Why Only Russian Spetsnaz Use This Weird Low Recoil Gun

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  • Опубліковано 26 сер 2022
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    Written & Produced by: Andrew Tucker & Chris Cappy
    Edited by: Savvy Studios
    Why did the Soviet Union design the AEK-971 in the 1980s to be this low recoil weapon for their troops only to abandon it during Project Abakan?
    How did the US military Advanced Combat Rifle program influence them? It was 20% more accurate and had a high rate of fire all while being lower weight. Kalashnikov's son competed in the trial. Now after many decades the AEK-971 has returned as part of the ratnik trials and won alongside the AK-12 to be used NOT by regular troops but by special forces only.
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  • @Taskandpurpose
    @Taskandpurpose  Рік тому +185

    Thanks for watching spare parts army. Get a FREE MYSTERY Item valued at $50 when you subscribe with code ‘TASKANDPURPOSE’ at → bit.ly/TPAUGTANDP
    What do you think of Russia's AEK-971 why doesnt the US Military have any recoil mitigated weapons ?

    • @markusvoigt9649
      @markusvoigt9649 Рік тому +2

      larry says gets hot quickly

    • @kittytrail
      @kittytrail Рік тому +4

      US has (had? 🙄) unlimited ammo so no need. just spray as much lead-free lead all around and if that doesn't work, call in CAS or artillery. 🥱

    • @patriotenfield3276
      @patriotenfield3276 Рік тому +4

      Hello Task and Purpose . Do you know Russia is using a newly developed 2B16 Nona K 120mm Towed breech loading Gun mortar that fires both mortar and artillery rounds.

    • @KyleInOklahoma
      @KyleInOklahoma Рік тому +5

      I bought the AK12 a few years ago. Apparently these are a hard rifle to find in the U.S. It is a fun rifle & has a lot less recoil than the AK47/74, etc. It’s a great option for shooting hog & drops them with one shot every time. (Almost) I find that with the 5.56 round i need to tap them twice. I had a bar hog get up & take off with a bullet in its head. I trapped him 2 weeks later & despite a good shot, he was still full of beans. The AK just drops the suckers

    • @desperatelyseekingrealnews
      @desperatelyseekingrealnews Рік тому

      @@KyleInOklahoma"I kill pigs with a high powered rifle" cor! ain't you brave/clever ?.

  • @Cecretarded
    @Cecretarded Рік тому +6412

    As a man who used it at the caspian border and during operation métro as well as operation firestorm I can say this rifle is great.

    • @adanakebap101
      @adanakebap101 Рік тому +221

      Lmao

    • @yeedbottomtext7563
      @yeedbottomtext7563 Рік тому +996

      Thank you for your cervix

    • @hopeleslydevoted6170
      @hopeleslydevoted6170 Рік тому +472

      Same used this gun when I fought in this place called Zavod and securing golmud railway,gun saved my life many timees.

    • @Slay_No_More
      @Slay_No_More Рік тому +344

      You served in the Metro theater also? I'm sure we likely were there at the same time.

    • @olgierd2001
      @olgierd2001 Рік тому +151

      im also a operation metro and operation locker veteran and used this gun too

  • @sturzkampfflugzueg
    @sturzkampfflugzueg Рік тому +2943

    As a veteran of operation locker I can confirm that gun is terrifying.

    • @Taskandpurpose
      @Taskandpurpose  Рік тому +365

      now I'm having flashbacks to weekends spent in those tunnels

    • @sturzkampfflugzueg
      @sturzkampfflugzueg Рік тому +68

      @@Taskandpurpose yea they were terrifying. Especially that one massive room where you had to push through the tunnel then the enemy had the high ground all around you

    • @ddarkon1223
      @ddarkon1223 Рік тому +8

      @@sturzkampfflugzueg yikes

    • @priest0701
      @priest0701 Рік тому +8

      Operation locker?

    • @kubefs
      @kubefs Рік тому +28

      @@sturzkampfflugzueg point C is hell itself

  • @zombiehunter6472
    @zombiehunter6472 Рік тому +907

    As a guy who has never even shot a gun but thinks he knows everything, I can say this rifle is excellent.

    • @heyhoe168
      @heyhoe168 Рік тому +22

      You are doing it wrong. You should refer to its visual.🤣

    • @dataman6744
      @dataman6744 Рік тому +2

      😂😂👍

    • @Huveto
      @Huveto Рік тому +1

      Hehehe 😁😁😁🤣

    • @colinstewart1432
      @colinstewart1432 Рік тому

      Good stuff Z. The search for the perfect Zombie Appocalypse Weapon goes on. 🤘👹🤘

    • @michaelpelzek8882
      @michaelpelzek8882 Рік тому +1

      Same.

  • @AlanTheBest97
    @AlanTheBest97 Рік тому +1225

    During operation firestorm and the fight in the Gulf of Oman even US soldiers would drop their M4s and take the russians AEK whenever possible. Very lethal equipment.

    • @ballsdeepgamingcommunity9928
      @ballsdeepgamingcommunity9928 Рік тому +118

      Oman was rough, lost a few medics there to malaria. They weren't very good medics I suppose but still...had to search the bodies for bandages...so they did not respawn in vain.

    • @sooryan_1018
      @sooryan_1018 Рік тому +79

      As an Oman battle veteran from the 2007 war, 2011 war and 2020 war, AEKs are absolutely lethal on almost any case

    • @thenasiudk1337
      @thenasiudk1337 Рік тому +46

      Lmao good battlefield reference

    • @emilyhofland8219
      @emilyhofland8219 Рік тому

      That, was rarely done...
      A team of Americans had to hightail, met a group of British doing the same. And they were taking ak's, baccarat they were out of ammo.
      Gulf 1 lasted 100 hours.
      Gulf 2, I was there.
      Lethality wasn't as issue, we have plenty of bigger calibers, and plenty of ammo, and they weren't wearing armor.
      Men who carried ak's, were spooks living among the population.
      Idk who told you this...
      We weren't after their ak's... they preferred our m4's.
      Also, you can't just drop your issued weapon, you moron.
      So fuck what you think you know.

    • @appartinaappartina-izola8732
      @appartinaappartina-izola8732 Рік тому +11

      I can tell you that what you're saying is pure BS. Not only it highly prohibited for a soldier to do that, it can be extremely dangerous to do so since one may drag friendly fire on himself while using the weapon.

  • @mrtrolldude0492
    @mrtrolldude0492 Рік тому +218

    The year was 2042, I remember it just like it was yesterday. What turned into a regular patrol within a fireteam would change the way I saw things. This weapon wiped out my whole team before I can even request for ammo or place down a spawn beacon.

    • @whatfreedom7
      @whatfreedom7 Рік тому

      They just keep the ammo for themselves and watch you die.

    • @Rancidious2154
      @Rancidious2154 Рік тому +9

      Dont be sad this is just how it works out sometimes

    • @irishprik
      @irishprik Рік тому

      Better luck next time notepads.

    • @pierrecollinet7575
      @pierrecollinet7575 5 місяців тому

      J'appelle l'empereur, l'exterminatus est en route

    • @BadBoy-bt6lb
      @BadBoy-bt6lb Місяць тому

      I think PBG mobile will not live to see these days😂

  • @Yeeoldman63
    @Yeeoldman63 Рік тому +761

    The reason why the An-94 won the akban trials was because the first two shots were 1800 rounds per minute while standard fire rate was 600 rounds per minute. So the first two shots could hit the target before the enemy could shoot their gun. The sad thing is that they never made a modern AN-94 variant.

    • @KennyNGA
      @KennyNGA Рік тому +157

      I had some tours myself especially nuketown was the hell and I have to disagree because the an-94 was our standard equipment

    • @AkiraIsMissing
      @AkiraIsMissing Рік тому +31

      @@KennyNGA LMAOO

    • @Yeeoldman63
      @Yeeoldman63 Рік тому +14

      @@KennyNGA ahh you are talking about cod I am talking about ReAl LiFe

    • @Olson323
      @Olson323 Рік тому +100

      Problem with AN-94 is that. The gun is absolute shit. Unwieldy, heavy, uncomfortable, like weird shape and some things that poke you when using. Inside it is terribly complicated, with some cables and double loading. It has it funky 2-round burst hitting one spot, but it is not enough to justify its other shortcomings. And price, over 1000$ per gun in 1994 must have been total astronomical.

