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The need to keep up with modern warfare sparked invention and economic growth.
The history of guns from invention to the present day. Shows the major developments in the evolution of the gun, what made certain weapons so ground-breaking and notable battlefield actions and feats involving particular weapons.
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@vigunfighter 8 месяцев назад

That Ruff fellow needs to be fired. the .30 carbine cartridge is NOT a 'pistol' cartridge as he states. It was developed especially for that rifle. Yes, a small handful of pistols were subsequently chambered for it, but it was originally designed for use in the M1 carbine. And that is a 15 round magazine, not 20. 30 rounders were also available later on.

@Sinn0100 7 месяцев назад

I don't know....perhaps it's his script writer that made the mistake. At any rate, I find this video makes quite a few mistakes. They completely skipped the STG44 and what its introduction onto the modern battlefield meant for future conflicts. Further, the narrator talks about the Korean and Vietnam Wars while failing to say anything about the AK-47/AKM. He jumps from the PPSH straight to Stoner's rifle (M16).

@dlpogge 11 месяцев назад

The Browning 30 caliber machine gun was rarely used on aircraft after the first year of the war, was almost universally replaced by the 50 caliber machine gun, and was never a part of the standard armament of the B-17. If you are going to claim to be offering documentary history then you need to get your facts right, particularly when they are as well known as that.

@gyrene_asea4133 7 месяцев назад

Yep. .30cal was often flex mounted on U.S. dive-bombers, but was rarely seen on B-17s except the single mount at radio station.

@coryhoggatt7691 11 месяцев назад

The BAR was not a light machine gun. It held only 20 rounds. It was a squad automatic weapon, intended to give the rifle squad extra firepower and range.

@McKillahGuerilla 8 месяцев назад

It's in the BAR's name what it is and that is an "automatic rifle" automatic rifles are used for squad support but they aren't light machine guns, actually they were replaced with LMGs. That's why the US military replaced the BAR with the M60, they replaced the 20 round automatic rifle with a belt felt general purpose MG that was used also as a lmg due to its versatility.

@chris.3711 8 месяцев назад

The BAR is indeed a light machine gun by the definition of its era.

@davidreed6264 8 месяцев назад

Heavy gun that needed to have a sling to carry in 30.06 cal. Like Kirby in combat TV show

@garykarr3948 8 месяцев назад

Every rifle had a sling. Standard equipment @@davidreed6264

@briankerr4512 7 месяцев назад

i wish i could own one but canada

@jeboblak5829 Год назад

This is from when folks thought they could make a weak ass documentary and voice it with a Charlton Heston sound-alike and make money. Maybe not.

@francopasta3704 Год назад

What🤔

@lucasnelson6646 6 месяцев назад

Well I think these documentaries are amazing! Informative and enternaing. I appreciate them.

@billotto602 7 месяцев назад

My most prized possession in my life: my Garand M-1. Without a doubt.

@tommyspann8852 11 месяцев назад

It's amazing to me, that so much information on these weapons is presented with incorrect "facts". Even a curator of a firearms museum doesn';t even know the facts. Pathetic.

@JamesThomas-gg6il 10 месяцев назад

I caught that too. 20? Round mag. Uh no 15.

@danielhughes5517 9 месяцев назад

This is a pretty cheesy film

@jreiland07 9 месяцев назад

Shut up nerd

@michelmendoza1769 9 месяцев назад

This is less about the weapons than it is about the Men, the facts regarding Men can sometimes be inaccurately recalled Brave men can do anything

@vertebralremains379 9 месяцев назад

Yeah their firearms “expert” is a moron. As soon as he stated the M1 carbine had a 20 round mag I was done. After the last video I saw him waxing poetic about the AKs reliability being superior to the AR, and how an M16 would choke in mud but an AK would run forever because of the loose tolerance despite that trope being disproved over and over. Their expert should be fired or actually get some experience with the weapons he acts like an authority on

@DanielLogan-s9n 7 месяцев назад

Mags for m1 carbines were 15 and lateral 30 rds. Never 20. The m2 (select fire & bayonet ) and m3 (sniper) versions were also produced in WW II. More misinformation

@thomasholohan4090 2 месяца назад

Again, at 22:25 another error. Mr. Ruff extracts the standard magazine from a carbine and states that it holds 20 rounds! In fact, the original issue magazine held 15 rounds. The 30 round magazine was issued when fully automatic capability of the carbine was engineered. I'm out of here - too many egregious errors to waste time viewing!

