Russian Pistols of World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special feat. C&Rsenal

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@2polev355 6 лет назад

My History teacher has us watch this in class. This is the reason why I look forward to History class everyday :)

@totallyaploy1824 5 лет назад

im going to use simple history in my school if i can.

@aidenbaker8376 2 года назад

Your history teacher is a gigachad

@neal3k 6 лет назад

The Russians bought around 50,000 Colt 1911 .45 caliber pistols for use in WW1. I have one made in 1916 with Russian Contract markings and factory letter. I'm surprised they were not mentioned.

@TheGreatWar 6 лет назад

Well, they will be mentioned in the US episode of course.

@HistoryMarche 6 лет назад

Love the longer specials!!! Great work.

@HistoryMarche 6 лет назад

Agreed, video length is something that I have in mind when creating my own history videos. I try not to go over 10-15 minutes. But here, I was just declaring my own preference towards longer, more detailed videos. There are certainly many WW1 topics where one can go in-depth, hence why I liked this special more than the usual fast-paced stuff.

@jonathannelson72 6 лет назад

I love your channel!

@ЕвгенийМакаров-в6л 6 лет назад

Well, as russian, I want to say something about reasons to change revolvers. At first, Russian military actully were NOT satisfied with SW№3 revolvers. They, at first, noticed that the top-break frame have tendency to woble with time, so they wanted a solid frame revolver. Next, they weren't satisfied with fact that when you reloads a top-break action, which still have live rounds in cylinder, you will loose that rounds for sure - so they wanted I one-by-one ejection. Third, they wanted new revolver to be 7.62 caliber, so factories could use same equipment and even same barrel blanks to pruoduce both rifle and revolver barrels. And they wanted new revolver to be lghter and more compact, because in Russian Empire officer were OBLIGED to always carry pistol and sword when he wears uniform - even if he's off-duty. And last, single-action revolvers were issued to lower-rank troops not because of safety, but because of ammo economy - low-rank troops didn't had a lot of shooting training, and higher ranks decided, that lowers will whoot their ammo to fast with double-actions. (By the way, in Russian terms of the beginning of 20th century, revovlvers were actually single-action and triple-action - they counted rotating of cylinder as one more action)

@ЕвгенийМакаров-в6л 6 лет назад

Next, why are surviving Nagants feels so bad. Nagant revovlver originally were designed to be hand-fitted. Each one of them. And they were in Empire, but in USSR hand-fitting were abandoned for mass-production sake, and all soviet-made revolvers is literally just a raw material, which needed to be hand-fitted by a nice professional worker. In fact, few years ago I saw an original hand-fitting manual for Nagants. That's all, hopefully I covered some of your questions. Sorry for bad english.

@worldtraveler930 5 лет назад

I agree whole heartedly!

@LtJackboot 5 лет назад

Great intel, thank you :-)

@LtJackboot 5 лет назад

@@ЕвгенийМакаров-в6л Again, thank you! I had a hex-barreled Mosin-Nagant rifle. 7.62X54R with a completely shrouded 26 and half inch barrel, mount for scope but no scope and washed out rifling. got 'er for $50 Canadian in 1985. Got a type 56 Chinese stainless lined barrel SKS at the same time-$200 for that one. If only I'd hung onto them...

@redram5150 4 года назад

I can’t even wrap my mind around justifying intentionally slowing down a soldier’s speed to reload and rate of fire. By that logic, why not cut their thumbs off? Now they’ll really have to take their time

@andrewbrindescu6666 6 лет назад

Nagan revolvers were highly look after by german soldiers during ww2 as priceless trophy

@knightmarex13 6 лет назад

A Nambu video and now a overview of Russian WW1 Pistols within 24 hours! Christmas has came early

@danielwolfgang8234 5 лет назад

Mhhh you made me take out one of my own Firearms Books, and according to it, a book written by Dörfler Waffenkunde (Dörfler weapons education) was the Browning M1903 (9mm Browning long) used by the Russian Police and Gendarmerie. The Russian Empire ordered 11,000 with detachable shoulder stock holsters from what I know.

@hlynnkeith9334 6 лет назад

Othais always brings enthusiasm and encyclopedic knowledge on the subject of small arms.

@johnrambo5619 2 года назад

He does his research, trying to get info from the actual source as much as possible

@worldtraveler930 5 лет назад

The Biggest single problem in the modern era with the Nagant is in the use of PPU ammo (Totally worthless paper punching TRASH!) Where as the Real military ammunition is equal in power to "32 magnum".