    • @AkiraIsMissing
      @AkiraIsMissing Рік тому +83

      @@Olson323 Shh how dare you use empirical facts and evidence to slander my baby

  • @ilya_maqreen9513
    @ilya_maqreen9513 Рік тому +44

    0:55 Russian Spetsnaz and VDV (airborne troops) did not fail the attack on Gostomel airport. They kept it two months. They moved away from the Kiev direction to the Donbass.

    • @spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272
      @spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 Рік тому +6

      Aah but clearly your mistaken, cnn told us all that Russia is in retreat- oh wait whops🤭

    • @NeputuniaNepp
      @NeputuniaNepp Рік тому +3

      Saying they moved away is a generous term for they ran with their tails behind their back.

    • @NeputuniaNepp
      @NeputuniaNepp Рік тому +1

      @@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 the Russian are, look at Kherson

    • @spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272
      @spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 Рік тому +7

      @@NeputuniaNepp propaganda does not win wars, you fool.

    • @NeputuniaNepp
      @NeputuniaNepp Рік тому +1

      @@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 exactly, that’s why Ukraine is winning

  • @MaverickIDN
    @MaverickIDN Рік тому +191

    Had over 3000 confirmed kills with this rifle. Ive done tours at metro, noshahr canals, and locker (2011-2016), before i got discharged for my wounds. Wouldnt gonna make it without this - the gun truly shredded enemies like butter.

    • @hynre5894
      @hynre5894 Рік тому +4

      Fr?

    • @gunterdapenguin5896
      @gunterdapenguin5896 Рік тому +7

      So, you are the world record holder of most confirmed kills as a soldier (excluding the pilots dropping the nukes in ww2)?

    • @puellamservumaddominum6180
      @puellamservumaddominum6180 Рік тому +16

      3000 kills? 3000 confirmed kills? 3000 confirmed kills with one specific rifle? Forgive me if I don't believe you.
      Keep playing your video games kid.

    • @vektorr4
      @vektorr4 Рік тому +58

      Jesus Christ none of you can understand a joke, heard of Battlefield anyone?

    • @McRizzle23
      @McRizzle23 Рік тому +30

      These are battlefield levels everyone chill haha

  • @afinoxi
    @afinoxi Рік тому +567

    "Imagine if you fired a rifle and you felt no recoil"
    Didn't know Russians stole Jaeger Z999's rifles

    • @adenkyramud5005
      @adenkyramud5005 Рік тому +45

      They can steal his rifles but they can't steal his superhuman body

    • @HighSpeedNoDrag
      @HighSpeedNoDrag Рік тому +20

      It's called gaming and in their minds, it's the real thing minus any double feed malfunctions and of COURSE, Zero Recoil.

    • @Axl4325
      @Axl4325 Рік тому +13

      They can´t take his full auto finger though

    • @QwerYT4819
      @QwerYT4819 Рік тому

      @@adenkyramud5005 Detroit can, though

    • @QwerYT4819
      @QwerYT4819 Рік тому

      @@Axl4325 Detroit can, though

  • @Fuck_Snowflakes
    @Fuck_Snowflakes Рік тому +275

    The guy from forgotten weapons already proved that the recoil system in that weapon made little to no difference, once he threaded a specialized break the rifle performed as it was intended

    • @MrSuba47
      @MrSuba47 Рік тому +64

      Yes but this weapon is different updated and simplefied version of BARS system compared to civilan version of 107, BARS system gives only advantage on burst fire/full auto which ian couldn't test on civilan version of ak107. It would be intresting to se how it performs ln 7.62 variant a762 version of weapon to be precise.

    • @user-yg9gp6rk6p
      @user-yg9gp6rk6p Рік тому +21

      yap but that was sr-1 buy kalashnikov civil sporting rifle
      instead this kovrov mil spec rifle mil spec ammo wunderwsffel
      i think its hard to compare that these ways

    • @Taskandpurpose
      @Taskandpurpose  Рік тому +93

      Ian at forgotten weapons always has amazing videos on every weapon! larry vickers also did a few outstanding videos about the AEK971 he got some really unique access to the weapons in Russia years ago I believe

    • @kilianortmann9979
      @kilianortmann9979 Рік тому +17

      @@MrSuba47 The counterbalance system works just the same for single fire as it does for full auto, the mechanics don't change.
      I am certain that Larry Vickers had an incredible experience with the guns, back when he got access.
      I am not so sure that the weapons he fired were set up the same as the ones fore reliability testing.
      As Ian said, it is not that difficult to make a gun almost recoil free, it's just extremely difficult to keep it reliable.

    • @rahatzaman8120
      @rahatzaman8120 Рік тому

      Shut up .. Putin rules .

  • @ComradeAndrej
    @ComradeAndrej Рік тому +8

    Gostomel airport assault didn't not fail dude. Airport was taken, secured and later the VDV pulled back from it when Russian started the pull back operation from Kiev region. The assault was a complete success, don't know where you got the info that it failed?

    • @randomtitangrunt
      @randomtitangrunt 4 місяці тому

      VDV pulled out, thats why we have billions of pictures of VDV corpses all around the airport and tons of looted gear from them. Fucking vatniks man. First it didnt happen, then it did happen but it wasnt that bad, and now the mincing of VDV dropped over an airport's AA leading to the deaths of 99% of deployed paratroopers, a failure to regroup and take the airport, is... a victory? Okay buddy.

  • @aznblu3cap
    @aznblu3cap Рік тому +50

    The attack on gastomel was not a failure. They successfully took and defended the airfield. When Kiev direction didn’t work out, command gave the order to abandon the airfield. Basically meaning the operation was useless in the long run, but the special forces executed their mission at the time.

    • @Fred5612
      @Fred5612 Рік тому +4

      Cope lol

    • @qinarizonaful
      @qinarizonaful Рік тому +1

      And none survived.... isn't that a failure? Like the Alamo, but the Alamo bought precious time.

    • @kevincuevas8877
      @kevincuevas8877 Рік тому

      Thats a lot of words for saying there was some initial success but it still failed

    • @aznblu3cap
      @aznblu3cap Рік тому +14

      @@kevincuevas8877 the statement was about the special forces operators not military strategy from high command . The operators completed their mission successfully.

    • @kevincuevas8877
      @kevincuevas8877 Рік тому

      @@aznblu3cap Bro what level of copium are you on? You can go around massacring civilians while you are clearing rooms and dig out the bullets later like US special forces but that doesn't make a successful tactics a "success" because winning battle isn't winning the war or even just the priority mission. if it is a strategic failure - especially if many of your troops die in a mere diversion - thats not a success, thats desperation. Did Ukrainians succeed in taking back their airport? Yes. Would russians have held it if reinforcements came, maybe even forever so they can negotiate for it after the war? Probably. Your commanders realizing it was a wasted effort afterwards doesn't take away from the operators skills and ability to clear objectives. Its not the soldiers fault their commanders rely on cannon fodder and WW1 style mass deployments even with specialized infantry. Again, the operation can be a failure even if the operators were successful, and thats a strategic failure that lies purely with the chain of command not with the fault of Special Forces executing bad commands successfully.

  • @twat9192
    @twat9192 Рік тому +177

    Always making entertaining and accurate content that I can look forward to, keep it up cappy

    • @Taskandpurpose
      @Taskandpurpose  Рік тому +12

      thanks for watching! really appreciate it good sir

    • @carkawalakhatulistiwa
      @carkawalakhatulistiwa Рік тому

      @@Taskandpurpose Central planning only sets budgets and targets. not the details of how the target is carried out, that's the job of each department

  • @boomer955
    @boomer955 Рік тому +37

    On the gun itself, Ak-74 is accurate enough for the regular infantryman. No need to invest huge amount of money for a very marginal improvement in accuracy, if any. Especially considering the type of environment where is supposed to be used. But its great for the special forces who use it in very specific situations where individual accuracy plays a bigger role.

    • @winterautumnfishing5215
      @winterautumnfishing5215 Рік тому +1

      Exactly

    • @alexandersimon2565
      @alexandersimon2565 5 місяців тому

      Когда две пули вместо одной влетают в тебя, будь уверен, разницу почуствуешь…

    • @boomer955
      @boomer955 5 місяців тому

      @@alexandersimon2565 Две пули вместо одной, конечно, лучше, но цена для страны оказалась неприемлимой. Малой серией для спецов куда ни шло, а в полях лучше надёжность и простота чистки. Основная масса пехоты поражается артиллерией. Вот в неё, как показывают события, и надо вкладываться. Жду не дождусь, когда контр-батарейная работа начнёт уничтожать артиллерию противника в промышленных масштабах.

