Water-Cooled .50s: The US Navy Mk22 Pedestal Mount

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    In 1942, the US Navy adopted the Mk22 Pedestal mount, which fitted a pair of water-cooled Browning M2 machine guns (one left-hand feed and one right-hand). It was used for antiaircraft use primarily, and was also adopted by the Army as the M46 in 1943. The mount was an update to the previous single-gun MK21.
    The gunner was protected by a 3/8” (9.5mm) hardened steel shield, and the mount could rotate a full 360 degrees, with elevation from -10 degrees to 80 degrees. They were produced by the Heintz Manufacturing company (no relation to the Heinz company that makes ketchup) of Pittsburgh from 1942 until 1945.
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  • @rambol1881
    @rambol1881 Рік тому +813

    Immensely disappointed that we didn't hear "tomorrow we'll be taking this to the range" at the end of the video.

    • @warrenharrison9490
      @warrenharrison9490 Рік тому +38

      This should be a pinned comment.

    • @HD-J.R.
      @HD-J.R. Рік тому +17

      He forgot to bring the crane.

    • @johanstyffe1037
      @johanstyffe1037 Рік тому +22

      And a mag dump

    • @neuvocastezero1838
      @neuvocastezero1838 Рік тому +10

      Guess it just wasn't in the budget. ; )

    • @MrJest2
      @MrJest2 Рік тому +6

      Can you imagine what this thing would sell for at auction?? I'm thinking low to mid six figures... you can buy full-on _tanks_ for less.

  • @matthayward7889
    @matthayward7889 Рік тому +1744

    I know a lot of people are calling for you to take this to a BUG match, but surely it’s better suited to ‘two gun’ ?

    • @Jesses001
      @Jesses001 Рік тому +38

      Oh that is terrible. My wife must see this. She is the expert of terrible jokes.

    • @anteshell
      @anteshell Рік тому +31

      I think some brutality match would be much better. Especially in such division he was in in the last Finnish Brutality, having to run 5km (or something, don't remember the exact value) after each stage in full load.

    • @matthayward7889
      @matthayward7889 Рік тому +7

      @@Jesses001 I hope she appreciates it 😂

    • @timothyboles6457
      @timothyboles6457 Рік тому +16

      I could see adding wheels to it a pushing it around. Yes.

    • @matthayward7889
      @matthayward7889 Рік тому +27

      @@anteshell pretty any match is a brutality match, when you bring twin water cooled .50 cal :)

  • @Garrumx
    @Garrumx Рік тому +411

    A gun setup so cool it's sights have sunglasses.

  • @JuddKramer
    @JuddKramer Рік тому +536

    This is the ideal concealed-carry gun.

    • @TheFanatical1
      @TheFanatical1 Рік тому +37

      Perfect for home defence, I'd say.

    • @importedemperor4397
      @importedemperor4397 Рік тому +11

      It needs to be just a bit larger for my tastes also it's little bit too light.

    • @u.sgovernment9434
      @u.sgovernment9434 Рік тому +19

      Just as the founding fathers intended

    • @nonamesplease6288
      @nonamesplease6288 Рік тому +15

      Ate you kidding? Mount this bad boy on the roof. Ideal for home defense.

    • @gnaskar
      @gnaskar Рік тому +17

      @@nonamesplease6288 Bah. This thing goes on the truck. The roof gun needs to be at least 120mm.

  • @thurin84
    @thurin84 Рік тому +338

    you know your gun is badass when it comes with an integral seatbelt.

    • @kiwibob223
      @kiwibob223 Рік тому +25

      And sunnies

    • @greghardy9476
      @greghardy9476 Рік тому +17

      “Better fasten your safety belt, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!”

    • @SuperDutyDave
      @SuperDutyDave Рік тому +1

      Hahahahaha

    • @drops2cents260
      @drops2cents260 Рік тому +2

      Yes, but as any NCO worth their salt should know: those pesky recruits we consider to be our children from a mother we never fraternised with, but which we have to care for anyways _will_ always find a way to misuse such things to e.g. nap on duty.
      Because let's be honest: the majority of us senior/retired NCO's do know all of those tricks for one reason - because we did them ourselves when we were still young and stupid, but were lucky enough to get away with it until the powers that be (in their infinite wisdom) did promote us high enough to understand at long last that with great power comes great responsibility, innit?

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 Рік тому +1

      @@drops2cents260 thats what safety belts are for!!!

  • @flyingninja1234
    @flyingninja1234 Рік тому +634

    The ammo boxes give new meaning to "be kind rewind."

    • @spiritofthetime
      @spiritofthetime Рік тому +36

      My children would have no idea what that means. #gettingold

    • @nobody8717
      @nobody8717 Рік тому +21

      Think of the extra fee on these bad boys if you forgot.

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 Рік тому +25

      in action its "be unkind, unwind" [dakka dakka intensifies]

    • @tomwilliams8675
      @tomwilliams8675 Рік тому +2

      @@thurin84 good one👍👍👍👍👍

    • @colchronic
      @colchronic Рік тому +1

      Too soon 😭

  • @vibeslide
    @vibeslide Рік тому +210

    You know it's getting serious if your gun has a seatbelt.

