In his book "Iron Men with Wooden Wings" (1967) Lou Cameron wrote that Raoul Lufbery would spend the night before an air mission to inspect and refill the ammo of his Lewis magazines. When told he didn't need to do that by the other squadron members he would just just show a can full of dirty, damaged or imperfect ammo he rejected.
"Thank you for your patience," pssh. No Othais, thank you for dedicating so much of your time to this project, and that is to be said for Mae and your entire production team too. You all are on a shoe-string budget and are under personneled for the upload schedule you are trying to keep, and you're still nailing it. I'm really glad I stumbled across this channel.
“Lewis Gunners” They dwell in a medley of pawls and springs, Of pinions, and lugs, and racks, Of cylinders, vents, and various things Which the average rifle lacks. My word! How they polish, and oil, and clean, Ad Nauseam every day, But you’ll always find them alert and keen - For that is the gunner’s way. At night-time they dream the most terrible dreams Of feed-arms and left-handed screws; Their slumber with grooved-tailed monstrosities teems Till they’re nigh in a fit of the blues. Those number two stoppages haunt them by night, And also far into the day; Their remarks would, I’m sure, set asbestos alight - That is also the gunner’s way. Up on the fire-step they’ll often be found Peering earnestly over the top, Taking mental impressions of all that’s around, Watching planes, and where Fritz’s shells drop. On the qui vive for gas, ready for the alarm At all hours of night or of day; Alert and intelligent, watchful and calm, As is always the gunner’s way. They pound Fritz in gaps which are torn in his wire, When his gangs are out working at night; They rake all his trenches with enfilade fire Till he’s thankful to keep out of sight. They draw all his fire till the bombers get near, And pepper him from the next bay, Then it’s “Kamerade, mercy!” and off to the rear - That’s the Allemand gunner’s way. There’s a deadly “Five-nine” that’s a fav’rite of Fritz, There are glistening Taubes overhead; There’s a gun and its gunners now shattered to bits, There are several more names ‘mong the dead. But their duty is done, as was e’er their proud boast, For the peace of their souls let us pray: God rest them, brave lads! For they died at their post - That is ever the gunner’s way.
So, this got kicked back on copyright and while probing I found a huge editing problem, cue 7 hour render and re-upload. Now I can't edit the description without a 500 error. Until I get there, here is the link for the vidya games: candrsenal.com/how-to-play-vidya-games-with-us/
paul lytle No I get it. You will just have to come back later is all. Working in a break can be awkward once the story is moving and it means we end up with videos without live fire segments etc. People get confused WAAAAAY too easy. You'd be surprised how many though the address line was optional when ordering a shirt in the mail.
C’mon. We all know Ian was conceived by the ghost of Napoleon and the extractor of a Lebel. His hair glowed smokeless on the testing ground. John Moses Browning reached across time to behold the child. Even JMB looketh upon the long haired frog lover and sayeth, “Behold The Gun Jesus, in whom I am well pleased.” And the Glock Fan Bois rent their Glock T-shirts, declaring “This is blasphemy! For only Glock Perfection along with our host of upgrades and after market improvements can be regarded as ‘gun jesus’!” Ok. I’m done goofing on the Glock kids. ;)
expected a guy that maybe kinda looked like Ian, but nah...this is full on Ian in cosplay uncanny and eerie.. seen this episode idk how many times before, never caught that lol
There was man like William Crozier during the American Civil War. His name was General James Wolfe Ripely. This guy was beyond the times, he didn't like cartridge guns at all. He was appointed to the Chief of Ordnance of the Army which means he had 100 percent control of what weapons was going to the field and what was going to be adopted. During the Civil War a man by the name Christopher Miner Spencer came along with his repeating rifle. The Spencer rifle fired seven rounds of ammunition and when he saw that the Union Army needed weapons, he came and offered his rifle to the Army to the Department of War and guess who was in the one who shot the rifle down. General James Wolfe Ripley. As I said before he had a great hate for cartridge guns with the thought. "It would be a great waste of ammunition." he didn't let the Spencer Rifle get adopted in the Unions hands. Spencer tried two times to get his rifle in Unions hands. It was until the Battle of Gettysburg, that he Spencer managed to get a meeting with the President of the United States. Lincoln and Spencer took one of the Spencer's rifles and went on a walk to the spot in where the Washington Monument would later be build. After some firing of the rifle Lincoln was so impressed saw the potential of what the rifle can do and he orders General Ripely to start production of Spencer Repeating Rifles. But guess what happened. He disobeyed him and stuck with Single shot rifles. When Lincoln learns of that no rifle had been produce. He had General Ripley "Resign" his seat of the Chief of Ordnance. But in simple terms, he had him fired. After that the Union Army started buying any Single Shot or Cartridge rifle. There are plenty of man like like Crozier and Ripley that always step in the ways of progress. Hell I can think of few more people like them.
TheStewieOne oh... so army ordnance was behind the times and rooted in tradition, which got men killed on the front lines using inferior or tampered with weaponry.... hmmm sounds awfully familiar... to be fair though if it hadn’t been for army ordnance we would’ve adopted a funky repeating flintlock after the revolutionary war, sure army ordnance was a pain in the ass for generations, but there were many cases were them saying no prevented men going into combat with something that would’ve failed even more horridly than what they had.
To add to the fun - Napoleon Bonaparte was offered metallic cartridge firing double barrel rifles and shotguns in 1812 - he turned them down. (Look up Pauli guns (basically a 12 gauge shotguns a half century early)).
We would see a repeat of this with the M16. It resulted in the Ordnance Department being totally dissolved, government armory factories shut down, and all weapons sourced by private enterprises.
Oh an all hate about Pan > Drum for the terminology here. You're correct. My only excuse is I had 3 nights of 4 hours sleep and constant editing nightmares in between. Worst episode ever in terms of labor.
Othias and gang, words cannot describe the amount of AWESOME this episode was! I do UA-cam my self for video games such as war thunder so I know how much effort even a short video, like the FN 1900, takes, let alone an hour and 20 minutes! And you guys in combo with Forgotten weapons and the Great war are my favorite gun history channels of all time! One day Othias we will have to do something on Verdun (the game I mean). I just wanted to tell you that I had no idea the amount of info and background there was behind the Lewis gun. Thank you so much for your hard work. And just know that you and your whole team are AWESOME. Hope to speak with you guys in person someday! Let me know if you are out in the L.A. area!
This has always been my favourite gun, and being a total nerd, I watched the whole thing through and really enjoyed it. Thank you for saying nice things about us Canadians. We are pretty cool, thanks. I was at Vimy Ridge two weeks ago and it was very moving. Thanks for an excellent production.
