, and AK-74 later.

Nice list. Surprised not to see the Mosin Nagant. Cool info thanks

Had Germany gone with the STG in '42, earlier, when they had field-able prototypes or focused on making more, sooner, they could've fielded 750K+/- STGs and there, likely, would've been a different outcome in WWII and Germany may have been able to "hold out." The German Army already had STG units devised, but not enough arms. Their Mk IV tanks were fine, but always building stronger, bigger... More to add, but... Thank God "the leader" was an idiot!

Like, bro! From Russia- with love!

Ummm ma Duce. And mg42

Didn’t see my left and right arm. You’re slipping bud.

Awesome video subbed !

The actions of the Mr Garand and the M-14 are very much alike. To say the M-14 action is an updated version with changes would be closer to the reality. FN High Power. Dieudonne Saive was a close co-worker with Mr. Browning. He also worked for Fabrique Nationale (FN). In the position of designer Browning worked for FN, so I doubt the patent problem. Saive did in fact finish up the design of the HP (which refers to round count, not the power of the cartridge). Yes they are pretty decent pistols, but I have reservatopms regarding the caliber. "M" stands for 'model'. The change in 1925 or so was to change from year of adoption (like M1911 or M1903) to a sequential numbering system. Instead of continuing this, I will just encourage all parties involved in this video and a all viewers to read up on the subject if interested. It may seem boring but it has much to do with the development of both mechanical devices and how to operate a functional military.

What about early Makarov pistols. Way to many Walter's

❤ I got most of the guns used in the European theater. I really enjoyed your video but from my point of view the grand daddy of the browning design is missing Colt 1911.❤ because the big fat slow still does the job

Wait you start with the high power abd not the forerunners like the iconic 1911? The Brownings set the standard for a full slide with a tilting locked breach design. It seems more influential to me???

I own 2 Browning HPs. One from Canada and one from Belgium... Both will give you "Hammer Bite" If you chocke up too much... Other than that... Great hand gun.

I’ve wondered why Colt didn’t get the contract instead of Beretta? Unless the 3 round burst was patented so no one else could use it. And I know: 9mm like everyone else

I don’t understand why the SKS was listed? How was it influential??? Who copied it??? I just don’t understand that one ditto for the SVT-40? Not the worst guns. However I don’t see what they influenced or inspired?

The title is certainly misleading but also i think in my personal opinion that this list isn't remotely correct even for just WW2 (and stuff slightly before that) alone. My top 7 would be M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, MG34/42, Sten, PPSH-41, PPS-43 and STG-44. M1 Garand because it a successful semi auto M1 Carbine because it a successful PDW MG34 and 42 for introducing the concept of GPMG and also being a good system/gun Sten because it was cheap and good enough, not a great gun but it was the right tools for that situation. PPS-43 is the same as the sten except it was actually a good gun while still being very cheap. PPSH-41 was very significant for soviet tactics moving forward, one of the many cog that help turn the tide of the war. STG44 because it was the first successful assault rifle, pave the path for new assault rifle to be created. Most bolt action rifle, pistol and smg during ww2 while good, wasn't significant enough or influential enough to really have a great impact on the war. A gun could have a vital from start to end of the war but that doesn't mean it really change the tide of warfare. Example being Mp38/40, Thompson,Bren, BAR....,all bolt action rifle of the war, all handgun.

very interesting, thanks!👍🇺🇸

I am subscribed to this channel, but when I click on the Hegshot87 link, it takes me to your gaming channel, which I’m not subscribed to. Not sure if this is happening to anyone else.

Regarding the M1, Gen. George Patton went so far as to call it “the greatest battle implement ever devised.” Mic Drop!

I’m AK 47 and who are these nobodies??

What is meant is a general issue weapon ! Of which the the US was well into and achieved !

Absolutely awesome how the AR10/15 has now became the most prolific and influential small arm in the Western world. Eugene Stoner and Jim Sullivan created the best combat rifle/carbine series in the world.

Could the M1897 be considered an influential gun being one of the earliest and most successful pump actions?

All my homies including my fiance refuse to ditch their M9 for the Sig M17/M18. The M9 is still very much in service, and we should have adopted the M9A3.

Very interesting!

The ARVN used M-1 Garands And mainly M-1 Carbines for most of the war, because of their small stature the Garand was just to big and heavy for most of their soldiers to use effectively same with M-14...

Heres a better list. 1.mg42, cause yknow. Badman's buzzsaw, known to be more humane than Badman's summer camp. but still terrifying. 2. maxim Machine gun, first automatic gun. sold to several countries making WW1 the bloodbath it became. still used over 100 years later. 3.stg44, the very first assault rifle. influenced a whole new method of weapon operating systems. 4. AK47, engineering marvel. cheap, hardy, easily obtained. the rifle of choice for many Countries and wars. 5. m16. created by the us for the us. made to whip commie ass. and many rifles still wanna be it. 6. m2 browning. over 100 years old. chambered in the notorious .50 BMG. goes through anything, cars, cinderblocks and terrorist Timmy 7. A-10 thunderbolt, NOT a plane but a Hell sent machine bestowed upon terrorist like an angel of death. made to crack tanks like a lobster. and the only thing Russia fears more is the democrat party. and maybe an effective economy

I mean this is a list of influential guns of 20th centrury and fowards. Surely the Brownbess, The Kentucky Long Rifle, and the Needle Gun should be considered for MOST influential of ALL time!

7 Most Influential Guns Of All Time for American*

CZ 75??

Great pistols lol they really are.

a 1911 was hard to shoot for somebody

Funny how most people even experienced in weapons pronounce Garand wrong, it's pronounced Gærənd. Canadians have to be special in the pronunciation of their names.

The Soviet SVT-38/40 were in production and use before the Garand. And there were more than 2 000 000 self-loading guns of this type produced in 30-40-th. And yes, there were hundreds of Garands in the times, when Red Army had tenths of thousands of SVT-38

I genuinely think the M1 carbine needs to make a comeback especially in ban states like commiefornia. And I'm not talking about the ruger mini 14 or mini 30, I mean a faithful reproduction of these rifles that weigh exactly the same and handle the same. The mini 14 is a good ways heavier than the M1.

The m1 was not underpowered. this is a myth - I saw a ballistic gel demo that showed it had the same stopping power as todays 5.56 round - except it was not effective past 150 -200 meters - this represents about 95% of combat engagements so it would be at home on todays battlefields - much more useful than an SMG - with a higher capacity mag it would have been more than a match for the STG 44 - not to many people hit by one of these things would be around to continue the fight for long. In summary I believe the m1 was the equal to the STG 44 - the Ruger 5.56 today is considered to be an equal to the M15

Change the video title

Perhaps read some specialized literature? This video contains several incorrect things that have been circulating on the internet for years. But they are simply not correct. The 7.62x39 was only developed in 1947 (end of WW2 was 1945), together with the AK47, hence the 47 in the AK. This 7.62x39 cartridge did not exist before that!! First produktion of 7.62x39 was 1948/49. The SKS was built with the 7.62x41, which is logically not the same as the one in the AK47/AKM. Only after the introduction of the AK47 was the SKS converted to 7.62x39, and the 7.62x41 was discontinued. The SKS was originally developed for the 7.62x54R... before WW2! However, the design was rejected in favor of the SWT-38 and later the SWT-40. Consequently, the SKS was developed for the 7.62x41.

NOT of ALL TIME...

These videos are always biased asf to American firearms

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What’s this guys name windy ? Stay on point ⚡️