@aeoo371 5 лет назад

World Traveler where you can find it buy it! They military cartridge is 108 gr. then I think aftermarket ammo is 78 gr. One the he did not mention was this pistol could be fitted with a suppressor. This was because of the way the Cylinder sealed to the barrel.

@hanfpeter3742 6 лет назад

That blueing on the no.3 new model is gorgeous.

@tarstakars 6 лет назад

In my opinion one of the common misconceptions about the Nagant Revolver is the ammunition. there's a recent video on RU-vid of a gentleman testing that revolver with military and modern commercial ammunition the military ammunition is traveling close to 1,000 feet per second whereas the commercial modern ammunition was traveling at just under 800 feet per second and it had excellent penetration through 4 layers of denim into ballistic gel. I'm not saying that this difference makes the Nagant Revolver and outstanding revolver it's just not as bad as people might think it is and there was a technique for rapidly unloading the gun which I've used and that works quite well though loading it again still does take some time.

@Edax_Royeaux 6 лет назад

The only practical advantage of the Nagant M1895's gas seal is that you can fit it with a suppressor. That would make the M1895 one of the few revolvers in the world that can make use of one, even if wasn't designed with that in mind.

@wesleywarnke9892 5 лет назад

My understanding of the trigger guard spur was that this pistol (Smith & Wesson #3) was designed to be carried in the waist sash of Cossack cavalrymen, who did not use leather holsters for their side arms. The spur was meant to keep this very heavy pistol from slipping to low through the waist band sash. I believe the source of this info was James Supica? , firearms historian for the NRA. I'm sorry that I could not be more definitive on my sourcing.

@thexalon 6 лет назад

I watch these videos mostly to see Mae smile.

@vincedibona4687 6 лет назад

Creepy.

@teufelhund4921 5 лет назад

She's weird...

@lordDenis16 6 лет назад

@the_great_war: at around 4:00 you have the picture of the Nagant rather than the S&W model no 3.

@EuropeYear1917 6 лет назад

I'm glad I was not the only one who caught this.

@a787fxr 6 лет назад

Tons of excellent info. This guy really knows his guns! I learned a lot. Thanks!

@zzman305 6 лет назад

Should've also shown off a Browning 1903. They were incredibly popular with officers because of their larger magazines.

@yellowjackboots2624 6 лет назад

I'm still back in August 1916 with the regular episodes but, having just watched this, i can honestly say Indy is looking fresher now than ever. What's his secret, i wonder?

@lamolambda8349 5 лет назад

Nicotinamide Rhiboside

@andrewdurand339 6 лет назад

We need a Liberland in WWI special. This small but important country between Croatia and Serbia played a key role in WWI.

@matthewlee8667 6 лет назад

After WW1 you could cover other conflicts and the fate of empires after the war.

@twirlipofthemists3201 6 лет назад

Matthew Lee There is a big ww2 collaboration in the works.

@matthewlee8667 6 лет назад

Jim Fupanda nice!

@Legitpenguins99 6 лет назад

Indy has a serious right now called Between Two Wars right now

@Nimbasa180 6 лет назад

I love the girls big smile every time she shoots. You can see the enjoyment in her face. Sorry, I don't know her name :c

@lamolambda8349 5 лет назад

MAE

@kingrichard3990 4 года назад

It's kind of creepy to imagine if someone shoot at me and smile like that

@brokenbridge6316 4 года назад

The Russians and Ottomans had some strange n unusual hand guns. And in this case not the best. Great job.

@falkirkbairn5903 5 лет назад

Russia ,also produced (in very low numbers) a mosin nagant rifle into a short bolt action pistol

@BrionJaeger 6 лет назад

Indi, will you and C&R have an episode with May's top 10 picks of pistols and rifles she would carry into the trenches?

@maxpierce5532 6 лет назад

Did Andorra have any role in the war, I ask because it is on the large map on the show?

@inhumanfilth681 5 лет назад

I kick myself for not buying a nagant revolver a few years ago when they were under $300

@JenniferinIllinois 6 лет назад

I agree with Indy. Germany will emerge victorious!!!!! Hehehe...

@clinger5520 6 лет назад

Little Jenny wtf

@rittervontrost5680 6 лет назад

Maybe this year the soldiers will be home at christmas.