Bloody hell, this must be the best documentary about a firearm I have ever seen! History, humour, the actual firearm and context! I just love the story about Crozier & Lewis. Seriously guys, this made my entire day and I'm ashamed to say I haven't supported you on Patreon yet but I sure am now. You guys rock!
The pure joy on Mae's face while firing these lovely guns is just fantastic and Othias' calm and educational talk on the technical details is great too! Thanks for sharing it all with us! :)
Every time a Lewis Gun was in a movie, I found myself watching that movie again and again. 1 scene in the Sand Pebbles too. The ending to High Road to China, just about the most screen time a Lewis Gun has ever had, to my knowledge. I can see Tom Selleck wanting to show it in action.
A great episode! The animations are superb and well worth what you paid, and really made the gun's functioning easy to understand. Finally, best of all was that Mae's usual post shoot smiley face became an out and out cheesy grin. You can tell that she's just having the best time :)
I have deliberately waited until i could sit down and thoroughly enjoy this video without being disturbed. WOW! the best episode YET! you guys are simply the best,no other channel comes close full stop. Please keep up the great work, i know its hard but the quality of the content is second to none and just gets better. You are the best. Love from the UK!
Thank you for your replies to each one of my comments. It shows how much you value your viewers and makes me feel connected to the shows. Once again, keep up the good work guys!!
THAT,..... was a tome..... and loved every minute of it... Great animation, hold onto that guy, if you can. The stripping was particularly interesting... I mean, where else will you learn how to strip a Lewis? Right here,...... right here..... The political intrigue is just as interesting.... You and the team are to be commended on presenting what is obviously the product of a gargantuan effort. Size matters and you gave the gun it's due. Thank you........ "Canadians are cool",...... I like that...... Cheers!
Othais has a very soothing voice. sometimes i like to listen to old episodes qhile trying to sleep and really long ones where theres one shooting segment late in the video are best for this.
Without any doubt this is the best episode you have produced to date. The huge amount of detail in the back-story, the new animations and the amount of editing you must have had to do with multiple shoots. Well done all of you, you should be really proud to have created this.
I love this channel. No other channel goes into this level of detail on firearms. You don't just show a gun you tell a story and give a comprehensive background on it. Keep up the great work this video like all the others was great.
You should read about what the Brits did to Currie. The policy was "down play what the colonials do" (don't want them getting ideas or uppity). So much so that no one knew what he had done when he got back home.
Do not recall that being the case, the Colonial troops were *very* well regarded by both British troops and the British population as a whole, no matter what some amongst the High Command may have wanted. It is no accident that the Canadian and Australian Corps made up 2 of the 4 Corps that formed the most effective British Army of the War, Rawlinson's 4th Army. And it was not because the British wanted to use them to soak up casualties, it was because they were bloody good. Fact is the post war problems Sir Arthur Currie had were caused by two jealous men, one of whom Sir Arthur, quite rightly judged a potential danger to men under his command and refused him a battlefield position. Unfortunately he was the son of a major Newspaper magnate. He was also, in British parlance, an utter twat. I believe the court actually found in favour of Sir Arthur Currie in that case as well.... I cannot for the life of me remember the Newspaper owners names, I believe they were father and son though. So please do not tar the entire British Nation with that brush just because of what two men did. Sir Arthur Currie quite rightly recieved many honours from a grateful British Nation, and he is regarded by most who know even a little about the Great War as being one of the finest British Empire and Commonwealth Generals in Uniform during that period. His troops were also universally admired by both military and civilians (as were the Australians and Newzealanders). Incidentally, they were also highly admired by British troops and civilians during the Second World War also. Something of a theme there :)
Fantastic video Othias and Mae! The Lewis has always been my favourite WW1 weapon and it was great to sit here for for an hour and 20 odd minutes listening to both of you break it down! I could have listed for another 2 hours! One thing I'd like to add is that the Lewis Gun also changed the face of the Infantry Battalion during the war - I'm talking from a British Commonwealth perspective here Originally the Commonwealth Infantry Battalion had a Machine Gun Section, several large heavy Vickers Guns. These were used at the Battalion Commanders command to strong point areas. In attack they were bloody heavy and used in a consolidation roll. The Lewis Guns arrival saw them issued first at a Company level and then down to the Platoon level, and the heavy machine Guns were moved to permanent Machine Gun Battalions. Companies and Platoons now became serious tactical units rather than blocks of battalions of Riflemen. Keep up the great work!
No! No! No! This is just more lustful heresy! Othais has feet?!? What's next??? And if I may quote The Book of Armaments, Chapter Six, Verses 7-8: "The individual blessed details of holy firearms shall be brought to the faithful onlookers' attention with the sacred yellow plastic pokey hand. Red is not the color of the sacred yellow plastic pokey hand." Great video, crew! Love it! XD
Hollywood LOVES this gun!...all the way from Rory Calhoun carrying one around in a bass fiddle case in "Treasure of Pancho Villa" to a Star Wars stormtrooper wielding one in the first movie!....
This was my favourite episode so far. Intresting political scheming, twice as long as normal, bigger gun than normal, longer even more detailed animation, Mae having extra fun at range with that huge grin after shooting...
That animator deserves a medal. Between the animation and your explanation I understood how it works, a small triumph considering that I know nothing about firearms. Overall - a little wordy in parts but otherwise entertaining and informative, a bloody good effort. Thank you for taking the time (I hope my presentation tomorrow is as well organised and useful).
Oh and as if you now have 3D animations for the mechanism! This channel is one of the most impressive on youtube at conveying information in an in-depth yet entertaining way. It's clearly incredibly well researched and the information imparted is well chosen and always fascinating. There is definitely an audience for this stuff and I'm happy to be a part of it. Good luck for the rest of this project and whatever else you do after!
I had never looked at the Lewis gun in any detail but this thing is awesome. I had never heard of that barrel cooling system but that was so cool. I had also always written that drum mag off as witchcraft. Awesome video.
I understand post war tests found the cooling fins and shroud did very little and could easily be deleted without affecting the normal operation of the weapon. Ie, several pounds of excess metal for the poor grunt to put around.
I was enthralled, total consumed, Loved the back story, just enough to get the point. When I was young, would spend alot of time cleaning and tracing the mechanics of operation. So, now to be able to see some really famous weapons, and their design and operation, along with an evaluation of the shooting and handling, is Awesome. As I will never get to do it on my own
The issue was probably more mud and getting the rounds out and into the gun for a magazine that was on the gun whilst being moved around the battlefield.
when out in my shop working on some of these old guns I watch and listen to your videos, I just hope you keep them coming. Best history of firearms ever.......
