THIS GUN IS WATER COOLED?! | The Maxim React 

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Fun fact the Maxim is one of if not the single most reliable machine gun designs created, so reliable infact that in the 60's the British army found an old WW1 Vickers gun (A machine gun based on the maxim) in storage and put over 1 million rounds through it without jamming, also many variants of the Maxim remain in military service to this day (they have even been used in the Ukraine war by both sides).

1) The (at least alleged) genesis of the gun was someone saying to Maxim at a party, "Would you like to make a whole bunch of money? Find a way for these Europeans to slit each other's throats easier." 2) The British version of the Maxim, the Vickers .303, needed a special dispensation to be accepted by the Army because they didn't know how many rounds it could fire without malfunctioning. The reason? The factory *ran out of ammunition first*. 3) The Maxim design was also able to be scaled up. For instance, the Ordnance QF 1-Pounder Pom-Pom was a 37mm version.

9:40 Fat electrician actually has 2 episode series about it. "America's $300 Million Sci-Fi Arsenal - The Advanced Combat Rifle Program" and sequel "Basically A War Crime - America's Future Weapon The XM-29"

In WWI during protracted firefights, sometimes all of the water would evaporate and if the soldiers had no spare water, they'd pee in the water jacket. It would greatly shorten the life of the weapon, but sometimes needs must. The reason why after WWI nations went with air-cooled machine guns was because they were cheaper to make, weighed less so they were easier to carry and could be set up quicker. There were some air-cooled machine guns during WWI, but they weren't very reliable[cough]the Chauchat[cough]. Then John Moses Browning told someone to hold his beer and derby.

To answer your question about new guns, the Kriss Vector SMG is the closest thing we have to a really unique new design, and that's nearing 20 years old. The bolt (the part that carries, loads, and fires the cartridges) cycles backwards and down into the grip of the gun, making it have almost no recoil.

In the words of the great poet warrior himself: "Said England to the Pharoah, 'I must make a man of you, That will stand tall on his feet and play the game; That will Maxim his oppressors As a Christian ought to do,' And she sent old Pharoah Sergeant Whatshisname." Rudyard Kipling, "Pharoah and the Sergeant"

Also to answer your question from about halfway through "new" guns are typically made/adopted by the military every 30-50 years depending on circumstances, most of the newest modern military guns that are around right now are from Eastern Europe due to them running weapon programs for new service rifles after they joined NATO in the 90's and 2000's, beyond that you occasionally get some innovation from the civilian market or weird and unique stuff from places like South Africa in the 80's and 90's due to the sanctions they had, but in all honesty most modern rifles are typically just AR-18/15 or AK clones since those designs are just good and there has not been any massive technological breakthrough in the core principles of how guns work since smokeless powder and most real advances now are in areas like advanced optics or component lifespan rather than the guns themselves

Yes, he has the Darwins... we are on episode 15, and he promised a new one now that the Texas primary is over. The one thing I worry about when he goes to congress is that it will affect his posting Darwins and Gun Meme Reviews.

I'd love to see more Brandon Herrera reactions x3

"pooped out the casing" lol i was thinking the same thing 😂 Snd i love guns and thst gun sound from the maximum machine gun.

We already optimized the shit out of guns. The issue is there are only so many ways you can make a reliable automatic weapon that still uses bullets. Sure we could make many designs that might be better on paper but if they often jamm, or break the benefit won't outweigh the negatives. Most military guns tend to be really reliable and well optimized for what type of battle they are designed for.

God the sound of that thing firing is so freaking cool.

To give some context of just how fucking old the Maxim MG is, the initial models used black powder.

“Wait. Some machineguns use gas like gasoline?" Short answer: no I know you're not much of a gun guy, but that was just funny. Might I recommend some of the how a gun works videos here on RU-vid. It's very interesting to see all those mechanical parts work in unison to make a hole way over there.

And so begins the Brandon Herrera react line. At the beginning everyone tunes in for just the guns, but soon you’re just turning up for AK Daddy himself. Hope to see more vids in the future mate, I’d heavily recommend his Darwin Award series alongside his vids on: The Rhodesian FAL The AR180 The Inglorious Bastards Gun The Anti-Aircraft 50.cal The PPSH and DP Macbine Guns The M60 Machine Gun And his series on his own personal gun project the AK50

Thanks for the reaction. His DP-27 is entertaining and informative. Also his Darwin Awards series is worth checking out. Additionally, there's another cool channel - Garand Thumb. His video about KS-23 is chaotic, but captivating. And also his video about AN-94 is worth mentioning, because the gun itself is a fascinating engineering achievement. I better stop right there. Maybe, comments will suggest more stuff

Bro you definitely need to check out his Darwin awards and cursed gun images and gun meme reviews. Brandon is the GOAT

New guns to look at but will look like most other modern weapons. XM-7 rifle and the XM-250 light machine gun. The US Army just signed a 10 year contract that will replace the US army's current armory. The difference? It's a 6.8×51mm round instead of a 5.56x45mm. A far more powerful cartridge with better capabilities punching through body armor at longer ranges.

I really recommend the Forgotten Weapons video on the ArcFlash GR-1 Gauss rifle if you'd like some future weapon stuff

Version of Maxim which Brendon showed can be cooled with snow, thanks to wider manhole. Made in USSR

1880 that was way before ww1 or 2 that was back in the wild west days

Wanna know what's even more ridiculous? The original Gatling Gun, yes the "Minigun" was invented and in small numbers used *In the US Civil War in the 1860s!* Yes the Gatling Gun, predates the belt fed machine gun. Seriously look up 1860s Gatling Gun, it's a hand cranked version and ships did use electric motors to fire them upto 2000 rounds per minute I believe from the turn of the 1900s to 1950s when the prototypes of the M134 Gatling gun were made which is a Mini version of rotary canons hence the term *Minigun*

If I had a Maxim and a crap tone of ammo I would say bring on the zombie apocalypse!

18:41 If the man in front of her not been named Brandon; she would have just ignored it. I Ido not think it was that smooth :D Still funny though.

The sandles are one of the main reasons we gave him the name AK Jesus

Whatever happens we have got, the Maxim gun and they have not.

Battlefield 1 made me fall to ww1 guns and the sound design for the Maxim in the game is so majestic

You should check out dankulas 2 parter on Sir Christopher Lee (the actor) because ge was a certified badass and has done enough to be called a madlad multiple times over.

You want to see some really cool stuff check out the AC-130 and the A-10. Now those planes have some BIG GUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats my based congressional hopeful i voted for in the primary.

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He’s right we are not the same

Would be really cool to see you react to ww1 reenactments especially the newville ones they are very realistic to ww1

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