@chonqmonk 7 месяцев назад

Exactly how was the M1carbine developed in direct response to blitzkrieg tactics?

@pierrewilliams1533 7 месяцев назад

That guy doesn't have a clue what he's talking about! He even gets the magazine capacity of the M1 carbine wrong. Not 20 rounds - 15.

@thomasholohan4090 2 месяца назад

At 21:45, it was stated that the M1 carbine fired "a pistol round". That is incorrect. The ammunition for the carbine was never a pistol cartridge; it was developed from the .32 Winchester Self Loader cartridge which itself was a rifle round.

@alparker8661 Месяц назад

Got my M1, 1955 International Harvester matching numbers from the DCM in the 80's. Love it.

@drmetzler 11 месяцев назад

This is more a documentary about medal of honor recipients than the evolution of firearms. Also, where ist the STG44, FG42, MG42, PPSh-41.

@tomgoodwin9161 9 месяцев назад

Absolutely! Most especially the STG44 (the world's first "Assault Rifle") and the fact that Adolf Hitler was the man who first used that term; And the MG 42, a revolutionary design made Mostly of sheet metal stampings and still in production today. Oh well.

@tomgoodwin9161 9 месяцев назад

@HiMyNameisAndy91 8 месяцев назад

This documentary series is mostly focused on American weapons even though it claims to be weapons that changed the world and blah blah.

@HellbowMediaLLC Год назад

Great doc, terrible editing and reenactments. "Craddling his gun in his arms" the gun is not in his arms its straight up and down next to him. "The Japanese soldier flew rhe flap open, sword in hand" I didn't know a Garand was called a sword now

@brooksbrown580 Год назад

Very Few B-17s had .30 Cal MGs early in the War They mounted .30 Cal MGs for Gunnery Practice and Ranging Practice, The 30. Cal MGs very of little value on Bombers, unlike the British, The Americans realized Rifle Caliber MGs were not as Effective as the .50 Cal.

@TheDesertwalker 11 месяцев назад

British bombers flew a lot at night. I wonder if there were fewer encounters with enemy fighters per bomber/sortie? ....so maybe the caliber was not as important? Still, granted, 50 cal would be much better.

@kenneth9874 7 месяцев назад

@@TheDesertwalkerthey flew at night because their defenses were so weak that they had no choice.

@galesams4205 7 месяцев назад

I fired the BAR, M14, M-16 M-2 50cal 90mm/105mm state side . with M14 is king of battle in vietnam. M-1 grand just heaver but still 30-06. M-60 is 23 lbs best of the rest.

@kpal2946 3 месяца назад

FN FAL

@DSS-jj2cw 7 месяцев назад

The Thompson submachine gun was 10 pounds. it hardly qualified as light.

@robertbruce1887 11 месяцев назад

It should also be mentioned that that early in the war the Soviets had limited numbers of a semi-automatic rifle, the SVT-40. Many were captured by the Germans during the the disasterous early period of the German attack , also there were some manufacturing defects with the SVT-40, so the Soviets went back to the tried & true Mosin- Nagrant.rifle, widely supplemented by the PPSS-l ( spelling error) sub- machine gun. Another weapon of worthy mention is the first assault rife : the German Sturgmgehwar( spelling) that came out at thevend of the war.

@OgouFeray-r7d 6 месяцев назад

😢 shameful. U.s marine changed 1911 45 caliber for m9 Beretta

@Todd-z8d 7 месяцев назад

The M-1 carbine was an under- powered peashooter, better for varmint hunting than combat!!!

