Viper MkI: A Simplified Steampunk Sten

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The Viper Mk I was an experimental submachine gun developed in the UK for use by military policemen in post-WW2 occupation West Germany. It was a simplified Sten gun (full-auto only, without the semiauto option normally included in the Sten trigger mechanism) put into a wooden housing. It was intended to be carried slung over one shouldered fired under the arm with just one hand. To this end, it had neither sights nor trigger guard. The whole concept seems pretty questionable, and while multiple different Viper submachine guns were designed to fill this role, none were ever adopted.
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@MrRugbylane 5 лет назад

Sten owner: "My Sten is the most rudimentary machine pistol on the planet" Viper owner: "Hold my beer.... on second thoughts I can keep holding my own beer".

@takeawaykitty. 5 лет назад

This disserves more than 4 likes here is the 5th if I could give more I would, well done sir

@MrRugbylane 5 лет назад

@@takeawaykitty. :) thanks

@RNKel1 5 лет назад

You mean hold my tea?

@alf8916 5 лет назад

Lmao

@RasputinReview 5 лет назад

Owen gun owner: :^)

@immimm9586 5 лет назад

When hearing SIMPLIFIED STEN I think of someone beating the primer of the cartridges with a hammer

@AdamWhistle1 5 лет назад

I think the next step on simplification would have been that, more or less. Maybe with a cranky.

@Tacticaviator7 5 лет назад

I though of a pipe gun

@texasforever6950 5 лет назад

@Luke Z idk bro, us Texans like it too

@aroniense21 5 лет назад

I mm I mm so the Cobray Terminator?

@afs101 5 лет назад

Throwing handfuls of brass

@Chrisket 5 лет назад

A simplified Sten? Pretty sure the next step down is a brick that you just chuck at people...

@bleh8789 5 лет назад

You mean a cramped Mosin?

@Killatomate85 5 лет назад

you fail to grasp the brilliance of this design. you cannot miss your target because you are not aiming at a target in the first place. spray and -pray- win.

@Arynkows 5 лет назад

So L.M.P. 1889 then -> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-olLjXYKfUYA.html

@davidhonfi2683 5 лет назад

god damnit I wanted to make that joke dude.....:(

@seankeaney823 5 лет назад

My first thought was: Simplified Sten isn’t that like a more complex Rube Goldberg Machine?

@spudgunn8695 5 лет назад

They needed to be able to shoot it one handed, as the other hand would be holding an English-German phrase book!😂🤣😂

@Im_The_Slep 4 года назад

Wanker

@samholdsworth3957 4 года назад

Nein!

@josecbritos 4 года назад

I wonder how do you say “my hovercraft is full of eels” in german 🤔🤔

@spudgunn8695 4 года назад

@@josecbritos mein luftkissenboot ist voller Aale . You're welcome!😘

@spudgunn8695 4 года назад

@@josecbritos sorry I screwed up the translation first time!

@Tobascodagama 5 лет назад

"We need something even cheaper than the Sten to issue to military police." "Great. Here's my idea. First off, instead of stamped or milled metal, let's have everything, even the screw threads for the barrel nut, hand-crafted out of wood."

@StrawberryShmello 4 года назад

*dual wielding these things and wearing sunglasses while they burst into flames and heavy metal plays* G R O O V Y

@joshuahadams Год назад

@@StrawberryShmello looking like the worlds smallest dual-mounted AA emplacement.

@OCTO358 Год назад

Why not bakelite, I wonder

@tomaspabon2484 9 месяцев назад

@@OCTO358I assume thats what would've been done if it had somehow been adopted. Its hard to justify the cost of a mold for a prototype

@mojolotz Месяц назад

To be fair the idea was probably to press this from plastic.

@Agentcoolguy1 5 лет назад

They developed this so that British officers can hose down ruffians with one hand while holding their cup of tea in the other, as God intended.

@thedeterminedsoul4900 5 лет назад

Ah yes. Doing God's work.

@DatBoi-mo9vc 4 года назад

This is a proof of concept if all you have is a knife, a block of wood, a tube, and one single spring

@ILikeToLaughAtYou 4 года назад

For king and country!

@JDWDMC 4 года назад

A pipe, actually.

@JDWDMC 4 года назад

@@spyczech What on EARTH is a muffet?

@BennettIsAmazing 5 лет назад

Why one handed? DUAL WIELDING OF COURSE!

@ArcturusOTE 5 лет назад

Macedonian shooting as they used to say

@Lobosatirico 5 лет назад

What they wanted was for the officer to be able to fetch a new magazine while shooting, so the reload time was minimised. It makes no sense though.

@556deltawolf 5 лет назад

I think another reason could've been because the occupation forces would mostly serve as police and the idea is that with a particularly stubborn criminal you could use your free hand to do the arresting but still have your weapon drawn in case you needed it. Still impractical. @@Lobosatirico

@SeraphinaPZ 5 лет назад

Dual wielding is great and all, but can it shoot .32 ACP?