    • @alexandersimon2565
      @alexandersimon2565 5 місяців тому

      @@boomer955 Если одна сторона использует ДжиПиЭс, старлинк и окола тысячи разведспутеиков, а другая треногу из прошлого века, и имеющую чуть более трёхста спутников всех видов, то только на чудо и надеется приходится…

    • @boomer955
      @boomer955 5 місяців тому

      @@alexandersimon2565 Россия есть постоянный производитель чудес. Многих изумляет до смерти, не взирая на старлинки.

  • @BigChiefWiggles
    @BigChiefWiggles Рік тому +18

    Failed air assault of the airport? They took that thing, repelled superior forces for days and then held it until they were told to pull out. Wtf are you talking about?

    • @ddiac
      @ddiac 5 місяців тому

      be reasonable...they`re fed mainstream propaganda 24/7

  • @AbokaseeRed
    @AbokaseeRed Рік тому +10

    My favourite of the Abakan weapons is the TKB-0146. Largely a normal bullpup, funni little feed system but nothing unprecedented (if you include artillery).
    It was a runner up to the AN94, losing to it on the grounds of it being too complicated. An exploded view of the internal parts shows that might be code for "it doesnt look like an AK".

  • @ShadowWolfTJC
    @ShadowWolfTJC Рік тому +230

    I'd imagine that recoil-mitigation feature would've been quite handy for not only fully-automatic submachine guns, but also for light support weapons (like the M249 SAW) and heavier machine guns (like the M2) firing higher-caliber rounds like 7.62x51mm NATO or .50 BMG at lower rates of fire (say in the 450-600 RPM range), or even in semi-automatic mode.

    • @Seth9809
      @Seth9809 Рік тому +21

      There are heavy indications that the recoil-mitigation feature does not work as intended.

    • @theimmortal4718
      @theimmortal4718 Рік тому +36

      I think that forgotten weapons figures out that it's mostly the muzzle brake doing most of the work here

    • @matthiuskoenig3378
      @matthiuskoenig3378 Рік тому +9

      That was for a different weapon (an sr-1/ak-107) with a lighter recoil mitigation system.

    • @bebebutterbub1344
      @bebebutterbub1344 Рік тому +3

      Yeah, telescopic barrel too along with muzzy break, and balanced weight.

    • @ridhosamudro2199
      @ridhosamudro2199 Рік тому +25

      @@Seth9809 as Ian puts it, the feature does work. But a muzzle brake did the job better.

  • @amerhamad4577
    @amerhamad4577 Рік тому +189

    On forgotten weapons, they tested it and found it's the muzzle brake that reduced the recoil.

    • @marvindebot3264
      @marvindebot3264 Рік тому +7

      I still want one however.

    • @TakNuke
      @TakNuke Рік тому +30

      Its the Kalashnikov take on counter balancing recoil system while the a545/ kord 6p67 uses one piece concentric counter balancing system which can be taken out as a sub assembly like an AK long stroke gas piston system.

    • @matthiuskoenig3378
      @matthiuskoenig3378 Рік тому +57

      Actually forgotten weapons tested a different system (they tested the ak-107/sr-1). And they found the muzzle break did *most* of the recoil mitigation not all of the mitigation.

    • @AdamSchadow
      @AdamSchadow Рік тому +16

      Well yes but actually no they tested the sr-1 and only in semi auto. The gun itself reduces the recoil of the internal parts hitting the back of the receiver which is still a very significant part of what actually makes you miss follow up shots.

    • @Yes-sw8gh
      @Yes-sw8gh Рік тому +8

      Thats.... kind of what a muzzle brake does, yeah. How the fuck do you have to run a test to come to that conclusion.

  • @user-od1yi5iq1k
    @user-od1yi5iq1k Рік тому +15

    0:56
    It didn't fail.
    They held the airport for two weeks until relieved.
    It was a great success.

    • @bruhmoment2979
      @bruhmoment2979 Рік тому

      But the entire invasion wasn't "a great success"

    • @spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272
      @spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 Рік тому +7

      @@bruhmoment2979 nothing was a great success if you listen to western/Ukrainian propaganda

    • @bruhmoment2979
      @bruhmoment2979 Рік тому

      @@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 bro they literally evacuted from the north, i saw it with my own fucking eyes.

    • @spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272
      @spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 Рік тому

      @@bruhmoment2979 they weren't in Ukraine to take it.

    • @bruhmoment2979
      @bruhmoment2979 Рік тому

      @@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 then they were in ukraine to do what? Rape children and kill civilians?

  • @user-mo3cf8he7g
    @user-mo3cf8he7g Рік тому +10

    Gostomel operation wast failed at all, the guys did an excellent job, but they had to leave the airport during a global retreat from the Kyiv front. Ukraine was not going to surrender, so it did not make sense to continue the defense of the airport. Why do you call it a failure of special forces? This is a strategic mistake

  • @aaroniter8163
    @aaroniter8163 Рік тому +153

    According to my Battlefield 4 experience, I would highly reccomend adopting the AEK 971 - man that thing was a beast in game. Loved it.

    • @paulschab8152
      @paulschab8152 Рік тому +8

      I used to love the AEK971 and the SAW in BF3 before patches.

    • @milokhanh313
      @milokhanh313 Рік тому +3

      the 2 round burst in BF4 is good too

    • @doofwop
      @doofwop Рік тому

      Video games will never be real war kid. Doesn't matter how good your gfx card is either

    • @paulschab8152
      @paulschab8152 Рік тому +17

      @@doofwop No, really?

    • @doofwop
      @doofwop Рік тому

      @@paulschab8152 Yes really

  • @rikulappi9664
    @rikulappi9664 Рік тому +358

    In dry desert/mountain areas accurate single shots are great. In a jungle or say, Finland, where visibility is usually 15-150m, full auto rules. (Vietnam?Well, no rifle can fix lack of training)

    • @georgesakellaropoulos8162
      @georgesakellaropoulos8162 Рік тому +35

      Full auto is good for keeping heads down, but that thick cover that results in short visibility is the result of plant growth which makes projectiles veer widely off course. Unless your target is less than a meter behind the twig or even a leaf that your bullet hits, you are unlikely to hit it. At very close range, ( less than 20 meters,) full auto provides some advantage, but beyond that, hitting individual targets is a crap shoot.

    • @CtrlAltRetreat
      @CtrlAltRetreat Рік тому +24

      @@georgesakellaropoulos8162
      And if you're in a situation where accuracy is going to be a crap shoot, your odds are going to be a lot better if you're shooting more crap at your target.

    • @armstrong2052
      @armstrong2052 Рік тому +16

      @@georgesakellaropoulos8162 the heavier the bullet the less deflection you will see, and the less foliage matters. If the bullet has a high sectional density and a lot of speed a tree isn't even a safe bit of cover.

    • @rasmussyrjala1370
      @rasmussyrjala1370 Рік тому +9

      We never used full auto, in finland, cause you cant hit shit.

    • @armstrong2052
      @armstrong2052 Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/P5dve7vAY9I/v-deo.html

  • @0bserver416
    @0bserver416 Рік тому +1

    @02:20 I like that a cool conscript running behind of everyone and shooting friendlies at their back...

  • @noncomplier5385
    @noncomplier5385 Рік тому +2

    Right off the bat from seeing the thumbnail I recognised it as the A-545 a modernized version of the AEK-971. It was originally designed for the RUAF's Ratnik program, but is being issued in small numbers to Spetsnaz groups.

  • @dmurphy1578
    @dmurphy1578 Рік тому +28

    The double barrel looks like something Herrera would make.

    • @cameronsmith2245
      @cameronsmith2245 Рік тому +2

      He'd see a picture during cursed gun memes, get inspired, and then make one.

    • @Penigale
      @Penigale Рік тому +2

      @@cameronsmith2245 if this video gets 100 thousand likes...

  • @timby2383
    @timby2383 Рік тому +70

    I was expected to hear about AK-107, but perhaps AEK is a cool gun as well.

  • @benson556
    @benson556 Рік тому

    love the segment man. keep up these vids!

