British Couple Reacts to Basically A War Crime - America's Future Weapon The XM-29 

You definitely should do more of TFE. Guy is hilarious and very much worth the binge-watching.

I actually got to test fire this when it was in development in the late 90s. It was very cool but VERY heavy.

I love the Fat Electrician. He’s so entertaining and educational at the same time. You should do his spy with the artificial leg. Really interesting.

The chip's act has brought our microchip production back home.

When I was in the US Army I had the M16 A1 rifle with the M 203 grenade launcher. I liked it, the M16 A1 was very accurate, it never jammed, and I could make a headset at 400M easy. The M 203 grenade launcher was a 40 mm × about 4" round. I could fire that and have the grenade land on an enemy combatant. All you hear when you fire it was a little thump. You could watch the round going down field. The M4 is also a good and accurate weapon, my son has one.

Batteries are the reason my ar platform doesn’t have anything but iron sights. Work at 500 yards, works at 10 yards. Never have to recharge.

The underslung grenade-launcher is a single (bigger) grenade meant to give range to infantry’s grenades. The xm29/25 is a semiautomatic launcher meant solely to introduce shrapnel into soft targets.

I love y'all reacting to TFE, it makes me laugh because I feel your uncomfortability...of what is he gonna say next.

There is no such thing as a "fair" fight. My dad taught me that. No hand wring over this one.

As an army infantryman aka “a grunt” we’re not offended by being called that. In fact we’re proud of it.

KE in the lab = Kenetic Energy KE in the field = Kill Enemy HE in the lab = High Explosives HE in the field = Really Kill Enemy

Batteries. Right now, the average soldier has to carry at least 3 or 4 different batteries, plus chargers for their personal devices (tablets, phones, or laptops) so they can entertain themselves during their personal time. Their personal flashlight, weapon light, night vision goggles (aka NODS or Night Observation Devices), their laser sight, their communications unit, their electronic headphones which act as sound amplification, hearing protection, and a speaker for their comms (radio) mostly use a different kind of battery and most of them are quickly depleted within hours or less. A version of the electronic sight in this video has been tweaked for the new rifle and machinegun the Army is about to adopt, the XM-7 and the XM-250. The new sight combines a lot of devices into one: it's a scope that can be used close up or adjusted for distance, a laser rangefinder, a UV laser sight to work with the soldier's NOD's, a night vision scope if they don't have NOD's, a camera for stills and video, it's got GPS, it communicates with other soldiers and the chain of command, it's a ballistic calculator, a weather station, and a power supply for other electronics like a weapon light. The new scope is heavy, but it's lighter than all the individual devices it replaces, plus there's only one kind of battery to control everything, which will eliminate pounds of extra batteries and chargers they would carry around. Plus, you can use it to designate and save up to ten targets at different locations and ranges on the battle field and share the data with other soldiers so they can assign targets amongst themselves or their commanders can assign the targets around. It won't aim for you, but it adjusts the reticle and gives you a signal when the barrel is pointed at the right spot to increase your chances of a hit instead of guessing where to aim.

They did develop 12 gauge grenades that worked similar to these. 12 gauge shotgun shells are 20mm, which are too small to be "legal" explosive shells. 25mm explosive shells are "okay" though. This determination comes from the 1860's from a document written by Abraham Lincoln as instructions for the Union army to act during the Civil War.

It was a big weapon of the future years ago. But many sort of figured it wouldn't end up being the weapon of the future.

It is big, and meaty! Oh yeah nice. 😂

Sooooo..your gonna have a Marine armed with a C-130 Hercules rifle?? The M16A2 was just fine thank you. LOL....This one is pretty accurate.....HEY! I was a "Grunt" Corpsman with the Marines! We like being called "grunts" LOL....

You should check out the video about the origin of the Quackbang.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Good work.

Well the M203 grenade launcher shoots a 40mm grenade as compared to a 25mm that is lighter and can be considered a rifle round, granted a BIG rifle round.

The grenade launcher attached under the M 16/M4 fires a 40 mm grenade one at a time.

You need to watch the USS Texas episode.