Funnily enough, in those days, homeopathy was a more-or-less-valid medical discipline. I'm not saying it wasn't just as scientifically absurd then as it is now, but at the time, that wasn't well-understood, and orthodox medicine of the era wasn't a hell of a lot more effective, anyway, so it had a few decades there around the turn of the 20th century when it was a generally respectable field.
@@ZGryphon For the most part at least it wouldn't drain your blood till you died, made you eat a horrible diet or didn't make you take deadly poisons at full strength through ignorance. I know we do the latter but that is backed by evidence. So it was the least harmful of the medical practices to date but make sure not to ride a horse or masturbate and avoid sex while on your treatment, funny. There was no science based medicine at that time. Scientific based medicine is less than a hundred years old.
@@james-faulkner What I was getting at was, he didn't get duped, he was going into what was in his time a respectable field. Its practitioners didn't know it was pseudoscientific nonsense, since, as you say, science in medicine wasn't really a thing yet anyway (although it's a _little_ older than you say, or at least its primitive roots are; antisepsis and the germ theory of disease go back to the 1860s).
@@ZGryphon In fact it is so respected or was so, the modern royal family still practices. I am unsure about the idiot that married that murcan and gave up the crown, although to give up all that free money because a mutt told you to, you would have to be pretty stupid, so he probably does. I came back to inquire though, while mentally rereading your post you had said "orthodox medicine". That sounds a bit creepy when a person utilises that terminology do describe a science based practice. Germ theory goes back how far? How long ago was it before we realised consumption was not inherited? That was really what kicked germ theory in pants and got it going. Anyway, I don't know shit really but thanks for commenting because I see my little quip received quite a few thumbs up. Funny.
@@james-faulkner If I were doing a thesis defense on the topic, I would argue that the work which gave the germ theory of disease most of its first real traction was done by Louis Pasteur starting around 1865, culminating in his 1878 book _Microbes Organized, Their Role in Fermentation, Putrefaction, and Contagion._ Pasteur didn't propose the idea, but the investigations summarized in that book went a long way toward confirming it. (Among other things, Pasteur's work inspired Joseph Lister's promotion of surgical antisepsis at around the same time.) The TB bacillus was positively identified in 1882. "Orthodox medicine" is the term that usually crops up in historical writings about homeopathy, perhaps because the authors think "evidence-based medicine" sounds too confrontational. I just used it as a term of art. No creepiness was intended. :)
Great episode. Professional review of the Lewis. Good multi-camera angles during the firing scene. Sound quality was perfect. One of my favorite firearms from WWI and you represented it accurately and respectfully. Amazing job Othais and nice shooting Mae!
WOW, best video yet! So much information and back story. The new animation style is simply incredible, it made understanding the mechanics of the gun very easy. Kudos to the whoever took the time to make that work, and to everyone involved. Thanks guys you are doing great work and somehow manage to keep improving on already fantastic work, I can't emphasis enough how much your work is appreciated I'm going to have to bump up my patreon support!!!
52:00 I was very surprised that there weren't a bottom plate for the magazine. If you got any dirt or small stuff in there, it could jam the whole thing.
Would you mind doing the same with the Chauchat please. The most misunderstood LMG of the war, but also the most commonly available ! From a fellow french fan.
@@SvenTviking What is a "good gun"? Bic ballpoint pens are unpleasant to use, ugly, and too thin but they cost like $5 for 20. For this reason they're the most widely used pen in the world by far. This is representative of a distinct positive quality. The same logic can apply to many products.
All your labor was worth it to me, I thoroughly enjoyed watching your video. I always liked the Lewis (I should- being Canadian), and I like it even more....what a tale. I started with the T-Gewehr, and I may get to bed late tonight!!
Best Episode yet, and on a remarkable firearm I never really gave any appreciation. great job to to everyone who worked on this,I can't (but will) wait for the next one.
My father was a Lewis Gunner during the War of Intervention in North Russia during 1918/19. He was an Italian in the British Army ( 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment - A Company ) and as a 20 year old Corporal he was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was in the Battle of Bolshie Ozerki fighting against the Bolsheviks.
With that firing sound of course the army didn't approve the first version. You may say anything about the steam, or the magazine being silly, but it was obviously because nobody would take it seriously with that noise.
@40:00 OK wiseguy, you've got it apart- let's see ya reassemble it! 😅 Altogether, an amazing and frustrating story, well-told! 😃 I remember seeing a Lewis on display in our local museum in Grand Rapids Michigan many years ago-1950's-'60's.... Wonder how well it did in the mud and dirt of the Western Front... A working American machine gun, and NOT designed by John Moses Gun-god Browning! Excellent job, thanks for posting, kudos to yourself and Mae Gun-princess!
Great video guys. Watched it a while back but, having just watched the 08/15 episode, you mentioned the impossibility of clearing a Lewis double feed. Dug out my copy of 'The Complete Lewis Gunner' which is undated but looks semi-official and it has this to say: Chap. XXII - Additional Notes on Stoppages etc To remove a round which has passed under cartridge guide where there is an empty case or live round in chamber: 1. Pull back cocking-handle. 2. Take a spare round in right hand and with the point draw back and depress base of round under tongue. 3. Seize bullet of round in left hand, draw it forward, and place the spare round bullet downwards behind its base. 4. Hold cocking-handle in right hand, press trigger, and allow cocking-handle to move slightly forward to bring feed arm over to the right. 5. Pull forward to right front the offending round. [NB direct quote, not my punctuation - to forestall you smart-asses out there ;-) ] Don't know if that helps as I don't have a Lewis on me right now but it looks like the official stance. Love you both. Keep up the good work. Alan.
I don't why but I got really excited by that spring that acts upon the bolt. Such a cool little mechanic way of not having a traditional recoil spring that Ian would note "would shoot across the room" during disassembly.
Light, for a given value of light, for instance compared to a Vickers or Maxim. The gun carried on through WW2. PLEASE do not make the common mistake off saying SAS jeeps had lewis guns. They had the Vickers K gun, which used a similar drum, but was a gas op gun developed to replace the Lewis in aircraft mounts. Dear old Lewis, 'To be issued to men of intelligence' of stocky build and cool head' Having lugged one about through France and Belgium on commerations, you need the speed of a racehorse, the strength of Carthorse, and the brains of a rocking horse.
This episode was fantastic. I can always tell when the episode is going to be over an hour that it is going to be above and beyond your usual stellar standards.
The quivering passion in his voice as he softly said that, was like a young boy getting ready to go to third base with a girl for the first time! I whole heartedly agree with his sentiment as well. If you love guns, and America it’s built in as a default setting that you also LOVE Teddy, the original Ruff Rider!!! This channel always amazes me, and never even comes close to boring, or redundant yet managing to give you an hour, and one half of pure knowledge bombs!