  • @stiyp7485
    @stiyp7485 Рік тому +6

    as a man who got deployed with this on grand bazaar, I can say it brings hella lots of lead to the enemy.

  • @bush_wookie_9606
    @bush_wookie_9606 Рік тому +7

    Hello expensive, hella complicated and hella heavy

    • @arcturionblade1077
      @arcturionblade1077 Рік тому +6

      And a poor substitute and crutch for poor training, military discipline, and actual marksmanship for the Russians.

  • @carlosgarcia8281
    @carlosgarcia8281 Рік тому +15

    Since you talked about the abakan project, it would be good to talk the An 94.

  • @thegadway
    @thegadway Рік тому

    Dude, this is Forgotten Weapons level content! Keep this up!!!

  • @AbuBakr-gm6bf
    @AbuBakr-gm6bf Рік тому +6

    Hostomel was not a failure the VDV took the airport and held it 2 days they have done their job but the incapacity of russian GQG to give them air support allow Ukraine army to make a small counter offensive .

  • @SolntsaSvet
    @SolntsaSvet Рік тому +65

    09:42 is most likely a Chechen fighter. This head garment has its origins in the Caucasus region, associated with several local ethnic groups, and similar garments have subsequently been used with modifications by different Cossacks groups, and seen use in the Russian Imperial army in the past (by Cossack units), but they have otherwise little to do with ethnic Russian (Slavic) culture/tradition per se. One pretty well known modern days athlete who uses this headdress is the MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov who is of Avar ethnicity from the Caucasus region (Russia's Republic of Dagestan).

    • @FirstnameLastname-py3bc
      @FirstnameLastname-py3bc Рік тому +4

      No most likely he wears it just for the photo. As for the head gear adoption - Russian Imperial army adopted it among officers in 19th century, Red Army replaced all clothing until Stalin's reforms where he returned that headgear and along proper clothing in general, and as I know later USSR got rid of it

    • @SolntsaSvet
      @SolntsaSvet Рік тому +2

      @@FirstnameLastname-py3bc 1.The uniform the man wears has no Russian Federal Army identificatory markers anywhere, as far as I can see, 2. From what can be appreciated on the image, the man definitely looks far more like a Chechen person, rather than a Russian, 3. Except for people from rural areas, especially shepherds and older generations, these garments are normally used mostly at "folkloric events" or otherwise to take pics by younger generations, not as regular everyday headdress anyway. 4.During the Chechen Wars, ethnic nationalism/undertones to the conflicts ran high, so it was more likely and common for Chechen fighters to take photos of themselves posing with a piece of garment that would stress their cultural belonging and ethnic pride, rather than for a Russian Federal Army soldier to do so "for giggles".

    • @FirstnameLastname-py3bc
      @FirstnameLastname-py3bc Рік тому +1

      @@SolntsaSvet his face does look like Caucasian, but can be some sturdy Russian as well. But clothing doesn't look like from that conflict/or something Chechens wore. Looks like some spec ops if from that conflict. Or - it's not from that conflict at all.
      Identification markers are for regular soldiers, to distinguish from one another or have pride in their uniform, Russian strongmen have more of mercenary ethos than soldiers'. And such "strongmen" do usually look like that

    • @SolntsaSvet
      @SolntsaSvet Рік тому +5

      @@FirstnameLastname-py3bc I mentioned that the uniform has no Russian Army markers because if it did, than there would be a better reason to believe he might be Russian. Otherwise, if the pic is indeed from the Chechen wars period, it is more likely for him to be a Chechen fighter, because of his facial features and the use of the headdress, due to reasons I mentioned above. By comparison, soldiers in the images immediately prior to him in this video are almost certainly (ethnically) Russian, on the other hand. Not sure what exactly you mean or imply by sturdy looks of the "strongmen". As an ethnic Russian myself, I could hardly ever reliably distinguish a Ukranian, Belarussian or even say a Pole or Lithuanian from a Russian, based on the facial features, but with very few exceptions (especially in the case of people of mixed heritage) a typical Russian looks quite different from a person who originates from the Caucasus region, be it Chechens, Avars, Kabardins, Ossetians, Georgians, etc.

    • @FirstnameLastname-py3bc
      @FirstnameLastname-py3bc Рік тому +1

      @@SolntsaSvet the Russian spec ops and such have sturdy faces like that, beard and everything
      Although I agree face looks Caucasian not slavic or Turkic/Mongolian like most of Russians

  • @miguelpi8831
    @miguelpi8831 Рік тому +11

    AK-107,108 and 109 had a similar counter balanced system to reduce recoil. They saw very little production because of the same problems of AEK: Added complexity, higher price and reduced reliability.

    • @appartinaappartina-izola8732
      @appartinaappartina-izola8732 Рік тому +1

      ...and needless complexity. The muzzle brake does all the work.

    • @Lazar-ox5bd
      @Lazar-ox5bd 8 місяців тому +1

      to be honest it isn't too much more complex, at least the 107, 108 and 109, the three guns don't FEEL too complex

    • @Nothing_._Here
      @Nothing_._Here 7 місяців тому

      @@appartinaappartina-izola8732 Way to peddle the idiot that claims NSGW has low recoil despite using non spec ammo.
      AEK-971/6P67 has significantly reduced recoil because the parts are properly weighted, you don't see that in AK-107.

  • @dylan-2169
    @dylan-2169 Рік тому

    I love he holds it over his should when realistically you’d need 4 guys to hold that thing and another 2 to operate it. They’re actually on tripods it’s kind of like a mix of an artillery gun and a tank cannon using a really big bullet that is more like a normal bullet than other large projectiles. Then the Davy Crockett which he referred to is pretty special and I’ve never seen anything else like it, it’s pretty much a mix of a normal recoilless rifle, an rpg, and an ICBM, shoots a small little baby nuke, things nuts

  • @BatCaveOz
    @BatCaveOz Рік тому +7

    Hey Cappy, I am pretty sure that the stars on the US flag should be on the top right corner (signifying forward movement), when worn on the right shoulder.
    (The stars are on the top left corner, when the flag is worn on the left shoulder)

    • @titaniusanglesmith9690
      @titaniusanglesmith9690 Рік тому

      Doesnt really matter. The US flag ought to be flown upside down due to the last 80 years of bullshit implemented specifically to take advantage of other countries and especially the american working class(no im not referring to the military. Vets are better taken care of any other citizen in the US by a long shot. Thats part of the whole proto-fascism thing.)

  • @Carewolf
    @Carewolf Рік тому +42

    You can't really get rid of recoil (Newton's laws and all that), but you can mitigate loss of accuracy due to uncentered recoil, and you can smoothen it out.

    • @aajas
      @aajas Рік тому +20

      You just need a rifle that fires both forwards and backwards at once. Friendly fire incidents would skyrocket but the recoil would be

    • @Cincy32
      @Cincy32 Рік тому +16

      Did Newton ever fire a gun in his life? Check & mate.

    • @PinkFZeppelin
      @PinkFZeppelin Рік тому +11

      Yes you can and Newton tells you how to do it. It's just difficult to do it perfectly while also being practical.

    • @InsanoBinLooney
      @InsanoBinLooney Рік тому +4

      -Laughs in Carl Gustav-

    • @doofwop
      @doofwop Рік тому

      @ Cincy32 bro do you even physics? You = fool

  • @laknidubandara
    @laknidubandara Рік тому +4

    Damn Cappy isn't getting rest with those Videos Keep it up bro.

  • @mikhailk3572
    @mikhailk3572 Рік тому +4

    Who failed at the airport? It is one of the best op. ever.

  • @doulikepanckakes
    @doulikepanckakes Рік тому +11

    Ah wow this brings me back. 2011, Gulf of Oman. Was with the 1st Recon Battalion, 1st Division. Our guys hated running into these in CQC, and general urban fighting. Rpm mixed with low recoil was a deadly mixture. I always preferred the 416 so it didn't bother me.

    • @hangonsapto2338
      @hangonsapto2338 Рік тому +1

      Thanks for the AEK-971 service user to join in the battlefield 3, 4, or new one ? Since you say 2011 it must be not the new one.

    • @doulikepanckakes
      @doulikepanckakes Рік тому

      @hangonsapto2338 Battlefield 3 my guy. Those were the days

  • @thisguy41487
    @thisguy41487 Рік тому +12

    I LOVE the AEK-971. It might not even be that great of a weapon, but I LOVE the engineering behind it.

