wz.96 Beryl: Poland's 5.56mm Military AK

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    With Poland's entry into NATO in the 1990s, a new service rifles was needed, chambered for the 5.56mm NATO cartridge. Initial development work had been done in 1990/91 to adapt the wz.88 Tantal to 5.56mm, and this project was dusted off in 1995 to create the Beryl. Essentially a Tantal in 5.56mm, the Beryl includes an improved folding stock, a shorter muzzle device (and correspondingly longer rifled barrel) and a new handguard design.
    Initially adopted in 1996 as the wz.96, the Beryl has undergone several mid-life improvements. These include the addition of a Picatinny optics rail, collapsing stock, and improved safety and magazine release. The basic mechanics, however, remain the same as the Tantal, with a left-side selector switch allowing semiauto, full auto, and 3-round-burst firing options.
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  • @GalanThings
    @GalanThings 3 роки тому +928

    2:58 Its cute how Ian accidentally said "Beryl" like a Pole would say it and then corrected himself

    • @janwacawik7432
      @janwacawik7432 3 роки тому +81

      Yeah, made me chuckle.

    • @shado9779
      @shado9779 3 роки тому +21

      Ikr?

    • @matic4175
      @matic4175 3 роки тому +18

      Yeah, it's great

    • @F1ghteR41
      @F1ghteR41 3 роки тому +59

      Interestingly enough, he corrects himself to a Russian pronounciation.

    • @moonriva
      @moonriva 3 роки тому +9

      first pronounciation was closer to the correct one, if he only rolled his "r"

  • @budyniozaur
    @budyniozaur 3 роки тому +793

    That giggle every time Ian says "Beryl barrel" is so adorable

    • @Axonteer
      @Axonteer 3 роки тому +16

      THEM GIGGLES.... cant wait for the Ura rifle... Uranum Barrel :D

    • @rayjfroehlich84
      @rayjfroehlich84 3 роки тому +19

      So Gay

    • @vetsplay7899
      @vetsplay7899 3 роки тому +14

      Ian is so adorable*

    • @buka168
      @buka168 3 роки тому +4

      @@Axonteer there is a WW2 Polish rifle called Ur :)

    • @FunBoysGaming
      @FunBoysGaming 3 роки тому +17

      @@CalvZynist what are you talking about? even if op were gay it wouldn’t be your concern.

  • @breadoffender2738
    @breadoffender2738 3 роки тому +1005

    You've been going thru Polish firearms recently and I like it

    • @underpaidmook
      @underpaidmook 3 роки тому +24

      Now we need WW2 stuff!

    • @KapteinFruit
      @KapteinFruit 3 роки тому +4

      I like it too :)

    • @sober667
      @sober667 3 роки тому +22

      now we waiting for Ur wz 35

    • @michaziomek
      @michaziomek 3 роки тому +15

      Waiting for the wz35 Ur anti tank rifle.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wz._35_anti-tank_rifle

    • @saiberunato
      @saiberunato 3 роки тому +13

      We need a PM-98 review.

  • @simplemann101
    @simplemann101 3 роки тому +292

    I've been waiting years for this one...

    • @Poolboy001
      @Poolboy001 3 роки тому

      Why? It's just a big standard AK.

    • @Jarzyn44
      @Jarzyn44 3 роки тому +4

      @@Poolboy001 Does standard AK has 3 modes of fire?

    • @Bolshevik.remover
      @Bolshevik.remover 2 роки тому +1

      @@Poolboy001 it's the best iteration of the AK platform.

  • @engineergaming4872
    @engineergaming4872 3 роки тому +132

    In case anybody wondered, Z is "zabezpieczony" (safe) and o is "odbezpieczony" (fire)

    • @atomic_wait
      @atomic_wait 3 роки тому +20

      I understand why they just use a single letter instead :p

    • @Jarzyn44
      @Jarzyn44 3 роки тому +19

      Literally saved/unsaved

    • @engineergaming4872
      @engineergaming4872 3 роки тому +3

      @@Jarzyn44 kinda yes

    • @murmaider2
      @murmaider2 2 роки тому +14

      @@Jarzyn44 secured/unsecured

    • @MACTEP-il1eu
      @MACTEP-il1eu 2 роки тому +3

      The direct translation for the words is "for safety" and "no safety"

  • @ivaivaivaivan7
    @ivaivaivaivan7 3 роки тому +542

    As a representative of Polish Armed Forces:
    Yes. Good.

    • @gunner678
      @gunner678 3 роки тому +15

      Yez dobja a benje jascha lepjier! Sorry, it's been a very long time since I tried to communicate in Polish.

    • @makapaka_madafaka_
      @makapaka_madafaka_ 3 роки тому +9

      @@gunner678 Tak. Dobrze i będzie jeszcze lepiej. Welcome back brother. Or sister. Bro. Just bro.

  • @peterbeerman4982
    @peterbeerman4982 3 роки тому +60

    Can't wait for MSBS on Forgotten Weapons or 9-hole reviews

  • @MrHws5mp
    @MrHws5mp 3 роки тому +662

    Victory does not lie in selling stuff to Nigeria: victory lies in getting paid for it....

    • @petesheppard1709
      @petesheppard1709 3 роки тому +112

      They must have hooked up with a real prince...