An amazing episode. I really enjoy the historical background you provide on the weapons as I find the details very interesting. And in the case of the "Belgium Rattlesnake" tons of intrigue. Thanks for the shout to the Canadian Corps and its use of the Lewis on the battlefield. I was surprised at the assment on the recoil, it looked like you were going to get your fillings shaken out Mae.
With some small differences, the operating mechanism of the Lewis is almost exactly the same as the M249 SAW and M240-series machine guns used by the US Army. Gas-operated, full-automatic, rotating-bolt, air-cooled. The ejector on the M249 looks almost exactly like the Lewis, and works in the same way. They both have a fixed firing pin, firing from an open bolt, and the bolt is cammed into its locking lugs to permit the firing pin to pass through the bolt face and strike the primer of a chambered round. The rearward action of the piston also rotates the bolt before releasing it from the locking lugs, lowering chamber pressure to acceptable levels before the spent casing is ejected. It's a bit mind-blowing to see this exact method of operation from the early 1900's. Other than a quick-change barrel system and a belt feed, they're functionally the same system. I think a Lewis even weighs about the same as an M240B (25-30 pounds).
They absolutely do not have similar operating mechanisms. It's like saying an m4 and an ak have similar operating systems because they are gas operated and have non-fixed firing pins.
So I've watched like three episodes, each one better than the last, blame it on being new but I was floored when he actually held up a freaking Lewis gun, Thank you for doing these, I can't exaggerate how much I'm enjoying them.
The animations in this video are second to none and I can safely say that for the first time in my life, I truly understand the operating mechanism of this famous LMG. I look forward to seeing more animations from 'vbbsmyt' in future videos. Keep up the great work!
The little guys that engage the notches around the magazine edge are called an escapement; it's much the same mechanism as what is used on pendulum clocks to transfer energy in measured increments. I love the engineering in this gun.
Always loved the look and attitude of this gun but I was never able to truly understand and appreciate the engineering that went into this gun. amazing video
In his book "Iron Men with Wooden Wings" (1967) Lou Cameron wrote that Raoul Lufbery would spend the night before an air mission to inspect and refill the ammo of his Lewis magazines. When told he didn't need to do that by the other squadron members he would just just show a can full of dirty, damaged or imperfect ammo he rejected.
"Thank you for your patience," pssh. No Othais, thank you for dedicating so much of your time to this project, and that is to be said for Mae and your entire production team too. You all are on a shoe-string budget and are under personneled for the upload schedule you are trying to keep, and you're still nailing it. I'm really glad I stumbled across this channel.
Thanks for that. I think most people believe we are rich and could be doing weeklies.
Ah yes, the average youtube user...
@@Candrsenal About the canadians, there's a saying: "Its never a warcrime the first time."
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“Lewis Gunners”
They dwell in a medley of pawls and springs,
Of pinions, and lugs, and racks,
Of cylinders, vents, and various things
Which the average rifle lacks.
My word! How they polish, and oil, and clean,
Ad Nauseam every day,
But you’ll always find them alert and keen -
For that is the gunner’s way.
At night-time they dream the most terrible dreams
Of feed-arms and left-handed screws;
Their slumber with grooved-tailed monstrosities teems
Till they’re nigh in a fit of the blues.
Those number two stoppages haunt them by night,
And also far into the day;
Their remarks would, I’m sure, set asbestos alight -
That is also the gunner’s way.
Up on the fire-step they’ll often be found
Peering earnestly over the top,
Taking mental impressions of all that’s around,
Watching planes, and where Fritz’s shells drop.
On the qui vive for gas, ready for the alarm
At all hours of night or of day;
Alert and intelligent, watchful and calm,
As is always the gunner’s way.
They pound Fritz in gaps which are torn in his wire,
When his gangs are out working at night;
They rake all his trenches with enfilade fire
Till he’s thankful to keep out of sight.
They draw all his fire till the bombers get near,
And pepper him from the next bay,
Then it’s “Kamerade, mercy!” and off to the rear -
That’s the Allemand gunner’s way.
There’s a deadly “Five-nine” that’s a fav’rite of Fritz,
There are glistening Taubes overhead;
There’s a gun and its gunners now shattered to bits,
There are several more names ‘mong the dead.
But their duty is done, as was e’er their proud boast,
For the peace of their souls let us pray:
God rest them, brave lads! For they died at their post -
That is ever the gunner’s way.
holy crap.
Jesus Christ my dude.
where did this come from?
TheBrickBaron: Near as I can tell, he wrote it himself. (Though I'll admit to not being that huge in poetry.)
Where does this come from? Brilliant!
the crozer angry face is pure happiness for me
It really is a great gag.
The only possible improvement is to make his eyebrows larger each time.
The nemesis of almost all the guns that went before the great war
Visions of whistletaters danced through his head...
"Savage loved pissing off Colt" best line of this whole video.
RIP Original Savage Arms Co.
So "Savage'" by both name AND nature!
@@davidstevenson9517 indeed lol
So, this got kicked back on copyright and while probing I found a huge editing problem, cue 7 hour render and re-upload. Now I can't edit the description without a 500 error.
Until I get there, here is the link for the vidya games:
candrsenal.com/how-to-play-vidya-games-with-us/
can you split the 80 minute videos in half in the future
NEVER
It just some people with avid historical interest don't have time to spend a hour and twenty minutes on the Lewis gun no offense intended
paul lytle
No I get it. You will just have to come back later is all. Working in a break can be awkward once the story is moving and it means we end up with videos without live fire segments etc. People get confused WAAAAAY too easy.
You'd be surprised how many though the address line was optional when ordering a shirt in the mail.
I'm sorry. We'll give it a think for the next one on the technical aspect.
Here this will help: ua-cam.com/video/JO5fptjmsgU/v-deo.html
The Lewis Gun was an important WWI weapon and deserved the 81 minute video. Nor was I bored at any time watching this video.
hurray
22:33 ian mccollum ancestor
lol
As soon as I saw it I came to the comments! Lol. Gun Jesus is eternal.
@Baron Von Grijffenbourg Can we get a time machine mud test. :P
C’mon. We all know Ian was conceived by the ghost of Napoleon and the extractor of a Lebel. His hair glowed smokeless on the testing ground.
John Moses Browning reached across time to behold the child. Even JMB looketh upon the long haired frog lover and sayeth, “Behold The Gun Jesus, in whom I am well pleased.”
And the Glock Fan Bois rent their Glock T-shirts, declaring “This is blasphemy! For only Glock Perfection along with our host of upgrades and after market improvements can be regarded as ‘gun jesus’!”