    • @AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL
      @AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL Рік тому +1

      Agreed, I'd never want to have to shoot someone but the technology behind firearms is so interesting and it's fun to guess where it will go in future.

    • @redsun9261
      @redsun9261 Рік тому +1

      Its great. Better than any M4 in reducing recoil, no matter how much customised it is. And its durable too.

    • @prateepphonjanthuek4904
      @prateepphonjanthuek4904 Рік тому +2

      LOVE AN94 & AEK971 & SAKO RK 95 & GALIL AR & FN FNC

  • @Skim_beeble7125
    @Skim_beeble7125 Рік тому +12

    Yeah in America we also know it’s not the stick but it’s the man who wields the stick

    • @eengineering4b234
      @eengineering4b234 Рік тому +3

      I guess youre right since in america everyone has a stick and uses it anywhere they like.

  • @mpopenker
    @mpopenker Рік тому

    I found this video very entertaining, as it has so many inaccuracies and misconceptions that I almost laughter out loud.

  • @ih8gaming206
    @ih8gaming206 Рік тому +3

    Forgotten Weapons has an interesting video about the Ak-107/Sr-1 which uses a similar recoil compensation system and Ian pulls it apart so you can see just how it works.

  • @chaprandom8362
    @chaprandom8362 Рік тому +8

    There has been tests with the Kalashnikov Concern's SR-1 rifles (the counter recoil system implimented in competition rifle) in Europe, see Polenar Tactical and Forgotten Weapons's vids. Some of these tests found QC problems and that the counter recoil system wasn't really all that effective and most of the work was done by the muzzle device. Even then it really wasn't anything special that couldn't be done with modern ARs. Would love to see some western tests on the new Kord rifle, but that probably wont happen any time soon.

    • @ForOne814
      @ForOne814 Рік тому +4

      I mean, that being said, a properly gassed AK has the same recoil. The whole point of the balanced system is that it's still overgassed.

  • @eliasziad7864
    @eliasziad7864 Рік тому +9

    6:41 it could be because of logistics also, the ammo would be used up way too quickly.

  • @MagnumMarkGamingTV
    @MagnumMarkGamingTV Рік тому +6

    I’ve used this firearm plenty of times. Deployed in Dawnbreaker, the Siege of Shanghai, and Operation Metro & Operation Locker. Good time. Good rifle.

    • @Eminem200FBI
      @Eminem200FBI 2 місяці тому

      I am still using in metro, the rush never stopped comrade... we are still wandering in the dark with our aek 971! Comrade its time to come back to the frontlines.

  • @incognitocamo1439
    @incognitocamo1439 Рік тому

    your sponser plug was so good I'm absolutely sold on the tackPack

  • @keithsimpson2150
    @keithsimpson2150 Рік тому +25

    I'm sure the fancy rifles make people feel much better while they spend weeks hiding out in trenches waiting for a drone to bring artillery.

    • @DavidHalko
      @DavidHalko Рік тому

      Special Delivery! 🚚
      Boom! 💥

    • @vaguelymodest6239
      @vaguelymodest6239 Рік тому +5

      Better than anything Ukraine is using, cuz they’re being dominated

    • @bruteforce9115
      @bruteforce9115 Рік тому

      @@vaguelymodest6239Russian is gonna be economic and cultural wasteland. Well the rest of the world moves into the digital age . Bad call to bring war and terror to Ukraine

    • @ree2453
      @ree2453 Рік тому +7

      @@vaguelymodest6239 "Kyiv in 3 days" , "Kyiv was a faint".

    • @Penigale
      @Penigale Рік тому +7

      @@vaguelymodest6239 not really. They're doing exceptional seeing as though Russia was seen as the 2nd best military in the world up until maybe a week into the invasion

  • @drewhinners8793
    @drewhinners8793 Рік тому +52

    I remember tearing up Battlefield 4 with my Trusty AEK971. Best weapon in the game by FAR

    • @bomberharris9322
      @bomberharris9322 Рік тому +11

      Honestly deserved to be nerfed. I avoided using the AEK solely because I feel like it genuinely ruined the fun for me and the person at the receiving end of the gun.

    • @histamenii
      @histamenii Рік тому +4

      @@bomberharris9322 you sir are a good person

    • @Bornst3ll3r
      @Bornst3ll3r Рік тому +1

      I think the m16a3 was better

    • @drewhinners8793
      @drewhinners8793 Рік тому +3

      @@bomberharris9322 played infantry only servers for the most part. Metro, pearl market, lockers. If you weren't using the AEK, you were at a disadvantage. Coupled with the M320 and some smokes, it was just chef's kiss. Pop smoke, lob 320s long at corners and push aggressively up through the smoke. Then couple that with a good squad doing the same with everyone running revives and moving together, became unstoppable.

    • @nicolobarbato6471
      @nicolobarbato6471 Рік тому +2

      @@drewhinners8793 dude, the US Army need a sergeant just like you

  • @jpmaseroto
    @jpmaseroto Рік тому +63

    i was deployed on damavand peak and trust me, this was one hell of a gun, it would decimate a whole squad paired to a suppresed glock 18 once we were at a tunnel we got sent to; shit was crazy.

  • @_geck
    @_geck Рік тому +36

    "failed military operation at hostomel airport" lmao, you mean by a force of 200 reppelling amd destroying a force of 1200 behind enemy lines and holding out for over 24 hours after that with only 17 kia? what kind of joke world are you living in bro

    • @spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272
      @spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 Рік тому +8

      Must watch cnn

    • @NeputuniaNepp
      @NeputuniaNepp Рік тому +5

      Yeah, let’s just forget the whole column of dead Russian tanks that got destroyed on their way to Hostomol

    • @ercapitanoderoma7411
      @ercapitanoderoma7411 Рік тому +5

      @@NeputuniaNepp exactly in total only 17 kia die in that convoy

    • @ercapitanoderoma7411
      @ercapitanoderoma7411 Рік тому +3

      @@NeputuniaNepp that column was little only 3 bmp4 and 17 soldier maybe more... I have all the photo/video of dead VDV and in total are only 17 maybe 20 .... 🤷‍♂️

    • @spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272
      @spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 Рік тому +3

      @@NeputuniaNepp your a propaganda bot.

  • @Gozerthegozarian1984
    @Gozerthegozarian1984 Рік тому +32

    “…itwas adopted to fill an incredibly small niche, something that would not likely happen in western militaries…”
    You mean like US SF using special 1911s, or a million other examples of custom guns used by western special operations units?

    • @ELeviathan33
      @ELeviathan33 Рік тому +12

      Thanks for pointing that out too, so much goofy nonsense said in this video.
      The US literally just signed several huge contracts with SIG to make guns that only niche personnel will get their hands on in the next 5-20 years.

    • @GeorgeSemel
      @GeorgeSemel Рік тому +1

      Well, you can't count the Special Forces, part of being Special is that you can get any kind of firearm you want! Being a gun guy I don't have a problem with that. It's more like tailoring the weapons loadout for the specific mission than not. But Buster Keaton's Custom Gun Works needs to stay in business too. The Russians are not the only ones to ever go down that rabbit hole of finding the perfect rifle! Hell, I spend a good 50 years doing just that for my big game hunting.

    • @311jbknight
      @311jbknight Рік тому +1

      I know SEAL operations from fast attack subs in the 80s-90s used a standard kit that was stored and locked in the sonar sphere at the very front. Designed so a team could be dropped near the sub and get aboard. The kit included all weapons, ammo, web gear and even rubber boats with small outboard motors that never started easy.

  • @loge1703
    @loge1703 Рік тому +1

    2:52 they had to clap and there was a legend, that the one who staps claping first in front of stalin will be punished, but hoensly feels bad

  • @p03saucez
    @p03saucez Рік тому

    That muzzle brake is what's doing pretty much all the work in "recoil mitigation".

