My neighbor asked me one day to ID and old military rifle he just got this was in 2019. He brought it over and i could see as he walked over it was a nagant, as he got closer i saw it was an older model, still with the imperial double headed eagle and 1900 dated. I asked where he got it no joke this is what he said, "guy in one of my classes said he was going to turn the barrel into a sword blade, so i said i ll give u 20 for it." Yes my friend saved a nice piece of history for dirt cheap
I picked one up not long ago for $75. It’s actually a pretty good hunting rifle for some of the rougher country I hunt in. I’m not too worried about getting scratches or dings and it shoots tight enough for my needs. I was surprised to see it has all matching serial numbers and wasn’t refurbished from other rifle parts.
@@CFarnwide I love em. I don't shoot mine anymore since the ammo is so corrosive. It's just in too good of shape to use in my opinion. At 119 years it's probably been through enough. Haha. I always think about serving in the defense of the Soviet Union during WWII.
@@michaelhowell2326 The military surplus ammo is nasty corrosive. When I hunt I use a premium hunting load that’s not bad at all. Expensive though so it doesn’t get shot much.
@@michaelterry1000 According to the tale, around 1980s or early 1990s militants searching caves found crates of weapons they thought were AK47s. A weapon was later captured and examined by a master gunsmith and was determined to be an German StG44 manufactured (supposedly) somewhere between December 1944 and March 1945. How the weapons got out of Germany and into a cave in the Middle East is a mystery unto itself.
@@launcesmechanist9578 A mystery indeed Considering their (Nazi Germany) activity is quite minimal in 44/45 in Middle east And weaponry is heavily needed in the fight for the homeland.
Captured a few Nagants with integrated chisel bayonet, and an MG 34, in various actions along the Cambodian border in 1969. The MG had an inscription in Vietnamese carved into the wood buttstock. I thought it might be something exhortatory, like “All together we will win!” etc. Our Kit Carson scout (former VC) got down on one knee, looked up, smiled, and said ‘It say ‘Oil gun or it not fire well.’
@@JamesM99 Yes, very considerate :) That gun was possibly captured by the Vietminh or left by the French when they withdrew in 1954. There were a lot of Germans in the Legion units which were part of the French forces in Indochina; the MG34 was a weapon they knew well, the French had a huge amount of German equipment after WWII… the story behind that gun would have been interesting.
@LTrain45 45 Apology for the delay. No; was a platoon leader in 505th Infantry, 82d Airborne in I Corps in ‘68 during the TET Offensive. Went back to Vietnam in ‘69, was a company commander in 5th Cavalry ( light Infantry, airmobile) in First Air Cavalry Division.
When I was in the Army in the late 90s we still had (in the armory..not in service but still there) M3 grease guns and a few M1919 .30 cals. Most were leftover issue from armored units. Got to play with the grease guns a couple times infact.
The ADA battalion with Bradley's stationed in Germany went to Iraq 2003-2004 with some grease guns specifically m88 crew but where reissued m4s in theater. The ADA Bradley units where deactivated soon after.
M1 Abrams crews still carried grease guns into the first gulf war. The reason was is that a tank is a very tight space so you would need a weapon that could fit a grease gun was small enough to do that. Simple history has a video about the grease gun history.
Ive read some of those grease guns were so worn out that the disconnectors basically didn't work anymore and would just run full auto no matter what until it was out of ammo
I still see grease guns even today as weapons for prison guards on my country. Hell even the marines have a version of it with an integral suppresor still in service even today.
I went in as a newly minted 19K in early '82. Did Fam fire on the M3 in Basic but never saw them again. I loved my 1911, I'm sure I'd have been kicking and screaming about turning it in for a 9mm.
Since ceremonial units are included, the M1 Garand is in use with the Marine Corps Silent Drill Team, and the M1903 Springfield is in use with the US Army Silent Drill Team.
@@class1xgames599 For the US Marine Corps Silent Drill Team, and I'd suppose a lot of drill teams, the weight and balance of the M1 is just about perfect for what they do, it's the main reason it's been kept all these years.
My mother worked at the Inglis plant in Toronto during the war and is quite proud of her role in war production for the allies. Shes in her 90's now but still talks your ear off about those days. The Hi-Power is a quality side arm even today.
I carried one in the Canadian army in the 90s. When I worked in a unit that performed weapons repairs, we got spare parts that had Chinese markings on them. I understand they were parts for Chinese contracts that were never shipped.
Shooting the MG42/MG3 is so much fun. Imagine lying on a football field in front of the goal and Manuel Neuer performing a goal kick right to your shoulder.
Literally who? I don’t watch sportsball and engage in artificially raising the status of other men by worshiping them so they can go have sex with lots of women, like a cvck.
You mean you learned something? Refreshing but sad...... good job Dr Felton for making learning history enjoyable. I salute you! Live long and prosper 🖖
While I was in Iraq in 2007 we had a .50 cal with wood grips and charging handle. We looked up the serial number and found it was manufactured in 1943! I wish I could remember the factory.
I served in the Taiwan Army field division in 1979 as a 2nd Lieutenant. My standard weapons were a 1911 pistol and an M1 carbine. Although it was 35 years after WW2, but they still funtioned excellently.
A common engineer/tinkerer saying is this: If it ain't broke, it probably doesn't have enough features yet. You're right though, some of those older guns are built to last. I keep wondering how effective some weapons like the M1918 BAR, the Thompson SMG, and the StG44 would be if they were modernized using components available today.
Just think how much money and time the UK government would of saved if did not change a good working platform every 10 years , thinking of ships, firearms, tanks the sea harrier , F-4 Phantom II (still in use in Germany)and a long list as well the weapons Dr Felton showed are still fit for purpose and work
The Danish army has tried several times to re-equip the Sirius Patrol -- which operates in Greenland -- with more modern rifles but they have always declined. The reasons they give are that they don't trust any cartridge less powerful than the .30-06 to stop a polar bear and that it's the only rifle they have tested which never fails to function under Greenland's extreme weather conditions. Some years back, they replaced the barrels with new Danish-made ones with a simple notch sight just ahead of the receiver, removing the excellent Enfield aperture sights. This may have been done because an exposed notch sight is less likely to be packed with snow and ice and easier to clear with the flick of a finger. (This is speculation on my part, but it makes sense based upon other things I've read.) Interestingly, they are also the only regular military unit of which I am aware that is issued a pistol in caliber 10mm -- the Glock model 20. Again, this may be related to the likelihood of dealing with bears and musk ox. I have an M1917 and it is a pleasure to shoot, doubtless partly due to its substantial weight. Were I a member of the Sirius Patrol, I wouldn't mind the weight in light of the advantages.
Youre a lucky man, as an American, I can tell you with certainty you have the envy of every gun enthusiast/owner over here. And I'm no Norwegian, but thanks for your service bro.
Anyone do any uniform collecting here? Sedena? Semar? Previous administrations? I have a few pieces having lived here in Edo Mex for some years. Would like to find other collectors.
I used M2 browning along M109 howitzer at the Korea army But for 18 months i’ve never fired M2, only 5 shells fired with M109 howitzer Such a strange army that was..
Nonsense! The MG1 and MG2 also known as MG42/58 and MG42/59 were used from 1958 until 1969. In 1966 the MG3 was launched. Modified MG1 and MG2 were the first. In 1969 the production of new ! MG3 startet. After 1969 there were no more MG1 and MG2 in the Bundeswehr. During my military service in 1980, my platoon had several MG3s with the old MG42 lettering crossed out and the new lettering next to it.
I was a MG 3 gunner in the Bundeswehr (2003-2011) and my MG was basically a MG 42, just rechambered in 7.62 and with "new" stamps from the Bundeswehr, but u could still see the original stamps from 1944. And oh boi, this thing was insane... During a 4 week manoeuvre, called European Challenge, i dumped almost 16.000 round into a small forest with an old brickstone building in it. After the 4 weeks, the forest was almost gone and the buiding collapsed at day 5.
Interesting, I always wondered if the MG 3 and the MG 42 used the same cartridge link belt. What I mean is did the MG 3 use a disintegrateing link or the original MG 42 belt.
I was still carrying my father's Korean War 1911 when I retired as an MP from the ARNG. (MP officers were not required to switch the the NATO 9mm.) Now the weapon belongs to my USMC son.
In 1989 I shot the MG3 and the G3 with the German reserves. Verteitigungskreiskommand 432 if I remember correctly. (sorry if my spelling was wrong) I was US Army and got the Schutzenschnur. The MG3 was really difficult because of the rate of fire and we were shooting off the bipod. The old M-60 while not GI proof was better (If you didn't know what you're doing you can damage the feeding mechanism) The slower rate of fire and softer recoil on the M-60 meant you could really be a bullet surgeon.
@@darrenjones2933 I did pretty much the same in 1988, In the US Army - Schutzenschnur etc. except the German unit I was with was in Koblenz. The one we shot though was on a tri-pod with the periscope.
Can we all agree Mark has the very best voice for anything historical in terms of these documentaries without making it dramatic, which I also like, but calm, collected and intelligent.
My father carried the M3 sub inside his tank through out Vietnam. He loved it. He said it was easy to move in and out of the hatch due to its short length and low weight. Carried the same ammo as their pistols, M1911's, so they only had one type to worry about. I could go on, but you get the point.
What about the 50cal little brother the .30cal. In Australia I was with Cav unit with M113A1s and we had some vehicles armed with a .30cal .50cal combination and others with twin .30cal mind you this was in the late 70s early 80s.
Whenever we would go on excercises to the high arctic (Canadian Military), every section was outfitted with Lee Enfield's for Polar Bear watch. The one I carried I believe was a Mark III from 1941, I always wondered who had previously carried that rifle, and where it had been used. We still use them for the high arctic to this day because bolt action rifles and pump action shotguns are about the only thing that'll work reliably up there. Also now that I think about it, the browning hi powers are still used.