In case anyone was wondering, the 25mm grenades weighed approximately 9.5 oz (270 grams) accoring to wikipedia, so they were indeed under the 400 gram definition and it wasnt even close. But the standard 40mm grenades that are still used today are also under 400 grams in weight. 🤔 🤔 🤔

I think the movie clip was from Terminator 2: Judgement Day because the cyborg that was blown up was played by Robert Patrick (he wasn’t in the first movie).

Explodes in air directly over a wall? Sweet, we can now overpressure infantry instead of tanks.... that sounds fun actually.

Edit it in post-production if needed, but stay to the last second for his bloopers, final comments, and teasers.

War crimes rhyms with good times

Hi guys! If I'm not mistaken, you can't even use hollow point or soft nosed bullets in a military weapon.

But.. but.. but I wants a Baloney Mist Maker 2000.

I remember reading about this when the project started. Wondered what happened to it.

Because it less powerful than a 40mm and doesn’t kill but causes suffering. That’s why we still have the m203.

Definition of "War Crime" is decided by who's best at it.😊

Its only a war crime if you lose

The distinction was made to be that using anything would be considered anti material against an infantry target is illegal so penetrating explosive rounds are considered overkill on infantry basically to give the peace of mind that someones son could possibly get fixed up by doc or at the very least get a respectful open casket service for serving their country but then what about land mines or frag grenades artillery but you can't shoot a single human being with a 50 cal but a plane can do a fly by with 30 mm auto canons and wipe a whole platoon fine it makes no sense

Through this entire video I was thinking, what about the M-203? It does the same thing and can be mounted under a M-16. Only it handles larger rounds. I believe you can configure them to explode at a specific distance. And they are LEGAL. As far as war is concerned.

I am so happy you guys have Archie you both seem very happy

Just the first two "Terminator" movies are worth watching.

I guess this guy doesn't count the under barrel grenade launcher as a grenade launcher, which has been used for decades..

Just make it bigger. Thanks for sharing.

A grunt is a nickname for a marine

Wait I remember this weapon didn't Zorg produce this weapon in the 5th Element?

James and Millie, the issue is not the lethality, it's the size, which can have it be confused with a bullet...

I want one for Christmas!!!!

The m16 shoots 40mm grenades compared to the 25mm grenades

Lasers. We need laser guns.

What is funny about him.. Even when he is pushing a app or what not. Its still entertaining. He is just a natural story teller. Also a 5.56 round is a known as a NATO round. Which is what is standard for most NATO countries ammo. Opposite of that is the 7.62 round that AK 47 and its variations use.

I think another good “Fat Electrician “ reaction video is where he talks about the company LIQUID DEATH. Hilarious!

Possibly, and the UK can have an opinion right after they return 90% of every piece of art it "liberated" in it's museums.

Oh, the fat electrician used to be an army medical officer a.k.a. the doc, This is why he’s so well versed in the lingo.

My favorite part of all his videos is the keyboard warrior so accurate

M-16 is my weapon of choice, Own 3 variations of it for myself.

traditional "grenade launchers" have significantly shorter range than "exploding bullets"

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🥺 Never! Uncle Sam's a teddy bear!

War crime=political pressure or you lost. War is hell

the reason its a problem is due to the separation of point target accuracy and area target accuracy.

In fact, that jet did crash

Military spending explained. Military: we need brand new thing, thats better than thing we have now, with all the latest and greatest tech, as cheap as possible, your budget is all the money the Fed can print.

Weapons that are slightly better makes a difference ;-)

I think....a Terminator 2 reaction is called for 🗿👽🗿

Hi again Beesley's ❤

The Army spent around 4 billion to develop camo that nobody wanted, and people pretty universally agree that it's a terrible camo pattern. Cause we just let people do whatever the fuck they want I guess.

thats a tiny grenade...

It's the size and trajectory, the one on the m16 is a 40mm, limited range, this was a 25mm , essentially a giant exploding bullet, illegal

I'M WITHIN THE HOUR!

I would of kept it anyway or at least made a bigger one that met the weight requirement for the ammo

Weve been snuggling baby turtle( plural) for years. Please pray for me.

Did the guy just admit to not seeing Terminator 2?