    • @fidjeenjanrjsnsfh
      @fidjeenjanrjsnsfh 3 роки тому +43

      Probably why they let nigeria manufacture instead of importing whole firearms.

    • @manuelcjr52
      @manuelcjr52 3 роки тому +9

      Based

    • @moosemaimer
      @moosemaimer 3 роки тому +75

      "Hello, I am calling you from the Nigerian military and would like to buy $1m in rifles from you!"
      _"Yeah, sure you are. "_ **click **
      "... hello? "

    • @andreibaciu7518
      @andreibaciu7518 3 роки тому +55

      "Hello i am a rich Nigerian prince and you have inherited my entire fortune, however i will require a shipment of 2000 units of wz. 96 Beryl Assault Rifles as collateral"

  • @Chiller01
    @Chiller01 3 роки тому +93

    Polish weapons seem really cool though I’ve never even seen one first hand. The Maroszek wz.38M is my favourite rifle of all time.

    • @mayhem9052
      @mayhem9052 3 роки тому +5

      Fr man, Poland had some of my favorite guns out of the WS pact

    • @Bolshevik.remover
      @Bolshevik.remover 2 роки тому +4

      @@mayhem9052 it had it's best designs in the 20s and 30s. Warsaw pact period is actually considered to be a downfall of our military industry,

    • @detroitvseverybody3813
      @detroitvseverybody3813 Рік тому +2

      There is one in the Warsaw uprising musuem in Warszawa

  • @ratboi3553
    @ratboi3553 3 роки тому +400

    bardzo fajne, dziękuje panie Ian McColumowski

    • @1brytol
      @1brytol 3 роки тому +31

      Bolzga gurom

    • @stapi_0627
      @stapi_0627 3 роки тому +34

      Polski nikt nie pokona ... Bo my pratyzanci będziemy z krzaków nakurwiać wrogów patelniami

    • @Mark.13.
      @Mark.13. 3 роки тому +18

      @@stapi_0627 Co ty pierdolisz LOL

    • @corneliussulla9963
      @corneliussulla9963 3 роки тому +1

      @@ocwpzw Ale to się u nas tylko wtedy dzieje ,kiedy nam wrogów z zagranicy brak.

    • @corneliussulla9963
      @corneliussulla9963 3 роки тому +5

      @@stapi_0627 Dlatego namawiajcie przyjacieli i rodzinę aby załatwili sobie chociaż czarnoprochowca którym można wroga znienacka zabić i zabrać mu jego lepszą broń.

  • @stradleybidley8893
    @stradleybidley8893 3 роки тому +49

    Love the polish ak content. Has given me some ideas for a personal build. Especially that beryl folding stock. Keep up the good work Ian!

  • @HenryThe2ndAnimator
    @HenryThe2ndAnimator 3 роки тому +92

    Hey, you guys over there should make a video of a highly forgotten weapon: the FX-05 Xiuhcoatl

  • @FrederickApollyon
    @FrederickApollyon 3 роки тому +25

    Finally Ian got his hands on a Beryl! I was soo eager to see that! Now I'm waiting for an MSBS episode.

  • @filipkoz7480
    @filipkoz7480 3 роки тому +30

    I've shot it a few times at the range and it was quite nice

  • @pandastical9205
    @pandastical9205 3 роки тому +90

    I’ve been in Poland for a vacation this whole month, it’s a nice coincidence to suddenly see content about it haha

    • @kajetandziebaj6405
      @kajetandziebaj6405 3 роки тому +5

      What are your general impressions abut our glorious country?

    • @pandastical9205
      @pandastical9205 3 роки тому +11

      @@kajetandziebaj6405 I have travelled far and low. God bless the EU for road money haha. It had a very cute rural vibe where I am now, tho big cities feel kinda depressive

    • @kajetandziebaj6405
      @kajetandziebaj6405 3 роки тому +8

      @@pandastical9205 Yeah the farther from civilization the better, to an extent of course.

    • @lookinside7625
      @lookinside7625 3 роки тому +1

      Very same man haha

    • @donmagulon
      @donmagulon 3 роки тому +1

      @@kajetandziebaj6405 glorious XDDD chyba dziura europy

  • @Nacjo_Farmer
    @Nacjo_Farmer 3 роки тому +33

    After the Tantal episode, I dreamed that Ian would also present Beryl in the far future, but I didn't think it would happen so fast :)

  • @dupa333jelenia
    @dupa333jelenia 3 роки тому +18

    @2:59 the first pronunciation was actually closer to how we pronounce it in Poland :).

  • @MBkufel
    @MBkufel 3 роки тому +10

    1. Many of them keep the Tantal-style selector lever,
    2. The rifle Ian is showing us is already adapted for the optics rail. The little vertical peg on the stock mount and two cuts in the rear sight block are there to allow attachment of this rail. Early we had a weaver that was lower, but didn't allow for use of irons from below the mounted optic. New rail is a picatinny, and it gives an ever larger HOB.
    It's overall an adequate rifle for an evolution of an AK, if only THE FUCKING HANDGUARD RETAINING LEVER STAYS SHUT UNDER RECOIL

  • @leonardmoucha1503
    @leonardmoucha1503 3 роки тому +5

    When I saw the Tantal video last week, I got really excited about the possibility that there might be a Beryl video following...
    And now you uploaded one on my Birthday!! What coincidence, after following this channel for 4 years! Thank You!
    That's the most thrilling video for me since you got your hands on a full auto FAMAS!
    Keep up the good work, I look forward to see some day every gun covered I can only dream of

    • @d.b.1176
      @d.b.1176 Рік тому

      Happy birthday 🎉

  • @HalIOfFamer
    @HalIOfFamer 3 роки тому +156

    There is no "ium" in chemical elements in polish. So beryl, tantal uran, tytan(titanium) etc.