A C7 works just fine in the high-arctic and extreme cold. So do the C9 and C6. Been there done that. :-) The reason you carried the Lee Enfield is the .303 round, (probably a No.4) which is superior against a polar bear over a 5.56, and the fact that that rifle is issued to the Canadian Rangers who live up there. That said the Lee Enfield's have been/are being replaced for the Rangers by the Tikka T3 (C19) which fires the 7.62/.308. Same idea with a more modern rifle. The Rangers are given these rifles and take them home and are expected to use them to hunt when needed so giving them bolt action unrestricted is kind of required. Of note though, we still use the hi-powers. And at this point you'd be lucky to find one that actually worked for a whole magazine. There's a replacement project in the queue somewhere I believe. MP's, CSOR and others use sig 226 variants instead.
Same reason the US M1917 is in use with the Dog Sled Patrol in Northeastern Greenland. It's basically a US made Lee-Einfield chambered in 30-06. As polarbear insurance and for hunting Muskox. The 9mm sidearm has been replaced with 10mm Glocks, again, as protection against polarbears. Luckily most polarbear encounters end with the bear being scared away by use of signalflares.
A few years ago a big stink was made about the Rangers being armed with Lee Enfields. Ridiculous really, considering the environment and role they play.
A friend of my Dad who was in the Bundeswehr in the late 1980s was once issued a machine gun during an excercise that apparently was a Mg42 build in 1944.
You don't keep 'churning out' such incredibly remarkable new content without doing an unbelievable amount of in depth background research Mark. Sincere thanks yet again. The WW2 fascinated schoolboy will always be alive here...
11:19 That's a 1903 Springfield. You can tell by the wedge shape upper hand guard in front of the rear sight and also the there's no cut out where the bolt handle rests, that you would get with a Mauser 98K.
@@jtcameron8345 Yeah but they don't look exactly the same. It's a bit like someone doing a video about Ferrari and putting a picture of a Cherry Red De Tomaso Pantera in it...attention to detail :)
@@jtcameron8345 Heavily influenced - especially the action - but not really a copy in a strict sense...several different details & design features. A great gun in its own right, surprised they didn't have a segment on the series - M1903, M1903A1, M1903A3, M1903A4.
@@billgruner44 you are missing the fact that the US government was forced to pay Mauser Werk $250000 as the M1093 was judged to be a Mauser copy Doesn't stop the M1093 being a great rifle.
@@wes11bravo Hello, yes. Active service is 18~21 months and you serve a few more years as a reservist with annual exercises. After that, you remain a reservist, but don't have to go to any exercises anymore.
I used the 50 cal in the 90s in the US Army. Whether you're a military light armor, like a truck or M113 or infantry, the last thing you want to hear is the 50 caliber firing at you. It's frighteningly loud and distinctive sound can be heard from miles. If you're a driver and get hit, your truck will be done, if infantry and get hit by the .50, you will not need a medic anymore.
> Whether you're a military light armor, like a truck or M113 or infantry, the last thing you want to hear is the 50 caliber firing at you. Yep, when Dear Old Ma Deuce comes knockin', you better don't answer the door (and better hope the door you're hiding behind is a very sturdy one). :-) I always loved the M2 in my NCO days in the Austrian Army, although when I later joined Austrian SF and became my team's sniper, I also discovered my love for Barrett M82's and M95's because they were a lot easier to schlep around. :-)
There’s a Mythbuster’s episode where they investigate how deep a bullet can kill in water. The low caliber less powerful bullets did best but the 0.50 calibers instantly stopped in water. Their energy was quickly transferred to the water. If you consider a human body is mostly water then the 0.50 bullet hitting a body will totally destroy it. I reckon a 0.50 rifle could take down a passenger plane.
The only thing i found about that is that the M3 felt better with a suppressor than the mp5. But if it really was better than the MP5 then why would you change your Weapon to an inferior.
Worked better in "sound suppression" and once sub sonic ammo became available the MP5SD became the benchmark for submachine guns in the military and police SWAT units. The MP5 is a third gen "closed bolt" system that's much easier to shoot better than the open bolt designs like the M3 (most of the guns weight is in the friggin bolt), uzi and S&W76.
@@Murry_in_Arizona Agreed. I think that statement about the M3 being "better" is totally bogus. If they were, then the MP5 would not be as crazy popular as they are, while the M3 has never been reproduced. The M3 is an open bolt gun that works like a rattle can. It was meant to be CHEAP, not GOOD.
@wulpurgis yeah, I understand that. But for many of the guns, they're simply outdated. "Why fix what ain't broke" is part of the reason why the US struggled so much in the early days of WW2. They were outgunned and outarmored. There are plenty of valid reasons to keep using them (obviously budget and bureaucracy like you mentioned), but that doesn't mean they couldn't do with a replacement/upgrade. Just because something isn't financially viable to be replaced, doesn't mean it's 'not broken'.
@@twt000 The main problems regarding the M16 in Vietnam were the soldiers not maintaining their weapons, and the Army then against recommendation, switched to a powder that wasn't as clean, leading to more fouling which exacerbated the lack of maintenance. Blame poor training and bureaucracy. The M16 is a fine gun.
The finnish army also uses mosins, though they have seen extensive modernization. Its used as a smaller caliber sniper rifle, the bigger caliber being the sako TRG in 338. LM. The oldest ones are from the 1800s.
And don't forget the FN HP. Although I think they're somewhat modernized. They're being slowly replaced by the Glock 17 since 2008 though. A friend of mine who was in the military police during his conscription hated the things. They have no safety due to their double action nature -> heavier trigger and apparently a few guys had some negligent discharges every now and then.
I had the FN HP DA as my side arm when i was MP 2015-16. You carry the gun with empty chaimber and hammer down when holstered. I had zero malfunctions on my gun even during the winter.
@@williamsohlstrom1530 They were very real thing, but like you said, the malfunction was between users left and right ear. We had one guy shoot what he thought empty gun, and he got hefty amount of "pekoni" after that. Next group had fatal accident, when one guy shot another. This was in -91 Hämeenlinna.
@@williamsohlstrom1530 can confirm this, i did my service at 2016 i was in SP at säkylä, at this point the fn:s were pretty worn out and were prone to jamming, you were considered lucky if you could get through the clip without it misfiring, we used to joke about them being so shitty it would be more effective to throw the whole gun at the enemy rather than firing it. i think we might have been the last to use them before they were replaced
Not only is the Browning HP still in service in the Canadian Forces, they are the units from the original WW2 procurement. They are a bit of a meme at this point.
@@rabidspatula1013 Nah, if it has been maintained it should run just fine. Problem with millitary gear is that the exact opposite happens to it, it's not maintaned, just used, if you're lucky they will refurbish the gun once in a century but other than that it will just have had thousands of other guys before you handle it god knows how well.
@@lardlover3730 You surely can't be that silly. When someone says "My taxi is late, My plain hasn't taken off yet" etc they don't mean theirs personally.
Go online and find the short story, “The BAR Man,” by Richard Yates, who served in Europe (France, Belgium, and Germany). Great writer of novels, short stories based on his life experiences.
@@thesnake2620 In Greece, you could have been issued a M1 in certain 2nd line units, up to late 90s. I personally, have performed sentry duty with a M1(with the long bayonet!) and Thompson submachine gun. Today, most Greek Army M1s have been returned to the US; however the M1 is still in use as a ceremonial weapon with the Presidential Guard (Evzones). Furthermore, the Browning .030 machine gun was used by the Greek Army, at least up to mid-80s (Plenty of ammo, I suppose). Some samples survived for more than that, as near defense weapons on Navy and Coast Guard ships. Colt M1911 for the officers, naturally (What else!) Finally, The BAR was also used as a team gun, at least up to late 90s as well (Though I doubt that it was in use in front-line units at that time).
My grandfather carried a Browning High-Power while he was stationed in Alaska in the early 1970s. Awarded with the Army MQB: Sharpshooter for pistol, as well as machinegun and rifle, I am sure it suited him well in the freezing temperatures. He did however change the grips on the pistol, not sure if this was more comfortable for his big hands or because of his gloves. The 9mm still shoots like a dream and I haven't shot anything that comes close to it. Will hopefully remain in the family for generations to come.
@@mnguy98 True, and the 1917 U.S. Enfield was also a "Mauser" design. Nevertheless, the rifle 1903 is not the 98K being reviewed and the photo is mislabeled. The U.S. actually had to pay royalties to Mauser over the 1903 design. Payment stopped when the U.S. entered WWI naturally.
Importantly, the M2HB is still used on the M1 Abrams. The US has tried to replace it several times, but end right back where they started with the Ma Deuce!
We used the Garand for basic infantry training in the Marine Corps during part of the Vietnam War. Even when the army was fully equipped with the M16 and the Marine basic issue rifle was the M14.
My dad fired Lee Enfields when he was in the FCA in Ireland, he said it used to leave the string vest pattern on him after firing exercises. Think he also used the bren gun.
Another excellent account by Dr. Felton - thank you. The Canadian-built Inglis Browning 9 mm was an excellent pistol but suffered from numerous stoppages in recent training simply become the soft metal of the magazines had become so old and worn.
not exactly, it's a very heavily modified c19, almost unrecognizable from the original. im almost certain it would be more practical and cheaper to adopt a fully modern bolt action rifle.
The Canadian Rangers I believed as they Lee Enfield did not jam in harsh Arctic conditions. They only withdrew them as the wooden butt and such were becoming brittle.
@@russellmiles2861 No, wooden furniture is actually better in sub-zero conditions, plastic and polymer tend to be more brittle then wood. They were replaced due to age and lack of spare parts.
@@milkyyanks765 I suppose it's referring to how unchanged the design of the Mousetrap has been over the course of many years, since it's pretty much perfect as is for it's role.
Felton content: 80% very interesting, 15% interesting, 5% not for me. That's an amazing rate! Thank you so much for entertaining and teaching me at the same time!
As an Australian cadet in the 1980's I learnt to shoot a 303 Lee Enfield. I found it extremely accurate but loud and bruised my shoulder at the end of shooting
I love you Mark Felton. When you've watched it all and seen the same videos. You my friend, fill in the gaps. I'm not the only person that regards your type of videos as the BEST !