Ok. I’m done goofing on the Glock kids. ;)
expected a guy that maybe kinda looked like Ian, but nah...this is full on Ian in cosplay uncanny and eerie.. seen this episode idk how many times before, never caught that lol
Nearly an hour and a half video on the Lewis gun. Yes please.
There was man like William Crozier during the American Civil War. His name was General James Wolfe Ripely. This guy was beyond the times, he didn't like cartridge guns at all. He was appointed to the Chief of Ordnance of the Army which means he had 100 percent control of what weapons was going to the field and what was going to be adopted.
During the Civil War a man by the name Christopher Miner Spencer came along with his repeating rifle. The Spencer rifle fired seven rounds of ammunition and when he saw that the Union Army needed weapons, he came and offered his rifle to the Army to the Department of War and guess who was in the one who shot the rifle down. General James Wolfe Ripley. As I said before he had a great hate for cartridge guns with the thought. "It would be a great waste of ammunition." he didn't let the Spencer Rifle get adopted in the Unions hands. Spencer tried two times to get his rifle in Unions hands. It was until the Battle of Gettysburg, that he Spencer managed to get a meeting with the President of the United States. Lincoln and Spencer took one of the Spencer's rifles and went on a walk to the spot in where the Washington Monument would later be build. After some firing of the rifle Lincoln was so impressed saw the potential of what the rifle can do and he orders General Ripely to start production of Spencer Repeating Rifles. But guess what happened. He disobeyed him and stuck with Single shot rifles. When Lincoln learns of that no rifle had been produce. He had General Ripley "Resign" his seat of the Chief of Ordnance. But in simple terms, he had him fired. After that the Union Army started buying any Single Shot or Cartridge rifle. There are plenty of man like like Crozier and Ripley that always step in the ways of progress. Hell I can think of few more people like them.
TheStewieOne oh... so army ordnance was behind the times and rooted in tradition, which got men killed on the front lines using inferior or tampered with weaponry.... hmmm sounds awfully familiar... to be fair though if it hadn’t been for army ordnance we would’ve adopted a funky repeating flintlock after the revolutionary war, sure army ordnance was a pain in the ass for generations, but there were many cases were them saying no prevented men going into combat with something that would’ve failed even more horridly than what they had.
@CipiRipi00 mm, yeah but it's not like the t-34 was that great of a tank, I mean it's at best in the top 5 tanks of all time.
Not an entirely fair assessment of William Crozier's involvement with the ordinance department though he was a "follower of the old guard "
To add to the fun - Napoleon Bonaparte was offered metallic cartridge firing double barrel rifles and shotguns in 1812 - he turned them down. (Look up Pauli guns (basically a 12 gauge shotguns a half century early)).
We would see a repeat of this with the M16. It resulted in the Ordnance Department being totally dissolved, government armory factories shut down, and all weapons sourced by private enterprises.
Oh an all hate about Pan > Drum for the terminology here. You're correct. My only excuse is I had 3 nights of 4 hours sleep and constant editing nightmares in between.
Worst episode ever in terms of labor.
But BEST episode ever in terms of Lewis gun content, and I think we all know that's what's important here. Fascinating video as always.
Othias and gang, words cannot describe the amount of AWESOME this episode was! I do UA-cam my self for video games such as war thunder so I know how much effort even a short video, like the FN 1900, takes, let alone an hour and 20 minutes! And you guys in combo with Forgotten weapons and the Great war are my favorite gun history channels of all time! One day Othias we will have to do something on Verdun (the game I mean). I just wanted to tell you that I had no idea the amount of info and background there was behind the Lewis gun. Thank you so much for your hard work. And just know that you and your whole team are AWESOME.
Hope to speak with you guys in person someday! Let me know if you are out in the L.A. area!
Many Miles Away
Thanks, that really means a lot. We have a Mumble server so just drop in whenever. I'm pretty sure I'm not allow in California though.
C&Rsenal Oh yeah thats right gunpocalypse land! Mind linking me to your mumble server? Just PM me on UA-cam.
Nevermind! figured it out myself! Hope to see you guys on there sometime soon!
Came back to watch this a second time, nearly seven years later. STILL a great episode.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!...
I'm a fan of the small touches of humor sprinkled around all this information.
You'd be thuroughly entertained with his day-to-day antics then.
Yeah no, my web antics are more subtle and cute. My real antics are overwhelming and bodily.
This has always been my favourite gun, and being a total nerd, I watched the whole thing through and really enjoyed it. Thank you for saying nice things about us Canadians. We are pretty cool, thanks. I was at Vimy Ridge two weeks ago and it was very moving.
Thanks for an excellent production.
We're glad you enjoyed it
But your not pretty cool. Get out of canada
Bloody hell, this must be the best documentary about a firearm I have ever seen! History, humour, the actual firearm and context! I just love the story about Crozier & Lewis. Seriously guys, this made my entire day and I'm ashamed to say I haven't supported you on Patreon yet but I sure am now. You guys rock!
Thanks!
The pure joy on Mae's face while firing these lovely guns is just fantastic and Othias' calm and educational talk on the technical details is great too! Thanks for sharing it all with us! :)
Love that scene in “The Professionals” when Lee Marvin is shooting a Lewis gun at the Mexican Irregulars from the train. That was a movie.
Every time a Lewis Gun was in a movie, I found myself watching that movie again and again. 1 scene in the Sand Pebbles too. The ending to High Road to China, just about the most screen time a Lewis Gun has ever had, to my knowledge. I can see Tom Selleck wanting to show it in action.
A great episode! The animations are superb and well worth what you paid, and really made the gun's functioning easy to understand.
Finally, best of all was that Mae's usual post shoot smiley face became an out and out cheesy grin. You can tell that she's just having the best time :)
Thanks!
The limerick around the 27:00 mark alone is worth a thumbs up.
POETRY
don't ever sell your usual animations short. They're awesome.
War were declared.
You have to love the huge grin on Mae's face when she was doing mag dumps with the Lewis!
I have deliberately waited until i could sit down and thoroughly enjoy this video without being disturbed.
WOW! the best episode YET! you guys are simply the best,no other channel comes close full stop.
Please keep up the great work, i know its hard but the quality of the content is second to none and just gets better.
You are the best.
Love from the UK!
Glad to hear it went over well!
Thank you for your replies to each one of my comments.
It shows how much you value your viewers and makes me feel connected to the shows.
Once again, keep up the good work guys!!
THAT,..... was a tome..... and loved every minute of it... Great animation, hold onto that guy, if you can. The stripping was particularly interesting... I mean, where else will you learn how to strip a Lewis? Right here,...... right here..... The political intrigue is just as interesting.... You and the team are to be commended on presenting what is obviously the product of a gargantuan effort. Size matters and you gave the gun it's due. Thank you........ "Canadians are cool",...... I like that...... Cheers!