    • @y2a1979
      @y2a1979 3 роки тому +7

      @@tacticalmattfoley Just going by the given examples, I would assume it ends up as Alumin.

    • @messmeister92
      @messmeister92 3 роки тому +22

      Pretty sure he was just giving us the English version for clarification…

    • @lucky43113
      @lucky43113 3 роки тому +3

      Who cares

    • @genericpersonx333
      @genericpersonx333 3 роки тому +22

      @@lucky43113 You enough to comment on it?

    • @jmjones7897
      @jmjones7897 3 роки тому

      @@tacticalmattfoley Alumin;
      At a minimum, because English.
      We can sure 'nuff minum

  • @talscorner3696
    @talscorner3696 3 роки тому +13

    The rifling in the barryl? Absolutely top notch

  • @bragz81
    @bragz81 3 роки тому +24

    After serving for almost two years in Poland, now Ian does the Tantal and Beryl. But, I love it! While there I got to handle the Beryl and MSBS Grot. So, now, like everyone else, I’m waiting for the Grot video! There are a few units in the Polish Land Forces using AKMs, but those are rear echelon units. I’ve got some good pictures from local military museums in their armories with Polish firearms from WW2 to present. I can’t wait to get a chance to go back to Poland.

    • @kamilszadkowski8864
      @kamilszadkowski8864 3 роки тому

      Interesting. How do you find service in Poland and cooperation with Polish Army? Curious Pole here.

    • @bragz81
      @bragz81 3 роки тому +5

      @@kamilszadkowski8864 I worked with both the Land Forces and the Territorial Defense Forces. Both are very professional and completely competent soldiers. Definitely can tell there is a little animosity from the Land Forces towards the TDF, but that’s understandable with everyone always trying to get their budget approved.

    • @kamilszadkowski8864
      @kamilszadkowski8864 3 роки тому +3

      @@bragz81 Thanks for answering. The Polish military gets a lot of bad press in the country so it is hard to get an accurate assessment of the current situation within the army. Thanks again.

    • @bragz81
      @bragz81 3 роки тому +7

      @@kamilszadkowski8864 no problem. Don’t get me wrong every army has its problems. The issues I could see from the outside were there seemed to be a lot of nepotism and we had questions what money was being spent on. But, soldiers were very competent and could perform their jobs.

    • @maotisjan
      @maotisjan 2 роки тому

      GROT didn't turned up to well according to some of the media in Poland

  • @tunamouthtemple6574
    @tunamouthtemple6574 3 роки тому +296

    The unstressed pronunciation like "berrill" is much closer to the Polish pronunciation than "beREEL"

    • @miwoj
      @miwoj 3 роки тому +39

      its *BEryl.*
      _y_ not _ee._ also in polish stress is always on second to last syllable.

    • @user-uq7io2os3r
      @user-uq7io2os3r 3 роки тому +9

      Beryl and Tantal not "berril" but close enough😉 BTW some of examples was in test use in 96' Balkan war with Polish/ ONZ peace mission.

    • @bobbyacid1221
      @bobbyacid1221 3 роки тому

      B.E.R.Y.L.

    • @xboxnube
      @xboxnube 3 роки тому +30

      these guys are completely missing your point. lol. your trying to use English spelling 'paradigms' to give a close approximation of the pronunciation of the word in the original polish. "y" in polish is similar to the pronunciation of "ы" in Russian which is represented in the ipa by [ɨ]. Beryl is realised in IPA as ['bɛ.rɨl]. The way Ian is pronouncing it is [bə.'ɹi:l] or ['bɛɹ.əl].

    • @paulcoffey1837
      @paulcoffey1837 3 роки тому +10

      I'm a geologist, its pronounced "beryl"

  • @Acin75
    @Acin75 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you very much Ian! I can't wait for you to grill the MSBS and all its modularity, as well as the tendency to fire when dropped!

  • @Durandalski
    @Durandalski 3 роки тому +5

    So cool to see a video on this! When I was in Poland in 06-07 this is the rifle they were issued. I saw them in both full size and carbine lengths, as well as with an under-barrel 40mm launcher.

    • @Durandalski
      @Durandalski 3 роки тому

      And it is actually pronounced Barrel, no “ee” sound, and the R is rolled.

  • @phreakmode
    @phreakmode 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you for this. When I was building Tantals 10 years ago, the Beryl items were fun to use, hand guards and rails. Pricey but fun to use on builds.

  • @szymon.szynom1234
    @szymon.szynom1234 3 роки тому +50

    Tantal: done
    Beryl: done
    MSBS: when?

  • @Thebakedbaker413
    @Thebakedbaker413 3 роки тому +6

    5:35 saw a video a while back where some soldiers had the dust covers off already, before firing the rifle grenades, it all makes sense now!