  • @TakNuke
    @TakNuke Рік тому +34

    In the newer A545/ Kord 6P67 and in its other derivatives have simplified counter balancing recoil system in which the two counter moving pistons are concentric i.e. one inside the other so now when disassembled the whole working mechanism can be taken out in a single piece like in AK. So beside the counter balancing recoil system, the bolt carrier group is similar to AK while external is made out of stamped steel. So I think it is simplified and provides enough performance improvement to warrant adoption. With optics attached and with its low recoil it will be easier to hit fleeting targets while also more accurate in rapid semi auto. But the Russian Military doesn't have the money to do so. Instead of wasting money on AK12 they could have gotten AK74 parts modernisation like M4 sopmod while replacing it completely or supplementing it with A545 later. The original Abakan intention was to give AEK971 to everybody while spestnaz and other special units get AN94. But the thing is AN94's hyper burst is more beneficial to regular troops while its maintenance requires the skill of elite troops and is much more expensive. So they should have selected AEK971 for further development while making do with modernised AK74 as mentioned above. One of the reasons for AN94 complication is the whole mechanism doesn't have enough space to achieve mechanical simplicity, during the trials there was another rifle Stechkin's TKB-0146 which has a hyper burst and was in third place in Abakan trials but was rejected because it was bullpup. Similarly before the Ratnik trials there is A-91m family of rifles which has been under production and use. Also they have much better simple conventional design like Dragonov MA which is being now developed to replace 9x39 family of firearms and also the ultra compact AKS74U. For 21st century Russians have much better options than AK12 but to cling on to their Kalashnikov heritage lead to wastage of money which can be better put to buying optics for everybody which can be mounted even without picatanny rail using Russian side mount and by adding rails over the handguard.

    • @alijankhan3330
      @alijankhan3330 Рік тому +5

      Lol I read they don't issue optics because the troops just sell them. Russians gon Russian. Anyway, the Dragunov you're talking about in 9*39, is that the AMB 17? There's also an AM 17, one is in 9*39 and the other is 5.45*39

    • @TakNuke
      @TakNuke Рік тому +5

      @@alijankhan3330 If soldiers are paid shit then they will sell whatever issued to them especially conscripts, this problem was also in ANA and ANP. Even if the Russian Military has money it's generals are conservative in issuing optics even if the unit is a professional i.e. they are well trained, motivated, treated and paid. This type of mentality is only cured by showing the effectiveness of the said equipment by elite units. But the disaster on the airborne airport assault led to the lowering of trust on special mission units. Instead more politically loyal units are well equipped whose effectiveness cannot be verified.
      Regarding the Dragnouv MA design yes I mean both the improved derivative of it AM17 and AMB19.

    • @Asghaad
      @Asghaad Рік тому +2

      thing is these days its not enough to just hit the target ... good you scored a hit ... that just pissed the other guy off ...
      as usual Russians are developing and fielding tech to fight yesterdays war
      in this case they are about 30 years behind the curve.

  • @salsheikh4508
    @salsheikh4508 Рік тому +35

    I did Basic at Ft. Sill in 1995. We qualified with A2's but the Armorer had a couple A1's that he would let us use on the range. Took some kicks to the Kevlar by NCO's for getting too wild with those. Lotta fun the A1 full auto.

    • @dimwitsixtytwelve
      @dimwitsixtytwelve Рік тому +6

      Sounds like a stolen valour story.

    • @snakeeye814
      @snakeeye814 Рік тому +1

      What range were you ever permitted full auto, in basic?

    • @ok0_0
      @ok0_0 Рік тому

      @@snakeeye814 maybe it was different in the 90s

    • @snakeeye814
      @snakeeye814 Рік тому

      @@ok0_0 lol, I went to basic in the 90's.

    • @richhandler2621
      @richhandler2621 Рік тому

      @@snakeeye814 nice

  • @veleriphon
    @veleriphon 9 місяців тому

    Knight's Armament Light Assault Machine Gun (LAMG) is a constant recoil mechanism. The 5.56x54mm version is even more manageable than the 7.62mm weapon, which is already insanely controllable.

  • @1XriskehX1
    @1XriskehX1 Рік тому +1

    If I’m not mistaken, which I could be, didn’t they also note that soldiers shot abnormally less due to surrounding machine gun fire. Saying that they felt their single/burst fire made little to no difference

  • @mikiartinyan631
    @mikiartinyan631 Рік тому +17

    Hello, dear Chris
    There is a mistake in this video. A man wearing a papakha hat on 09:59 is Andranik Ozanyan. He is not Russian at all, he was an Armenian military leader. Papakhas were common in Armenia, in Georgia and in Caucasus.
    kind regards

  • @Clifford_Banes
    @Clifford_Banes Рік тому +6

    I love the volume of new videos coming out!!!

    • @Taskandpurpose
      @Taskandpurpose  Рік тому +6

      Is it too loud ?

    • @andresmar5714
      @andresmar5714 Рік тому +1

      Seems fine to me

    • @yahaaa1343
      @yahaaa1343 Рік тому +1

      @@Taskandpurpose no, it's perfect.

    • @alexd832
      @alexd832 Рік тому +1

      @@Taskandpurpose he probably meant that he likes the faster rate of videos you produce

    • @Penigale
      @Penigale Рік тому

      @@alexd832 it's a joke man jesus christ

  • @Solderpro_1
    @Solderpro_1 Рік тому +2

    Polenar Tactical did a video on this and its CRAZY how little recoil it has compared to an AR-15.

  • @tyquanwashington.8510
    @tyquanwashington.8510 Рік тому

    Very cool reciprocating, counter-weight, action.

  • @behroozkhaleghirad
    @behroozkhaleghirad Рік тому +14

    AEK-971 and AN-94 are by far the best assault rifles out there. Nothing can compete with those legends

    • @felix4820
      @felix4820 Рік тому +8

      Would be hell cleaning those thanks to corrosive ammunition

    • @arcturionblade1077
      @arcturionblade1077 Рік тому +6

      Doesn't matter if it's the best if it's too expensive to build and aren't mass produced in bulk with widespread military adoption to really make much of a difference in Ukraine or other conflicts.
      Ask the Germans during the closing days of WWII when they tried to employ jet fighters against the Allies (too little, too late).

    • @maximak-murza6334
      @maximak-murza6334 Рік тому +9

      Ukrainian Territorial Defence( plumbers, carpenters, computer geeks) , armed with old AKs can.

    • @Penigale
      @Penigale Рік тому

      @@maximak-murza6334 they have gen one AK 74s from 1975 and they demolished the Spetsnaz at Hostomel

    • @maximak-murza6334
      @maximak-murza6334 Рік тому

      @@Penigale Yes, Sir. Plus Ukrainian National Guard detachment at Hostomel was 90% conscripts - 19-year old boys with basic training at the most.

  • @krf1998
    @krf1998 Рік тому +3

    As a hardcore battlefield 3 veteran i can say it is the weapon you would actually want to bring to an alien planet

  • @arbelico2
    @arbelico2 Рік тому

    Greetings from Spain . The XM-307 / 312 program and its light versions is something that is little discussed. Thanks for your time .

  • @MyLonewolf25
    @MyLonewolf25 Рік тому +1

    As a operation metro veteran with many many deployments. This weapons was and is terrifying. Almost as much as all of the grenades…

  • @marx7048
    @marx7048 Рік тому +4

    Back when I fought in France on operation metro 2014 this gun kept me alive. My Compensator and trusty potato grib did me much miner than anticipated.

  • @FOVoid
    @FOVoid Рік тому +16

    Ian McCollum made a video about that system and came to the conclusion that the muzzle break is the key item and not the counter recoil system.

    • @matthiuskoenig3378
      @matthiuskoenig3378 Рік тому +12

      No he didn't, he looked at a similar but different system on the ak-107/sr-1.

    • @Max_Da_G
      @Max_Da_G Рік тому +2

      He also didn't seem to realize that counter-balancing system is designed to eliminate weapon shaking impulses from the operation of the gun itself. Reduction of the recoil of the shot itself can only be done by recoil buffering mechanisms and muzzle brakes.

  • @HummerPoint
    @HummerPoint Рік тому

    My friend was shot with a subsonic bullet, it didn't penetrate his not very expensive bulletproof vest made in Turkey. But during a night assault, it gives its effect when you can't figure out where the shot was fired from.

  • @taylorvargas713
    @taylorvargas713 Рік тому +1

    First of all I love your videos and I want to thank you for all the info you provide us, if I may ask, would you be willing to make a video on prototype or obscure Russian weapons like the pp90m1?

  • @stevinharper3551
    @stevinharper3551 Рік тому +5

    It seems an insult the new hats compared to their old traditional ones. I like the older look better anyways lol

  • @FrantisekPicifuk
    @FrantisekPicifuk Рік тому +6

    They don't.
    Because most of them are dead.