    • @cemtexx
      @cemtexx Рік тому +8

      The turbosh*t 3000 has a competitor....

    • @Will_M600
      @Will_M600 Рік тому +3

      @@cemtexx xD

    • @andrewamann2821
      @andrewamann2821 Рік тому +1

      I mean, isn't that what a sling is, technically? A strap of material to keep the gun and the operator attached to one another, and to assist with the ergonomics of aiming?

    • @Angel9932
      @Angel9932 Рік тому +1

      @@andrewamann2821 Usually the gun is strapped to you but in this case you are strapped to the gun. :P

    • @andrewamann2821
      @andrewamann2821 Рік тому +1

      @@Angel9932 not to get all semantic, but is there really a difference between the two?

  • @robertkb64
    @robertkb64 Рік тому +190

    The “Eve of Destruction” is a modified 5 ton truck used in Vietnam for convoy protection. The M60 was authorized to be used on it, but one of those soldiers must have had prior naval service because they Strategically Transferred Equipment to an Alternate Location and had one of these naval dual 50 pedestal mounts in the back of their truck, so that when their convoys were ambushed they’d just turn their truck sideways and give the forest (and the VC hiding in it) a broadside.

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 Рік тому +6

      Why turn the vessel when you have a 360 turret?

    • @Getpojke
      @Getpojke Рік тому +41

      @@johndododoe1411 Not a "Broadside" unless you're sideways. But seriously turning sideways would mean you could use the full elevation of the guns... otherwise the guys in the cab would be less than pleased.

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 Рік тому +3

      @@Getpojke I was considering aft gunning during escape.

    • @ripvanwinkle2002
      @ripvanwinkle2002 Рік тому +37

      all of the equipment belongs to the US taxpayer. it was just their turn to use it..

    • @MesaperProductions
      @MesaperProductions Рік тому +12

      @@johndododoe1411 Escape?! We just got here!

  • @msylvestre
    @msylvestre Рік тому +149

    The part where you explain the spiderweb sight system... They're so sophisticated, while looking so crude; I love it.

    • @JGCR59
      @JGCR59 Рік тому +4

      It's very similar to the rudimentary anti air sight on the MG3

    • @WHAT3V3RMAN3
      @WHAT3V3RMAN3 Рік тому

      Always wondered why it looked like that other than I thought it was for aesthetics. Purpose made and got the job done

    • @qaz120120
      @qaz120120 Рік тому +1

      It was absolutely not sophisticated as the guy makes you think. The circle is just the size of some pre establised speed/distance ratio.

  • @dawsonfradin9071
    @dawsonfradin9071 Рік тому +256

    I live in the Philly area, and sometimes I forget how important this area was to America's industrial and military growth throughout the industrial revolution.

    • @pkre707
      @pkre707 Рік тому +32

      Pretty easy to forget given what it is today 😢

    • @FixitFrank
      @FixitFrank Рік тому +3

      Front and Olney. a lot different there now.

    • @FixitFrank
      @FixitFrank Рік тому +3

      @@Misitheus depends where you are. North is still pretty bad. the rest is okay.

    • @shrayesraman5192
      @shrayesraman5192 Рік тому +6

      I'm from the west coast and did a driving tour of the east coast. Out of all the cities I went to Philly seemed just depressing. Despite being an old city the downtown was not lively like Chicago or New York. The architecture is nice and I love the history but I would not want to live there. Still better than Baltimore!

    • @teejin669
      @teejin669 Рік тому +3

      Missouri used to be the fourth most populous state, and St. Louis used to be amazing. now it is just another Rust Belt city :(

  • @JimoftheSlim
    @JimoftheSlim Рік тому +65

    Perhaps the most acrobatic Forgotten Weapons video I have seen. I must commend Ian for his willingness to go below and above and around and below and across the floor and beyond on this one.

    • @hippiesaboteur2556
      @hippiesaboteur2556 Рік тому

      Lmao yeah I noticed that as well. Fantastic observation sir, bravo

  • @Getpojke
    @Getpojke Рік тому +43

    Please, please let Morphy's wheel that out to their range so we can see Ian blaze away on it.
    Though I know that'll never happen, thanks to them for letting Ian show it to us. It's beautifully restored & looks factory mint bar a few dings on the water jackets. Whoever buys it is going to be very, very happy indeed.

  • @andrewgordon235
    @andrewgordon235 Рік тому +21

    In the Blues Brothers when they broke into city hall with every cop in Illinois chasing them the national guard showed up and pointed one those guns at the building for some reason. It's only onscreen for a second but you can clearly see it.

    • @jamiepeter3567
      @jamiepeter3567 Рік тому +3

      Thanks, now I’ll have the girl from Impanema in my head for the rest of the day 😂

  • @mr6johnclark
    @mr6johnclark Рік тому +19

    This would be PERFECT for someones Yacht.
    A real conversational piece.