@SuperPrussia 6 лет назад

The Russians have such iconic weapons. Hopefully one day I get my hands one of them

@NRH111 6 лет назад

,Mosins are pretty cheap I grabbed one for $125 in 2012

@simplymadness8849 6 лет назад

That's a long time ago. 300 dollars is the norm now.

@firepower7017 6 лет назад

German Empire You built the Luger, that is the most iconic gun not as iconic as the M1911 but most iconic European gun

@Dies1r4e 6 лет назад

not as iconic....*looks at box of 9mm "luger" on desk* yep...

@firepower7017 6 лет назад

Dies1r4e ok then name a Iconic European gun also the M9 Beretta doesn't count

@vikashp9276 2 года назад

The first handgun you showed was one of the handguns in rdr2

@brucetucker4847 6 лет назад

Also, the Smith and Wesson was undoubtedly more useful for motivating recalcitrant peasant conscripts. Pistol-whip a tough Russian peasant with a dainty little gun like the Nagant and he'd just laugh at you! However even the heavy S&W wasn't as sturdy and able to withstand repeated impact against soldiers' thick skulls as the mighty Webley.

@johncoffin9354 5 лет назад

Turkish documents from 1914-18 would be an an archaic script that no one learns to read in Turkey anymore. Only specialized scholars could read 'em.

@SentimentalBadger 6 лет назад

I spy a Schmeisser (?) in the background...

@davidgreen40 6 лет назад

Remember one thing about 1895 Nagant; while underpowered (especially compared to contemporaneous American and British cartridges) getting shot by an 1895 Nagant was likely a death sentence. This is because of the fact there were zero antibiotics. If shot in the abdomen there was a very high likelihood of a terrible death due to peritonitis, and anywhere else on the body from a general bacteriological infection due to filthy clothing and unwashed bodies introducing foreign matter into the wound. Add to it the limited medical care available to the average Russian soldier and from the standpoint of the revolver as a means of instilling discipline in the ranks, it was still an effective tool.

@randymagnum143 6 лет назад

David Green lol, if you were shot with a nagant, it was likely in the head, either self inflicted or one of your officers.

@M80Ball 6 лет назад

Hmmm. Wonder when the episode for that mp18 is coming over on C&Rsenal.

@nanuuq2 6 лет назад

Have you done a special on the mortars used by the various armies? thanks

@TheGreatWar 6 лет назад

No, not, yet. Would be interesting to find one to explain certain things.

@nanuuq2 6 лет назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vuz0BA3-_P0.html

@nanuuq2 6 лет назад

there are videos of giant mortars

@nanuuq2 6 лет назад

www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/history/battles-and-fighting/weapons-on-land/artillery-and-mortars/

@danny50582 6 лет назад

MP-18 in the background

@gallendugall8913 6 лет назад

These are strangely beautiful works of engineering.

@provablegrub4581 6 лет назад

Question: Othais mentioned bluing when he was looking at the Nagant 1895. What exactly is bluing, and what is it’s purpose? Thanks. Also, great video lads.

@arachnonixon 6 лет назад

it's the black finish over the gun. It prevents rust, basically

@raymondgill9796 6 лет назад

Blueing is a method of staining the surface of the metal to prevent rusting and to provide a dark finish as opposed to painting. Most guns have a form of blueing and is can be redone. There is an excellent demonstration on Othias' other channel called the anvil which is great.

@provablegrub4581 6 лет назад

arachnonixon Thank you.

@provablegrub4581 6 лет назад

Raymond Gill Thank you very much.

@BigVanillaBlast 6 лет назад

I do not know if this is intentional or not but when talking about the no.3 Russian revolver you show the picture of the 1895 Nagant and not it.

@Killrvortex 6 лет назад

Love all your videos!

@twirlipofthemists3201 6 лет назад

A lot of Turkish museums are.... "guided."

@MrChainsawAardvark 6 лет назад

The Nagant was one of the few revolvers that could mount a suppressor. Was this device available during the first world war, or a later addition?

@aegis29 6 лет назад

8:38 Oh hey, I never imagined I’d recognize any of the weapons featured in this series. The Nagant M1895 was the inspiration of the weapon in TF2, The L’etranger. Just thought that was neat.

@WildBillCox13 6 лет назад

Only number 852? Geeze! I'm waking yup way too early! " . . .and maybe for the right reasons . . ." Ayaaah! Gotta love that droll sense of humor.

@PaulP999 Год назад

Enjoyed your show, always like to see collaboration...but have to ask - is Bert the geologist on Big Bang Theory Othais' dad...?