@brottarnacke 5 лет назад

Can't believe he even had to ask. :-D

@kaffykathy8729 5 лет назад

"We need to make a one handed SMG." "Why sir?" "Well what happens if we get attacked during Tea Time?"

@PHOBOS300 5 лет назад

to free up your other hand for another gun

@cleanerben9636 5 лет назад

@@PHOBOS300 In your other hand you unscrew your pommel from your sword so you can finish the enemy rightly.

@Dick_Gozinya 5 лет назад

"Bloody hell! My monocle keeps falling off when I shoot the Sten gun! Tell Q to make me one I can shoot one-handed, so I can keep my monocle in!"

@ketsuekikumori9145 5 лет назад

Isn't it obligatory British politeness to give them baddies a two-finger salute while shooting them?

@flightlesschicken7769 5 лет назад

@@cleanerben9636 I approve of this statement. The gun is just there to buy time while you unscrew the pommel.

@MidnightRobotics 4 года назад

"That's a Sten? Oh, next thing you'll tell me is that it has to be disassembled like a nerf gun lmao" *Viper opens like a nerf gun* ._.

@ianmacfarlane1241 4 года назад

Advertising for 200 new positions at armaments manufacturer - "Gunsmith?" "No, cabinet maker".

@cargo_vroom9729 5 лет назад

"What if, now stick with me, we made a gun that makes no sense." "I'm listening."

@aparisio007 5 лет назад

im in

@svtirefire 5 лет назад

A super-simplified mechanism, wrapped up in the most complicated machined wood stock ever made.

@fuzzydunlop7928 5 лет назад

This is how I feel about soft shell tacos that are too intricately folded.

@borismuller86 5 лет назад

It’s honestly the sort of thing a carpenter would make to show off...

@antonw-uw4ov 5 лет назад

svtirefire wood is very easy to machine compared to any metal, it does'nt stick to the cutting tools, require no lubricants or cooling to cut and does not dull the tools. So regadless of it being a bad idea to make gun parts from wood; it's very fast and easy.

@svtirefire 5 лет назад

@antonw194200 I'll agree that wood machines quicker than metal, but wood most certainly does dull tools!

@antonw-uw4ov 5 лет назад

Technically speaking yes, but practically no. Steel and aluminum will dull endmills and such in a matter of hours, wood will probably take years, i haven't really managed to dull a bit on wood so i would not know… but I'm guessing it would take a while…. My point is that from a manufacturing standpoint the tool life on a mill that only sees wood is almost endless compared to a mill that sees a lot of brass, aluminum and steel.

@sadkat9162 5 лет назад

Obviously, they were doing rude gestures with the other.

@Christoff1996 5 лет назад

As somebody who comes from the UK this is 100% correct 😂

@walkercobb2808 5 лет назад

@@Victor-056 mard, not mood for Scots.

@ph5832 5 лет назад

Algebrag winning comment !!!

@sidecharacterC 5 лет назад

No lollygaggin'

@robgoodsight6216 5 лет назад

Hahahahahahahahah

@killerdove123 5 лет назад

The damn thing needs a “This side up” sticker

@DarknessViper99 5 лет назад

“Let me just casually grab this Sten Mk. II we have lying around for comparison.” Say what now?

@peterlewerin4213 4 года назад

Of course I always have a Sten Mk II with me. I'm not some kind of animal.

@ledichang9708 4 года назад

It's the Royal Armoruy.

@waynemongo 4 года назад

@@peterlewerin4213🙂

@alvaricoke41 4 года назад

Now I'm feeling dumb for not having a Sten Mk. II for technical purposes.

@bobcostas6272 4 года назад

>he doesnt carry a sten in the keester bag 24/7

@bleh8789 5 лет назад

Finally I can scratch my taint while laying down automatic fire as God intended

@kieronwithano 5 лет назад

I've been having a rough day but this comment just made my night. Thank you random stranger on the internet. Also good taste in albums.

@bleh8789 5 лет назад

@@kieronwithano

@brucebaxter6923 5 лет назад

yee haw

@kaplox 5 лет назад

The best comment I have ever seen. I hope Gun Jesus sees this.

@siegfriedsiegfried726 5 лет назад

god bless

@ericx777 5 лет назад

A poorly trained, overzealous cop firing a full-auto weapon with no sights from the hip in an urban environment... what could go wrong?

@elroyscout 5 лет назад

Probally everything

@paperclass4009 5 лет назад

civilians ? nah more like acceptable casualties

@User0768 5 лет назад

Don't forget the possibility of sparking an international incident if some major accident occurred in Berlin.

@JennyGormanRitter 5 лет назад

You guys do understand that MP is an actual job, right? It's a soldier, nothing more, nothing less.

@martinm6368 5 лет назад

@@JennyGormanRitter, if you think that gun was appropriate for MPs, I think it's you who doesn't understand the actual job. Hint: It's not mowing down crowds of unarmed people.