@kretzlaff 7 месяцев назад

Lol, the thompson weighs as much as, if not more than the rifles most servicemen carried. Not lightweight by any stretch.

@douglaswalker5436 11 месяцев назад

Hmmmm......a bit lmited to US weaponry. Pretty sure there were other nations with better firearm development in areas.

@garykarr3948 8 месяцев назад

Yeah well let them make their own documentaries

@garykarr3948 8 месяцев назад

Yeah well let them make their own documentaries

@McKillahGuerilla 8 месяцев назад

Its amazing what just 1 motivated soldier or marine can and will do in combat

@et9625 7 месяцев назад

Wow the first sentence was factually incorrect. And it got worse from there

@Peter-Du 11 месяцев назад

Video starts at 2:14.

@BenjaminKuso-op6ob 9 месяцев назад

M1 Garand my preference

@Chiller11 Год назад

The Thompson and the BAR would have been very effective small arms in WW1. They were borderline obsolescent going into WW2. The M1 Garand was the best infantry rifle as US entered WW2. The Germans’ MP 44 pointed toward the future of small arms with a select fire high capacity infantry weapon firing an intermediate cartridge.

@davidbenson6873 Год назад

Employed for the intended purpose, both are still relevant today.

@jasonrusso9808 Год назад

Um, they were effective. We won ... remember?

@theonlymadmac4771 Год назад

@@jasonrusso9808one has nothing to do with the other. Stronger economy wins most of the time. Technology is often overestimated, as is individual bravery.

@LeleiTheTigress 5 месяцев назад

@@jasonrusso9808 They really weren't that effective, the Thompson was far too expensive and difficult to maintain. It's the reason why we ultimately ended up adopting the M3 grease gun after the first year of the war. The BAR was decent, but it wasn't nearly as effective in it's intended role as a mobile general purpose machine gun as the German MG42 or British Bren gun were

@berlinkozyreva 7 месяцев назад

I didmt know korea had jungles lol

@tyo8663 11 месяцев назад

Although lesser in numbers, I thought the Springfield bolt action used for sniping by the US may have got a mention. Otherwise 👍

@Calais05 11 месяцев назад

Also early in the war they were standard issue to marines in the pacific, before they got M1’s

@truebeliever5233 8 месяцев назад

The M1903 Springfield is one hell of a rifle. I also thought they would showcase this amazing feat of American ingenuity.

@garykarr3948 8 месяцев назад

They were issued to be grenade launchers to or so I was led to believe

@frankjoseph4273 7 месяцев назад

I had a 1903, wonderful weapon

@jsharpe45 7 месяцев назад

How did you manage to skip over the two most inoperant weapons to come out of WWII? Both German, first the MG 38, and the MG 42 which grew2 out of the need to produce a multipurpose MG, that was easier to manufacturer than the MG 38. The next two were the Fg42 developed for the German falschrimjager, and the SG44, which is the 'father' of all modern assault rifles.

@DavidJones-me7yr 7 месяцев назад

Yeah not totally complete. The M1 carbine actually weighed four and three quarter pounds unless they were including a bayonet or the magazine. And I didn't hear anything about the M14,, maybe I missed it? And one of the license manufacturers of the M1 Garand was International Harvester! I was kind of shocked by that myself.

@marqueematthews4949 Месяц назад

The Korean war started a half a decade later!

@jsharpe45 7 месяцев назад

In the early '60's before Kenady was killed you could buy all kinds of ex-military weapons, national rifleman magazine sold MG 42's with plugged barrels, two pages father in sold the good barrels, I ordered a bunch of weapons and ammo from that magazine, MG42"s MP40's, the M1A2 carbines, Stg 44's and Fg42's, along with the grease gun's and BAR's. and a s**t load of ammo. I also ordered a couple of 106mm recoilless rifles, and 80mm mortar's, tuck a med. sized truck to deliver it all sadly, I had to get rid of it all in the late 70's as all of it was highly illegal by that then. god do I wish I still had it all..