    • @matthayward7889
      @matthayward7889 Рік тому +3

      My local yacht club has a decommissioned Royal Navy minesweeper as its clubhouse, Complete with 40 mm Bofors mount :)

  • @jameshall4385
    @jameshall4385 Рік тому +160

    Hopefully they let you know take it out to the range. My grandfather served it wwII. He was assigned to a quad 50 crew. I saw pictures of him with it when i was a kid. It was probably the most impressive gun I have ever seen.

    • @marcogenovesi8570
      @marcogenovesi8570 Рік тому +14

      He is gonna need a big forklift to take it anywhere

    • @JohnSmith-yv6eq
      @JohnSmith-yv6eq Рік тому +16

      @@marcogenovesi8570
      Anywhee else in the world...Toyota Hilux......oh what a feeling......

    • @marcogenovesi8570
      @marcogenovesi8570 Рік тому +6

      ​@@JohnSmith-yv6eq dunno man, it's much more top-heavy (and heavier in general, that armor plate isn't light at all) than the average MG mounted on a toyota pickup

    • @SnoopReddogg
      @SnoopReddogg Рік тому +21

      @@marcogenovesi8570 the rules of insurgency mechanics is pretty simple: Anything can bolt onto the tray of a Toyota Landcruiser

    • @felixchaus
      @felixchaus Рік тому +7

      @@SnoopReddogg And if it is too top heavy, just change sway bars to solids and no more body roll while cornering in the name of allah 😁

  • @LUR1FAX
    @LUR1FAX Рік тому +161

    I find it funny that the M2 Browning evolved from the M1919 which again was based on an air-cooled version of the water-cooled M1917 machine gun. And now it feels like we're back again to the water-cooler M1917 except in .50 BMG.

    • @JerryMetal
      @JerryMetal Рік тому +3

      Good eye

    • @charlesphillips4575
      @charlesphillips4575 Рік тому +30

      The water cooled Browning 50 (M1921) came before the M2 and the M2 was a derivative of that rather than any 30 cal version.

    • @jamescameron2490
      @jamescameron2490 Рік тому +21

      Much of air cooled or water cooled is a function of rate of fire and sustainability. The water cooled guns typically have lighter barrels, which with water cooling allows them to fire faster, for longer. The air cooled guns have heavier barrels, which slows the rate of fire.
      The .30 water cooled guns can be man carried, at least for short distances, but by the time you get to 50 cal, the gun and the mount need either a vehicle or a ship to carry them.

    • @ScottKenny1978
      @ScottKenny1978 Рік тому +8

      There were a small number of water cooled .50s in Army service. Airborne had a few, oddly enough, they were used in a single mount for AA use. Light barrel and bolt for high rate of fire, water cooled barrel for sustainable fire.

    • @alexanderhenley7307
      @alexanderhenley7307 Рік тому +8

      Do you think a modernized Vickers gun chambered in 7.62x51 NATO would be useful for defending Taiwan from West Taiwan?

  • @herlongwilliam6558
    @herlongwilliam6558 Рік тому +168

    That ammo box one way latch is genius that needs to be a feature on the CROWS. Having the belt fall back down the feed chute is incredibly annoying

    • @ripvanwinkle2002
      @ripvanwinkle2002 Рік тому +5

      😁😆🤣😬😪😳

    • @dmg4415
      @dmg4415 Рік тому

      Maybe it was because of this they went to disintegrating links later on?

    • @herlongwilliam6558
      @herlongwilliam6558 Рік тому

      @@dmg4415 what do you mean?

    • @dmg4415
      @dmg4415 Рік тому +2

      @@herlongwilliam6558 The US went from a solid belt to those who falls apart efter the shot.

  • @KikiRevenge
    @KikiRevenge Рік тому +88

    I'm impressed how well thought out is this weapon system. It seems they thought of everything for that era of warfare.

    • @majormagnumshow2528
      @majormagnumshow2528 Рік тому +8

      This is one of the beautiful parts of massed standardization when you went to make this kind of modification you only have to do it for the one system so you can do it right in fewer total tries.

    • @reliantncc1864
      @reliantncc1864 Рік тому +1

      Ironically they weren't that useful. Heavier AA like the 40mm Bofors were much more effective, or even the 5" dual purpose with proximity fused ammunition. It was discovered fairly early on that light AA wasn't that good. You could eventually take out an enemy aircraft, but likely after it had dropped its bombs.

    • @gmailquinn
      @gmailquinn Рік тому +2

      Light AA, meets infantry squad

    • @extragoogleaccount6061
      @extragoogleaccount6061 Рік тому +1

      @@reliantncc1864 Those Bofors are one of those weapons that seemed to be used by almost every country in the war.

  • @BFVgnr
    @BFVgnr Рік тому +30

    My grandfather was part of the 102nd Coast Artillery Brigade (Anti-Aircraft), When I looked it up a while back, his company was armed with the M2(WC) and they had 72 of them in the company.
    The armory he was stationed at is still in service on Staten Island

  • @shreksleftnut8190
    @shreksleftnut8190 Рік тому +24

    "It's attached via a quick detach"*CLANG*"Whups, very quick detach sling"
    Lmao

    • @AndrewAMartin
      @AndrewAMartin Рік тому

      If Ian isn't careful, he'll end up with his butt in a sling, lol...