@jonathanferguson1211 5 лет назад

As is often the case, more research gets done after filming wraps. We have the surviving documentation on the Viper. This type was invented in 1943 (by Derek Hutton-Williams), so definitely not for police or border guards. The only mention of its intended purpose is actually 'over the beach' Commando-style operations (including the casing being intended to float!), the other hand being free for grenade use, with an additional covert role (in which case you could use the free hand as a support hand). This first pattern gun (they had no official designation) went nowhere. The totally different 'No.3' version appeared in 1945 feeding from Mp40 mags. It's possible that this was proposed as a border guard weapon.

@ptonpc 5 лет назад

Thank you. That makes sense.

@decnet100 5 лет назад

This should probably get upvoted by Ian, so people can stop guessing what it was actually intended for :) I may have gotten the purpose entirely wrong in my own reasonings, but at least I was right about the year of development probably giving the best hints in that regard. Cheers!

@ptonpc 5 лет назад

@@decnet100 Agreed. It should be pinned

@wisecrack3461 5 лет назад

Any sources I can look into? I wanna look into this gun some more :D

@willdavis7846 5 лет назад

So this is like a special forces kinda gun? Like used in certain missions and shit?

@PNSHDSako 4 года назад

“At first I was joking about them threading the wood” Say sike “And lo and behold” Please-

@curtiskeele6183 5 лет назад

I've never just sat and laughed at a gun before. makes you wonder if "experimental" meant "our manufacturing capacity has been decimated due to all of the bombs from WW2 and Ralph says he can make a bloody lot of these in his garage".

@shaunportlock4924 4 года назад

Probably not far from the truth.

@JDWDMC 4 года назад

It would be a "Herbert" or a "Cyril".

@craigward7691 4 года назад

mate, you've just made my day

@jestnutz 4 года назад

I was just thinking I could make this...

@zooeyhill6006 4 года назад

This is a great comment

@bluemonday09 5 лет назад

I wonder if this was created due to a rule or law that the police couldn't carry rifles or sub-machine guns, but could carry pistols (with pistols defined as guns used one handed)

@tigercustardman3567 5 лет назад

Id argue that the one handed design was because its for policemen, who would need to use the other hand for different tasks (checking documents, handcuffing people etc) Military police in this period were carrying Enfields and Stens already, they probably wanted the same degree of firepower but better handiness (basically what the Skorpion would offer)

@dirus3142 5 лет назад

@@zoiders That makes sense. The other hand is reaching for documents while still being able to cover the person in question. Then again, you could have had a second guy covering the one asking for documents.

@kohinarec6580 5 лет назад

@@zoiders I thought of that too and made a fool of myself by suggesting that idea after you in this comment section. A tip of my hat to you sir but keep those hands visible!

@TheSuburban15 5 лет назад

My first reaction was - pistol arm brace v1.0. Or, I guess, Mark 1 in British parlance.

@juliosunga3530 5 лет назад

if that is ur definition of a pistol, i guess my dick would count as one

@KRIMZONMEKANISM 5 лет назад

"One-handed weapons suit me just fine, they leave one hand free for making rude gestures." - Inigo, unofficial follower from Skyrim

@GoredonTheDestroyer 4 года назад

That's a mood.

@MayDayMei98 4 года назад

The Viper Sten does seem like the sort of weapon one would use while making rude gestures at the enemy.

@kure7586 4 года назад

Actually this could make sense. Policeman need to be able to communicate with the populous and he doesn't speak German. If he doesn't holds the weapon in both hands at least he can gesture to stop or go left. It's a stretch though.

@S0renz 4 года назад

Why use one Viper when you can use two? It leaves the other hand free for another one-handed weapon.

@jidk6565 9 месяцев назад

Best Skyrim follower

@SibbTigre 5 лет назад

This gun would have been perfect for all bad-guys in films that never used the sights on their firearms.

@benpeters5851 5 лет назад

And here I thought it was only communist countries that didn't care about aiming.

@borismuller86 5 лет назад

You wouldn’t want our hero getting hit now would you?

@styx7027 5 лет назад

so it is perfect for the stormtroopers?

@Floris_VI 5 лет назад

So about every bad guy?

@Hebdomad7 5 лет назад

Weapon of choice for the imperial storm trooper school of marksmanship?

@MrSaywutnow 4 года назад

"It's not entirely clear what they were doing with the other hand." Firing another viper?

@theorangeofallahpbuh1840 4 года назад

It’s literally just a tube with side holes and a spring encased in wood

@jasonirwin4631 5 лет назад

Simplified Sten? is that where you just throw a hand full of 9mm at some one.

@chubbycatfish4573 5 лет назад

This looks like an alpha version 0.0000000001 FN P90.

@vabu94 5 лет назад

More like P90 2.0 With modern polymer body and a little more work on the metals it would look pretty nice.

@94EyeEagle 5 лет назад

or mp7?

@gustavgnoettgen 5 лет назад

"But we have to talk about the magazine... Later"

@zgmfx-09a 5 лет назад

89 models earlier

@rifles_up2263 5 лет назад

😂first gen

@trogdor8764 5 лет назад

An automatic weapon for firing from a motorcycle so you can keep one hand on the handlebars...? Or perhaps from behind a riot shield, though this gun seems to precede that concept...