The "1911" .45 was standard issue for tankers when I served in '80-'84. Great gun, but really for up close and personal. Heavy as heck too in that shoulder holster we wore.
Marine Corps 0331 (machine gunner) were issued the 1911 when I got out of the school of Infantry in '85. We switched over to the Beretta 92FS around the same time the Hummers rotated into service and the jeeps were phased out.
I thought the same thing. There's another UA-cam that went through all the star wars weapons, (forgotten weapons, maybe) and none of them are what you might think.
Despite a few technical and nomenclature errors, this video is spot on in most respects. It was a good review for this old Special Forces combat Veteran, as we're well-schooled in "obsolete" foreign and domestic firearms. De Oppresso Liber
And still in service today. He was a bloody genius. Pederson was pretty good too by Browning's own words, but he didn't have much luck getting his stuff adopted
Look at the technology that we used in 1911, the car, airplane, phone, train, office equipment etc and then compare them to what we use today, 110 years later. Now look at John Browning’s 1911 pistol and compare it to what is used today.
John Moses Browning is like the patron saint of all of us firearm enthusiast. New firearms I'm sure in some fashion can trace their DNA back to design of his.
That is correct. The K98K - Karabiner 98 kurz is the shortened version of the K98a(z) from WWI. Witch itself is a shortened version of the original Gewehr (18)98.
The correct translation for the K98k is Carbine 98 short, the K at the end refers to the rifle as there where already carbine versions in other lengths in service pre 1935,the year it was adopted. It fires the standard 7.92x57 round and not the 8mm kurz round of the STG 44. Hope this answers your question.
@@choppystone2558 As far as I know the short refers to the carbine, because there were carbine versions of the Gewehr 98 and 1934 they released the K98k which was shorter than the before versions.
@@Matixmer actually the 98k isn’t a shortened version of the 98az. They’re the same length. The G98 was modernized into the K98b after ww1 (changing the visor and the sling mount, the K for Karabiner was a political naming since the treaty of Versailles Limited the number of „Long“ Gewehre Germany was allowed to own, K‘s where not restricted). Later the 98b was shortened into the 98k. A problem with the 98az was the placement of the bayonet lug. Half of the bayonethandle (when fixed) was before the muzzle, so the scales where blasted of… 1915 the Feuerschutzblech was introduced to German bayonets to shield the scales from the blast. With 8x57 IS you can’t practically handle a shorter barrel, that was already tried prior to ww1 with some testing carabiners, which led to the 98az as only carbine model for ww1. That length stayed for the 98k.
The Haitian army that was recently re-founded in 2017 were initially issued the M1 Garand. I don't know but I would assume they have adopted M16s or older M4s now.
The Sirius dog sled patrol uses the m1917 Enfield (colloquially known as the American Enfield) chambered in 30.06, which isn't quite the SMLE but is instead based on the pattern 1914 Enfield rifle.
My great grandfather was a paratrooper in WWII. He served with the 504th PIR of the 82nd Airborne and jumped into Sicily and Salerno. He fought up the Italian boot with his regiment until they got stuck on the Gustav Line. He also made an amphibious landing at Anzio. Between the time the 504th was withdrawn from Anzio in March 1944, he was transferred to the 101st Airborne. Now serving in the 101st, he jumped into Normandy and Holland. He also served in the Battle of the Bulge. He arrived with his unit into Germany and when they liberated a concentration camp. He passed away in 2006. When he was serving, he used an M1903 Springfield as a sniper and then used the M3 Grease Gun. Somewhere along his service he found a PPSH-41. He also came home with a Walther P-38 and a P-08 Luger. He donated the PPSH-41 to a museum but kept the P-38 and the Luger. I got to fire the Luger and the P-38 when I visited my grandparents and the P-38 was a little smoother, but the Luger had a lot of recoil and jammed after I fired three rounds. My grandpa also had a Walther PP that I’m guessing he bought. I really liked the Walther PP because it was so smooth and there wasn’t a lot of recoil. Anyway thanks for reading my comment if you made it this far. Great video by the way it was very informative. I didn’t know the MG-42 is still used by some countries.
Lugers jamming on every ammo except German Luger ammo was commonplace. . Also Lugers were so well made, they needed cleaning after firing a clip with every ammo except German Luger ammo. I got this reading complaints on forums after WWI soldiers carried a lot of lugers back to the U.S.A.
That Chinese dude with the "Typewriter" is Lei Feng 14:50 （雷峰）He was the Chinese pinup boy of pre cultural revolutionary China, for selflessness, dedicated to the communist cause, and for being community minded.He died in a car accident in 1962. Still being introduced to primary school kids in China as the perfect citizen. I lived in China for almost 20 years.
Yeah that's him. And as a Chinese citizen, I'm kinda curious that if you know that served as a pawn for propaganda, Lei's stories were mostly scripted and hardly convincing. :)
@@MihaelGeng He's the real-life Comrade Ogilvy from Orwell's 1984. Like Stakhanov (created to "persuade" workers to overdo their quota in the USSR), he is just a propaganda piece, a fake hero...
Wow. 10 minutes online and already 5k views. People seem to enjoy your content, as do I. Keep doing what you do best Mark! Regards from the Netherlands.
Canada's standard sidearm is still the Hi-Power, although they're going to phase them out in the next few years once they settle on a replacement pistol.
And its still gonna be the standard sidearm because we take decades to decide on what color it will be and how much the paint will cost and which company will make the cans the paint will go in.
3:37 Interesting to note most countries were using revolvers at the time. I have two photography books from my great-grandparents that were made just after the end of WWI. I noticed multiple pictures with soldiers clearly holding 1911s, but the captions described them as “revolvers.” I suppose at the time, semi-automatics were so new that any pistol was still called a revolver, and it would take a few years for this distinction to catch on
It's astonishing that 3 entries on this list were designed by one man, John Browning, a Mormon, himself the son of a gunsmith. All were designed before 1926 the year of his death. All three soldier on today.
@@Snakesht172 My understanding is that Saive's contribution was the double stack magazine, perhaps more. The "lock-up" is a version of the 1911. The trigger linkage differs. Where does one end and the other begin? Browning had been building 'blow-back" automatic pistols since 1900 when Saive was 12 years old. Browning's designs had been in production since 1900. Saive had no pistols in production. Saive was the last man standing and finalized a version for production by Fabrique Nacional. He gets that credit.
The only thing wrong with the CZ75 is that you can't do anything to it to make it any better. My Hipower is sweet but rumor has it that the trigger is better with the magazine disconnect removed. IMHO I don't want or need the disconnect.
@@kevlar6836the mag disconnect was added to BHPs in order to make the gun more appealing to police and military that way they could score lucrative government contracts. In reality, rather than improving the gun with a slick mod, you’re actually putting it back to how it was designed in the first place. Think of it like the owner of a series 80 1911 putting it back to series 70 specs. And I can verify that removing the mag disconnect on a BHP is a night and day difference. It makes the trigger pull that much better.
@@Cheeki_breeki6 all metal frame guns feel that way now. It’s relative. My favorite pistol is a S&W 5900 series. If I’ve been using polymer frame handguns, at first even the alloy frame models feel heavy
@@redram5150 good to know. Plus I have a functional gun during a tactical reload or a single shot in case the magazine is missing. Its pretty bad when they have to put a safety device on perfection .
WW11 bofors guns were put back into service by Canada as anti aircraft guns for our airfields in Germany, in the late 70s. They were replaced in that role by modern 35mm guns. They went back into storage, to return to service on our navy's costal defence ships, where I assume they are still in use.
Barely 10 years ago I remember being trained on the Bren lmg here in Ireland in the reserves. My jaw dropped at the time, they were taken out of service not long after though. Beaut of a weapon though, despite it's age.
@@brianwong7285 my guess it's the NATO one because in the decades immediately post ww2 the British made a considerable effort converting Brens to NATO ammo for logistic purposes, and a lot saw action in Ireland
This was a great video, I learned some new things (some RAF pilots use a pistol chambered in something other than 9x19mm). Mark mentioned that some bolt action rifles like the German K98K and Russian Mosin Nagant still are in use in countries throughout the world, but they’ve also been exported (especially variants of the Mosin Nagant) as military surplus rifles to civilian markets in countries like the US and Canada. In years passed they were a common sight in gun and sporting goods stores in the US and can certainly still be found there.
@@oldiehugger Load of bollocks. Cadets have L85A2s with single shot only L98 TMH's fitted for both service matches and training and Ruger 10/22 rimfires for target. shooting.
I own .22 Lee-Enfield. Bought it from a old guy. I am always curious about it. Pretty accurate. But had to work on the trigger and sear. Replace spring.
I noted back in the 90s while I was still in service, the disparity of the crews of the most modern tank on the planet at that time, the M1, were still using the Grease Gun, just like the tank crews of WW2 did.
@@derekp2674 Hang on! The Tank Museum has Major General Percy Hobart's pike from his time in the Home Guard. Okay, so it's a 1913 Pattern P14 Remington* rifle bayonet welded to a piece of pipe, but it's described as a pike. *It's the rifle issued to units as diverse as British Army snipers and the Home Guard ( You'll see it if you ever watch Dad's Army). Unspecified he ever uttered the phrase, ' They don't like it up'em!' though.
John M. Browning is worthy of a Mark Felton episode! There are so many iconic weapons he invented.
Even the Germans used captured ones
Agreed!
Yes please
Great idea💡 let’s go Mark don’t let us down
True
My dad bought me an old Mosin Nagant about 25 years ago. It was $40. It still has the Russian Imperial stamp on it and was made in 1902.
My neighbor asked me one day to ID and old military rifle he just got this was in 2019. He brought it over and i could see as he walked over it was a nagant, as he got closer i saw it was an older model, still with the imperial double headed eagle and 1900 dated. I asked where he got it no joke this is what he said, "guy in one of my classes said he was going to turn the barrel into a sword blade, so i said i ll give u 20 for it." Yes my friend saved a nice piece of history for dirt cheap
I picked one up not long ago for $75. It’s actually a pretty good hunting rifle for some of the rougher country I hunt in. I’m not too worried about getting scratches or dings and it shoots tight enough for my needs. I was surprised to see it has all matching serial numbers and wasn’t refurbished from other rifle parts.