    • @howler6490
      @howler6490 Рік тому

      Ian is Always guaranteed to have a quick response to a mini-disaster...

    • @rafadylewski7190
      @rafadylewski7190 22 дні тому

      @@howler6490 Just like the funny painting man said: We don't make mistakes, we just have happy accidents.

  • @johnwolfen4243
    @johnwolfen4243 Рік тому +23

    Wow! That's the same gun my father used during the war. He later moved to the air cooled type. He almost never used the sights, he instead used the tracers and the round sight to get on target. He also put washers in the guns to speed up rate of fire. He shot down a number of Japanese with the guns.

  • @sirdovermeyer
    @sirdovermeyer Рік тому +21

    I would love to see Ian shoot this on a large desert range at old cars and tanks and stuff. I know it will probably remain a dream though

  • @sleepyrasta14820
    @sleepyrasta14820 Рік тому +26

    Good to see naval guns on here too. Hope whoever buys it takes good care of it and has a lot of fun

    • @norikotakaya14292
      @norikotakaya14292 Рік тому +3

      If I bought this, I would take better care of it than my family. 😂😂😂 No, seriously, it would definitely be babied. Like the Pharaohs of old, it would be buried with me and join me in the afterlife.

  • @Kingwoodish
    @Kingwoodish Рік тому +36

    I'd love to see several of these mounted on the refurbished USS Texas.

    • @k.r.baylor8825
      @k.r.baylor8825 Рік тому +1

      It'd be even cooler if someone would manufacture replicas of this fascinating system.

    • @USSEnterpriseA1701
      @USSEnterpriseA1701 Рік тому +1

      These were effectively obsolete for naval AA use when the war started. The .50 cal is too short ranged in an AA role to reach an aircraft before it has dropped whatever explosive payload it is carrying. Even the 20 mm Oerlikon gun (which Texas has in abundance) is mostly good only for shooting at planes as they drop. If you want to prevent a plane from dropping explosive items on you, you want a quad 40mm Bofors gun mount or better yet (though too late for WWII) a 3 inch/55 automatic twin mount with VT proximity fused ammo.

  • @leightonmoreland
    @leightonmoreland Рік тому +35

    I'm fairly certain that the padding tubes on the gunner's shoulder rests are railroad air brake hose

    • @rotgut14
      @rotgut14 Рік тому +2

      HAHAHAHAHA!! Those hoses are very unable to collapse, unless its with a big press, etc.

    • @grahamhawes7089
      @grahamhawes7089 Рік тому +8

      I don’t know what that looks like, but I trust that you’re an expert on fat hose.

    • @EtaoinShrdlu33
      @EtaoinShrdlu33 Рік тому +4

      @@grahamhawes7089 noice

    • @howler6490
      @howler6490 Рік тому

      It won't be airbrake hoses.Like hydraulic hose, the airbrake hose is too unyielding to offer up ANY comfort to a shoulder.
      Almost any non-reinforced Heavy-Duty hose would offer sufficient cushioning and therefore do the job.

  • @jamescameron2490
    @jamescameron2490 Рік тому +58

    The army would also pair the twin 50s with a semiautomatic 37mm as a halftrack mounted CGMC ( Combination Gun Motor Carraige) antiaircraft gun. The first ones used the water cooled guns, as the M15 CGMC. Later versions switched to the air cooled .50s as the M15A1 CGMC.

    • @imadequate3376
      @imadequate3376 Рік тому +5

      My favorite 1.7 "tank" in War Thunder 🤣

    • @traitorouskin7492
      @traitorouskin7492 Рік тому +3

      so was the 37mm slung under the 50's or on a separate mount,?

    • @imadequate3376
      @imadequate3376 Рік тому +5

      @@traitorouskin7492 on the same mount. I've seen 2 configurations. One with the 50s to the side and slightly above and one with the 50s to the side but slightly below.

    • @jamescameron2490
      @jamescameron2490 Рік тому +2

      @@traitorouskin7492 on the M15 CGMC, the water cooled .50s were mounted above the 37mm. The M15A1 reversed this, and placed the .50s below. I believe this was at least in part to reduce stress on the mount. The air cooled guns also eliminated the need to provide water, as well as the maintenance requirements of the cooling jackets.

    • @traitorouskin7492
      @traitorouskin7492 Рік тому +2

      @@imadequate3376 I get you. sort of what I was picturing. thanks.

  • @timbaskett6299
    @timbaskett6299 Рік тому +7

    The perfect functional yard ornament!!!! Although I may need a Bofor 40mm to go with......

  • @frankdantuono2594
    @frankdantuono2594 Рік тому +62

    Please Ian, more heavy weapons like this! The M50 Ontos would be nice (there's one at Rock Island Arsenal).

    • @AnimeSunglasses
      @AnimeSunglasses Рік тому +3

      That might be more up The Chieftain's alley...

    • @alun7006
      @alun7006 Рік тому +3

      I think he talked about the Ontos when he covered the recoilless rifles a few years ago.