@alekpo2000 4 года назад

shooting a riot whit a machinegun? just spraying bullets lol

@pauladams1829 4 года назад

Be good for winter troops skiing? No trigger guard so no need to take off your gloves.

@matthewbrasel2737 4 года назад

Perhaps for while the mp was checking papers

@MisterSingh. 9 месяцев назад

you were right in the first sentence

@trogdor8764 9 месяцев назад

@@MisterSingh. Either that or from some other moving vehicle like a train?

@sliceofbread2611 5 лет назад

"They just threaded the wood." i want that on a t-shirt

@AirJimInCT 4 года назад

Slice of Bread, new favorite quote

@pco1984 5 лет назад

How about for use at checkpoints? You then already have a gun at the ready and you can check papers at the same time, decreasing reaction time between "holy shit this guy has a gun" and "get the coroner" as they wouldn't have to step back, grab a firearm, rack, aim and fire.... that's pretty much the only situation I can think of...

@flyboymike111357 4 года назад

Wrestling one guy who threw a molotov and a volksturm tween comes around the corner with a panzerschreck.

@YourSideHoe 3 года назад

That’s actually pretty on point

@munkSWE88 5 лет назад

I'm guessing you use the other hand for a riot shield/flashlight or checking documents

@v.w.singer9638 5 лет назад

Exactly. I would guess they envisaged groups of demobbed German troops, SS, and militia, wandering the streets without jobs and desperate. The MP goes, "You lot, halt! Show me your ... " and the group produce clubs and knives and rush him. Post war Germany was literally Mad Max territory in some places. I'm not saying this happened a lot, but what the Brits thought might happen.

@clawrence034 5 лет назад

@@v.w.singer9638 Especially given the recent history of demobilization after WW1, The western allies definitely didn't want to let history repeat itself. The Western Allies were worried about a communist uprising and definitely didn't want to have to rely on those demobilized SS troops to crush it, like they had done with the freikorps vs the Spartacist revolt. Having a large military police presence was part of this post war anti-communist strategy along with the Marshall plan, and the CIA's interventions in the Italian election of 1948 and elsewhere.

@fuzzydunlop7928 5 лет назад

@@zoiders Can't say I'll lose much sleep over those. We're talking about the closing of the final act of the most barbarous war in both content and scope - am I supposed to be aghast because the Soviets did what Soviets had spent the entire war doing? If the US didn't want those people killed, they should've have given their details to the Russians - now, if the US WANTED those people out of the way it would be very convenient for us to quietly give their dossiers to the ruskies and then hold it against them later if/when the relationship turned sour - which almost everyone in the know knew was a 'when' instead of an 'if'. What the US should've done was hand over those Japanese murderers to the Communists - the same ones who had spent the war dropping pathogens on entire Chinese cities - instead of protecting and downplaying the Japanese atrocities. My point is that there are no 'good guys' in realpolitik.

@donjurga 5 лет назад

Oh that's it. And I thought it was the perfect gun for shooting / wanking akimbo style. Man has to deal with Testosteron, this gun - the ideal solution

@leokafig5354 5 лет назад

Is it possible, that this was designed for Motorcycle Police? A lot of Police Motorcycles had the throttle on the left side of the handle bar, so they could shoot handguns properly. A machine gun would provide even more Firepower. (I´m imagening very awesome Police chasings with those sten guns.)

@PonzooonTheGreat 5 лет назад

@Jim Man still much better than pinking away with a pistol on a moving bike.

@petebeatminister 5 лет назад

I think this is well possible.

@smoketatum6730 5 лет назад

Thats exactly what I was thinking too. I cant see another explanation for this. Short bursts are best way for moving targets.

@420JackG 5 лет назад

Motorcycle police were my first thought as well. No trigger guard so you can wear road gloves, single arm sling.... screams bike gun.

@ugafangpulliam 5 лет назад

Precisely what it is. There are pictures and videos showing British soldiers and police training as well as patrolling with these guns on motorbikes. The idea was to shoot your twenty round burst at the first instant of trouble to get the upper hand ... shoot the tyres of a car, get a fleeing prisoner to dive into a ravine, etc. Then pull out your pistol ... on or off your motorcycle ... for more accurate fire and subduing of fleeing personnel.

@OddballSherman 5 лет назад

"Wouldn't it be hilarious if they threaded the wood?" Chuckles, unscrews nose cap. "They actually threaded the wood!" Falls off chair laughing.

@jacobmccandles1767 4 года назад

"Simplified Sten"? That cracks me up. Isn't that like trying to simplify a rock?

@jabiliuson1270 4 года назад

"yes, they simplified a Sten" *this is beyond science*

@repletereplete8002 5 лет назад

Has the added benefit it can double as a cricket bat.

@thedeterminedsoul4900 5 лет назад

Now I can't unsee it. Thanks for that.

@SquireComedy 5 лет назад

As if it wasn't simple enough...

@jamiebell314 5 лет назад

Holy crap its SQUIRE!!! You are a comedy gem sir, and also you got me totally addicted to war thunder for years

@tlshortyshorty5810 5 лет назад

How's the Swordfish?