  • @Hansengineering
    @Hansengineering 3 роки тому +2

    I love the automatic subtitles on these videos. They change the spelling of "tantal" and "beryl" every single time.

  • @thelaughinghyenas8465
    @thelaughinghyenas8465 3 роки тому +14

    Thank you very much! I really appreciate the story of Polish weapons.

  • @deutschlipinoblazer3976
    @deutschlipinoblazer3976 3 роки тому +9

    The FB Beryl had a capable of Attaching a GPBO-40 Grenade Launcher that uses a Grip and Side Opening version like M320.

  • @SLZABBJNGO
    @SLZABBJNGO 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you for reviewing Polish arms! It means a lot

  • @John-ro3vu
    @John-ro3vu 3 роки тому +2

    I’m glad I have one! Very nice AK. Thanks for doing a video on these.

  • @1brytol
    @1brytol 3 роки тому +182

    Maybe do a vid on MSBS GROT if you could put your hands on a civilian model

    • @stapi_0627
      @stapi_0627 3 роки тому +12

      Good idea
      Dobry pomysł

    • @1brytol
      @1brytol 3 роки тому +13

      @@stapi_0627 powiedziałbym że wręcz zajebisty

    • @peterbeerman4982
      @peterbeerman4982 3 роки тому +9

      @@ocwpzw ale może 9-hole reviews czy inny kanał. Chociaż wydaje mi się, że jeszcze poczekamy, bo w europie można kupić MSBSa, ale przez te prawa importowe do USA to jeszcze się zejdzie.

    • @stapi_0627
      @stapi_0627 3 роки тому

      @@peterbeerman4982 no musimy być cierpliwi

    • @butspan7618
      @butspan7618 3 роки тому +6

      he had a short hands on with it ua-cam.com/video/iDFL5S-s46Y/v-deo.html

  • @lookinside7625
    @lookinside7625 3 роки тому +68

    Weird I go to Poland for 2 weeks and gun Jesus starts cranking out the polish weapon videos...🤔😂

    • @KapteinFruit
      @KapteinFruit 3 роки тому +1

      HE IS IN YOUR MIND MY DUDE! ;)

    • @gary6576
      @gary6576 3 роки тому +1

      Where did you go my guy

  • @contemporiser
    @contemporiser 3 роки тому +5

    Haha, I love like in 3:00 he properly pronounced the name of it, and than immediately corrected to polish-american pronunciation

  • @sanguinemoon9201
    @sanguinemoon9201 3 роки тому +54

    Poland 🇵🇱 does not receive enough credit for their small arms.

    • @Franek-ct1py
      @Franek-ct1py 3 роки тому +2

      Whoh the wis episod won of the Best polisch gun.

    • @Erreul
      @Erreul 3 роки тому +7

      Neither does a majority of the countries that produce weapons around this planet.

    • @Rambo_kit-kat908
      @Rambo_kit-kat908 3 роки тому

      The Best Polish Guns it's msbs grot A2 and wz.35

  • @keithallardice6139
    @keithallardice6139 3 роки тому +8

    Polish firearms are very interesting, liking this series a lot, thanks for enlightening me, as always.
    Blessed are the followers of GJ indeed, for they shall learn something new every day...

  • @AWPtical800
    @AWPtical800 3 роки тому +51

    TFW Ian keeps complaining about how short the stock is but my short ass is over here like "that sounds perfect"

    • @paranoiia8
      @paranoiia8 3 роки тому +12

      Short stock is actually good when you have full body gear.

    • @matthayward7889
      @matthayward7889 3 роки тому

      Same here!

    • @AgamemnonTWC
      @AgamemnonTWC 3 роки тому +8

      I have one of those stocks. Aside from a cheek weld with optics just not being a thing, it's the most comfortable AK stock I've ever used. Ignoring the cheek weld, it beats out the wooden fixed stock.

    • @genericpersonx333
      @genericpersonx333 3 роки тому +7

      @@paranoiia8 Yeah, common problem of gun experts on the UA-cams and such is that they tend to view most everything through a lens of civilian casual or competition shooting, so they don't always appreciate what the soldiers are actually doing and using with these weapons. Ian tries to address that at times, but he still mostly defaults to his casual shooting perspective when judging a military firearm.

    • @TheEchelon1619
      @TheEchelon1619 3 роки тому

      @@genericpersonx333 Except Ian and Karl do use body armor with some of their gun runs so whatever is coloring Ian's perspective on the rifle stock probably has some credit.

  • @operatorhoot470
    @operatorhoot470 3 роки тому +40

    interesting that they kept functionality for both rifle Grenades and an underslung grenade launcher.

    • @insertnamehere001
      @insertnamehere001 3 роки тому +13

      Rapid fire grenade launching power.

    • @STRAKAZulu
      @STRAKAZulu 3 роки тому +18

      Yo dawg, I heard you like launching grenades...

    • @somebrains5431
      @somebrains5431 3 роки тому +1

      They restricted noob tubes to 2 shots unless running Scavenger Pro.

    • @genericpersonx333
      @genericpersonx333 3 роки тому +16

      Makes sense as the Poles couldn't know for sure what NATO would expect of them, and not everyone had given up on rifle grenades yet because they can do things that the 40mm bloop-tubes can't. Poland knows its only real enemy is Russia, which means thousands of BMPs and other softer vehicles that are hurt a lot worse by a large anti-tank riflegrenade than a 40mm blooper.

