“And to take it apart we have this button...” *Almost a full minute of labored breathing and struggling* “And one easy little button just like that and we have our assembly!”
@@M.T.... "However, the force striking the back of the receiver would probably be very significant, especially since there is no action mechanism to delay the bolt going backwards and waiting for the pressure to drop." The action mechanism is the flywheel. The force needed to spin the flywheel to get the bolt moving backwards is the same as if the bolt was three or four times heavier. The whole point of this action is that the weight is moved from the bolt into the flywheel so the bolt does not have to be as long or thick. This is the whole point of flywheel delayed mechanisms over straight-delayed blow back mechanisms. Straight-delayed use heavy bolts. Flywheel delayed use heavy flywheels and a transmission to achieve the same thing as heavy bolt. Lever delayed blowbacks use levers and mechanical advantage to do the same thing as a heavy bolt. These are all just different methods of slowing down bolt movement so chamber pressures have time to drop. They all do the same thing and simply have different recoil, weight, and complexity aspects.
"Uh...Monsieur, we have a bit of an issue." "Well? Spit it out, Jean." "We had to replace our Gun Designeur last minute with a Jacque in the Box specialist."
One of the things I love about this channel is Ian never seems like he's reading a script or even wrote a script. He just has all this knowledge up in that skull of his
for future viewers: Because he does, barring one or two exceptions he does *all these videos in one take* and while he doesn't necessarily write a full script he does make a series of cliff notes to emphasize alot of the times
Laird Cummings Which would make it a good gun for someone on the market for a small, concealable weapon. The vast majority of the public, however is understandably more interested in comfortable, performing weapons, since your average Joe has no need to shoot up a wedding or some such
It sounded like there was someone from the museum standing near him, when Ian said "thank you", probably didn't want to talk smack about a gun in their collection with them right there. that's my guess at least.
Jacob Graham He's in a Dutch museum talking about a wacky French SMG. My point being: Restraint out of respect/courtesy is almost definitely not the reason. I'm sure he just forgot because it's rather obvious.
Spree killers don't need concealable as much. If they are planning a spree then they can deal with hiding a cumbersome object in a large package, etc. They choose their own timing and location. Concealment is primarily useful for hidden responsive tools. i.e. Security, police, civilian concealed carry.
...and then the mouse comes out and pulls on the cheese, the fan blows the boat across the bucket of water, the boat bumps a bowling ball which rolls down the hill and hits the back of the bolt, which pushes the firing pin forward, which fires the gun.
So what I've learned of national firearms development from this channel is... France: One step forward, one step sideways America: Two steps forward, one step back Germany: One step forward. We shall advance in a calm, logical und repeatable manner! And vhy is this pin not serial stamped?! Russia: One step forward, one squat down. This is good place, da? We wait for others catch up. China: One step Brevets, eighteen steps BROWNINGS
After WW I I all common SMGs (except Thompson) were stamped steel and simple round tubes. And then a frenchman designs a 1920s style clockwork SMG with expensive machined parts and expects commercial success. Nice gun, wrong era.
patents were frozen during the whole WWII so the inventor applied for patents in 1940 but did not get'em before 1946. Hence the different approach (milling, etc..) from post war designs. It's not certain that the inventor was aware of the stamped sheet process applied to the MP38 (in 1938) when Merlin Gerin (the company he worked with) submitted the patent. The inventor designed also handguns, machine guns etc, without meeting commercial success.
That design could easily be adapted to 3d printing using elastic polymer spring because of the pull action the rotary design allows. This is especially true if chambered in rimfire.
This has to be one of my favorite Firearms designs. It is just ingenious. And that has to be one of the lightest bolts ever used in an open bolt blowback gun. I understand that it is probably not a good gun overall but it gives you a lot to think about in regards to Firearms design.
In case anyone has the opportunity to visit the Dutch National Military Museum, it is well worth the time. It's a large, modern building with a huge amount of excellently maintained exhibits.
And they're apparently not too difficult about approaching the vehicles. The vehicles are blocked off by a low barrier but if you step over said barrier to look inside the staff won't get mad. As long as you do so carefully of course.
bien sûr sa prononciation n'est pas aisée mais on sent bien son effort et sa bonne volonté. En outre je pense qu'il n'y a pas grand monde autour de lui pour le corriger ou le faire progresser.
Weeeeeel Ean, about that.... I guess you come as close as possible, but your pronunciations of “Gerãt Nr. 6” oder “Raketenbüchse” were kinda stereotype for an American... I know you try, and those Umlauts are a pain in the Buttstock...
That's actually a really neat design! I couldn't even tell what it was from the thumbnail. Secret agents of the world: can you say _"untapped market?"_
"In 1940's France Mp40 magazines were readily available." UNFORTUNATELY they were usually attached to a German soldier who was trying to shoot you with it....
Every time I come back to this video, I get awestruck about how nicely designed this gun is. Compact, foldable, and an action that can fit in your hand. Now the only question is how well it shoots...
I believe KLM airlines used a couple AR-10 rifles as defense weapon against polar bears on their routes over the arctic circle. And publicity of course. Stewardesses where supposedly trained to use these rifles. Not that compact but very interesting. Maybe this museum has one of those guns in their collection. If i remember correctly from my last visit to the NMM they had at least a of few AR variants and prototypes on display.
i have a feeling the cleaning rod holds together the stock to stop you losing the damn thing lol. you would easily notice when you picked up the gun if the rod was not inserted.
that makes for a good reason to not have made the stock one whole piece... also another reason that i can think of is if you want to hook your weapon somewhere, or hook something to it, like a belt, a strap, anything really...