This is such strong praise from such a detailed documentarian!
C&Rsenal ✌🏻😁🥃I concur. Absolutely outstanding!
britishmuzzleloaders is it bad that I read that in your voice?
Sir Rob has spoken!
Othais has a very soothing voice. sometimes i like to listen to old episodes qhile trying to sleep and really long ones where theres one shooting segment late in the video are best for this.
bang bang bang bang.... made me laugh
Bang! Bang! ... Bang...Baaang...Baaaaaang... :D
I'm still laffing. The cartoon flame adds to my brain laff.
God Bless America
@@therugburnz Its spelled *laugh*!
@@mrxcman9272 not on the intewebs and not by me
Came down to comment on the "bang, bang, bang". Glad someone else noticed it! 🤣
Without any doubt this is the best episode you have produced to date. The huge amount of detail in the back-story, the new animations and the amount of editing you must have had to do with multiple shoots.
Well done all of you, you should be really proud to have created this.
d'aww thanks!
I love this channel. No other channel goes into this level of detail on firearms. You don't just show a gun you tell a story and give a comprehensive background on it. Keep up the great work this video like all the others was great.
kill the casuals!
@@Candrsenal
Please enable Persian subtitles in all your videos
8:20 Thank you Othais for these wonderful sound effects! In another life you could have been a perfect voice actor!
Thanks for the plug for Canadian troops!
You should read about what the Brits did to Currie. The policy was "down play what the colonials do" (don't want them getting ideas or uppity). So much so that no one knew what he had done when he got back home.
Who was Currie?
Sir Arthur Currie.
RobertoDonatti en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Currie
Do not recall that being the case, the Colonial troops were *very* well regarded by both British troops and the British population as a whole, no matter what some amongst the High Command may have wanted. It is no accident that the Canadian and Australian Corps made up 2 of the 4 Corps that formed the most effective British Army of the War, Rawlinson's 4th Army. And it was not because the British wanted to use them to soak up casualties, it was because they were bloody good.
Fact is the post war problems Sir Arthur Currie had were caused by two jealous men, one of whom Sir Arthur, quite rightly judged a potential danger to men under his command and refused him a battlefield position. Unfortunately he was the son of a major Newspaper magnate. He was also, in British parlance, an utter twat. I believe the court actually found in favour of Sir Arthur Currie in that case as well.... I cannot for the life of me remember the Newspaper owners names, I believe they were father and son though.
So please do not tar the entire British Nation with that brush just because of what two men did. Sir Arthur Currie quite rightly recieved many honours from a grateful British Nation, and he is regarded by most who know even a little about the Great War as being one of the finest British Empire and Commonwealth Generals in Uniform during that period. His troops were also universally admired by both military and civilians (as were the Australians and Newzealanders). Incidentally, they were also highly admired by British troops and civilians during the Second World War also. Something of a theme there :)
can we get an "angry chief of Ordnance" gif?
Probably
Fantastic video Othias and Mae! The Lewis has always been my favourite WW1 weapon and it was great to sit here for for an hour and 20 odd minutes listening to both of you break it down! I could have listed for another 2 hours!
One thing I'd like to add is that the Lewis Gun also changed the face of the Infantry Battalion during the war - I'm talking from a British Commonwealth perspective here
Originally the Commonwealth Infantry Battalion had a Machine Gun Section, several large heavy Vickers Guns. These were used at the Battalion Commanders command to strong point areas. In attack they were bloody heavy and used in a consolidation roll. The Lewis Guns arrival saw them issued first at a Company level and then down to the Platoon level, and the heavy machine Guns were moved to permanent Machine Gun Battalions.
Companies and Platoons now became serious tactical units rather than blocks of battalions of Riflemen.
Keep up the great work!
No! No! No! This is just more lustful heresy! Othais has feet?!? What's next??? And if I may quote The Book of Armaments, Chapter Six, Verses 7-8: "The individual blessed details of holy firearms shall be brought to the faithful onlookers' attention with the sacred yellow plastic pokey hand. Red is not the color of the sacred yellow plastic pokey hand."
Great video, crew! Love it! XD
I see you're using the NIV translation.
Of course!
Sailingmaster,
Updated from the Othias Mk. 1, the Othias Mk 1* is equipped with Battle Feet for close range engagements.
the "bang bang bang bang" sounds at 8:20 made my day
hooray!
I would love to see a full biographical episode on William Crozier once you guys get done with WWI.
Hollywood LOVES this gun!...all the way from Rory Calhoun carrying one around in a bass fiddle case in "Treasure of Pancho Villa" to a Star Wars stormtrooper wielding one in the first movie!....
Tom Selleck used an aircraft variant in High Road to China.
This was my favourite episode so far. Intresting political scheming, twice as long as normal, bigger gun than normal, longer even more detailed animation, Mae having extra fun at range with that huge grin after shooting...
this is riveting television!!!!!!!!! great work othais.
ua-cam.com/video/FlsEmE5pM10/v-deo.htmlm8s
ties the whole thing together.
I hope I'm not the only one who sees a remarkable similarity between the Mclean Musket Machine Gun and the assault rifle in Fallout 4.
You are not.
@@Jargolf86 I’ve never heard this mentioned before, perhaps a niche video
"some silly little pistol contract"
I pretty much lost it at that point. Your talent for understatement is positively brilliant. :D
I'm always dead serious 100 great job.
Thanks!
amazing job showing how everything worked. very good job.
first time i watched a video this long. lol.
He made a movie.
A great movie
That animator deserves a medal.
Between the animation and your explanation I understood how it works, a small triumph considering that I know nothing about firearms.
Overall - a little wordy in parts but otherwise entertaining and informative, a bloody good effort. Thank you for taking the time (I hope my presentation tomorrow is as well organised and useful).
What an absolutely amazing episode! I really loved the animation, it really was outstanding.
Oh and as if you now have 3D animations for the mechanism! This channel is one of the most impressive on youtube at conveying information in an in-depth yet entertaining way. It's clearly incredibly well researched and the information imparted is well chosen and always fascinating. There is definitely an audience for this stuff and I'm happy to be a part of it. Good luck for the rest of this project and whatever else you do after!
I had never looked at the Lewis gun in any detail but this thing is awesome. I had never heard of that barrel cooling system but that was so cool. I had also always written that drum mag off as witchcraft. Awesome video.
Thanks!
I understand post war tests found the cooling fins and shroud did very little and could easily be deleted without affecting the normal operation of the weapon. Ie, several pounds of excess metal for the poor grunt to put around.