    • @genericpersonx333
      @genericpersonx333 3 роки тому +7

      @@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Considering how lousy Poland has had it for the last three centuries, I don't blame them one bit for wanting more kaboom.

  • @ilcattivo13
    @ilcattivo13 3 роки тому +1

    Ian probably won't read this, as there's 816 comments so far, but Nigeria doesn't have to adopt Beryl to 7.62x39mm, as Radom/Fabryka Broni makes Beryl chambered in this calibre for years - it's called Beryl M762. So it is more likely that Nigeria has just purchased this design.

  • @majster3783
    @majster3783 3 роки тому +158

    So, next up is MSBS Grot?

    • @lukas1392
      @lukas1392 3 роки тому +14

      Yup, I'm waiting too. Specially on bullpup version.

    • @lukas1392
      @lukas1392 3 роки тому +2

      @@lefunnyN1 i saw video where Radom Factory ppl change from Grot to bullpup. I'm just curious whats the difference between grot bullpup and DeserTech MDR. They look almost identical (on the outside) at least for noob like me.

    • @carlll6101
      @carlll6101 3 роки тому +7

      Yep, as everyone say here. Bullpup is only one of proposed prototypes. If it was adopted at all it was some hush-hush deal for small batch. Never saw any info about it besides promo shots and videos.

    • @sahalin12345
      @sahalin12345 3 роки тому

      Yes! Please!

    • @jakubw.2779
      @jakubw.2779 3 роки тому +2

      @@carlll6101 Yeah, it's proposed version, however there's no interest in it So far, So it's not produced, besides maybe few prototypes

  • @piotrdudek219
    @piotrdudek219 3 роки тому +1

    I have waited a long time for this episode. Thank you.

  • @edwinprewitt9218
    @edwinprewitt9218 3 роки тому +2

    I love your videos. I watch almost all of them ;) cheers from Poland!

  • @simonbannow3905
    @simonbannow3905 3 роки тому +8

    beautiful AK! Job well done Poland.

  • @jjforcebreaker
    @jjforcebreaker 3 роки тому +1

    Very interesting story. Would be cool one day to see fully kitted, newest pattern Beryl with some sweet optics and barrel attachments. And ofc configurable stock.

  • @medveavatar
    @medveavatar 3 роки тому +14

    The mental gymnastics behind having a quick detach front grip in order to accept an underbarrel grenade launcher on a rifle that is capable of firing rifle grenades, then telling the designer to put an uncomfortably short stock on it, because they want to have a long barrel while at the same time have a short overall length because of small gun racks. Which they don't want to change lol
    Ah, Eastern Europe, I love that I was born here

    • @funkyfresh1013
      @funkyfresh1013 3 роки тому +3

      the short stock might be helpful when they have body armor and gear on

    • @Myrth1
      @Myrth1 3 роки тому

      If it helps you with anything, the troops deployed in Iraq apparently complained and complained a lot about the stock being... too long. They wanted it to be even shorter.
      Also, the gun was designed in a truly weird times in terms of politics (it went through 3 different governments to be finally approved and it wasn't all that clear if Poland would indeed be admitted to NATO), meaning it managed to still be surprisingly good despite all the idiotic and ever-changing demands from both military and politicians toward the final specs.

  • @CrazyRider751
    @CrazyRider751 3 роки тому +3

    Was waiting for this one, sure enough saw it only 5 min after release, nice.

  • @matic4175
    @matic4175 3 роки тому +6

    I find Ian trying to pronounce Polish names (for both people and firearms) greatly entertaining

  • @TheArklyte
    @TheArklyte 3 роки тому +34

    Pity that poles haven't used Beryll helmets. Or that soviets haven't used this rifle. I really want to see if it would have caused some people in logistics to have grey hair:D

    • @MrSinny
      @MrSinny 3 роки тому +8

      Logistics people already have to deal with 10 different M1 and M4 whenever the US comes over, it's no big deal for them

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte 3 роки тому

      @@bartuomyej if you have watched the video, this rifle was developed even before Poland left Warsaw Pact, it was just mothballed for a few years before being recalibered for NATO round.
      The context is Beryll vs Beryll anyway.

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte 3 роки тому +2

      @@MrSinny you don't get it, it's perfectly reasonable. We have new semiautomatic M1 in 7.62mm produced by Winchester and new semiautomatic M1 in 7.62mm produced by Winchester, how could anybody mix them up?

  • @Myrth1
    @Myrth1 3 роки тому +1

    Father of my buddy from the uni was serving in Afganistan (he is now a retired captain), so I ended up with bunch of stories told from there. As far as he (the captain) was concerned, his and his troops biggest and major complain with the rifle was how ungodly hot it was getting in the local climate, to the point it was hard to just hold it properly without unpleasant feeling in your hands and cheek. Not from firing, but just from the ambient heat of the air and sun exposure. The Army never managed to address it properly until the full withdraw of Polish contingent.
    Which is funny, because he had a lot of harsh words to say about just about any part of the equipment and various vehicles, but his only complain about Beryl was just being too hot to handle comfortably.
    Also, some tid-bits of trivia I've managed to find while searching through mid-to-late 00s Polish articles dedicated to Beryl performance in "foreign missions"
    - They ALL list as serious issues in combat deployment the variety of things that were later addressed by production changes to the gun (different safety, extended mag release, transparent mags etc). Which is funny in the Polish style of humour, since "normally", the top brass would just ignore the complains and keep issuing the gun without any modifications.
    - Troopers in Iraq (but not Afganistan) apparently complained a lot about the stock being TOO LONG, rather than too short, because due to the nature of the deployment, the rifle as a whole was too long for urban combat they were often engaged in.
    - The introduction of Picatinny rail took extra three years, not because the military didn't want to nor there wasn't demand for better optics, but because handful of bureaucratic commissions were pushing papers between each other and there was also an issue of rivality among few politicians pushing said papers... and another conflict between potential manufacturers that would be tasked with needed modifications, slowing the adoption into a crawl and re-starting the paperwork from a scratch at certain point.

