History of WWI Primer 121: Belgian Modele 1882 Comblain Documentary 

@Joseph Satri Cleofe Villanueva They did, and also got Gras, Chassepots, and their own domestic variant of the Gras whose name escapes me now. This made the ammunition supply for Peru a nightmare (but not as much as Bolivia, with 12 different types of cartridges)

@Joseph Satri Cleofe Villanueva In fact they ended with a bunch of them, some with Egyptian markings, others from a Spanish contract, plus a bunch of Peabody-Martinis. The Comblain was simpler, more reliable... and they sent the purchase mission to Europe, so... Chile was offered Remingtons made under the emergency French contracts, but rejected them due to poor quality. Keep in mind, the weapons of countries at war were subject to capture at sea, so all purchases were sort of a cloak and dagger business.

The Chilean version is the most absurd that can be conceived since not even the Chilean historians themselves believe it: It speaks of a "defensive" war on the part of Chile since its independence was threatened by the "secret" treaty of Bolivian defensive alliance and Peru. And that stupidity is taught even today in Chilean schools, even though it does not resist even the most superficial analysis. It is obvious, as much as that Pisco was born in Pisco (Peru) that the war had as its motive the conquest of the Salitre deposits of Bolivia and Peru that, with the help of England, (then the first power) Chile could carry finished. In the end, Chile is left with the desert, but riches like guano and nitrate fall into the hands of English capitalists.

​@@pauljoseperezaizcorbe6088 LOL!!! It never ceases to amaze the silly stories the depressing peruvian schools teach those poor children, because you need the mind of a child to believe such tales of British conspiracy... Not that I do not understand the need, after all, they need to blame Chile, otherwise they might realize it was all their fault meaning they would have to face reality... and they are not very good at that... XD Greed is an ungrateful mistress, and the Peruvians paid the price for their greed and deceitfulness.

greed and deceitfulness????? OHHH LOL LOL . . . really?? "Chile would never have entered a single inch into the war, if it had not been for the support of the English capital" adding: "it was a complete mistake to speak of this conflict as a war between Chile and Peru ... it is a war of England against Peru, with Chile as an instrument ... I take responsibility for this statement. " (46). James G. Blaine, Secretary of State of the United States in 1881, expressed himself in the Senate during the term of President James A. Garfield. On January 30, 1882, James G. Blaine himself, in statements to the newspaper "The Washington Post", spoke about the relations between England and Chile in the war in the Pacific, and declared that that republic: (47). "He obtained battleships and war materiel from England. Chilean soldiers marched to Peru in English cloth uniform, with English rifles on their shoulders, English sympathy supported Chile in its conquest, and English commercial interests received a tremendous boost from aggrandizement. From Chile". Then, referring to the transactions that Chile was seeking at that time with England over the Peruvian saltpeter and guano, he expressed: (47) "English bankers will provide the money, English merchants will carry out business, English ships will load the products. More than 800 ships are involved in this business. " . . The war against Peru has been waged for the same interests that Clive and Hasting had in India. . . . "

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Mark GEORGE Heeeere’s Markie! (sorry)

"Oat Boy" got me lmao

*comblaining

i'm torn between two responses, "you should be ashamed of yourself" and "kudos, that one really stunk".

This could only be described as a sin against comedy. Keep it up and you’ll be Punnin’ with The Devil.

……………ughhhggggghhh… lol

I fear most of the WWII stuff has been done to death. At least the interwar stuff has some interesting WWI tech in it like the Tommy Gun.

Honestly id rather see the age of Blackpowder. WWII has been done to death

@@AAX11111 Only if Mae gets to wear 1800s soldier hat.

The plan was to kind of do whatever after WW1 was done.

Yanks don't know the word git. Wanker, tosser, prat and sod are all mostly wasted on them too.

What are you doing here? You need to be making content! :P

Anders Bendsen I guess my employer should be blamed for keeping me 100% employed despite the current situation and preventing me making more content 😉

Thanks for the input on the ammo for this! Helped a lot!

Triana Protection Enterprises LLC Non problem! It’s a pleasure to help others get their Comblain going. Later in the year I hope to have a 1 minute shoot-off between the Comblain and a Gras so see which is faster to operate.

We aim to please.

@@maewinchester2030 And y'all hit every target.

Olá Adler. Conheço o site Armas Brasil e acho uma das melhores, senão a melhor compilação de dados sobre armas adotadas pelas Forças Armadas que existe, mas está sem atualização a muitos anos. Você sabe se existe algum projeto de retomar o site ou se aqueles dados valiosíssimos foram ou serão transformados em livro? Eu seria o primeiro a comprar. Um grande abraço.