  • @csabaweisz8791
    @csabaweisz8791 Рік тому +21

    I was always curious about this version, after Ian told in a video that the M2 had heavy barrel (the standard one), air cooled (seen in airplanes), and water cooled configurations. Now it's here, and it's glorious

  • @messmeister92
    @messmeister92 Рік тому +4

    Sweet little baby Jesus please let there be a range video tomorrow

  • @8RedBear5
    @8RedBear5 Рік тому +72

    This looks perfect for home defense.

    • @leewilkinson6372
      @leewilkinson6372 Рік тому +4

      If you own a smallish city. 🤣

    • @ZGryphon
      @ZGryphon Рік тому +14

      "Finally something I can use to get those damn naval aviators off my lawn."

    • @mikepette4422
      @mikepette4422 Рік тому +4

      was looking for this comment , wasn't disappointed

    • @MrJest2
      @MrJest2 Рік тому +5

      Yes; defending against rampaging hordes of suburban McMansions is indeed a vexing problem... 😋

    • @aaronleverton4221
      @aaronleverton4221 Рік тому

      If you're a Scottish Laird with a castle. I'm almost sure Artur Rehi would agree.

  • @77gravity
    @77gravity Рік тому +6

    I need this. Finally we'll have a chance against the drop bears.
    (We lost to the emus, not letting that happen again)

  • @sealove79able
    @sealove79able Рік тому +3

    A heck of a pair and jacketed too. Quad mount next please .50BMG or 14.5mm.

  • @TheOriginalFaxon
    @TheOriginalFaxon Рік тому +5

    Yup, someone is gonna end up paying over 100 grand for this and he's gonna love every minute of firing it. Too bad he probably won't have any aircraft to shoot at, but I guess if you can afford a pair of rare transferrable watercooled Browning .50 cal machine guns, you can afford a budget of target drones to shoot down with it as well. Where would it be safe and legal to fire something with the range and lethality of .50 BMG up into the air though? Seems like you'd need a spotting drone just to be sure your "range" was actually safe xD

  • @GaldirEonai
    @GaldirEonai Рік тому +2

    The loudest way to boil some water for tea.

  • @jamesallred460
    @jamesallred460 Рік тому +7

    please tell me you're gonna take that thing out to the range tomorrow!

  • @mjelves
    @mjelves Рік тому +5

    Needs more Cuba Gooding Jr

  • @Matt-xc6sp
    @Matt-xc6sp Рік тому +18

    Wow I guess I assumed that it was just the mount. With the 2 transferable M2s is crazy. I guess if you can afford this you might actually be able to shoot a volume of .50 cal worthy of a water cooled MG

  • @level98bearhuntingarmor
    @level98bearhuntingarmor 4 дні тому

    I can't believe this is the first time I've seen this mount and the tinted sight is a neat touch

  • @jacksonthompson7099
    @jacksonthompson7099 Рік тому +34

    Oh man....gonna keep my eye on this auction cause it comes with that mount and 2 fully transferable water cool .50's this is gonna be awesome to see!!
    Hopefully we can get some footage of this setup roaring away from either you or the new owner. 400 round mag dump!!

    • @garrysekelli6776
      @garrysekelli6776 Рік тому +4

      As long as the auction isn't held at a Las Vegas Casino/Hotel near a concert venue.

    • @jason86768
      @jason86768 Рік тому +4

      @@garrysekelli6776 WTH man?! That was in bad taste...

    • @garrysekelli6776
      @garrysekelli6776 Рік тому +1

      @@jason86768 well it's both a funny joke and also the truth. But i'd better stop typing before i get demonitized. Or demonized or something. LoL.

    • @williamromine5715
      @williamromine5715 Рік тому +2

      @@jason86768 I agree. Very bad taste, and doesn't help the gun community.

    • @norikotakaya14292
      @norikotakaya14292 Рік тому

      @@jason86768 He's probably a Fed...

  • @prdubi
    @prdubi Рік тому +25

    Fired one at the last Albany machine gun festival in 2017. Being sprayed with this blackish water all over my face and clothing was a cool red badge of courage experience.

  • @Anthony_thom92
    @Anthony_thom92 Рік тому +8

    One transferable m2 is somewhere north of 6 figures.. You probably couldn’t touch it for less then quarter mil

  • @Moskau43
    @Moskau43 Рік тому +13

    I love that your upload schedule is synchronised with when I brush my teeth.

  • @Abusemtex
    @Abusemtex Рік тому +1

    Cannot wait for the follow up: "Ian at the range" video.

  • @gijoe41688
    @gijoe41688 Рік тому +7

    i love the quad 50s aa guns and this is super cool too

  • @MadMathMike
    @MadMathMike Рік тому +19

    C'mon, Ian. Take it apart to show us how it all works! 😝😂

    • @leewilkinson6372
      @leewilkinson6372 Рік тому +3

      Let's see him use his patented disassembly tool on this one!

    • @ernestcline2868
      @ernestcline2868 Рік тому +1

      @@leewilkinson6372 If only this was a WW1 weapon instead of WW2, we could hope to see a certain someone use his patented plastic pokey part. Though I doubt this would fit in the light box.