@@CFarnwide I love em. I don't shoot mine anymore since the ammo is so corrosive. It's just in too good of shape to use in my opinion. At 119 years it's probably been through enough. Haha. I always think about serving in the defense of the Soviet Union during WWII.
@@michaelhowell2326 The military surplus ammo is nasty corrosive. When I hunt I use a premium hunting load that’s not bad at all. Expensive though so it doesn’t get shot much.
Sold my Mosin to someone who appreciated better than I did. I suppose shooting the M1 and FAL has soured me against the brick crushing Nagant.
We captured a number of K98ks in Iraq. My unit managed to bring a few back for "historical" purposes. Our neighbor battalion captured a StG-44.
That is wild. I would love to know the history of that StG-44 and how it got to Iraq.
@@michaelterry1000 According to the tale, around 1980s or early 1990s militants searching caves found crates of weapons they thought were AK47s. A weapon was later captured and examined by a master gunsmith and was determined to be an German StG44 manufactured (supposedly) somewhere between December 1944 and March 1945. How the weapons got out of Germany and into a cave in the Middle East is a mystery unto itself.
Douglas Masters I mean heck, a 105mm german ww2 howitzer was used in Iraq iirc. Crazy all the stuff there is.
@@launcesmechanist9578 A mystery indeed
Considering their (Nazi Germany) activity is quite minimal in 44/45 in Middle east
And weaponry is heavily needed in the fight for the homeland.
@@michaelterry1000 Even in Syria Civil War. Some are still being used
Captured a few Nagants with integrated chisel bayonet, and an MG 34, in various actions along the Cambodian border in 1969.
The MG had an inscription in Vietnamese carved into the wood buttstock. I thought it might be something exhortatory, like “All together we will win!” etc.
Our Kit Carson scout (former VC) got down on one knee, looked up, smiled, and said ‘It say ‘Oil gun or it not fire well.’
Very important lol
@@JamesM99 Yes, very considerate :) That gun was possibly captured by the Vietminh or left by the French when they withdrew in 1954. There were a lot of Germans in the Legion units which were part of the French forces in Indochina; the MG34 was a weapon they knew well, the French had a huge amount of German equipment after WWII… the story behind that gun would have been interesting.
@LTrain45 45 Apology for the delay. No; was a platoon leader in 505th Infantry, 82d Airborne in I Corps in ‘68 during the TET Offensive. Went back to Vietnam in ‘69, was a company commander in 5th Cavalry ( light Infantry, airmobile) in First Air Cavalry Division.
@@baystgrp thank you for your service sir🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍☝☝
@@baystgrp Wow. Very impressive. Sounds like you've had an exciting life lol
“Excluding irregular forces”
If they were included this video would be an hour long lol
True - and the list is endless
@@MarkFeltonProductions I have time to watch it If you make it
@@MarkFeltonProductions STG 44s were being used in the Syrian Civil War quite interestingly and occasionally the Yakuza pop up using Sten guns.
„What do you mean with we're using longswords??!“
@@KisMiska10 STG 44's have been sited in Ukraine in the past couple of years as well. Where do they find the ammo?
Imagine being the inventor of a gun that's so well made people are still using it 80+ years later.
Sergei Ivanovich Mosin:
Imagine being the inventor of 3 of them.
@@Mortablunt and the Brown Bess says "You kids want to keep it down!"
@@alexanderstrickland9036 Dont forget his auto shotguns and the M1919, dude was a genius.
The M-2 will still be in use in the US Army 100 years from now. It is the Pyramid of Giza of firearms....
When I was in the Army in the late 90s we still had (in the armory..not in service but still there) M3 grease guns and a few M1919 .30 cals. Most were leftover issue from armored units. Got to play with the grease guns a couple times infact.
The ADA battalion with Bradley's stationed in Germany went to Iraq 2003-2004 with some grease guns specifically m88 crew but where reissued m4s in theater. The ADA Bradley units where deactivated soon after.
@@sleezesteve can't imagine what those troops must've thought when they were issued grease guns in the 21st century 😂
M1 Abrams crews still carried grease guns into the first gulf war. The reason was is that a tank is a very tight space so you would need a weapon that could fit a grease gun was small enough to do that. Simple history has a video about the grease gun history.
Ive read some of those grease guns were so worn out that the disconnectors basically didn't work anymore and would just run full auto no matter what until it was out of ammo
I still see grease guns even today as weapons for prison guards on my country. Hell even the marines have a version of it with an integral suppresor still in service even today.
If Browning was still alive we could’ve have plasma rifles and space guns by now
Browning was a genius gun smith.
Ikr
Wtf is a space gun? You remind me of a guy who thought you cant fire regular firearms in space... because "there is no air".
@@brandondun3102 cringe
@@brandondun3102 take a joke
When I was in the US Army in the mid 80s as a M60A1/A3 Armor Crewman I carried the M1911 and M3 Grease gun.
That's what Sarge Bill had issued to his men in the 1,2 and 4th A.D units he served in.
There were U.S. engineers with Grease guns in the '91 gulf war too.
„Patton Package“ - Ultimate edition
That's really neat and interesting to hear, thank you for sharing sir!
I went in as a newly minted 19K in early '82. Did Fam fire on the M3 in Basic but never saw them again. I loved my 1911, I'm sure I'd have been kicking and screaming about turning it in for a 9mm.
Since ceremonial units are included, the M1 Garand is in use with the Marine Corps Silent Drill Team, and the M1903 Springfield is in use with the US Army Silent Drill Team.
The Garand is also used by the Norwegian Royal Guards drill team
A lot of drill and ceremonial teams still use the Garand. The Air Force Honor Guard still uses the Garand just as an example.
@@class1xgames599 For the US Marine Corps Silent Drill Team, and I'd suppose a lot of drill teams, the weight and balance of the M1 is just about perfect for what they do, it's the main reason it's been kept all these years.
The Garland is also still in use with the Greek Ceremonial unit, the Euzones
Mainly because you can’t easily shoulder a rifle with a magazine sticking out the bottom. EG our M16, or for that matter the M14.
My mother worked at the Inglis plant in Toronto during the war and is quite proud of her role in war production for the allies. Shes in her 90's now but still talks your ear off about those days. The Hi-Power is a quality side arm even today.
I carried one in the Canadian army in the 90s. When I worked in a unit that performed weapons repairs, we got spare parts that had Chinese markings on them. I understand they were parts for Chinese contracts that were never shipped.
So did my Great Aunt.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing. I own both main Inglis variants, with an original shoulder stock.
Make sure you record her stories
The best shooting 9mm handgun available today. Extremely accurate.
Shooting the MG42/MG3 is so much fun. Imagine lying on a football field in front of the goal and Manuel Neuer performing a goal kick right to your shoulder.
Du hier? Hätte ich nicht gedacht
It ain't that bad if you position the "butt" of the weapon correctly
It's the Sabaton song subtitling AI! It has come to grace us!
Literally who? I don’t watch sportsball and engage in artificially raising the status of other men by worshiping them so they can go have sex with lots of women, like a cvck.
Didn’t expect to see you here, love ya subtitles mate!
0:30 Mosin-Nagant
1:52 Lee Enfield
3:20 colt 1911
5:40 Tokarev
7:00 Browning M2
8:25 Walther PP
9:07 HI-Power
10:45 Mauser 98k
12:20 DShK
13:13 PPSh 41
14:15 PPS 43
15:00 MG 42
16:06 M3
Thank you king
Woah, nice
Stg44 in Siria..
Makarov pistol
@@mongalmay6463 Is Missing
The best pistol before TT-33
Mark provides an answer to a question I didn't know I had!
Am i a homosexual? Yes
You mean you learned something? Refreshing but sad...... good job Dr Felton for making learning history enjoyable. I salute you!
Live long and prosper 🖖
@@marleyonthebeat4491 That's not what 99.9% of the people thought when they watched this video.
@@marleyonthebeat4491 Wow, you made me laugh so hard, I forgot I was laughing
@@marleyonthebeat4491 didn’t need a mind reader for that mate
While I was in Iraq in 2007 we had a .50 cal with wood grips and charging handle. We looked up the serial number and found it was manufactured in 1943! I wish I could remember the factory.
That's pretty amazing :)
Most of our m16s on my ship were Vietnam receivers that clearly didnt match the anodizing of the a2 uppers.
My M1911A1 I got from the WAARNG was made in 1942 *. . .*
Was it a DShK?
@@avilhelm1697 A Russian .50 caliber heavy machinegun.
I served in the Taiwan Army field division in 1979 as a 2nd Lieutenant. My standard weapons were a 1911 pistol and an M1 carbine. Although it was 35 years after WW2, but they still funtioned excellently.
Absolutely, what worked back then will work equally well now, the human body hasn't become anymore bullet proof since then.
As the old saying goes”if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”
A common engineer/tinkerer saying is this: If it ain't broke, it probably doesn't have enough features yet.
You're right though, some of those older guns are built to last. I keep wondering how effective some weapons like the M1918 BAR, the Thompson SMG, and the StG44 would be if they were modernized using components available today.
Ain't that the truth
@@launcesmechanist9578 the AK74 is basically the modern version of the STG-44
Just think how much money and time the UK government would of saved if did not change a good working platform every 10 years , thinking of ships, firearms, tanks the sea harrier , F-4 Phantom II (still in use in Germany)and a long list as well
the weapons Dr Felton showed are still fit for purpose and work
Keep fixing it, till it is broke…
The American M/1917 boltaction rifle is still used by the Danish Sirius patrol, with the designation m/53
In my opinion the greatest bolt gun ever made. Originally a British gun named the pattern 14.