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks

  • @Herintruththelies
    @Herintruththelies 3 роки тому +9

    He finally got one boys!

  • @Shchetchynianin
    @Shchetchynianin 3 роки тому +3

    Been using Beryl C during my military service. Good, reliable and resistant. And easy to maintain. Still has some ex soviet drawbacks (like aiming way below the target to shoot in the target)

    • @arkadiusz3212
      @arkadiusz3212 3 роки тому

      What do you mean? You don't have to aim below target to hit it with AK sights. If so you either have your sight set to wrong range (300 or S when shooting at 100 m target?) or making some kind of aiming error. I shot a few different AKs and beryls, but I only had similar issue with one Zastava M72 - I had to adjust front sight accordingly.

  • @F1ghteR41
    @F1ghteR41 3 роки тому +1

    0:14 'Beryl' is stressed on the first syllable.
    2:34 Are we going to completely ignore Galil, Zastava M21 as well as AK-101 & -102? These are all military designs, after all.
    6:53 This is in fact a standard AKM (or more precisely, AKMP) design, it's called _6Ch3_ (6Ч3) and is still produced in a slightly modified form for AK-74M variants.
    9:17 I bet it's fine with a winter coat and armour vest on.

  • @AweEmperorofChickenKilling
    @AweEmperorofChickenKilling Рік тому +1

    it's such a nice looking ak

  • @roanferguson8873
    @roanferguson8873 3 роки тому +1

    I never knew about the elemental names. That's pretty dope

  • @thenbenagcz3931
    @thenbenagcz3931 2 роки тому +3

    In 90 in Polish Army we use AKS and Beryl all together

  • @lukas1392
    @lukas1392 3 роки тому +26

    Wow, Tantal was not so far ago, now Beryl. So, im eager to see Grot, but it would be hard to get outside Poland. Maybe on some Shows or sth, orrrrr Gun Jesus come visit polish gun factory? Hmmmmm??? How about that?

  • @davidgoodnow269
    @davidgoodnow269 3 роки тому +6

    I tried to trade my issue M-16A2 for a Beryl, got no takers. The example here doesn't look as good as those I saw Polish soldiers carrying in Iraq. Seriously high quality!
    Also, Polish 5.56 mags are straighter than 7.62/5.45 mags, similar to East German AK-74 mags and Yugo M84 mags--easier to pull out of pouches.

    • @elgenerico6263
      @elgenerico6263 Рік тому +2

      This is a *very* early series Beryl. The Beryl rifles our army uses are much better now.

  • @Fiotr
    @Fiotr 3 роки тому +7

    The optics rail is not a part of any modernisation, it can (and always could) be attached to any pattern of the rifle including the one presented in the video. Over the years there has been a couple of optics rails patterns, the most modern ones are slightly taller standard M1913 rails that allow co witness with the iron sights, the previous ones were Weaver, both of them are in use but, regardless of that the rail has always been a part that is shipped with the rifle to the military. The muzzle device has never been changed.

    • @vonschlesien
      @vonschlesien 3 роки тому

      How is that rail attached to the rifle? Generally with AKs the rear sight is so far forward because the dust cover isn't stable/solid enough for a sight; the Finnish and Israeli ones made the cover a lot more precision-fit and solidly built so they could move the sights back, am curious how the Beryl solved the problem.

    • @Fiotr
      @Fiotr 3 роки тому +1

      @@vonschlesien here is a link to a video where they show the way the rail is mounted. Despite what he says the rifle in a video it is not an actual beryl but it is made to look like one, bud regardless of that the rail is attached in the same way. ua-cam.com/video/YFZcwsyrPWI/v-deo.html

    • @vonschlesien
      @vonschlesien 3 роки тому

      @@Fiotr ah. Interesting - same connection points as the dust cover, but laid over it. Looks like it adds a step to disassembly, but still quite easy.

  • @plumbherhub1664
    @plumbherhub1664 3 роки тому

    Very nice quality rifle. Those sights are dope

  • @samsham8218
    @samsham8218 3 роки тому

    Cant wait to see the range video for this baby!! Hope there will be one!!

  • @nobutakaX
    @nobutakaX 3 роки тому +3

    Mini Beryl video soon?? I know it would basically be the same but would still be a good video for the future with an SBR with all original military setup!

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 3 роки тому

    Thank you , Ian .

  • @saffi2007
    @saffi2007 3 роки тому +15

    There you have "A" version of Beryl Ian. Now polish troops uses version "C".