@walkercobb2808 5 лет назад

This feels like a gun designed by somebody who knows the minutiae and details of how to make a functional gun, but none of the broad strokes of ergonomics or important features. Like some kind of inverse SA-80.

@abk4202020 5 лет назад

Thank God I had my m4

@jayzenitram9621 5 лет назад

Exactly! How the hell do you hang that from your right shoulder when the mag sticks out of the left side of the gun?

@tSp289 5 лет назад

@@jayzenitram9621 Remember both the Sten and this were being produced by a country that had almost literally no money left. Quick, dirty, works (sort of).

@crc_mircea 5 лет назад

@@tSp289 You mean dirty deeds done dirt cheap

@liamkerr7183 5 лет назад

@@jayzenitram9621 I imagine they didn't just walk around with it loaded especially considering the fact that it has a sketchy safety

@dsandoval9396 5 лет назад

2:05 "...hose down fleeing criminals in occupational West Germany..." First thing that came to mind was "...also known as refugees..."

@movessmitt6427 4 года назад

Disgusting.

@thishonestgrifter 4 года назад

@@movessmitt6427 But funny

@anusalltheway 3 года назад

Bruh i literally cried when I heard him say that 🤣

@NoahLappen 4 года назад

6:00 that's not a simplified Sten... that's a tube with a sear

@barrygeistwhite3474 4 года назад

The fuck else would a "simplified Sten" be?!

@eduardotrillaud696 2 года назад

Hey, according to the ATF that's literally an assault rifle!

@bofoenss8393 5 лет назад

I just love the incredulous tone in Ian's voice at "they actually managed to simplify the Sten gun(?)"

@styx7027 5 лет назад

who would not be? during the war, you could build a Sten gun in your garage with only a few tools and a parts kit

@andrewlee-do3rf 5 лет назад

@@styx7027 So tru. That's how the Germans did it with their own versions (MP 3008). Apparently it was so damn simple to build that contracts to build the guns were given to small workshops (not dedicated factories)

@TotalRookie_LV 5 лет назад

Simplified STEN? Pardon, did I hear that right?

@aidanfarnan4683 5 лет назад

US MP: "You're drunk Private." *pulls out nightstick* UK MP "I'M DRUNK SIR!" *Fires wildly into the sky.*

@davidgreen5099 5 лет назад

@Caffeinated Wizard I know, i just wear the insults proudly.

@davidgreen5099 5 лет назад

@Caffeinated Wizard 😊😊😊😊 I had an older friend that flew the Airlift.

@greenbrickbox3392 4 года назад

@Marginally Sapient Cactus lol the average private is closer to the stereotype than to George Marshall

@ArmchairDeity 4 года назад

Ian: “This was never adopted” Me: like the elderly cat at the shelter... yanno the one with one eye, 3 legs, no tail, and a bum pancreas? Imaginary Ian: Yes, Jared. Exactly like that one.

@chrissheppard5068 5 лет назад

Its so some military police rozzer can mow down the bad guys while also directing traffic. Multitasking at its worst. The designer behind this then went on to make the SA80.

@TheDrLeviathan 5 лет назад

Taken from the manual: "While firing at those woebegone ne'er-do-wells, your free hand should be holding your tea, using your cane, or tipping your hat."

@riflegreen937 4 года назад

Proper handling for proper gentlemen.

@afunnyman 4 года назад

The weapon of choice for a redditor

@artemoz726 5 лет назад

Occupational Germany? MP? I guess you hold documents of people you check in your left hand and you can still use the gun with your right hand. This explains the lack of sights too.

@OAlemaozinho 5 лет назад

Right, would've been my guess as well.

@antongrahn1499 5 лет назад

Its the best guess i think, but you could use a pistol. No Wonder it never got off the ground.

@brucebaxter6923 5 лет назад

thanks for stating the obvious. Zu papieren bitte!

@HerrCherno 5 лет назад

Makes sense at first but I guess you really need two hands to properly check papers. Imagine someone handing you their passport, which would be more than a small card (it's a folded booklet-type), and you have to clumsily try to open it with one (weak) hand :)

@HingerlAlois 5 лет назад

Bruce Baxter Die Papiere bitte...

@johnfisk811 5 лет назад

The key thing here is the sling system. Clearly a concealable SMG worn under a coat. The other hand opening the coat. I suspect the RMP reference is a cover story.

@ethanyeung6216 3 года назад

a smg for flashers, finally a weapons system that caters to people like me

@antjeeismann4684 2 года назад

I'd Imagine that the side Magazine would make this kinda incomfortable

@universal_exports3276 5 месяцев назад

RMP duties also include close protection, so it makes sense for one handed operation while the other is keeping a grip on your principle.

@maddon001 5 лет назад

built for the gentry to shoot foxes from horseback.

@heliveruscalion9124 4 года назад

What, to take out a mother and her entire litter at the same time?

@darksu6947 4 года назад

@@heliveruscalion9124 Well of course! How else do you hunt foxes?