The Danish must be very Sirius during their patrols :)
@@comradekenobi6908 😂😂😂
The Danish army has tried several times to re-equip the Sirius Patrol -- which operates in Greenland -- with more modern rifles but they have always declined. The reasons they give are that they don't trust any cartridge less powerful than the .30-06 to stop a polar bear and that it's the only rifle they have tested which never fails to function under Greenland's extreme weather conditions. Some years back, they replaced the barrels with new Danish-made ones with a simple notch sight just ahead of the receiver, removing the excellent Enfield aperture sights. This may have been done because an exposed notch sight is less likely to be packed with snow and ice and easier to clear with the flick of a finger. (This is speculation on my part, but it makes sense based upon other things I've read.) Interestingly, they are also the only regular military unit of which I am aware that is issued a pistol in caliber 10mm -- the Glock model 20. Again, this may be related to the likelihood of dealing with bears and musk ox. I have an M1917 and it is a pleasure to shoot, doubtless partly due to its substantial weight. Were I a member of the Sirius Patrol, I wouldn't mind the weight in light of the advantages.
Why they no use m1 garand
Forgotten Weapons x Mark Felton collab in the future, please!
Glad I checked the comments, I was totally gonna say the same thing haha. Not even sure how it would work, Just know i want it.
Yes!
Throw in Bloke and British Muzzleloaders in for good measure.
Excellent IDEA!!! Get Ian to talk with the Doc. Maybe they could hold the event on Hickok54's compound.
Now I getting more and more interesting about collaboration
Captain America used two weapons; Thors hammer and a 1911. One is the most powerful weapon in the universe, and the other is from Norse mythology.
heheheh true
I once saw a comic where he used a wheelgun, but since it was the Captain, I am certain it was a M1917. None of that dirty .38 for him.
Lol
bwahaah :)
EpikLemon
Exactly.
It was the M1911 *A1* that was the most powerful weapon in existence.
Mg3 still being used by the Homeguard in Norway , I'm one of the soldiers armed with one of these ;)
Youre a lucky man, as an American, I can tell you with certainty you have the envy of every gun enthusiast/owner over here. And I'm no Norwegian, but thanks for your service bro.
I mean, as long as it sends lead fast, it doesnt matter what machine gun it is
@@theroidragedtrex7908 It’s actually my least favorite weapon system to use. The MG 5 is a lot easier to operate.
The Mg3 is also still being used by the Danish Home Guard and on armoured vehicles
Most of nato members are using mg3.
Mexico also uses the 1911. Boy do our special forces love the 1911. We even made our own 1911 called the obregon pistol.
The Obregon is an excellent and underrated service pistol.
@@tommyblackwell3760 Sad that we don't make thos anymore
Just curious, what state in Mexico were you born in?
Anyone do any uniform collecting here? Sedena? Semar? Previous administrations? I have a few pieces having lived here in Edo Mex for some years. Would like to find other collectors.
Saw the video from Forgotten Weapons on the Obregon and it's definitely one of the more unique takes on the 1911. Seemed quite well made too.
We used the MG1 at the Bundeswehr well into the 90s.
Sure it was not the MG-3? We used it into the 2000s here and it is still used in the national guard.
inst it still used on tanks?
I used M2 browning along M109 howitzer at the Korea army
But for 18 months i’ve never fired M2, only 5 shells fired with M109 howitzer
Such a strange army that was..
MG 3 !
Nonsense! The MG1 and MG2 also known as MG42/58 and MG42/59 were used from 1958 until 1969. In 1966 the MG3 was launched. Modified MG1 and MG2 were the first. In 1969 the production of new ! MG3 startet. After 1969 there were no more MG1 and MG2 in the Bundeswehr. During my military service in 1980, my platoon had several MG3s with the old MG42 lettering crossed out and the new lettering next to it.
I was a MG 3 gunner in the Bundeswehr (2003-2011) and my MG was basically a MG 42, just rechambered in 7.62 and with "new" stamps from the Bundeswehr, but u could still see the original stamps from 1944.
And oh boi, this thing was insane... During a 4 week manoeuvre, called European Challenge, i dumped almost 16.000 round into a small forest with an old brickstone building in it. After the 4 weeks, the forest was almost gone and the buiding collapsed at day 5.
Pretty weird profile picture mate
@@adamjones3818 It's a Vegvisir, or "northern compass".
LoL saw a boulder get split with a GPMG an that only took a couple of belts
@@walther2492 it looks like some Apache images also
Interesting, I always wondered if the MG 3 and the MG 42 used the same cartridge link belt. What I mean is did the MG 3 use a disintegrateing link or the original MG 42 belt.
I was still carrying my father's Korean War 1911 when I retired as an MP from the ARNG. (MP officers were not required to switch the the NATO 9mm.) Now the weapon belongs to my USMC son.
I now own my father’s Colt 1911.
It is almost a common baby boomer phrase.
“My dad’s 45”
@@michaelterry1000 That and “my dads 30-30” which is most likely another masterpiece designed by John Browning… the 1894 Winchester.
@Jimmy Jones & the Kool-Aide Crew How could I forget the A5 as one of “dads old guns”??? You have a good memory by the way 😎
@ Army National Guard
As German conscript in 2010 we had MG3's with the MG42 overwritten. 😂
In 1989 I shot the MG3 and the G3 with the German reserves. Verteitigungskreiskommand 432 if I remember correctly. (sorry if my spelling was wrong) I was US Army and got the Schutzenschnur. The MG3 was really difficult because of the rate of fire and we were shooting off the bipod. The old M-60 while not GI proof was better (If you didn't know what you're doing you can damage the feeding mechanism) The slower rate of fire and softer recoil on the M-60 meant you could really be a bullet surgeon.
@@darrenjones2933 I did pretty much the same in 1988, In the US Army - Schutzenschnur etc. except the German unit I was with was in Koblenz. The one we shot though was on a tri-pod with the periscope.
Same in Iran
Findet man heute auch noch, mit sicherheit sogar genau die selbe waffe
@@darrenjones2933
M60 design based on MG 34?
Can we all agree Mark has the very best voice for anything historical in terms of these documentaries without making it dramatic, which I also like, but calm, collected and intelligent.
My father carried the M3 sub inside his tank through out Vietnam. He loved it. He said it was easy to move in and out of the hatch due to its short length and low weight. Carried the same ammo as their pistols, M1911's, so they only had one type to worry about. I could go on, but you get the point.
fun fact the m-3 grease gun was made to replace the more expensive and harder to produce thompson smg
Also the same deal with uzi in 1974 with my father inside tank
U.S. national guard unit had M-3s in our armory when I was serving during the late 80’s early 90’s I enjoyed firing them. They were wild.
I just wanted to hear mark call the 50cal “ma Deuce”
The man is too sophisticated to use slang.
We said it, I know I did.
What about the 50cal little brother the .30cal. In Australia I was with Cav unit with M113A1s and we had some vehicles armed with a .30cal .50cal combination and others with twin .30cal mind you this was in the late 70s early 80s.
@@FieryCheeze The he should have used the formal designation: US Machine Gun, .50 caliber, M2 Heavy Barrel
How come he didn't say that? Wonder why...
Another awesome film Mark!
indeed
Feeding into the video game generation
Whenever we would go on excercises to the high arctic (Canadian Military), every section was outfitted with Lee Enfield's for Polar Bear watch. The one I carried I believe was a Mark III from 1941, I always wondered who had previously carried that rifle, and where it had been used. We still use them for the high arctic to this day because bolt action rifles and pump action shotguns are about the only thing that'll work reliably up there.
Also now that I think about it, the browning hi powers are still used.
A C7 works just fine in the high-arctic and extreme cold. So do the C9 and C6. Been there done that. :-)
The reason you carried the Lee Enfield is the .303 round, (probably a No.4) which is superior against a polar bear over a 5.56, and the fact that that rifle is issued to the Canadian Rangers who live up there. That said the Lee Enfield's have been/are being replaced for the Rangers by the Tikka T3 (C19) which fires the 7.62/.308. Same idea with a more modern rifle. The Rangers are given these rifles and take them home and are expected to use them to hunt when needed so giving them bolt action unrestricted is kind of required.
Of note though, we still use the hi-powers. And at this point you'd be lucky to find one that actually worked for a whole magazine. There's a replacement project in the queue somewhere I believe. MP's, CSOR and others use sig 226 variants instead.
Same reason the US M1917 is in use with the Dog Sled Patrol in Northeastern Greenland. It's basically a US made Lee-Einfield chambered in 30-06. As polarbear insurance and for hunting Muskox. The 9mm sidearm has been replaced with 10mm Glocks, again, as protection against polarbears. Luckily most polarbear encounters end with the bear being scared away by use of signalflares.
@Jason But did you check to be sure?
A few years ago a big stink was made about the Rangers being armed with Lee Enfields. Ridiculous really, considering the environment and role they play.
@Jason No they aren't you doofy. lol
A friend of my Dad who was in the Bundeswehr in the late 1980s was once issued a machine gun during an excercise that apparently was a Mg42 build in 1944.
the crossover we need:
Mark Felton and Ian McCoullm
If only so that Ian can correct Mark on the misnomer "30 round clip".
@@ricojes not to mention the calling a Springfield a 98k
PPS-43 aesthetics will start a new cold war
I cannot deal with his voice going up ten octaves at the end of every sentence it’s annoying
@@barrysmith4674 Ian or Mark?
I shot an old Mauser Carbine as a kid, it was an experience.
4000 Joule of kick into your shoulder. That wakes you up, for sure.
Shot a naval colt 1 broken wrist .
I have news for you, everything you do is an experience
My first gun was a Ukrainian AK ripoff from the late 1990s. There was not even an attempt at a recoil management system. Just a thin bit of plastic
@@WiseMysticalTree7 That Ukrainian AK clone was thrash then.
You don't keep 'churning out' such incredibly remarkable new content without doing an unbelievable amount of in depth background research Mark. Sincere thanks yet again. The WW2 fascinated schoolboy will always be alive here...