Its never a war crime the first time....😅

Good luck on the new job

I trained with the M-16A2 in the Marine corps in 1984 and I HATED IT!! It had single fire burst fire. That was it. 3 round burst fire..because grunts don't count ammo and the pencil heads in Washington who never fire a gun in their lives decided we couldn't have full Auto "Assault Rifles" so the damn thing would jam every other round! SO in conclusion...I was busy hitting the "Forward Assist lever" rather than putting rounds down range. I did not feel safe with it....I could hit anything and everything...I qualified Expert Shooter so I could shoot. but that rifle just sucked. YEP America needs a new Rifle....though I can say I have no experience with the M-4 version of the M-16.

Check out his Video on The Last War Chief please

There’s also the story about the M-16’s ammo. Originally, it was terrifying as the metal jacket was juuuust strong enough to allow the softer metal under it to compress before breaking inside the target. Resulting in plate-sized holes being blow out of the enemy as the compresses energy released.

James takes his clothes off for the first time. Millie: Quite meaty.

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It's a war crime to have the best weapons and win the war. Who agreed to that? International bureaucrats?

Never seen T-2??

I mean.. yes we have the capability to commit war crimes. I see the need to research and develop counter measures or counter tactics. We knowhow to make poison gas but we don’t deploy that stuff, we use it to test gas masks. Laser guns? Gotta test safety visors right? Hollow points are a war crime… we give it to police though 😂😢

“The US Committed a war crime!?” Oh boy i wonder which of our war crimes they’ll talk about in this one

Brandon Herrera...... new video idea?

Please do SSGT. Reckless

Honestly I don't care, our enemies have never cared if they commit a war crime before. Why should we get rid of a superior weapon because of international law.

I'm so confused.

For the life of me, I don’t even know why the US concerns itself with Geneva Convention NATO and United States are the only ones that it here to it

The US still uses cluster munitions. According to NATO cluster munitions have been outlawed. Guess what - the US still uses them. Last time I checked when you go to war isn’t the goal to win….

Under barrel grenade launchers, not having programmable ordinance is the difference. They usually have one shot and are used to disable vehicles or breach doors. The idea of Smart grenades turns them into an anti personnel weapon that's the problem.

Ummm that never got adopted. Old news

The US has committed many war crimes and crimes against humanity. This grenade launcher would have been one of them ( as it's against the Geneva convention to have a grenade smaller than 20 mm )had it been put into service

*laughs in nuclear weapons*

That's the insanity/stupid/ridiculous part about that weapon system. Today the norm is you have an assault rifle with an underbarrel attached auxiliary tool like a shotgun or grenade launcher. This reverses that where you have a grenade launcher with an underbarrel assault rifle. You fight with the main and utilize the underbarrel for situations as needed.....Basically this weapon system is implying that assault rifles are auxiliary tools and are not the main combat weapon of the future, programmable grenades are. I don't believe this is going to be standard issue as long as we're not pushed to use it, but it'll probably be something we keep in our pockets just in case. If you doubt me on that just remember this, the US military still has an active stockpile of M28 and M29 Davy Crockett Nuclear Recoilless Rifle systems and there's still 7 M65 Atomic Annie nuclear artillery cannons that can fire. Just because they were dumb ideas then, doesn't mean we won't keep them for that one rainy day.

I think its a bit ridiculous to call it a war crime tbh. They make it extremely difficult to advance basic weapons cause of politricks.

No the m16 failure in Vietnam was due to wrong powder types that fouled the gun out. Everyone who had a cleaning kit did fine. Buy a lot of our people were unalived bcuz of government taking shortcuts on there own projects

Sees thumbnail "The US committed a war crime!?" American history fan: well its not a rare thing for the US, just usually not talked about

You should definitely watch the terminator, and terminator two. They are a scary futuristic version of what seems to be now happening with the advancements in robotics and AI. We have some time before the machines take over, so check it out for survival training, or just because they are really good, entertaining movies. Bear in mind they were made in the eighties and we didn’t even have cell phones yet = foreshadowing.

The specific terminator movie used was terminator 2 by the way. The one that exploded was a t-1000 or a liquid metal terminator. Its a great movie franchise. I highly suggest you watch it sometime. My favorites are the 1st three. After the 3rd things started going iffy for me in the franchise. To each their own opinion tho.

Only 1? LOL They make it an art to be able to get away with committing war crimes lmfao

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What did you do to your gf omg

Don't mess with the u. S

For the love of God please get her to stop eating so much