@@HermesBarcelos Hermes, Saudações! Primeiro, obrigado pelas gentis palavras. Sobre sítio, infelizmente não há um projeto de atualizar o ArmasBrasil, foi um projeto que fiz quando estava desocupado no meu trabalho, que é exatamente o oposto da minha situação atual.

@@adlerh.f.decastro1646 Uma pena, merecia virar livro, série, documentário, ficou excelente, meus parabéns, deve ter sido um trabalho e tanto de pesquisa. Grande abraço.

Your everywhere i go bro

Cavalry, not chivalry, saludos!

OK Anakin

Thebluebridgetroll no

Hybris51129 Zulu’s, thousands of em!

Well, we fight people over potatoes, mainly its origin... we are made of two distinct group of peoples who have mixed, but there are still a lot of issues... we also have a history of mistreating black people...

The number 1 is pretty close to a farquarson.

The amount of shop time required to build reproduction firearms makes them extremely expensive to produce and purchase. Then comes the low demand for obscure rifles and the BS stigma of it being a reproduction firearm. It would be so cool to have an American gun manufacturer willing to dedicate a division of the company that's able to produce high quality, obscure firearms for less than $20,000 each. All 50 of us would buy like crazy.

@@uraniumpenetrator3844 that's a good point, sadly. You'd think it would be cheaper with all of the CNC machine shops and after market barrel makers there are.

@@itatane The barrel blanks are the cheapest part of the firearm. The costly part comes from obtaining obscure guns to make precision blueprints. Then comes working out the kinks of ammunition. Going from a rimmed cartridge to a rimless cartridge requires modifications to the ejection system, and so on. Then sometimes Patent issues. Then after making a prototype that actually functions, time for a production run of 3 firearms. Plus everything I forgot to add in to make this as brief as possible. I will add that modern ordinance steel and CNC machines have indeed made gun manufacturing much cheaper.

​@@uraniumpenetrator3844Just run 7.62x54mmR

The way that I understand the metallic cartridge time line is: By the time smokeless powder came out in 1886, single shot rifles, weak cartridge cases, and lead bullets became obsolete almost overnight. Repeating rifles, strong brass casings, and jacketed bullets designed to handle the higher powered smokeless powder became the hot ticket. It would be so cool to make a reproduction in 50-110. Or any other big BP cartridge, for that matter. Extremely expensive, but way cool. Fascinating rifle.

Acctualy the Police of Rio de Janeiro had some Comblain Carbines converted apparently in Belgium to fire 7x57mm, this was donne in the late 1890s early 1900s, time when Brazil used the 1895 and 1908 Mauser rifles in 7x57mm, these carbines are extremly rare, i never seen one, i own a regular No.2 Brazilian rifle

why convert it to both a new cartridge and loading system (repeating) when they could buy rifles that were built for it from the start?

Eu consegui fotos de soldados brasileiros com esses rifles na revolta da armada e também no conflito que aconteceu no sertão baiano em canudos , na foto da revolta da armada que deve ser de 1893 ou 1894 você via visivelmente soldados brasileiros com aqueles rifles

@@Joao-zb1ie legal. esses fuzis são convertidos para serem usados como espingarda ja que sua câmara calça o cartucho .28.

This is my favorite map for it's near-random borders the further you get from France.

Peru lost that southern territory in what was the most brazen and criminal expansionist war perpetrated by greedy Chilean politicians and financed by English capitalists who in the end will keep the saltpeter of Bolivia and Peru while Chile alone with the desert.

@@pauljoseperezaizcorbe6088 LOL!!! How ignorant and peruvian you have to be to make such an idiotic comment!!! 🤣🤣🤣 You people messed with the bull and got the horns, keep crying....

@@Candrsenal Dont worry, the funny peruvian is wrong and the map is fine, it just doesnt fit THEIR twisted view of history and facts

I'm surprised they haven't done the Martinis yet. Tons of use of Henry, Metfords and Enfields by British colonial troops in Africa and the Mideast, Used by the Ottoman Empire and across the Balkans. Berdan II as well. Those two round out the big ones for large bore single shots in the war.

Wll G it’s probably cause the rifle has such a significant reputation that they want to get it right.

Seems more like a Sharps than a Martini

The martini would be the Elder by about 11 years.

I've seen many actions mated to all sorts of calibres, similar to the rolling block. No modern repros though.