He missed a lot of stuff here.just off the top of my head the Germans didn't convert the tt33 to 9mm, the Chinese did in the eighties.
11:19 That's a 1903 Springfield. You can tell by the wedge shape upper hand guard in front of the rear sight and also the there's no cut out where the bolt handle rests, that you would get with a Mauser 98K.
To be fair the M1903 is an American copy of the Mauser 98 in 30.06.
@@jtcameron8345 Yeah but they don't look exactly the same. It's a bit like someone doing a video about Ferrari and putting a picture of a Cherry Red De Tomaso Pantera in it...attention to detail :)
@@caeserromero3013 you make a good point.
@@jtcameron8345 Heavily influenced - especially the action - but not really a copy in a strict sense...several different details & design features. A great gun in its own right, surprised they didn't have a segment on the series - M1903, M1903A1, M1903A3, M1903A4.
@@billgruner44 you are missing the fact that the US government was forced to pay Mauser Werk $250000 as the M1093 was judged to be a Mauser copy
Doesn't stop the M1093 being a great rifle.
Fascinating content, thank you. I used to read "Jane's books" on guns as a boy and I doff my hat to you for research and granularity.
Funny, I learned to shoot with Lee Enfields, Browning Hi-Powers and Stirlings (and SLRs) A very WW2 bunch. Our Cadet Uniforms were ex WW2 RAF.
ATC?
I was also taught to shoot with Lee Enfield in the Indian Cadet (NCC)
You got Stirlings and SLR's? Jammy git.
We only had Enfields and BREN's but were lucky enough to have a single L7 and that was in the 90's.
@@JimBrodie all we had were Lee Enfields converted to .22 so we could use them at our indoor range. this was in New Zealand.
Wat wing are u from
The ROK Homeland Reserves had the M1 Carbine in service until 2016, when it was finally replaced by M16A1s.
K1 or K2 are better
@Fondil Mahbols Arming over three million troops does not happen overnight.
Hey brother - is service in the ROK Army Reserves mandatory even after you serve your active duty time? Respect from the USA, my friend!
@@wes11bravo Hello, yes. Active service is 18~21 months and you serve a few more years as a reservist with annual exercises. After that, you remain a reservist, but don't have to go to any exercises anymore.
The M1 Carbine is a great rifle. Simple, lightweight, reliable. One of the most overlooked guns of WWII imo
I used the 50 cal in the 90s in the US Army. Whether you're a military light armor, like a truck or M113 or infantry, the last thing you want to hear is the 50 caliber firing at you. It's frighteningly loud and distinctive sound can be heard from miles. If you're a driver and get hit, your truck will be done, if infantry and get hit by the .50, you will not need a medic anymore.
> Whether you're a military light armor, like a truck or M113 or infantry, the last thing you want to hear is the 50 caliber firing at you.
Yep, when Dear Old Ma Deuce comes knockin', you better don't answer the door (and better hope the door you're hiding behind is a very sturdy one). :-)
I always loved the M2 in my NCO days in the Austrian Army, although when I later joined Austrian SF and became my team's sniper, I also discovered my love for Barrett M82's and M95's because they were a lot easier to schlep around. :-)
There’s a Mythbuster’s episode where they investigate how deep a bullet can kill in water. The low caliber less powerful bullets did best but the 0.50 calibers instantly stopped in water. Their energy was quickly transferred to the water. If you consider a human body is mostly water then the 0.50 bullet hitting a body will totally destroy it. I reckon a 0.50 rifle could take down a passenger plane.
Browning was probably one of the most gifted and visionary arms designers of all time.
The “Grease Gun performed better than the Heckler and Koch”, best quote EVER. Sometimes good is good enough and “better” is not so.
Depends on which gun from H&K you mean.
The only thing i found about that is that the M3 felt better with a suppressor than the mp5. But if it really was better than the MP5 then why would you change your Weapon to an inferior.
Worked better in "sound suppression" and once sub sonic ammo became available the MP5SD became the benchmark for submachine guns in the military and police SWAT units. The MP5 is a third gen "closed bolt" system that's much easier to shoot better than the open bolt designs like the M3 (most of the guns weight is in the friggin bolt), uzi and S&W76.
@@Murry_in_Arizona Agreed. I think that statement about the M3 being "better" is totally bogus. If they were, then the MP5 would not be as crazy popular as they are, while the M3 has never been reproduced. The M3 is an open bolt gun that works like a rattle can. It was meant to be CHEAP, not GOOD.
@@X1Alpha666 The felt recoil on an MP5 is lower, higher firing rate, more reliable, more customizable (Its more *modular bro)*
The epitomy of "why fix what isn't broken?"
Exactly
Uh, for the most part not really at all...
(also its epitome)
Or stop wasting our tax dollars on useless "updated" military crap. Remember AK vs. M16 in Vietnam? US maybe should have just used M1s.
@wulpurgis yeah, I understand that. But for many of the guns, they're simply outdated. "Why fix what ain't broke" is part of the reason why the US struggled so much in the early days of WW2. They were outgunned and outarmored.
There are plenty of valid reasons to keep using them (obviously budget and bureaucracy like you mentioned), but that doesn't mean they couldn't do with a replacement/upgrade. Just because something isn't financially viable to be replaced, doesn't mean it's 'not broken'.
@@twt000 The main problems regarding the M16 in Vietnam were the soldiers not maintaining their weapons, and the Army then against recommendation, switched to a powder that wasn't as clean, leading to more fouling which exacerbated the lack of maintenance.
Blame poor training and bureaucracy. The M16 is a fine gun.
Always worth the time, Mark. Another great episode. Best WW2 historian alive.
The finnish army also uses mosins, though they have seen extensive modernization. Its used as a smaller caliber sniper rifle, the bigger caliber being the sako TRG in 338. LM. The oldest ones are from the 1800s.
And don't forget the FN HP. Although I think they're somewhat modernized. They're being slowly replaced by the Glock 17 since 2008 though. A friend of mine who was in the military police during his conscription hated the things. They have no safety due to their double action nature -> heavier trigger and apparently a few guys had some negligent discharges every now and then.
I had the FN HP DA as my side arm when i was MP 2015-16. You carry the gun with empty chaimber and hammer down when holstered. I had zero malfunctions on my gun even during the winter.
@@JoonasP42 I think the negligent discharges were more due to the operator than the gun. Who knows, maybe it's a matter of hear-say and "tornaris".
@@williamsohlstrom1530 They were very real thing, but like you said, the malfunction was between users left and right ear. We had one guy shoot what he thought empty gun, and he got hefty amount of "pekoni" after that. Next group had fatal accident, when one guy shot another. This was in -91 Hämeenlinna.
@@williamsohlstrom1530 can confirm this, i did my service at 2016 i was in SP at säkylä, at this point the fn:s were pretty worn out and were prone to jamming, you were considered lucky if you could get through the clip without it misfiring, we used to joke about them being so shitty it would be more effective to throw the whole gun at the enemy rather than firing it. i think we might have been the last to use them before they were replaced
Not only is the video good, but I love scrolling through the comments and reading y'all's experiences with these guns. Hats off to all the vets here!
Not only is the Browning HP still in service in the Canadian Forces, they are the units from the original WW2 procurement. They are a bit of a meme at this point.
Knew a guy who went to Afghanistan and he was issued WW2 dated Hi Power magazines.
I mean, it's a damn good gun.
Furious Sherman true but many of the current issue are so worn out they’ve lost much of their reliability.
@@braydengreenstein5905 100%. Even the best made machine begins to break down after 80 years, no matter how well maintained.
@@rabidspatula1013 Nah, if it has been maintained it should run just fine. Problem with millitary gear is that the exact opposite happens to it, it's not maintaned, just used, if you're lucky they will refurbish the gun once in a century but other than that it will just have had thousands of other guys before you handle it god knows how well.
I have a friend in the norwegian tankbatalion, and he found a nazi signal pistol still in use in his tank. It still has nazi symbol on it.
Wait so you OWN the tank you command?
Is that legit how tank battalions work? If your tank survives until you retire can you keep it?
@@lardlover3730 The military/state owns it. When you retire it will still be in use by someone else
@@lardlover3730 he probably meant "his tank" like the tank he served in, like how he would be a part of "his unit"
Oh so thats where hans left his pistol
@@lardlover3730 You surely can't be that silly. When someone says "My taxi is late, My plain hasn't taken off yet" etc they don't mean theirs personally.
In Greece we use too the MG3 still, and of course the 50 caliber Browning. Both amazing guns, I had them as a soldier back in 2015.
Didn't Greece use the M1 Garand to around the 70s? And then switched to the G3 right?
@@thesnake2620 Indeed
M1 for the army
M14 for the Navy
Go online and find the short story, “The BAR Man,” by Richard Yates, who served in Europe (France, Belgium, and Germany). Great writer of novels, short stories based on his life experiences.
Ο δόκτορ ιστορικός αναφέρθηκε στους Σκοπιανούς σαν Μακεδονία σκέτη στο βίντεο...
@@thesnake2620 In Greece, you could have been issued a M1 in certain 2nd line units, up to late 90s. I personally, have performed sentry duty with a M1(with the long bayonet!) and Thompson submachine gun.
Today, most Greek Army M1s have been returned to the US; however the M1 is still in use as a ceremonial weapon with the Presidential Guard (Evzones).
Furthermore, the Browning .030 machine gun was used by the Greek Army, at least up to mid-80s (Plenty of ammo, I suppose). Some samples survived for more than that, as near defense weapons on Navy and Coast Guard ships.
Colt M1911 for the officers, naturally (What else!)
Finally, The BAR was also used as a team gun, at least up to late 90s as well (Though I doubt that it was in use in front-line units at that time).
I like Mark's videos, even before I've finished watching them.
We use the Lee Enfield rifle in cadets down here, One school has a full room of them.
Cool
@@The_Republic_of_Ireland yooo buying illegal black market Lee Enfield to shoot SAS when?