    • @karlwilhelmmeinert7592
      @karlwilhelmmeinert7592 Рік тому +1

      @@ernestcline2868 Just build a light box around it.

  • @skenzyme81
    @skenzyme81 Рік тому +2

    I get the feeling the "armor plate" was more about psychological protection rather than physical protection. That and the belt system helped keep a sailor in position when an enemy aircraft was shooting right at them.

    • @kosmokenny
      @kosmokenny Рік тому +1

      The plate was plenty capable of stopping .30 cal rounds as well as small shrapnel from bomb or cannon hits.

  • @chuckpeasley212
    @chuckpeasley212 Рік тому

    3:30 "Very quick detach clips..."
    Another reason to love Ian and 'Forgotten Weapons'

  • @krald8421
    @krald8421 Рік тому +3

    Quite the practical home defense gun

  • @andrewstark8668
    @andrewstark8668 Рік тому +15

    Great content as always, but I can’t wait for you to get your hands on and film one of the quad .50 mounts! I’d love to see the mechanical elements that make that work!

  • @anthonyburke5656
    @anthonyburke5656 4 місяці тому

    Perfect accessory for that project truck in the workshop, it would give a whole new meaning to “Home on the Range”

  • @cjwrench07
    @cjwrench07 Рік тому +3

    I *need* these in my living room as a conversation piece.
    The various engineering disciplines integrated and on display are gorgeous.

  • @TheHylianBatman
    @TheHylianBatman Рік тому +14

    I feel like this is one of the most inventive Forgotten Weapons videos in terms of framing.
    Reminds me of Good Eats.

  • @robdegraw1568
    @robdegraw1568 Рік тому +8

    I remember reading that the water cooled 50 cals you were able to have water continuously pump in instead of relying on a condensation can I guess that was an option for the Navy being on ships I wonder if they had the same type of setup for the 1917 Browning water cooled 30 cal.

  • @davidcarr7436
    @davidcarr7436 Рік тому +9

    Now that's something I want to see Ian with on the range!
    "For fun let's see if I can hit that spinner"

  • @scotthill8787
    @scotthill8787 Рік тому +2

    A new post from Ian / Forgotten Weapons. A great way to start my day. Thanks, Ian!

  • @con6lex
    @con6lex Рік тому +5

    “Honey, I just bought a little 22 today.”

  • @MrScottr1958
    @MrScottr1958 Рік тому +3

    Thats one I would really like to see you use at the range

  • @randmayfield5695
    @randmayfield5695 Рік тому +2

    I had a mark 22.5 hbt that was later reclassified as a mark 2.54 hat because they put shoe laces on the right rear side. Then a new general renamed it as a mark 1,
    KA which stands for 'kick-ass' but was later changed to....

  • @user-cv8qe9ru8c
    @user-cv8qe9ru8c Рік тому +2

    Was planning on buying an all metal m&p shield, but now that I've seen this is available.

  • @quattroconcept4
    @quattroconcept4 Рік тому +3

    Imagine having one of these in the living room.

  • @storytimedavidcollins2897
    @storytimedavidcollins2897 Рік тому +6

    Thanks again Ian
    Another excellent video about another a very rear for us to get to see and learn about weapon.

  • @bercerus
    @bercerus Рік тому +2

    The most coolest feature of this is it have sunglass for rear sight.

  • @juliancate7089
    @juliancate7089 Рік тому +2

    Yestertech is always fascinating. Everything is thought out, the engineering is detailed and precise, the quality of manufacture is high, which are all typical of American industry during this era.

  • @nhwilkinosn
    @nhwilkinosn Рік тому +4

    Can't wait for the range day video!

  • @Deadmemefinger
    @Deadmemefinger Рік тому +5

    Some people might never heard of this game but I think Brick Force got inspiration from this for their turrets in game
    R.I.P Brick Force. Shitty p2w game but still my childhood

  • @andymckane7271
    @andymckane7271 Рік тому

    Excellent video! This video in particular is right in line with the work I do researching and writing about the Pacific War. Thank you very much, Ian! You certainly do know your stuff!

  • @mattzegarski3831
    @mattzegarski3831 Рік тому +2

    Every time I see a certain auction house is having an Extraordinary Gun sale, I always take a look at the catalog to see what I hope Ian does videos of. This is definitely one I had marked.

  • @petesheppard1709
    @petesheppard1709 Рік тому +14

    I remember a bit of mind-bending when I first saw a water-cooled .50...
    I wish you had gone a bit into the cooling system; was there an evaporator can on the mount??

    • @carloshenriquezimmer7543
      @carloshenriquezimmer7543 Рік тому +5

      Those are designed to be used on ships, they just pump sea water right trough the cooling jackets.
      When they were mounted on land they pumped water from the sea, in the case of coastal defenses, from rivers or even out of the local water pipelines.

    • @petesheppard1709
      @petesheppard1709 Рік тому +1

      @@carloshenriquezimmer7543 Thanks!