A very interesting piece of design. I'll add my 2 cents: the mechanism actually makes for a very soft recoil, so crude stock is not an issue. Also, by dynamic and attached mass behaviour(impulse redirection by crank/rotation) mechanism is very close to Kriss Vector. A gun that was really ahead of its time.
I do not believe in absolutes, but after watching most of the videos on this channel, I've realized that it's absolutely impossible to not like listening to Ian telling a story about a gun :)
Crazy how elaborate and simple at the same time 😮...the amount of space and weight gained by the system is breath taking.French really can engineer fabulous things..and at the same time..make chauchats! Thx Ian
That looks like a perfect gun to stick in a tank. They don't need or want the blasted thing in the way until they take a hit and have to bail out at which point in time an ultra compact SMJ is exactly what they need to grab as they are leaving. Something they can use to discourage hostile infantry while they hastily advance to the rear.
That's a really clever mechanism. The rotation slows down the bolt movement when the internal peg is at 3 o'clock (delaying the blowback slightly) and at 9 o'clock (so that the next round has more time to get up the magazine).
Dude, journalistic integrity for the win. Not editing the video to hide the panel struggle. Thank you. Easy sub. Seen several vids, but keeping that struggle in earned my respect.
It reminds me of the sten gun but even worse, maybe for a really small form factor it could help, but I think it is just too small for practicality still.
I had a similar idea myself. This rendition is unbelievably elegant and so much more advanced than my idea. Debuit was clearly a very, very clever person. I'm very glad I saw this if I ever get the chance to work on my idea properly. I'd certainly be adding a great many of his concepts to my own.
The National Military Museum definitely is a great place to visit if you are in the area, there's a sizable collection of both old and modern vehicles, airplanes and weapons. Everything is multilingual so no problem for foreigners (as most museums are in the Netherlands). It's located at an old military airfield that was used by both the Dutch and US airforce up until the end of the 1990s. They also sometimes do tours of the airfield so you can visit bunkers and hidden locations that are normally off limits, unfortunately they only do tours on special occasions.
white gloves are very old hat, I can imagine why this particular museum would use those rubber coated gardening gloves - they're grippier and harderwearing, and unlike white cottons, non-porous, keeping those skin oils off the blueing, etc. Most museums these days either give you latex-alternative gloves, or just ask you to wash and dry your hands
One of the coolest old smg's I've ever seen! I just love the simplicity, I bet it still fires as good as the day it was made and virtually never failed except for ammo faults (if kept properly of course). Awesome Ian!
I'd be doubtful of a complicated design, considering most firearms that I have personally seen, this is one of the simplest of designs. As for machining, yes, it may be a fair bit. If the SMG had a better chance for newer models, it could possibly be stamped or molded if it was not already, for mass production purposes.
I am fully convinced that no one back then would've thought this was a gun when it is folded. Generally people of that period would imagine "guns" as a long piece of wood with lots of iron parts and a tube on it. Then you have this thing that looks like a random piece of machine some inventors carry around.
@@VioletEverlasting Except less unholy Swiss-watch inside! I had an idea for a rotary-breech like the G11 that used the rotation of the breech to extract and eject the case, long before I knew enough engineering to make it actually work!
Having worked with voitures from Renault, Citroen, and Peugeot, I feel this wacky and wondrous contraption is a classic illustration of an axiom from the automobile service business: " The French copy no one, and no one copies the French"....Great job as always, Ian!
If I'm being honest, durability notwithstanding, the rotary action idea is kind of brilliant, as a means of making a compact action without the need for things like long buffer springs
I'm quite surprised Ian didn't mention one of his favorite firearms the Suomi smg. The 71 round drum magazine is powered by a clock spring. Given it is an eternal part but still required for big fire power.
apart from the huge number of low priced surplus available, the main drawback of the gun was an irregular rate of fire and a rather high incidence of jamming. looks like the clockwork mechanism is rather sensitive to dirt and powder residus.
@@florentleider222 small thing but a difficult disassembly process probably exacerbated the latter issue you mentioned; the gun might not be cleaned as often or as thoroughly due to a lazy user not wanting to put in the effort needed to get the firing mechanism opened up.
Once he mentioned the Hotchkiss Universal, I read his mind. He thought "I'm havin this." Yes, Ian, have it. Have the shit out of it! And have Karl make a 2 gun based around concealed weapons. It shall be glorious!
I'd really like to see this thing in action. I'm especially curious about the cyclic rate. Hopefully, Ian can get his hands on another one that is safe enough to take to the range.
Cutest and possibly coolest sub-gun ever :) This must be right up Ian's alley - it would sit very nicely next to the Hotchkiss! How many of this one were made? Any chance of finding one outside museums?
This was the first question that came to my mind when I saw the gun. It looks really uncomfortable. I kinda hoped Ian would have addressed this question.
That is a very interesting design. I see so many of these older firearms and wonder why modern technology hasn't been applied to some of the more solid concepts from the past.
Very interesting system, really unique in innovation and technology for a submachine gun. Thank you for showing, because this is so decent and dissected you can not see this weapon in the display case!