@charlesgokool686 6 месяцев назад

What about British Arms?

@jasonrusso9808 3 месяца назад

@ 5:38 that is a member of the 5th RCT in Korea. Note the markings on the tank. 5 - I, for 5th Infantry. An RCT is a concept that goes back to WWII where a single infantry regiment would be teamed with an artillery battalion, engineer company, Tank Bn, Cavalry Troop & even Tank Destroyers, for more tactical mobility and deployment. Hence Regimental Combat Team. For example the 25th Division in the Pacific was broken into the 27th, 35th & 161st RCTs, the Separate 112th Cavalry (Special) in the Pacific was an RCT, & The separate 158th Bushmasters & 147th Cavemen were too. Most RCTs that were separate were issued their own patches if not belonging to their organic divisions.

@BradleyKnox-d8h 7 месяцев назад

Where is the lee enfield

@Tlklmk 3 месяца назад

An 8round CIP???????

@mikealvarez2322 7 месяцев назад

I remember the early to late 60s when all sorts of WW2 surplus weapons could be purchased for $20 - 25 and some for less like the Italian Carcano, the rifle that killed JFK. I purchased a Star Model B for $20. I also remember going to the local Army Navy store and seeing barrels of full of WW2 bayonets in them. Most were selling for $3 - $5. Strange with all those guns available there were no mass shootings.

@martinkineavy9039 6 месяцев назад

Lots of mistakes

@Bobbyo60 7 месяцев назад

Well I do know the .30 caliber machine gun was not used on the B-17.

@PatrickGraham-h4u 7 месяцев назад

Just think if there had been no prohibition there would have been no roaring twenties and no gangsters. No NFA

@larskunoandersen5750 7 месяцев назад

No it was not the Lee-Metford but the Lee-Enfield 1907 SMLE

@charlesfiscus4235 8 месяцев назад

The USAAF aircraft of WW II had only .50 cal HBMG on their aircraft.

@jefferyhorton7496 8 месяцев назад

My Dad was an Army Air Force CSM during the Korean Conflict. I have pictures of him and his corporal with M 2 Carbines.

@OgouFeray-r7d 6 месяцев назад

Thank you nice documentary ❤. And m-1 garand is stilled used in foreign today

@Stargazer80able 7 месяцев назад

Going into any war, there are always a shortage, yet there is so called too many guns- right upon the time there is too few. In Europe, firearms are limited year by year and at the same time they lack guns to the incident in a non disclosed area within the continent.

@juncalub9609 Год назад

My favourites rifles

@johnkelley4966 8 месяцев назад

You forgot to add the M14

@chris.3711 8 месяцев назад

The M14 was not a gun of WWII.

@frankjoseph4273 7 месяцев назад

It became standard infantry rifle around 1958

@chonqmonk 7 месяцев назад

@@chris.3711Neither was the M16, and it got a mention.

@josephpacchetti5997 Год назад

Great Video. Thanks. 🇺🇸

@bryanschuler9097 8 месяцев назад

Ah yes, the jungles of Korea...

@stevenhall9349 8 месяцев назад

Truly brave men, of that there can be no gripes

@pcgamernw5702 8 месяцев назад

Intro too long

@wayn875 3 месяца назад

Awesome...

@smileychavez8093 Год назад

Awesome great documentary

@josephsmith6777 Год назад

Dilinger and other bank rogers liked the b.a.r. it was more accurate and shot a hunting round

@DSS-jj2cw 8 месяцев назад

The Thompson was not light in weight.

@larskunoandersen5750 7 месяцев назад

you forgot the Russian SVT-40

@sandygibson4584 7 месяцев назад

I have a M1 carbine, stamped OCT 1943 on it and I LOVE IT. It's my very most favorite gun and it still works like a charm 81 years later. I use it regularly at the gun range.