  • @SmarteeeOutdoors
    @SmarteeeOutdoors Рік тому +19

    Waiting for the range test mag dump 😂

  • @gordoncouger9648
    @gordoncouger9648 Рік тому +1

    This is one of the best explanations I have seen on an antiaircraft ring sight. The ring sight, combined with the adjustable crosshairs and tracers loaded as every fifth round in the belt, made calculating the lead much more intuitive and less reliant on precise sights and math that went into teaching gunners and making sights. Since most of the planes were attacking the ship, lead was often not the problem it could be for ground-based antiaircraft guns pass shooting high-flying planes. Dad told me in WW II some duck, and bird hunters had high hit rates the first day and got better fast, while some never hit a target.

    • @davidcox3076
      @davidcox3076 Рік тому

      A lot of the air gunners who shot waterfowl and skeet during civilian life proved very adept at deflection shooting of enemy aircraft from their bombers. Your dad probably met a few similar anti-aircraft sharpshooters.

  • @kimherrick9615
    @kimherrick9615 Рік тому

    amazingly well thought out. Sights, lenses, balance, low tech and simple while very functional. I'm impressed.

  • @remcodenouden5019
    @remcodenouden5019 Рік тому +13

    Looks like you'd have to be 7 feet tall to get the guns to shoot at -10°, or even level.

    • @TheBiggestIron
      @TheBiggestIron Рік тому +11

      That's why the army spent 10 years to develop the a1 step stool

    • @chadh3441
      @chadh3441 Рік тому

      🤣😂🤣

    • @jon-paulfilkins7820
      @jon-paulfilkins7820 Рік тому

      @@TheBiggestIron I'm sure in the field/ocean they just got a loader to stand on. ;)

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred Рік тому

      They had semicircular platforms around the gun a gunner could stand on. Was kind of like a bench around a tree type of a deal. If you were firing elevated you could be on the deck or depressed up on the platform.

  • @avilhelm1697
    @avilhelm1697 Рік тому +3

    I love the bigger stuff this channel covers on rare occasions.

  • @higgydufrane
    @higgydufrane Рік тому

    Thanks Ian, you videos are just so watchable.

  • @jackusmc2542
    @jackusmc2542 Рік тому +2

    Heinz? So you are saying it is a Ketchup Gun? It is amazing how many companies built weapons during WWII.

  • @jensenwilliam5434
    @jensenwilliam5434 Рік тому +5

    Interesting gun. Thank you for your videos.

  • @erikbowers0776
    @erikbowers0776 Рік тому +14

    I understand the FAA won't let you mount guns to aircraft (or fly with them mounted, specifically) but I wonder how the Coast Guard would feel about you mounting this to your pleasure yacht 🤔

    • @moconnell663
      @moconnell663 Рік тому +1

      That all depends on whose flag you are flying.

    • @garygenerous8982
      @garygenerous8982 Рік тому

      Get out to international waters and you are free to do as you please… at least that’s what the Simpsons taught me.

    • @otm646
      @otm646 Рік тому

      As long as it complies with State and Federal law they don't care/can't have an opinion.

    • @karlwilhelmmeinert7592
      @karlwilhelmmeinert7592 Рік тому

      @@garygenerous8982 But how can one get his gun there?

    • @k.r.baylor8825
      @k.r.baylor8825 Рік тому

      US vessels over a certain size are eligible to be called up as a naval auxiliary during times of war. With this dualie mounted on the foredeck, your former super-yacht would be ready for service on day one.

  • @badwolf7367
    @badwolf7367 Рік тому +1

    You just know someone out there is thinking, "That will look nice on the back of my pickup."

  • @alan-sk7ky
    @alan-sk7ky Рік тому +1

    That clip of film of Marine AA gunners givving it some on Midway Island stars a single barrel M2 watercooled btw :-)

  • @warrenmintz5227
    @warrenmintz5227 Рік тому +11

    Pretty cool. I've never seen one. As a former Navy Gunner's Mate, I don't remember one of those at the gun school in Great Lakes Illinois. My gun for eight years was a "Ma deuce". Been in a hot gun situation a couple of times. I'm curious what the sustained fire rate is with the water jackets.

    • @jamesleadley7872
      @jamesleadley7872 Рік тому

      Browning demonstrated them to the Army by firing two sets of 20,000 rounds without a jam. He then fired them continuously after that for 48 minutes and 12 seconds. If watered properly the sustained fire rate AND service life is practically indefinite. The air-cooled service life is a recommended 3,000 rounds.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred Рік тому

      Pretty much until shells come rattling out of the barrels.

  • @owenmayes2128
    @owenmayes2128 Рік тому +3

    Fascinating stuff. Is that an RAF crest on the lower part of the armour/shield?

  • @ok9nja741
    @ok9nja741 Рік тому

    The belt harness assembly gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "hang on in there"...

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred Рік тому

      Sometimes sailors didn't. I heard a story about one after a firefight that said, It's hot then jumped overboard. And no they didn't go back and get him either. He was never seen ever again.

  • @jimbienkowski7857
    @jimbienkowski7857 Рік тому

    It's really difficult for me to describe how cool and awesome that thing is. Thanks Ian!

  • @M65V19
    @M65V19 Рік тому +3

    This thing is huge, almost size of Bofors 40mm!