@rileybailey8873 4 года назад

"Yes Tom, I do realize we already have a cheap sub machine gun" "Make it cheaper, and it better be finished when we meet for Biscuits and tea"

@garyneilson1833 5 лет назад

If it's for UK Military police then the other hand would be used for raising the barrier

@AdamWhistle1 5 лет назад

Barrier? Could you please elaborate?

@desmoog 5 лет назад

Gary Neilson or whilst checking documents

@dongblak7048 5 лет назад

For holding a cup of tea.

@gfarrell80 5 лет назад

@@dongblak7048 yes... holding a cup of tea, or, if they were English bobbies, blowing a whistle.

@bilbobaggins4785 5 лет назад

@Nasim Aghdam what?!

@NicktheMac 5 лет назад

"Simplified" and "Sten" in the same sentence... My first thought was "Pry bar".

@TheNovaks47 5 лет назад

I can just imagine someone staring at a Sten, and thinking, "Too complex, this needs to be simplified". It's amazing the thought and care that went into making such an utterly useless firearm.

@JL-cn1qi 5 лет назад

" Are they still walking around doing that silly Hitler mustach with their fingers ?" -" Yep, doesn't look like that one is getting old anytime soon" " Goddammed! Allright, ... show me damn Sten schematics again"

@jamiemoore2550 5 лет назад

Great video,pardon my French but this is what my grandfather would've called "A bas**rd thing of hell with no name" hello from wales... R.I.P. POPS...⚡🐉⚡

@argenti3609 5 лет назад

2 reasons why you need a one handed smg. A: another SMG or weapon B: to drink tea

@filmcameras4evr45 5 лет назад

“We need something we can shoot one handed!” “I’ve got it!!! A Sten with some wood on it!” “Errr, guys, a pistol, maybe?” “STEN WITH WOOD!”

@irpsicologiayeducaciongrup8251 5 лет назад

A simplified _STEN?_ What's next, a simplified PPS 43?

@ivankrylov6270 5 лет назад

Laughs in full auto zip gun

@nikolai60 5 лет назад

@@ivankrylov6270 this is funnier than it has any right to be, nice one.

@thesturm8686 5 лет назад

A simplified liberator would be interesting

@user-njyzcip 5 лет назад

@@thesturm8686 You mean a .45 tube with a little hammer and stickle that you can strike the primer with?

@Gojiro7 5 лет назад

when your a 1930's German cop, aiming is irreverent because everything you hit is guilty of something XD

@cmotdibbler4454 4 года назад

1930's? that would be before WW2

@fulcrum2951 4 года назад

Anyone who is arrested in Nazi Germany tend to ended up getting shot regardless of the severity of the crime

@heliveruscalion9124 4 года назад

@@fuckinantipope5511 the problem ia that this was made /after/ world war 2 to arm german police officers

@norrinradd3549 3 года назад

@@heliveruscalion9124. It was supposed to be for the British army’s MP’s, and it was probably so that they could check documents and have a useable weapon at hand, if they had produced it.!.!.!.

@rad666a 5 лет назад

I find it rather startling you can even simplify the Sten.

@davehopkin9502 5 лет назад

Easy, you throw 9mm cartridges at the enemy.......

@charliemansonUK 5 лет назад

Guard dogs, they would have an attack dog in their other hand. Charlie 🇬🇧

@charliemansonUK 5 лет назад

@@CommiTsunami these things where an option for the border crossing areas...bizarre the things us old military guys know! Although this is before my time 👍

@estebanjimenez2145 5 лет назад

Probably end up shooting the dog with that thing.

@reverendharrypowell2390 5 лет назад

This looks like it came straight out of Mad Max or Mortal Engine

@schlaubiderzweite2144 5 лет назад

And Fallout 4 :)

@imoutofideasfornames 5 лет назад

For once, bubba with a tapco stock and a laser would be an improvement. 😹

@iaminside1 4 года назад

"We modified a Sten to make it weird." "Why not just use the Sten?" "Do you see this silly looking wooden thing? C'mon?"

@Qardo 5 лет назад

Man walks into the board room: Gentlemen. We need need to make a simpler Sten. All for a man to use in one hand. *Those in the room look at each other* Yeah. That is how I view this idea came to light.

@fuzzydunlop7928 5 лет назад

That's likely pretty accurate - though perhaps instead of the board room it was a game of telephone as the order was passed down the pipe - each response in the chain being "....really? Oookay..."

@petrino 5 лет назад

*grumbles something about the difference between dieselpunk and steampunk*

@datguy8805 5 лет назад

Petrino saaaame

@markbecht1420 5 лет назад

Thank you

@ArenBerberian 5 лет назад

There are hardly enough chimneys or engines on this to call it Steampunk!

@marshaul 5 лет назад

Any further "punks" after punk and cyberpunk are gay anyway. Wtf is punk about steampunk?

@thetrippedup9322 5 лет назад

@@marshaul Dieselpunk tends to go for a grimy, industrial look as opposed to the neon of Cyberpunk. Of course, the punk movement seemingly started in working class areas of England I.e. grimy and industrial. Diesel and Cyber seem to represent two different traits of Punk to an extreme.