    • @arcturionblade1077
      @arcturionblade1077 Рік тому

      Are you telling me that all those cope cages the Russians are putting on their tanks and vehicles are useless?!!

  • @bob445566DE
    @bob445566DE Рік тому

    I live in Europe and own an Sr-1 (the civilian version of the AK107 which uses the same counter balance system). The system definetly works, but its not like the gun has no recoil at all. A lot of the recoil is compensated by the muzzle break.
    One thing that makes this gun absolutely not suitable for the avarage infantry is the disassembly. You can definetly screw it up and even damage the gun if you dont align the cogs with the tracks correctly. The system also has a lot of drag and needs to be lubricaded every 300 rounds. I cant stress enough how much grease you need to make this thing run reliable. I cant imagine that it can handle dirty enviroments very well. A little bit of sand will take it out of the fight immediately.

    • @Max_Da_G
      @Max_Da_G Рік тому +2

      AK-107 was tested by Russian miltiary for Ratnik trials. It failed the testing. Reliability issues and inability to take firing from GP30. That's why it never made it into Russian military. And that result had been happening in the past too.

  • @ManfredRS
    @ManfredRS 7 місяців тому

    Btw Gostomel assault wasn't Spetsnaz failure. They did capture airport by surprise, so they succeeded, but it's the ground forces that failed to connect with them from the north in time. And Spetsnaz while heavily outnumbered, held it several days more than planned.

  • @rafaelalodio5116
    @rafaelalodio5116 Рік тому +82

    I can only say that it was one of the best assault rifles in Battlefield 4.

    • @wrongoloid4749
      @wrongoloid4749 Рік тому +1

      "sweaty tryhard's weapon of choice" I always preferred the MP7

    • @youmakeuhmesomoisty
      @youmakeuhmesomoisty Рік тому

      @@wrongoloid4749 do you know what an assault rifle is...

    • @wrongoloid4749
      @wrongoloid4749 Рік тому

      @@youmakeuhmesomoisty yes I just played a lot of engineer and would use a shotgun on assault.

    • @HavingDinna
      @HavingDinna Рік тому +5

      I’m sorry but all of these battle field comment and not one person has mention the master tier 416 in that game.
      Unrivaled, as it should be and as it is in real life (:

    • @hashhashbrowns5381
      @hashhashbrowns5381 Рік тому +1

      As someone who plays bf4 today, there's a lot of aek nerds

  • @boomer955
    @boomer955 Рік тому +14

    In what sense Ghostomel airborne operation was a failed one? They got through heavy air defenses with no loss of transport choppers, they captured the airfield and held it against ground assault until the relieve force arrived. They pulled out in order when the order was given. Or this is from the same story where Soviet Union was saved by the D-day landing?

    • @UltraTotenkopf
      @UltraTotenkopf Рік тому

      *D-Day is an operation by the USA and Great Britain, more like a pirate raid, when the USSR did all the hard work and the "bold" allies arrived to share trophies in Europe!))) If it weren't for D-Day, the war between the USSR and Germany would have lasted longer by 6-12 months by the spring of 1946, the USSR would have done away with Hitler and Germany!*

    • @ajayji-ce2mk
      @ajayji-ce2mk 7 місяців тому

      Americans always do propaganda and has superiority complex 😂

  • @johnlasley975
    @johnlasley975 Рік тому +1

    As far as i remember, AEK 971 was actually first field-tested in FCW (first chechen war) along with some interesting stuff, which actually ended being adopted (AEK-919, SR-2 and later SR-2M, 9A-91). Basically, FCW was a sort of playground for gun manufacturers and SF guys.

    • @Max_Da_G
      @Max_Da_G Рік тому

      First wasn't as much as the Second.

    • @hangonsapto2338
      @hangonsapto2338 Рік тому

      ​@@Max_Da_G lsn't AEK-971 first use in operation Gulf of Oman ?

  • @PeterNissen878112
    @PeterNissen878112 Рік тому +1

    Wow! Glad, this helped the VDV in the the Battle of Hostomel Airport. Cappy's words - 11.43-minute mark!

  • @15bleach51
    @15bleach51 Рік тому +8

    Fauled assault? Are you kidding? :) They took airfield and accomplished all goals. It was brilliant operation. But they took order to leave

    • @CrYpt001
      @CrYpt001 Рік тому +5

      They died with great succes.

    • @kutter_ttl6786
      @kutter_ttl6786 Рік тому +5

      That's an interesting way of saying they couldn't hold the objective.

    • @eliasziad7864
      @eliasziad7864 Рік тому

      They were overwhelmed and pushed out until russian army came helped them.

    • @Efishrocket102
      @Efishrocket102 Рік тому

      Bot

    • @peterdenov4898
      @peterdenov4898 Рік тому +1

      @Joshua Jones sure thing buddy, whatever lets you sleep at night.

  • @gcole2108
    @gcole2108 Рік тому +4

    Gotta say, I like the "no idea too crazy" philosophy. Encourage everybody to contribute, because sometimes major leaps seem crazy at first

  • @paulwilson8672
    @paulwilson8672 Рік тому

    Great Intel!! Keep up the great work!!!

  • @Spritefound
    @Spritefound Рік тому

    Lmao @ 7:08 I hope that weapon is live even without the magazine cause there is nothing like flagging your comrade.

  • @patriotenfield3276
    @patriotenfield3276 Рік тому +10

    AEK 971
    AK107
    using counter recoil method attached to their piston rods, when the piston move back , the gear motion forces the mechanism to go forward.
    In contrast The Singaporean ULTIMAX 1000 , NTK 50 HMG and Israeli Negev NG uses Constant recoil mechanism to ease the recoil.
    Can somebody tell me how the latter works plz?

    • @courtleydennis5830
      @courtleydennis5830 Рік тому +2

      Forgotten weapon does a good job explaining it. Its like a firehose you get the initial kick then you feel a constant pressure pushing you back until you stop shooting. The recoil is mitigated by having springs that prevent the bolt carrier group from slamming against the back of the gun. It gently glides back
      ua-cam.com/video/uHCczzo6FqQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=ForgottenWeapons
      the question is asked at 1:06:11. I think. I hope this helps

    • @jason200912
      @jason200912 Рік тому +6

      Constant recoil = it doesn't touch the back but the first shot will still jump up. The mp40 is also constant recoil
      AK balance recoil = two pieces smack the gun forward while the bolt smacks backwards and they cancel out.
      Balanced recoil is probably less reliable and a very heavy system. Constant recoil is only useful for guns that are meant to only fire in full auto such as machine guns

    • @patriotenfield3276
      @patriotenfield3276 Рік тому

      @@courtleydennis5830 Thank You Very much.

    • @patriotenfield3276
      @patriotenfield3276 Рік тому

      @@jason200912 Thank you very much too.

    • @tsorevitch2409
      @tsorevitch2409 Рік тому +1

      @@jason200912 balances recoil is significantly more reliable as significant part of reliability comes from bolt having enough energy. In a constant recoil systems bolt is fully stoped by recoil spring and only the spring tension is the only force that drives the bolt forward. In classic and and counter balanced recoil systems bolt hits the back side of receiver and bounces back with significant energy left for operation.

  • @arc6600
    @arc6600 Рік тому +3

    Hello I love your channel and I love your fun facts and love lurnuing because when you tell us these great fun facts

  • @mattycakes1161
    @mattycakes1161 Рік тому

    Well, we have the constant recoil systems like the AA12, Stoner rifles, and the new models based on the Stoner rifles, so we kinda have similar systems but they don't operate the same way, and have less parts, which is very good.

    • @Backonos
      @Backonos Рік тому +1

      the rifle/carbine version of the stoners are bad, the LMG and "automatic rifle"(mag fed LMG, like a bren) configurations are the ones that had almost no felt recoil.

  • @StimpyOfficial
    @StimpyOfficial 7 місяців тому

    actually! the US DOES have a design similar to this, the KRISS Vector has a recoil mitigating design that when you shoot, the slider goes down and some say they can hold it with 1 hand and not fall off

  • @Cichlid_Visuals
    @Cichlid_Visuals Рік тому +7

    in 2 round burst mode, the 971 could put 2 rounds into the same wound hole before the first recoil impulse. this greatly increased its armor penetration ability and made it an excellent short range sniper rifle in unique situation.

    • @TheWill383
      @TheWill383 5 місяців тому

      You are confusing it with the AN-94 i think bro.