    • @Upadek_Społeczeństwa
      @Upadek_Społeczeństwa 3 роки тому

      Nope, they are using "Grot" rifle

    • @maciejj6152
      @maciejj6152 3 роки тому +3

      You're both right, Polish army uses Beryl C and Grot at the same time.

    • @conradsz
      @conradsz 3 роки тому +4

      Grot at the moment is only used in Territorial Troops (youngest branch of the armed forces)

    • @silalublin9064
      @silalublin9064 3 роки тому

      @@conradsz nope, you are wrong - easy to check...

    • @conradsz
      @conradsz 3 роки тому +1

      @@silalublin9064 Well, enlighten me then. The only info I could find is that they’re used by WOT + Kompania Reprezentacyjna but I’m not counting the latter because it’s not a line unit.

  • @earlyriser8998
    @earlyriser8998 3 роки тому

    neat video on an interesting 5.56 varient...with an AK background

  • @chandlee3968
    @chandlee3968 3 роки тому +7

    Thanks to the video game PUBG, millions of people think that the standard caliber for the Beryl is 762

    • @perfectlynormalhuman5473
      @perfectlynormalhuman5473 3 роки тому +2

      There is a export variant of the Beryl, the M762 and is used by Nigeria. Recently released for sale in Poland.
      Also there are versions in 5.45x39, .223 and 5.6x15r (aka .22 lr)

    • @thesugardaddy7037
      @thesugardaddy7037 3 роки тому

      We get the 7.62 ones in the states now as well

    • @jic1
      @jic1 3 роки тому

      @@perfectlynormalhuman5473 Surely that last one would just be an adapter? Also, you can fire .223 in a 5.56x45 chamber (although there's some debate as to whether that's safe the other way around).

    • @perfectlynormalhuman5473
      @perfectlynormalhuman5473 3 роки тому

      @@jic1 yea kinda. Same reciever and stuff, but the front parts (barrel, furniture, gas system etc) are shortened. Also only fires semi.
      We once could get military versions of beryls, but our government and gun lobby has severely degaraded since then.

  • @jordanjenkins6279
    @jordanjenkins6279 3 роки тому +2

    How does he learn so many nuances about every gun he covers?

    • @d.b.1176
      @d.b.1176 Рік тому

      Gun Jesus knows all.

  • @five5105
    @five5105 3 роки тому +1

    any day Ian posts an AK video is a good day

  • @gunfanPoland
    @gunfanPoland 3 роки тому +3

    It is a pity that you did not present the last version of the Beryl rifle, because this one is from the first years of production and looks like the zastava m21. Now the Polish army is starting to use the new Grot modular rifle.

  • @tomt810
    @tomt810 3 роки тому +2

    another great video!! keep 'em coming!

  • @stalkerponocy9116
    @stalkerponocy9116 3 роки тому +1

    There was part of Beryl chambered in 7,62 M43 called M762 and produced in Poland as well. I think that they are still produced in small amounts, but i'm not sure.

  • @nekomasteryoutube3232
    @nekomasteryoutube3232 3 роки тому +2

    Looking at some of the equipement of the Polish military, its rather interesting seeing all the polish designed firearms they use (or used). Its like poland to soviet russia was like "Ok if we're going to be part of the party we're going to do our own thing" (either that or Russia was like "Yeah poland, your in our house now but you get nothing! You lose!")

  • @pawemarcinjurkowski1491
    @pawemarcinjurkowski1491 3 роки тому +9

    Tantal, Beryl... Should we expect MSBS Grot soon?

  • @nigeh5326
    @nigeh5326 3 роки тому +3

    If you pronounce it as Beryl for those of us in the UK of a certain age it reminds us of Beryl the Peril a comic book character 😊

  • @M81_WOODLAND
    @M81_WOODLAND 3 роки тому +1

    My name's Beryl, this is my brother Beryl and that's my other brother Beryl.
    I'm here all week folks.👍

  • @dinoslavski
    @dinoslavski 3 роки тому +1

    Great video, though the 2004 pattern is called Beryl B, along with modernizations from 2009 and 2014 being Beryl C and D respectively, though notably the D pattern (foldable collapsing stock and AR-15 magazines) was never adopted be the military because the AR magazines have proven to be less reliable than desired. What is also notable is that the Polish Military declared the Beryl unupgradeable after the 2009 modification.

  • @BFVgnr
    @BFVgnr 3 роки тому

    There was a detachment from the Polish Army at a southern FOB in Iraq. And being a gun guy, I asked one of them about his rifle. Through basic english and a lot of sign langauge he explained that Beryl was better than AK.
    AK *spits, mimes shooting, holds up hands like holding basketball* AK.
    Beryl *grins, mines shooting, holds of single tightly closed fist* BERYL!!

  • @fatherofliez9852
    @fatherofliez9852 3 роки тому +6

    I want one of the modern polish AK’s in 556 so f’n bad

  • @djdrack4681
    @djdrack4681 3 роки тому +1

    I like videos like this.
    I always find it interesting when you look at non-US/non-ruskie arms. Here you got an AK meeting 5.56 nato cartridge which I find to be a bit of quite the crossover.

  • @kennethstaszak9990
    @kennethstaszak9990 3 роки тому +1

    There was also a trial folding/adjustable stock. Had an opportunity to buy one some years back but the price was too steep.