Interesting fact: there is a Lewis gunner on the Canadian National War Memorial in Ottawa.
24:05
"Oww, my foot, shh nevermind roll with it, work through the pain, feel the burn, lust it"
Thanks!
Re-watching the forbidden knowledge in protest. Wish I could do something effective
I was enthralled, total consumed, Loved the back story, just enough to get the point. When I was young, would spend alot of time cleaning and tracing the mechanics of operation. So, now to be able to see some really famous weapons, and their design and operation, along with an evaluation of the shooting and handling, is Awesome. As I will never get to do it on my own
Great show. Looking at the magazine while Mae loaded it made me wonder how well the rounds would have stayed in place during the rigors of combat.
Just fine
The issue was probably more mud and getting the rounds out and into the gun for a magazine that was on the gun whilst being moved around the battlefield.
when out in my shop working on some of these old guns I watch and listen to your videos, I just hope you keep them coming. Best history of firearms ever.......
Valedictorian in Homeopathy! He got duped into paying for an education on how to dispense water, hilarious.
Funnily enough, in those days, homeopathy was a more-or-less-valid medical discipline. I'm not saying it wasn't just as scientifically absurd then as it is now, but at the time, that wasn't well-understood, and orthodox medicine of the era wasn't a hell of a lot more effective, anyway, so it had a few decades there around the turn of the 20th century when it was a generally respectable field.
@@ZGryphon For the most part at least it wouldn't drain your blood till you died, made you eat a horrible diet or didn't make you take deadly poisons at full strength through ignorance. I know we do the latter but that is backed by evidence. So it was the least harmful of the medical practices to date but make sure not to ride a horse or masturbate and avoid sex while on your treatment, funny.
There was no science based medicine at that time. Scientific based medicine is less than a hundred years old.
@@james-faulkner What I was getting at was, he didn't get duped, he was going into what was in his time a respectable field. Its practitioners didn't know it was pseudoscientific nonsense, since, as you say, science in medicine wasn't really a thing yet anyway (although it's a _little_ older than you say, or at least its primitive roots are; antisepsis and the germ theory of disease go back to the 1860s).
@@ZGryphon In fact it is so respected or was so, the modern royal family still practices. I am unsure about the idiot that married that murcan and gave up the crown, although to give up all that free money because a mutt told you to, you would have to be pretty stupid, so he probably does.
I came back to inquire though, while mentally rereading your post you had said "orthodox medicine". That sounds a bit creepy when a person utilises that terminology do describe a science based practice.
Germ theory goes back how far? How long ago was it before we realised consumption was not inherited? That was really what kicked germ theory in pants and got it going.
Anyway, I don't know shit really but thanks for commenting because I see my little quip received quite a few thumbs up. Funny.
@@james-faulkner If I were doing a thesis defense on the topic, I would argue that the work which gave the germ theory of disease most of its first real traction was done by Louis Pasteur starting around 1865, culminating in his 1878 book _Microbes Organized, Their Role in Fermentation, Putrefaction, and Contagion._ Pasteur didn't propose the idea, but the investigations summarized in that book went a long way toward confirming it. (Among other things, Pasteur's work inspired Joseph Lister's promotion of surgical antisepsis at around the same time.) The TB bacillus was positively identified in 1882.
"Orthodox medicine" is the term that usually crops up in historical writings about homeopathy, perhaps because the authors think "evidence-based medicine" sounds too confrontational. I just used it as a term of art. No creepiness was intended. :)
Nice to see the Canadians getting some love!
46:01 with the Light Infantry Troops? Man those guys sound LIT ;-)
Love that those VBBSMYT animations stuck around. I’m sure Bruno could do it, but what a pain!
Amazing episode. Love the level of detail and care you put into these.
Thanks!
Great episode. Professional review of the Lewis.
Good multi-camera angles during the firing scene. Sound quality was perfect.
One of my favorite firearms from WWI and you represented it accurately and respectfully.
Amazing job Othais and nice shooting Mae!
Thanks! Also now I have shirts.
Thank you! I AIM to please.
Beautiful bit of engineering this.
s'neat
WOW, best video yet! So much information and back story. The new animation style is simply incredible, it made understanding the mechanics of the gun very easy. Kudos to the whoever took the time to make that work, and to everyone involved. Thanks guys you are doing great work and somehow manage to keep improving on already fantastic work, I can't emphasis enough how much your work is appreciated I'm going to have to bump up my patreon support!!!
We're assured we'll have his help for machine guns from here out.
Fascinating history!!! Together with Forgotten Weapons these are my two fave channels!!
No ur my favorite
C&Rsenal Getting all tingly inside....thx m8!!
Your animations for the rifles and pistols are just fine boss....thank you for them!
I got a chance to shoot a Lewis a few years back. Tremendous fun
Glad to hear you enjoyed it
I'm glad this video is still up.
My favourite episode yet!
As a sign if how much I enjoyed it, it's 01:40 here and I have work tomorrow.
oh snap
dude you are awesome the person throwing parts back on the table was great your info is great
thanks!
52:00 I was very surprised that there weren't a bottom plate for the magazine. If you got any dirt or small stuff in there, it could jam the whole thing.
Would you mind doing the same with the Chauchat please. The most misunderstood LMG of the war, but also the most commonly available !
From a fellow french fan.
Yamapopi I agree. Ian of Forgotten Weapons demonstrated it and already cleared some misunderstandings mainly asserted by American soldiers.
Lawrence Gabriel Bautista It still wasn’t a very good gun.
@@SvenTviking What is a "good gun"? Bic ballpoint pens are unpleasant to use, ugly, and too thin but they cost like $5 for 20. For this reason they're the most widely used pen in the world by far. This is representative of a distinct positive quality. The same logic can apply to many products.
@@Roflcopter4b It was a terrible LMG. It was everything a solider never wanted and wasn't what a solider needed. But it was light.
@@23GreyFox It was a terrible LMG, however for WW1 it wasnt a bad semi automatic rifle that possessed fully automatic capability.
One of your very best, and probably your most significant video in this entire series. Thanks so very much for this!!!
Good to hear
Best explanation and review of a Lewis Gun that I have ever seen.
Imagine being a marine and having your M1917 Lewis taken away and being issued a Chauchat.
All your labor was worth it to me, I thoroughly enjoyed watching your video. I always liked the Lewis (I should- being Canadian), and I like it even more....what a tale. I started with the T-Gewehr, and I may get to bed late tonight!!
One of the best, especially about the personal politics.
Thanks!
Best Episode yet, and on a remarkable firearm I never really gave any appreciation.
great job to to everyone who worked on this,I can't (but will) wait for the next one.
Thanks
Awesome video guys. So well done.
Thanks!