    • @Cichlid_Visuals
      @Cichlid_Visuals 5 місяців тому +1

      Lol yep u are right. I'm getting old.

    • @TheWill383
      @TheWill383 5 місяців тому +1

      @@Cichlid_Visuals Happens to the Best of us.

  • @EmileLeRat.
    @EmileLeRat. Рік тому +3

    Gostomel Airport was confirmed successfully captured and held by the Airborne units that assaulted it.

  • @MrChainsawAardvark
    @MrChainsawAardvark Рік тому

    All the way back in WWII a situation developed where the Werchmat tended to do better in long range engagements, while the Soviets could nullify those advantages by getting in close. The Germans eventually developed the STG-44 as a medium range rifle with an emergency setting for full auto when the enemy got too close. Meanwhile, the Russians decided they wanted an SubMachinegun with a longer range fire option if the troops got caught too far away - and eventually the AK was born. Any similarities are basically starting from opposite sides of a problem, and meeting in the middle.
    Ever since then, assault rifles have been seen as long range SMGs, with squad support from designated marksmen (SVD rifles) and medium machineguns (PKM) to suppress targets farther off. While keeping with the old thinking might be a bit of a flaw - the focus on automatic fire was a part of standing doctrine and training.

  • @jahman2079
    @jahman2079 Рік тому +1

    The KORD 6P67 looks like if the MP5A3 and the AK-107 had a baby.

  • @bradkuether3561
    @bradkuether3561 Рік тому +8

    On a good day my groups for my AK 74 (since lost in a tragic boating accident) were very close to my AR. (Also lost in a tragic boating accident). Accuracy was very reasonable for what it was. I get on full auto probably made a difference.

    • @appartinaappartina-izola8732
      @appartinaappartina-izola8732 Рік тому +2

      First of all: Stop boating. :P Second: There are a lot of misconception around both the AK and the AR platforms. The most common is "The AK is reliable, but innacurate while the AR is unreliable, but very accurate. ". The truth is: Both can be very accurate and reliable. Most of the job is done by the operator, not the tool. The most common mistake when it comes to an AK is not zeroing the sights while changing the ammo and blaming gun or the ammo for the misses. Simply put: If you replace your usual ammo with e.g. ammo with a heavier ball without zeroing the sights, every single shot will be low on the target. If the ammo is hotter than usual, it may happen you're going to shot too high. Always re-zero your sights on an AK if you use a new type of ammo.

  • @Max_Da_G
    @Max_Da_G Рік тому +18

    AK-74 was (and still is) known to be MORE controllable compared to M-16 in automatic fire. Mechanical accuracy was to be within Russian equivalent of 5MOA which is near-lineball to US requirement for army rifles. The reason behind starting works on increasing accuracy had to do with increasing hit probability from UNSTABLE POSITIONS. AK-74 has a pattern of behavior in burst fire: first round on target, second high and to the right, third close to target but still higher and to the right. If held in a certain way, that behaviour is reduced, but when in an instable position (prone on a side, half-crouch on the move, quick pop-up shooting) it's not feasible, and that is something Russians wanted to improve upon.
    US moving away from full-auto proved to be a useless idea: they returned back to it in M-4A1
    GRAU designation. Basically Russian equivalent to US "M" designations for military equipment.
    Actual reason for A545 and A762 being issued to SpetsNaz only is simple: those guys are trained sufficiently well to be able to take advantage of the lower-recoiling weapon. It's a long-proven fact that in most cases, soldiers can't fully realize the existing mechanical accuracy of their service rifles in combat due to combat stress and general firing skill. As a result the simple logic dictates that the extra precision would be simply lost on them as they'd not be able to realize the potential.
    Given the relative size of the general infantry vs SpetsNaz, it stands to reason why that's the case that so few were ordered compared to AK-12.
    The rifle shown doesn't feature a suppressor. It's actually simply a LONGER muzzle brake compensator.
    As to your comment that combat shifted to long-range accurate single-shot fire? Sorry dude but that applies only to Afghanistan and its long-distances. Engagements in Ukraine shown otherwise: LOTS of close-range combat indeed. Absolute SHITTON of forest combat where ranges are less than 40 yards, many simple point-blank. In fact the only time when long-range fire is used is at extended-distance street fighting when enemy has a high position on top of or at high floors of a building. Out in the open field, it's mostly automatic grenade launchers and artillery.
    Military combat ranges vary wildly and as a former infantryman you should know that depending on location it can be either 20 feet, 500 yards and everything in between.

    • @Max_Da_G
      @Max_Da_G Рік тому +2

      @@appartinaappartina-izola8732 Complexity isn't actually all that much more than on AKs. The disassembly method isn't difficult to grasp either. Remember, A545 was designed to re-arm the entire Russian military, given that it was submitted to Ratnik trials as a contestant to be the next INFANTRY weapon. So it was meant to be used and abused by the said general infantry from the get go. All Russian firearms are subjected to the now-infamous set of tests: rain chamber, silicon dust chamber, -57F/-50C chamber, multiple drops from 5ft/1.5m high onto barrel, magazine, top of the receiver, stock and charging handle. All of which it must pass with flying colours. So A545/A762 can be issued to general infantry. But as you correctly said, all that would indeed cost far more than doing what they do now, and that extra cost also was a consideration behind the decision.
      Maintenance? The only increase in complexity and maintenance would be the synchro gears and the balancer mechanism, testing which wouldn't require any more than a length measuring device and a set of field gauges which armorers would be getting. Technologically it was perfectly feasible to equip Russian military with those rifles. Price wise it's not unfeasible either: a whole lot of money was being spent and rifles were far from the most expensive item in the grand scheme of things.
      Another thing is that Russian infantrymen aren't all that careless with their equipment. It's a stigma given to them which grows from officers growing up not having much and not wanting soldiers to break things that will be needed in war. So they refused to give soldiers equipment citing the carelessness, yet care for the weapon is INSTILLED if the NCOs and officers are at least decent at their jobs. Generally I was very caring about the rifle that I was issued, but during my last couple of weeks in rookies I was running, tripped over something in tall grass and my rifle went flying out of my hands and rolling stock-over-barrel for good few meters. Does that make me a careless soldier? I'd like to think that no, it doesn't. By the way, the rifle was Steyr AUG, and if worked fine after that. Though whether the sight kept the zero I don't know since we finished our quals and did blank fire exercises at the time.

  • @Oscar-ds2vb
    @Oscar-ds2vb Рік тому +2

    bro..it was not a failed air assault , VDV took the airport but lost it later due to not being reinforced.

  • @paganguy3
    @paganguy3 Рік тому

    That was a very interesting video but can you tell me what that tan colored lg bore semi auto was that ejected spent cases forward and alongside the handguard?
    Keep up the great work!! Thanks

  • @RenegadeLK
    @RenegadeLK Рік тому +10

    That is one all rounder of a gun.

  • @nelson0110
    @nelson0110 Рік тому +6

    It's interesting to see that so many weapons tried to replace the Kalashnikov, but never were successful.

    • @Seth9809
      @Seth9809 Рік тому +2

      Most if not all of them sucked.

    • @nelson0110
      @nelson0110 Рік тому

      @@Seth9809 Pretty much, yea.

    • @Nikowalker007
      @Nikowalker007 Рік тому +2

      Cost of production, maintenance and training are the main reason why so many have tried and failed

    • @nelson0110
      @nelson0110 Рік тому +2

      @@Nikowalker007 I’m sure that’s part of it , but I think it’s more that new weapons were more complicated and thus less reliable and didn’t give that much of an edge, like recoil reduction , there isn’t really much recoil with a 545 ak anyway, so why need an ak 107.

    • @Nikowalker007
      @Nikowalker007 Рік тому +1

      @@nelson0110 That’s correct , they probably did some cost benefit analysis and realized that the retraining and factory retooling required for mass production just wasn’t worth it, the beauty of AK platform is that just like Ford T or incandescent light bulb it’s as simple and straightforward as possible , just efficient enough to get the job done for an average infantry man

  • @justsomedude7583
    @justsomedude7583 Рік тому

    I feel like dude with the silly-fluffy headpiece was just trying to stand out and be comically bad ass, looks like it worked!

  • @perfectlynormalhuman5473
    @perfectlynormalhuman5473 Рік тому +1

    Many of the images that you show are actually of the A-545/762. Its a modernised version of the AEK-971 meant for 'mass' production.