@CAP198462 6 лет назад

Russian revolver, loads six shots, only fires one.

@WildBillCox13 6 лет назад

I love the Cyrillic alphabet. Dunno why. Is this a personal expertise or are you using software to translate?

@imjusttoodissgusted5620 6 лет назад

It looks like the nagant could be silenced unlike other revolvers but of course that was not a consideration then. the things were mostly used by nkvd to execute prisoners

@zudi8709 6 лет назад

I miss the part from the stream when you talk about gravy :(

@rednecksniper4715 6 лет назад

I like how they were talking about the number 3 but showed us pictures of the Nagant revolver

@huliocsar2740 6 лет назад

WHERE IT IS MY OBREZ!!!!!???!!!

@hi-tech_soldier2558 6 лет назад

It's a short shotgun

@sgtpetergreen 6 лет назад

A7X.Velez98 it's technically not a handgun. Plus, if you tried to use it as a pistol, you'd probably hurt or break your wrist.

@andreivaldez6713 6 лет назад

Admiral Jackson I don't think you realize how many people - not just Russians - made shortened rifles into personal defense and trench raiding weapons during that war.

@thurin84 6 лет назад

embedded in your kidney..........

@gernotbeaumont5816 Год назад

The Russians also used the Galand revolver(Quickloader)

@janwacawik7432 6 лет назад

OTHAIS, GOD DAMMIT! I can see that MP-18 Grabenfeger on the wall! Why are you teasing us in such a cruel way?

@TheGreatWar 6 лет назад

I think they need to repair it before anything happens with it.

@giovannibermudezjr 6 лет назад

When he said he had a special gun to show, I really thought he would pull the Obrez pistol out. A boy can dream.

@abeherbert6603 6 лет назад

I would imagine those are *super* rare to get your hands on. I'm sure it's a dream of Othais' as well.

@abeherbert6603 6 лет назад

But because of that (and this is just speculation) I would assume not many survived after the war. It's a handy modification in the field, but it's not going to be kept in the arsenal once fighting has ceased. I doubt even the Russian army would actively equip its men with sloppily cut-down rifles.

@sgtpetergreen 6 лет назад

Kittenstomper an oberez is just a super cut down mosin nagant. It's not hard to get your hands on a mosin, so after that you just need some sort of legal ability to modify it in such a way and tools.

@MaxwellAerialPhotography 5 лет назад

Obrez are bad and you should feel bad.

@PuffAdder8565 6 лет назад

Hey Tannenberg dev. team, are ya watching!!?!?

@robott6696 6 лет назад

Im getting some pumped to find out whose finally going to win this thing!

@joshmoore3836 6 лет назад

Love the show and the series but I have to the The pictures that he shows at the being dont look like Smith and Weston number 3 they look like negant revolvers.

@vukman2665 5 лет назад

What about the Nagant 1910 and the Merwin Hulbert?

@teufelhund4921 5 лет назад

20 minutes for 2 revolvers!?

@wild_west_hippie 6 лет назад

Yay a new weapons one!!!

@CJoksch 6 лет назад

I've fired both commercial and military loads for the Nagant revolver. The military load is substantially more powerful.

@lamolambda8349 5 лет назад

Droppin loads

@crosseightyeight 6 лет назад

20:47 haha, "guided," as in "propoganda"

@davidbradley6040 5 лет назад

As in guided tours

@jackdaniel6644 6 лет назад

I'm feeling kinda down since I know that the show will be ending shortly, but, I wanted to know if there is going to be a show like this one to do week-by-week events on the second world war?

@lamolambda8349 5 лет назад

Yes

@bushwhackedonvhs 6 лет назад

I would far rather have been issued the No.3 than the Nagant. The Nagant was an atrocious design.

@hoangkimviet8545 6 лет назад

I am thinking that someone will make a video about the US pistols in the peace :0

@a.hauptmann8798 6 лет назад

Hoàng Kim Việt M1911 and Colt M1917

@riichobamin7612 4 года назад

I wanted to see the Obrez pistol.

@crometal9286 6 лет назад

Woow 800 000 sub

@malkavian5 6 лет назад

can you give a recap of the parties in the East? Its becoming game of thrones and I lost track of whos who.

@merlemorrison482 6 лет назад

sorry, but 44-40 wasn't a rimfire - 44 Henry was the correct nomenclature.