My father was a Lewis Gunner during the War of Intervention in North Russia during 1918/19. He was an Italian in the British Army ( 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment - A Company ) and as a 20 year old Corporal he was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was in the Battle of Bolshie Ozerki fighting against the Bolsheviks.
With that firing sound of course the army didn't approve the first version. You may say anything about the steam, or the magazine being silly, but it was obviously because nobody would take it seriously with that noise.
THAT WAS NOT THE REASON
They muted it considerably in the animatic. Those bangs were ScaRy during exhibitions.
@@Candrsenal pretty sure it was
Oh my god that's a gorgeous animation. And the way it's divided up to show each different assembly is perfect!
I wish we could take credit.
@8:31 - BANG! BANg! BAng! Bang...bahg bong bung bahhh....
@40:00 OK wiseguy, you've got it apart- let's see ya reassemble it! 😅
Altogether, an amazing and frustrating story, well-told! 😃 I remember seeing a Lewis on display in our local museum in Grand Rapids Michigan many years ago-1950's-'60's.... Wonder how well it did in the mud and dirt of the Western Front...
A working American machine gun, and NOT designed by John Moses Gun-god Browning! Excellent job, thanks for posting, kudos to yourself and Mae Gun-princess!
Love, love, love the history of firearms.
Great video guys. Watched it a while back but, having just watched the 08/15 episode, you mentioned the impossibility of clearing a Lewis double feed. Dug out my copy of 'The Complete Lewis Gunner' which is undated but looks semi-official and it has this to say:
Chap. XXII - Additional Notes on Stoppages etc
To remove a round which has passed under cartridge guide where there is an empty case or live round in chamber:
1. Pull back cocking-handle.
2. Take a spare round in right hand and with the point draw back and depress base of round under tongue.
3. Seize bullet of round in left hand, draw it forward, and place the spare round bullet downwards behind its base.
4. Hold cocking-handle in right hand, press trigger, and allow cocking-handle to move slightly forward to bring feed arm over to the right.
5. Pull forward to right front the offending round.
[NB direct quote, not my punctuation - to forestall you smart-asses out there ;-) ]
Don't know if that helps as I don't have a Lewis on me right now but it looks like the official stance.
Love you both. Keep up the good work.
Alan.
This does help and I will remember for the next range day, thank you!
I'm just saying Canadians are cool.
-Othias 2016
I'm a Canadian from a military family. Thanks man!
Holy crap. hour and a half! I'm so excited for this one.
Let me know how it ends. I fell asleep.
+C&Rsenal haha! I will probably have to watch it over a couple days.
I don't why but I got really excited by that spring that acts upon the bolt. Such a cool little mechanic way of not having a traditional recoil spring that Ian would note "would shoot across the room" during disassembly.
Light, for a given value of light, for instance compared to a Vickers or Maxim. The gun carried on through WW2. PLEASE do not make the common mistake off saying SAS jeeps had lewis guns. They had the Vickers K gun, which used a similar drum, but was a gas op gun developed to replace the Lewis in aircraft mounts. Dear old Lewis, 'To be issued to men of intelligence' of stocky build and cool head' Having lugged one about through France and Belgium on commerations, you need the speed of a racehorse, the strength of Carthorse, and the brains of a rocking horse.
This episode was fantastic. I can always tell when the episode is going to be over an hour that it is going to be above and beyond your usual stellar standards.
So I should just make weird mouth noises for an hour and put it up?
Well I'd watch it...in the background of something else.
did anyone else notice Nicolas Cage in the plane at 24:35
lol
C&Rsenal at it's finest! This was well worth the wait!
If anyone isn't supporting this show on Patreon, do it now!
Literally couldn't do it without you.
"God I love Roosevelt" XD
The quivering passion in his voice as he softly said that, was like a young boy getting ready to go to third base with a girl for the first time! I whole heartedly agree with his sentiment as well. If you love guns, and America it’s built in as a default setting that you also LOVE Teddy, the original Ruff Rider!!! This channel always amazes me, and never even comes close to boring, or redundant yet managing to give you an hour, and one half of pure knowledge bombs!
An amazing episode. I really enjoy the historical background you provide on the weapons as I find the details very interesting. And in the case of the "Belgium Rattlesnake" tons of intrigue. Thanks for the shout to the Canadian Corps and its use of the Lewis on the battlefield. I was surprised at the assment on the recoil, it looked like you were going to get your fillings shaken out Mae.
Nah, fairly light and very manageable
With some small differences, the operating mechanism of the Lewis is almost exactly the same as the M249 SAW and M240-series machine guns used by the US Army.
Gas-operated, full-automatic, rotating-bolt, air-cooled. The ejector on the M249 looks almost exactly like the Lewis, and works in the same way. They both have a fixed firing pin, firing from an open bolt, and the bolt is cammed into its locking lugs to permit the firing pin to pass through the bolt face and strike the primer of a chambered round. The rearward action of the piston also rotates the bolt before releasing it from the locking lugs, lowering chamber pressure to acceptable levels before the spent casing is ejected.
It's a bit mind-blowing to see this exact method of operation from the early 1900's. Other than a quick-change barrel system and a belt feed, they're functionally the same system. I think a Lewis even weighs about the same as an M240B (25-30 pounds).
They absolutely do not have similar operating mechanisms. It's like saying an m4 and an ak have similar operating systems because they are gas operated and have non-fixed firing pins.
So I've watched like three episodes, each one better than the last, blame it on being new but I was floored when he actually held up a freaking Lewis gun,
Thank you for doing these, I can't exaggerate how much I'm enjoying them.
Gosh darn dude you know how to tell a damn story. I don't know what it is but these videos just grab my attention and hold it well.
the trick is to talk until you're tired and hungry
@@Candrsenal ...or have to take a whiz?.....
The animations in this video are second to none and I can safely say that for the first time in my life, I truly understand the operating mechanism of this famous LMG. I look forward to seeing more animations from 'vbbsmyt' in future videos. Keep up the great work!
We'll do our best to keep him happy!
The little guys that engage the notches around the magazine edge are called an escapement; it's much the same mechanism as what is used on pendulum clocks to transfer energy in measured increments. I love the engineering in this gun.
Ooh neat
The smile on Mays face as she shoots, that is a thing of beauty. Feral poetry at it's best! :)
Love the giggle Mae.:)
Always loved the look and attitude of this gun but I was never able to truly understand and appreciate the engineering that went into this gun. amazing video
Jesus Christ it's Othias Bourne
I haven't even watched the episode but a hour and a half is why I love you channel
go to sleep..... go to sleep...... you sleeping yet? ok here is Mae with the BLAMBLABMABLABLMABLABLMABLMABLMAB AHAHAHA