@Jonnygunboy 5 лет назад

Lol. Threading wood. Wtf.

@TotalRookie_LV 5 лет назад

Sounds suggestive, isn't it?

@robnunya572 5 лет назад

Actually not that uncommon in 30s/40s tech. The correct thread profile in the correct wood will serve quite nicely for some tasks. Also, this _is_ a one-off prototype/proof-of-concept.

@ThatGeezer 5 лет назад

There isn't really much of an issue with it, in this context. The only significant load the thread is taking is compressive, and the gun isn't going to be disassembled that often. The rest of the gun would be junk before the thread became worn enough to matter.

@pablorambo123 5 лет назад

I would use this 100% for room clearances, imagine opening a door and being able to comfortably suppressor any attackers. Or maybe it was used by MP's in prisons?

@KRiSK9000 5 лет назад

0:48 Akimbo. They were visionary men.

@noahboat580 5 лет назад

Makes me wonder why theres not a lot of F P S !_Xx shooty games where pseudocivil war breaks out in post war germany?

@jamiebell314 5 лет назад

StationedPlayer TV if i had to guess, companies want to avoid the political scandal that game might cause. Whichever side is portrayed as the “bad guys” be it the west or the soviets it could be taken very poorly.

@ThisNewHandleSystemSucks 5 лет назад

That would be a fascinating premise. East/West Germany is such an intriguing time in history that no one seems to talk about. It was never even mentioned in my history classes in high school.

@JS-311 5 лет назад

J. Jonah Jameson east vs west Germany as a proxy war caused by the Cold War Powers

@tommothedog 5 лет назад

Because it did, there were nazis bombing brits and americans until the fifties now they or their children are now in government.

@jackandersen1262 5 лет назад

jamie bell I think that the Wolfenstein and others have proven that if the game sells, companies don’t particularly care about political scandals.

@wstr1470 5 лет назад

Although the later 1950s police shows were not procedurals by any modern meaning, the ubiquity of 'Bobbies' handcuffing themselves to at least compliant or semi-compliant arrestees, (effectively disabling one arm) must mean there was a kernel of truth, in the 'come along' posture being one of the common prisoner handling methods of the time. It is even still occasionally used today in low risk Prison to Court transport. Therefore maybe the one-handed requirement was for the scenario of being ambushed when bringing a local in; given the then expected anti-occupation hostility and the greater threat in a nation awash with weapons?

@richardmontgomery8863 5 лет назад

Wstr Back when crims said ‘it’s a fair cop, you got me bang to rights’, or some such guff.

@wstr1470 5 лет назад

@@richardmontgomery8863 Stone me I've been perishing nicked have I not. * constable cuffs ear * . I've learnt me lesson guv'nor and no mistake.

@DrEisenhower 5 лет назад

Just when you thought British small arms design couldn't get more niche, this thing pops out of the archives and decks you in the jaw.

@33482 5 лет назад

Simplified Sten: *Exists* Fallout Pipe guns: Am i a joke to you?

@silasisaspicyboi7458 4 года назад

Judge Dredd I know right?

@SantaClaus-kk8zr 4 года назад

The comment authenticator OWO Oh heaven forbid you get offended by memes.

@silasisaspicyboi7458 4 года назад

Santa Claus it’s just over used you know

@33482 4 года назад

Memes: *exist* Offended People: Are we a joke to you? Me: Yes 😃

@balderfrey20 5 лет назад

THREADED THE WOOD. That is what im calling it from now on.

@Gojiro7 5 лет назад

This thing is the living embodiment of Shoot first, Ask questions never XD

@revolverDOOMGUY 5 лет назад

"you, engeneer, take the Sten gun and simplify it!" Engenner: "Ok, HOW!"

@liamkerr7183 5 лет назад

Normally I'm not a spelling or grammar Nazi but you did it twice so here ya go Engineer

@fuz5567 4 года назад

how did you misspell engineer twice

@esh.831 4 года назад

I see what you did there mate 😂

@jerrykendall2426 5 лет назад

Never trust a brit alone in his shed, he'll cook up the next best sniper rifle made out of plumbing parts

@edmundscycles1 5 лет назад

Best things are knocked up by a brit in a shed .......hang on that sounded wrong !

@UnprofessionalProfessor 5 лет назад

@@edmundscycles1 No, it doesn't...( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@johngrealey1894 5 лет назад

Jerry Kendall haha good one .

@t4nkychannel921 5 лет назад

Oh my God. This gun is terrible. I think that it legitimately is competing with the Zip 22 and Cobray Terminator for worst gun shown on this channel.

@vampyr2936 4 года назад

When you need to make more STENs but ran out of bedposts but you still have plenty of 2×4s

@jameswarner8038 5 лет назад

Simplified sten gun, great band name

@bartoszlasota6547 5 лет назад

But their music should be as simple and primitive as it is humanly possible, I guess.

@kaplox 5 лет назад

Bartek - Beating on rocks with sticks and Neanderthalic screeching. My kind of music.