@mikepette4422 Год назад

C&Rsenal Boring ? HUH ? No this "stuff" is amazing of course and I never miss an episode

@maximilianvonspee9329 6 лет назад

I see that MP-18 on the wall.....give episode pls

@bobtyor69 6 лет назад

You would take the s@w over a colt SAA? As a better handling single action?

@Ergilion 6 лет назад

If you ever need help translating from russian I can lend a hand. I'm a native russian and a gun owner.

@LeFaisDoDo 4 года назад

man i wish indy was doing this

@dimdagreekdimdagreek4097 6 лет назад

The obrez bolt action pistol

@aandersson650 6 лет назад

Finally!

@thespiritof76.. 5 лет назад

I look like Osias too.

@kyleshiflet9952 4 года назад

Looks like a Schofield Jesse James favorite pistol

@Ni999 4 года назад

It's another variant of the same revolver.

@kyleshiflet9952 4 года назад

@@Ni999 huh that's cool

@scumbagrebels6900 6 лет назад

i passed battlfield 1 single player on hard now im a world war 1 historian

@m4a3e8shermantank8 6 лет назад

(Don't attempt to say my name) have a question, is it true that the Fedorav Avtomat was the first assault rifle? Love the show!

@sgtpetergreen 6 лет назад

It was technically more like an auto rifle, but it is pretty debated.

@m4a3e8shermantank8 6 лет назад

Darn it, you ruined my chance on getting on out of the trenches! but thanks for the info anyway

@brucetucker4847 6 лет назад

Chambered in 6.5mm Arisaka, which is a full-powered rifle cartridge, while chambering in an intermediate cartridge is one of the defining elements of an assault rifle, so not really an assault rifle.

@jasperbergman6299 6 лет назад

Pls do a machine gun special

@grumpygrumpgrump136 6 лет назад

There was a 44/40 rim fire????

@maciejcichocki4535 Год назад

👍

@wild_west_hippie 6 лет назад

I see an mp18😱

@lamolambda8349 5 лет назад

I see 2 ones on my wall lol

@ericknutson8679 4 года назад

But who wins?

@ripussr1766 5 лет назад

Is this Saul Goodman?

@davidbradley6040 5 лет назад

Is it true that WWI Russia did not use jacketed ammunition?

@atfyoutubedivision955 2 года назад

No.

@jorda.2412 5 лет назад

You may have bullets, or a firearm. Not both

@johnrambo5619 2 года назад

No spoilers lol

@robnale2454 6 лет назад

Warum wird der deutsche Kanal nicht weiter geführt

@exploatores 6 лет назад

Why would it be borring with detailes of some weapons you didn´t even know existed.

@austindavid7675 6 лет назад

I see a MP18 ^_^

@zacharyscott8083 6 лет назад

He keep that MF T H A N G On him

@Robert-ch8hf 4 года назад

Anybody else notice the constant passive aggressive vibes between these two guys?

@grenadeout562 6 лет назад

Who's bulgarian

@jaxone2639 6 лет назад

Вы делаете товарища счастливым 😊

@richardschenk4058 6 лет назад

MP18 detected

@brucetucker4847 6 лет назад

At 0:58 Indy plainly fails to foresee the stab in the back by communists and other unreliable elements on the home front

@jesseberry8523 6 лет назад

Is a revolver not more reliable than a simi auto? Perhaps only by a little but theres far more to go wrong with a simi auto.

@MaxwellAerialPhotography 5 лет назад

Back at the beginning of the 20th century this was mostly true. Nowadays they are both considered equally reliable.

@yuribartieniev8364 5 лет назад

The reason why Russia adopted Nagant M1895 revolver is due to its technological backwardness. I am not saying it in a bad way, the growth rate of Russia's economy was high. It just needed time to keep up with the West. Also, nobody would sell a license to Russia to produce a modern firearm at that time. Only Nagant brothers did. Another reason why Russia performed badly in wars at that time was corruption and conservatism of government officials, poor human rights situation (just like everywhere else at that time) and ineffective logistics. Compilation of these problems led to the public disgust of the government, royal family, nobility, social structure and authority. This led to the Revolution, Civil War, destruction, blood, death, famine, repressions. Social violence created more violence. The roots of social violence planted by Czars gave birth to violence for the next generations for hundreds of years. It is a hard locked cycle which needs to be broken. (For IT guys it's like an infinite loop that freezes your computer).

@lamolambda8349 5 лет назад

Nah it's cause Russians are lazy drunks