@@comradekenobi6908 in a few months time maybe, need to make up for over a years worth of missed pints
My grandfather carried a Browning High-Power while he was stationed in Alaska in the early 1970s. Awarded with the Army MQB: Sharpshooter for pistol, as well as machinegun and rifle, I am sure it suited him well in the freezing temperatures. He did however change the grips on the pistol, not sure if this was more comfortable for his big hands or because of his gloves. The 9mm still shoots like a dream and I haven't shot anything that comes close to it. Will hopefully remain in the family for generations to come.
10:45 a small error there. The official full name is "Karabiner 98 kurz". So the k is not for "Karabiner" but for "kurz", meaning short.
Yes, Mauser K98k
There’s another error at 11:18, the rifle in the photo is actually a Springfield m1903
@@mrwortharead2631 The '03 Springfield may as well be a Mauser; Mauser actually sued Springfield Armory in the 1910s over design similarities.
The initial 'K' meanteant Karbine model of the 1898 rifle but with shorth action- hence K98 kurz
@@mnguy98 True, and the 1917 U.S. Enfield was also a "Mauser" design. Nevertheless, the rifle 1903 is not the 98K being reviewed and the photo is mislabeled. The U.S. actually had to pay royalties to Mauser over the 1903 design. Payment stopped when the U.S. entered WWI naturally.
Importantly, the M2HB is still used on the M1 Abrams. The US has tried to replace it several times, but end right back where they started with the Ma Deuce!
11:19 is a Springfield 1903, which along with the Garand are still in ceremonial use
We used the Garand for basic infantry training in the Marine Corps during part of the Vietnam War. Even when the army was fully equipped with the M16 and the Marine basic issue rifle was the M14.
yep when I was JROTC in high school we had M1 Garands for drill, halfway through we picked up some 1903s for the drill team
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"...
When Dr. Felton uploads another video.....we all drop everything to watch.....
I wouldn't have even come up with that question. Mark Felton's pieces are truly fascinating.
Really? I just commented how I was just thinking about this question. I did find this channel by just searching a weird question so it makes sense
My dad fired Lee Enfields when he was in the FCA in Ireland, he said it used to leave the string vest pattern on him after firing exercises. Think he also used the bren gun.
God be with the days of the FCA
someone once brought one into a indoor shooting range and jesus christ its like a naval cannon going off compared to the other modern guns.
Another excellent account by Dr. Felton - thank you. The Canadian-built Inglis Browning 9 mm was an excellent pistol but suffered from numerous stoppages in recent training simply become the soft metal of the magazines had become so old and worn.
I'm surprised they didn't just replace them with 15-round Mec-Gar magazines. Those are very reliable and a cheap way to modernise a Hi Power.
The Canadian Rangers used the Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk1 up to 2019, when they were replaced with the C19, a variant of the Tikka T3 CTR.
Ngl the C19 looks bad imo
not exactly, it's a very heavily modified c19, almost unrecognizable from the original. im almost certain it would be more practical and cheaper to adopt a fully modern bolt action rifle.
Rightly so. Fantastic rifle.
The Canadian Rangers I believed as they Lee Enfield did not jam in harsh Arctic conditions. They only withdrew them as the wooden butt and such were becoming brittle.
@@russellmiles2861 No, wooden furniture is actually better in sub-zero conditions, plastic and polymer tend to be more brittle then wood. They were replaced due to age and lack of spare parts.
The 1911 is kind of the “better mousetrap” situation.
I don't understand
The glock is a better mousetrap though
@@milkyyanks765 I suppose it's referring to how unchanged the design of the Mousetrap has been over the course of many years, since it's pretty much perfect as is for it's role.
any 9mm is a better mousetrap
@@thurstonpowell8687 all modern pistols still use similar actions that the 1911 did
Before it was revolvers
Felton content: 80% very interesting, 15% interesting, 5% not for me. That's an amazing rate! Thank you so much for entertaining and teaching me at the same time!
100 % interesting.
100% enjoyably informative x 100% very interesting 😊
This is one of your very best Mark! Really interesting. Good engineering never goes out of style.
As an Australian cadet in the 1980's I learnt to shoot a 303 Lee Enfield. I found it extremely accurate but loud and bruised my shoulder at the end of shooting
I love you Mark Felton. When you've watched it all and seen the same videos. You my friend, fill in the gaps. I'm not the only person that regards your type of videos as the BEST !
The "1911" .45 was standard issue for tankers when I served in '80-'84. Great gun, but really for up close and personal. Heavy as heck too in that shoulder holster we wore.
Marine Corps 0331 (machine gunner) were issued the 1911 when I got out of the school of Infantry in '85. We switched over to the Beretta 92FS around the same time the Hummers rotated into service and the jeeps were phased out.
I'd love to see such a shoulder holster
@@not-a-theist8251 probably don't even exist anymore since they quit using it around 30 years ago lol.
@@Bogieking78 that's a bummer
MG 42 appears to be used in the future by Imperial Stormtroopers!
*past
Sorry but that was long, long ago! They also used Sterling 9mm sub machine guns!
And a lewis gun
I thought the same thing. There's another UA-cam that went through all the star wars weapons, (forgotten weapons, maybe) and none of them are what you might think.
The MG 42 is perfect for people who cant shot straight. It puts so much lead in the air that it is bound to hit something.
Despite a few technical and nomenclature errors, this video is spot on in most respects. It was a good review for this old Special Forces combat Veteran, as we're well-schooled in "obsolete" foreign and domestic firearms.
De Oppresso Liber
“A Century of service, and ready for 100 more”
- ‘Ahoy’ on the 1911
10:48 to be exactly, this particular "k" stands for "kurz" (short) and is just one version of the K98 (Karabiner 98).
Saved me a comment!
@@daberb7003 gern geschehen.
Crazy how most of the us weapons were designed by John Moses Browning.
And still in service today. He was a bloody genius. Pederson was pretty good too by Browning's own words, but he didn't have much luck getting his stuff adopted
Look at the technology that we used in 1911, the car, airplane, phone, train, office equipment etc and then compare them to what we use today, 110 years later.
Now look at John Browning’s 1911 pistol and compare it to what is used today.
John Moses Browning is like the patron saint of all of us firearm enthusiast. New firearms I'm sure in some fashion can trace their DNA back to design of his.
The " grease gun " was built by a shock absorber company during WW2.
@@johnbockelie3899 Cool fact. I didn't know that
I always thought the k behind the 98, in Karabiner 98k, stands for „kurz“ which is german for short.
Short carbine?
That is correct. The K98K - Karabiner 98 kurz is the shortened version of the K98a(z) from WWI. Witch itself is a shortened version of the original Gewehr (18)98.
The correct translation for the K98k is Carbine 98 short, the K at the end refers to the rifle as there where already carbine versions in other lengths in service pre 1935,the year it was adopted. It fires the standard 7.92x57 round and not the 8mm kurz round of the STG 44. Hope this answers your question.
@@choppystone2558 As far as I know the short refers to the carbine, because there were carbine versions of the Gewehr 98 and 1934 they released the K98k which was shorter than the before versions.
@@Matixmer actually the 98k isn’t a shortened version of the 98az. They’re the same length.
The G98 was modernized into the K98b after ww1 (changing the visor and the sling mount, the K for Karabiner was a political naming since the treaty of Versailles Limited the number of „Long“ Gewehre Germany was allowed to own, K‘s where not restricted). Later the 98b was shortened into the 98k.
A problem with the 98az was the placement of the bayonet lug. Half of the bayonethandle (when fixed) was before the muzzle, so the scales where blasted of… 1915 the Feuerschutzblech was introduced to German bayonets to shield the scales from the blast.
With 8x57 IS you can’t practically handle a shorter barrel, that was already tried prior to ww1 with some testing carabiners, which led to the 98az as only carbine model for ww1. That length stayed for the 98k.
A mostly-accurate presentation, thanks for your efforts.
This is pretty much well known, but the US Armed Forces still use the M1 Garand, especially in the National Guard, for ceremonial purposes.
The Haitian army that was recently re-founded in 2017 were initially issued the M1 Garand. I don't know but I would assume they have adopted M16s or older M4s now.
@@thesnake2620 their minister of defense obviously got higher k/d with m1 garand than m16 in rising storm 2 or smt.
@@prettyokandy230 I love the M1 in RS2 only reason to play ARVN hahaha
The rifles used for ceremonial purposes are M14s, but they are pretty similar
@@devin5360 It's also pretty funny the officer says the Garand is a WW1 weapon.
I could actually see both the MG42 and MG43 being used in modern warfare. Those two guns were a beast and very well designed not to mention durable.
The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol in Greenland still uses the Enfield. They're a elite Danish naval unit.
The Sirius dog sled patrol uses the m1917 Enfield (colloquially known as the American Enfield) chambered in 30.06, which isn't quite the SMLE but is instead based on the pattern 1914 Enfield rifle.
I have carried a Czeck VZ24 copy of the K98k for real when acting as a body guard in the SA bush.
it is truly astonishing how you were able to research this... actually all the clips on this channel. My favorite channel in the past weeks!
When I was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010-2011 the battalion we relieved had captured a few SMLEs that were used in combat by the Taliban.
Somewhere in the region, they still make copies of those weapons in home workshops
Are you a war criminal?
The Marine Museum in Quantico VA has a Martini-Henry (think "Zulu") captured in Afghanistan! Very practical people, if it works, you keep it!
@@eliasw.7576 I don't have to ask if you're a tw@?
Love the Enfield.. Only problem is finding ammo for it. .303 british isn't all that popular.