  • @Soundwave85
    @Soundwave85 3 роки тому +4

    I hope Fabryka Broni invites you to Poland to try out the Grot!

  • @salthehamster9278
    @salthehamster9278 3 роки тому +5

    The scenario that I feel would be plausible with the grenade launcher. Swapping launcher between squad members in transit where you don’t have the room to field strip it.

    • @randomnobodovsky3692
      @randomnobodovsky3692 3 роки тому

      Well, there was an idea to have the grenade launcher convertible to stand-alone use. (It had stand-alone version). Of course, the idea was abandoned (probably due to slightly antiquated desing of the Pallad launcher).

  • @flashdancer42
    @flashdancer42 3 роки тому

    Aesthetic of the rifle is very very nice!

  • @CHMernerner
    @CHMernerner 3 роки тому +1

    I kinda love all those 5.56 AK pattern rifles. It's like AK74 but shoots more common ammo.

  • @RodrigoFernandez-td9uk
    @RodrigoFernandez-td9uk 3 роки тому +23

    Hell, Ian. How am I supposed to start telecommuting on time, if you upload a video every day at exactly 08:00 (GMT-4)?

  • @jac1207
    @jac1207 2 роки тому

    I have that stock on a weird early WBP 7.62 "beryl". Notice to anyone with that old stock, please please PLEASE, if you put it on an AK that doesn't have that "cutout" at 5:05, please be aware you might need to do some light grinding/sanding to give that spring some "breathing room" because otherwise, it'll be pinched up against the receiver whenever you fold it, and they don't make that spring anymore. You don't even need to do that big a cut out, just 2 slight channels to allow the spring to not be pinched.

  • @mikewerden4056
    @mikewerden4056 3 роки тому +1

    You didn't touch much on the Beryl barrel, but it looks very thin/light for select fire. Seems like you could really heat up and shoot out a pencil barrel like that.

  • @saiberunato
    @saiberunato Рік тому +2

    Thought it was odd the later Beryls came with the adjustable stock that could not be folded 🤔 Couldn't they design stock to do both?

  • @narr0wm1nd49
    @narr0wm1nd49 3 роки тому

    This model has the parts to accept the dog leg picatinny rail. At the rear trunnion there is an round knob what looks like a button to fold the stock. As Gun Jesus pointed out that isn't the release that is the mounting place for the rail. The rail slots forward then squeeze down on to that peg locking into a cutout with a swing clasp. If you look at the front trunnion you will see a grove on each side that shallows out going forward just below the rear part of the rear sight. So the rail slots into those grooves with pushes forward to become tight and then pushed down on the peg for the final lock. Given all the choices its rather good for the AK pattern. The only downside being you need to remove it and possibly adjust zero should you want to remove the dustcover. With the cheek weld being a chin weld the Poles said screw it and made the rail sit higher so you can still use the iron sights with the rail in place.
    The WBP fox in 7.62 has these rail accepting trunnions.

  • @noahuncapher9995
    @noahuncapher9995 3 роки тому +4

    It would be awesome to see a APS underwater rifle.

  • @piotrwadoowski1280
    @piotrwadoowski1280 3 роки тому +2

    Whoho ! Second Polish firearm in recent videos ... and it's one that I have been issued. Nice

    • @piotrwadoowski1280
      @piotrwadoowski1280 3 роки тому

      @@hendriktonisson2915 yeah thanks, I did not notice the mistype ;)

  • @Remington510
    @Remington510 3 роки тому

    Project Beauro: So, do you want a grenade launcher or a rifle grenade?
    The PL Military: YES.
    Beryl is just like Poland. A smoothie made from fruit the east and the west, that became it's own independent flavour.
    The 1990-2005 was a crazy period where the military could function theorethically if supplied by either NATO or Warsaw Pact (former) members. I remember military shows with mishmash of equipment, "Polished" to fit together.

  • @ukaszkowalski725
    @ukaszkowalski725 3 роки тому +23

    Maybe GROT now. Newest polish gun.

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A 3 роки тому +2

      The closest thing to an ACR/Masada used as service rifle.

    • @jic1
      @jic1 3 роки тому +1

      Though an unfortunate name for speakers of British English...

    • @lesnik5003
      @lesnik5003 3 роки тому +1

      @@jic1 As a Pole, I'm curious to what word it resembles. Btw "grot" means arrowhead in Polish.

    • @jic1
      @jic1 3 роки тому +2

      @@lesnik5003 You mean 'arrowhead' in *Polish,* right? In British English, it means 'dirt' in the sense of 'dirty' (as opposed to 'dirt' as a synonym for earth or soil): 'There's some grot on that pan.'

    • @lesnik5003
      @lesnik5003 3 роки тому +1

      @@jic1 Yeah, Thanks

  • @iamkinginmycastle2018
    @iamkinginmycastle2018 3 роки тому

    It was my service rifle. Greetings from Poland.

  • @conradm4943
    @conradm4943 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you gun Jesus for making my lunch more interesting today!

  • @jeffreyabelson7171
    @jeffreyabelson7171 8 місяців тому

    this is a sharp looking AK

  • @TheOz91
    @TheOz91 3 роки тому +2

    Oh my gosh, I was thinking about this today!

  • @yoboikamil525
    @yoboikamil525 3 роки тому +2

    2:58 you said Beryl correctly right there