@rhinovirus2225 5 лет назад

"Glorified version of a pellet gun "

@edmundscycles1 5 лет назад

That will start playing completely y accident if you drop the drummer

@bruceinoz8002 5 лет назад

That's some neat wood-working. A "production" version would surely have an injection-moulded "plastic" stock kit that could easily include a triggerguard. Then again, there was the Patchett / Sterling looming over the horizon...

@gunnerr8476 5 лет назад

Is that a gun? Nah it's just a power screwdriver

@kohinarec6580 5 лет назад

IMO P90 in all its murky green polymer looks like it came from a BOSCH catalogue. "For every handyman, there is the new P90-series nailgun."

@RomiWadaKatsu 4 года назад

"Aah there it is, the murderous thief robbing the bank, you can get a clear shot" "Nope sorry, will have to mow down the entire room in the name of justice" RATATATATATA

@jamesnorlin1273 5 лет назад

Description says “WW@“. Love the channel. Thanks Ian!

@LovableCoolGuy 5 лет назад

wwat are you talking about? it clearly says WW2.

@jamesnorlin1273 5 лет назад

LovableCoolGuy Because it’s been corrected since I posted my comment.

@borismuller86 5 лет назад

Stands for “Wh-WHAT?”

@stephenbinion6348 5 лет назад

The Brits and Russians weren’t too worried about Germans after the war. Had there been collateral damage I doubt there would have been any British uproar. I laughed aloud at the simplified Sten remark.

@sirgraveson4568 5 лет назад

you could say...it is a STENpunk version of the weapon ahahahah..... Please forgive me gun jesus for my sins

@ILikeToLaughAtYou 4 года назад

I think the Brits were still trying to break their imperialist mindset of “the only kind of collateral damage is a wounded friendly” lol

@Chaddlee 3 года назад

Well, they started it! Hosing down fleeing banks robbers without having to lift your arms, it what our fathers fought for.

@urmum3773 Год назад

American moment

@ILikeToLaughAtYou Год назад

@@urmum3773 Eurofag moment.

@urmum3773 Год назад

@@ILikeToLaughAtYou I'm Australian, but you're a yank so I'll let you off. Your lot ain't the brightest when it comes to geography.

@ILikeToLaughAtYou Год назад

@@urmum3773 Your “lot” ain’t the brighter neither for giving up all your firearms, and now having to register nerf guns Lmfao

@s0futur3_38 2 месяца назад

I have a theory that the guy who developed this had a flawed idea that the British military police in occupied West Germany will be veterans from WW2, and there would be a high chance that the policemen will have one hand gone because they were imputated due to injuries or simply blown off during the war. (Despite the fact that if you did actually have one hand gone, you'd probably get discharged. But we're talking about someone wo threaded wood to attach a metal piece to wood)

@RaeSyngKane 5 лет назад

**AAA FPS Shooter wants to know your location**

@dak4465 5 лет назад

THE BEST DESCRIPTION: its cheap done well

@gunner678 5 лет назад

Agreed, bull pup type weapon devoid of Sharpe bits to catch whilst in hot pursuit of a black marketeer.... I like it.

@leslawangelo 5 лет назад

One handed, because they had to use two of them at the same time.

@fortj3 5 лет назад

Or, if they got attacked during a fap sesh.

@frenchfry1659 5 лет назад

*looks at thumbnail* "What in concealable damnation?"

@Ben_not_10 3 месяца назад

People talk about Bubba and his kitchen table but Nigel in his shed is almost more terrifying

@RaDeus87 5 лет назад

I suspect that the other hand would be holding either a baton, a riot-shield, a barrier or a flashlight/torch.

@LukeBunyip 5 лет назад

*cough* Pint of lager *cough*

@blueband8114 5 лет назад

Would have been better( less obtrusive/ awkward) with the magazine accessing via the pistol grip. Or from behind it.

@spirotagnw 5 лет назад

but then you would have casings flying up into your nonexistent line of sight

@5chr4pn3ll 5 лет назад

...Every once in a while you manage to find something that just astounds. What were they thinking? And why have I never known about this monstrosity?

@jonathanthomaz6023 4 года назад

''is full auto or nothing'' kk rio de janeiro thugs would love this

@SCOTTIEBEAUTIFUL 3 года назад

Rio cops too 😬

@rydernigga8751 3 года назад

Lmao

@jumpergamer1913 3 года назад

@@rydernigga8751 why didn't you finish high school?

@andrewlee-do3rf 5 лет назад

1:50 Lol, world's most awkward gun to shoot with NO AIMING SIGHTS (Star Wars) Stormtrooper academy wet dream XD

@slavomirvenglarcik2276 5 лет назад

looks like there is free space for backup magazine in gun-stock. am i right? 🤔

@samiam619 5 лет назад

Slavomir Venglarcik Kinda hard to get access to the spare mag...

@richardmontgomery8863 5 лет назад

That’s why it has to be one-handed😊

@discipleofsound4565 5 лет назад

The original Uzi: spray and pray. Also, it had to be one-handed so they could get on the phone with the other and ask the government for permission to shoot.