My great grandfather was a paratrooper in WWII. He served with the 504th PIR of the 82nd Airborne and jumped into Sicily and Salerno. He fought up the Italian boot with his regiment until they got stuck on the Gustav Line. He also made an amphibious landing at Anzio. Between the time the 504th was withdrawn from Anzio in March 1944, he was transferred to the 101st Airborne. Now serving in the 101st, he jumped into Normandy and Holland. He also served in the Battle of the Bulge. He arrived with his unit into Germany and when they liberated a concentration camp. He passed away in 2006. When he was serving, he used an M1903 Springfield as a sniper and then used the M3 Grease Gun. Somewhere along his service he found a PPSH-41. He also came home with a Walther P-38 and a P-08 Luger. He donated the PPSH-41 to a museum but kept the P-38 and the Luger. I got to fire the Luger and the P-38 when I visited my grandparents and the P-38 was a little smoother, but the Luger had a lot of recoil and jammed after I fired three rounds. My grandpa also had a Walther PP that I’m guessing he bought. I really liked the Walther PP because it was so smooth and there wasn’t a lot of recoil. Anyway thanks for reading my comment if you made it this far. Great video by the way it was very informative. I didn’t know the MG-42 is still used by some countries.
Lugers jamming on every ammo except German Luger ammo was commonplace. . Also Lugers were so well made, they needed cleaning after firing a clip with every ammo except German Luger ammo. I got this reading complaints on forums after WWI soldiers carried a lot of lugers back to the U.S.A.
That Chinese dude with the "Typewriter" is Lei Feng 14:50 （雷峰）He was the Chinese pinup boy of pre cultural revolutionary China, for selflessness, dedicated to the communist cause, and for being community minded.He died in a car accident in 1962. Still being introduced to primary school kids in China as the perfect citizen. I lived in China for almost 20 years.
Yeah that's him. And as a Chinese citizen, I'm kinda curious that if you know that served as a pawn for propaganda, Lei's stories were mostly scripted and hardly convincing. :)
@@MihaelGeng He's the real-life Comrade Ogilvy from Orwell's 1984. Like Stakhanov (created to "persuade" workers to overdo their quota in the USSR), he is just a propaganda piece, a fake hero...
@@MihaelGeng There's even a children propaganda song about him. "Learn from Lei Feng's great example"
@@darnit1944 Yeah. And the 2nd sentence of that song is "Be loyal to the revolution and the Party". Just pure communist propaganda.
Wow. 10 minutes online and already 5k views. People seem to enjoy your content, as do I. Keep doing what you do best Mark! Regards from the Netherlands.
Canada's standard sidearm is still the Hi-Power, although they're going to phase them out in the next few years once they settle on a replacement pistol.
And its still gonna be the standard sidearm because we take decades to decide on what color it will be and how much the paint will cost and which company will make the cans the paint will go in.
@@GenericShirtNinja The way we are running out of money I wouldn't be surprised if the new issue was a slingshot..
@@qball1of1 Nah. They will issue sticks. Sharp and pointy if they are lucky......... Sad eh?
10:30 That's the main Republic blaster from the clone wars on the right! Yet another ww2 inspired blaster.
Daamn, that's the Brits Sterling SMG right there! 😍
Dengar the bounty hunter in the empire strikes back is packing an mg34 😁
The sterling is also the base for the E-11, the standard issue rifle of the stormtrooper corps.
Bro those things were so epic
DC15-S
3:37 Interesting to note most countries were using revolvers at the time. I have two photography books from my great-grandparents that were made just after the end of WWI. I noticed multiple pictures with soldiers clearly holding 1911s, but the captions described them as “revolvers.” I suppose at the time, semi-automatics were so new that any pistol was still called a revolver, and it would take a few years for this distinction to catch on
Even today that mistake is made pretty often---whyever *. . .*
It's astonishing that 3 entries on this list were designed by one man, John Browning, a Mormon, himself the son of a gunsmith. All were designed before 1926 the year of his death. All three soldier on today.
Kinda hard to design something AFTER his death.
browning died before finishing the hi-power, Dieudonné Saive at FN finished the pistol.
@@Snakesht172 My understanding is that Saive's contribution was the double stack magazine, perhaps more. The "lock-up" is a version of the 1911. The trigger linkage differs. Where does one end and the other begin?
Browning had been building 'blow-back" automatic pistols since 1900 when Saive was 12 years old. Browning's designs had been in production since 1900. Saive had no pistols in production. Saive was the last man standing and finalized a version for production by Fabrique Nacional. He gets that credit.
@@BA-gn3qb Good catch.
@@BA-gn3qb I can design something after his death, not a gun though
I hate to be that guys, but the "grease gun" uses a 30 round magazine, not a 30 round clip. (circa 16:32)
iTS aMaGAziNE nOTA ClLIipP1!!!
You are one of those guys
Love this channel. Mark your research is so unique in this department. Loving every bit of it.
I missed the part in my history exam where we had to talk about this subject
100 rupees pls *proceeds to walk with bald guy*
Because you were more interested in home economics perhaps
@@nwga.5327 what that mean
The Browning Hi Power is one of the finest pistols ever created. I’d rank it equal to the CZ-75, another gun I’ve had a love affair
The only thing wrong with the CZ75 is that you can't do anything to it to make it any better.
My Hipower is sweet but rumor has it that the trigger is better with the magazine disconnect removed.
IMHO I don't want or need the disconnect.
@@kevlar6836the mag disconnect was added to BHPs in order to make the gun more appealing to police and military that way they could score lucrative government contracts. In reality, rather than improving the gun with a slick mod, you’re actually putting it back to how it was designed in the first place. Think of it like the owner of a series 80 1911 putting it back to series 70 specs.
And I can verify that removing the mag disconnect on a BHP is a night and day difference. It makes the trigger pull that much better.
Love my CZ75 to death, just wish it didn't weigh as much as a brick.
@@Cheeki_breeki6 all metal frame guns feel that way now. It’s relative. My favorite pistol is a S&W 5900 series. If I’ve been using polymer frame handguns, at first even the alloy frame models feel heavy
@@redram5150 good to know.
Plus I have a functional gun during a tactical reload or a single shot in case the magazine is missing.
Its pretty bad when they have to put a safety device on perfection .
Thought the ol’ Bofors 40mm would’ve got a mention.
WW11 bofors guns were put back into service by Canada as anti aircraft guns for our airfields in Germany, in the late 70s. They were replaced in that role by modern 35mm guns. They went back into storage, to return to service on our navy's costal defence ships, where I assume they are still in use.
Still used on USAF AC-130 gunships.
@@chrisronan676 105mm Howitzer too.
The "retired" Bofors are used worldwide in heavy winter areas to trigger snow avalanches for safety.
Yes our Army still use them primarily for anti aircraft role ,and in navy too. Our army is also planning to make a CIWS programme for it.
It’s great to hear the reports of the weapons you’re talking about, really brings them to life
50 years from now on the surface of Mars, the M2 will still be in service. Ma Deuce has a way of getting around.
The one thing better than a M2 is four of them, i.e. the quad-50. Awesome weapon!!
@@bartmansd71 damn skippy. Thats alotta dakka.
And the gun crew will be shot at by Martians armed with mosin nagants 😂
Actually in the movie Tomorrow War set in 2060 the .50 is used against the aliens by the movie's hottie
Barely 10 years ago I remember being trained on the Bren lmg here in Ireland in the reserves. My jaw dropped at the time, they were taken out of service not long after though. Beaut of a weapon though, despite it's age.
Was it using .303 Enfield (curved mags) or 7.62mm NATO (straight mags) ?
The last war the 7.62 NATO Bren saw action in was the Falklands War.
I knew a guy when I was in the US Marines who used a Bren when he was in a Cadet Corps in Australia. He was VERY impressed with it!
@@brianwong7285 my guess it's the NATO one because in the decades immediately post ww2 the British made a considerable effort converting Brens to NATO ammo for logistic purposes, and a lot saw action in Ireland
@@comradekenobi6908 The NATO converted Brens also traded the muzzle cone for a more ideal flash hider.
The Browning Hi Power was my side arm back in the day. Loved it.
You can get a low-cost clone now. Arcus 98 DA. The Arcus 98 DAC uses Browning Hi-Power mags!
It is still my my side arm today and I wouldn't trade it for any of the modern fancy guns.
This was a great video, I learned some new things (some RAF pilots use a pistol chambered in something other than 9x19mm). Mark mentioned that some bolt action rifles like the German K98K and Russian Mosin Nagant still are in use in countries throughout the world, but they’ve also been exported (especially variants of the Mosin Nagant) as military surplus rifles to civilian markets in countries like the US and Canada. In years passed they were a common sight in gun and sporting goods stores in the US and can certainly still be found there.
When I was a kid in the Air Cadets, we had old Lee-Enfields that were sub-calibered to .22 LR.
HEAVY mothers for a 13 year old.
I shot .22 rifles with the Air Cadets (about 1989). I don't know if they were Lee-Enfields, but they probably were.
@@hairycanarythethird All the Lee-Enfields even for the deactivated are gone, cadets now parade with some wood cut guns, so sad.
@@oldiehugger Load of bollocks. Cadets have L85A2s with single shot only L98 TMH's fitted for both service matches and training and Ruger 10/22 rimfires for target. shooting.
@@zoiders I was talking about Canadian Air Cadet.
I own .22 Lee-Enfield. Bought it from a old guy. I am always curious about it. Pretty accurate.
But had to work on the trigger and sear. Replace spring.
I noted back in the 90s while I was still in service, the disparity of the crews of the most modern tank on the planet at that time, the M1, were still using the Grease Gun, just like the tank crews of WW2 did.
I think you missed out the fact that when the London Mayor has his parade it include 17th century Pikemen.
But did those chaps carry such weapons on active service in WW2?
Those were 17th century Pokemons, like Boris Johnson :)
Nowadays, London's mayor Ghengis Khan is turning it into his homeland.
@@derekp2674 Hang on! The Tank Museum has Major General Percy Hobart's pike from his time in the Home Guard.
Okay, so it's a 1913 Pattern P14 Remington* rifle bayonet welded to a piece of pipe, but it's described as a pike.
*It's the rifle issued to units as diverse as British Army snipers and the Home Guard ( You'll see it if you ever watch Dad's Army). Unspecified he ever uttered the phrase, ' They don't like it up'em!' though.
You have forgotten the halberds of papal Swiss Guard.
Mad Jack Churchill carried a longbow and a claymore sabre into ww2...
Massive amount views, massive amount of credits too. How good is this Mark Felton Fellow. Thank you Sir.