  • @Theoby36183
    @Theoby36183 Рік тому +3

    Man this thing mounted on the top of a house with two camera's would be so cool + Like a responsible citizen who wouldn't want this thing for home defense purpose .

    • @JCGver
      @JCGver Рік тому +1

      I was thinking it would be perfect to get those pesky squirrels

    • @chadh3441
      @chadh3441 Рік тому

      That's when you would want to get a Sea Whiz. Automatic tracking and could probably hook it into a motion sensor. Lol. Just make sure you come in through the back door after it's armed. Lol

  • @paulfollo8172
    @paulfollo8172 Рік тому +2

    Great video! Awesome mount! Thanks.

  • @Hansengineering
    @Hansengineering Рік тому +1

    Really good job with the camera and audio work on this!

  • @christianjensen6425
    @christianjensen6425 Рік тому +7

    You mentioned the quad Maxson Mount, has the M2 with that Mount just found a new role, with the Iranian drones seen in Ukraine. The drones fly low at around 120mph, just the speed for a manual eyeball system, that can throw a lot of cheap metal into the sky.

    • @mikepette4422
      @mikepette4422 Рік тому +3

      the Ukrainians will probably have access to the Soviet made 14.5 mm MG and they had both Twin and Quad mounts that just rolled around on small trailers

    • @christianjensen6425
      @christianjensen6425 Рік тому +2

      @@JohnSmith-yv6eq The Gepard is awesome, but with only 15 on the ground, its not the system you deploy close to the local waterworks or powerplant, but cheap Dual or quad mounts with HMGs you could produce in large Numbers fairly quickly, and use the Gepards closer to key sites or to keep the airspace over troop marches or marshalling areas safe

    • @NotoriusMaximus
      @NotoriusMaximus Рік тому +1

      ukranians need no more then quad mount PK`s for these drones

  • @mhmt1453
    @mhmt1453 Рік тому +9

    I’ve studied WW2, I think, since I was able to read. I knew all about ships’ armament, but I really never knew just how sophisticated these .50 cal. Guns were. I guess I just assumed they were only guns mounted on a traversing platform. And having served in the Army, I was used to the simple M2 guns standard to that service. I did not know, for instance that the “spider” sights had any kind of specific calibration. Thanks for sharing.
    P.S. What does an apparatus like this typically cost? I’m assuming-past the fact that there are not one, but TWO machine guns, that the bids will near the seven-figure threshold. Can you clue me in?

    • @Ascania
      @Ascania Рік тому

      @@krizz2820 Lot 2021 in that auction. Makes finding it a bit quicker.

    • @krizz2820
      @krizz2820 Рік тому +1

      @@justforever96 I know someone who collects guns like these. The auction price of the item is only the beginning. There are two schools of thought here: "It was made to stand up to abuse, so let's go fire it;" and, "when it's gone, it's gone." The person I know belongs to the latter group and spends far more in a given year making sure their gun vault is temperature and humidity controlled like a wine cellar than they do on ammo. Taking a machine gun out was a special occasion to celebrate that item, not just an excuse to dump mags (although we did that too). God this was years ago though. My point is that someone who spends a quarter mil on an MG might easily spend another 100k or more on just the room that they store it in over the course of their lifetime depending on the type of collector they are.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred Рік тому

      In the Pacific against Kamikaze attacks you either knocked planes out of the sky or you went to the bottom of the sea. So people were pretty motivated. This is the smallest armament they'd be using. They'd also use 20 and 40 mm auto cannons and the 5" guns too. The 5" guns could score hits because they used proximity fuzes. For most of the war only the Navy got to use those. They were top secret.

  • @goetzliedtke
    @goetzliedtke Рік тому +1

    I think an even cooler .50BMG mount was the quad M3s in B-52s controlled by the MD-9 visual and radar sight system. For the early models, the tail gunner sat back with the guns and, if the aircraft was going down, ejected the quad 50s before he could eject himself.

  • @ronniefarnsworth6465
    @ronniefarnsworth6465 Рік тому +1

    A Beautiful weapon !!!
    I always loved the look of these and no heat worries !!
    Sgt, Semper Fi

  • @goliver9991
    @goliver9991 Рік тому +5

    ah yes, the entry level home defense mount

  • @philipenneper9148
    @philipenneper9148 Рік тому +4

    I want that on a technical. Bad ass!

  • @Rationalific
    @Rationalific Рік тому

    Very cool! This is my first time to learn more of the details of these types of guns from the perspective of the shooter on board a ship (or on land).

  • @evantemple4341
    @evantemple4341 Рік тому

    That armor tells you how much attention that thing got on the battlefield

  • @MichaelDodge27
    @MichaelDodge27 Рік тому +30

    Great selection for a video!! So this Saturday we can certainly expect a video of this behemoth shredding some steel targets right?? 😆

  • @joshuamitcham1519
    @joshuamitcham1519 Рік тому +5

    We need the old intro back with the jingle.

  • @stumpythedwarf8712
    @stumpythedwarf8712 Рік тому

    Beautiful. Thank you Ian.

  • @troxy18
    @troxy18 Рік тому

    I want a flashback episode for these auction guns where you go over how much they sold for