Also something that you don't think about as well also seen some flare gun in an anime title Black Lagoon as well and who knows in 1917 could do a video about the bolt actions of Lee-Enfield and Mauser.
Tracer rounds would pass right through a Zeppelin without igniting it. Incendiary rounds wouldn't take down Zeppelins on their own. The hydrogen had to mix with the air before it would burn. A mixture of normal bullets and incendiaries were used. A relatively large hole had to be ripped in the Zeppelin before a combustible mixture of air and hydrogen was created. Thanks for another fun and interesting video Johnny.
That's also something to note and who knows could be an interesting video to make Incendiary rounds along with other ideas like the ME 262 and Fairley Swordfish is another.
@@Dung30n Really good for you and also another idea with the comment above could tell JJ about a video on incendiary rounds along with Zeppelins as another idea along with other parts like the AK-47 and it's variants, RPG-7, tanks like the M1 Abrams and T-54/55 or if you want to go WWI Renault FT and the British Mark Series of tanks are good to look into anyway can't run out of ideas but really can get into technical difficulties.
@@ErpyrikkI've fired quite a few. I never fire them when it's dry because no matter how high they go, at least half of them make it to the ground still burning.
Underwater is surprisingly good. I like the theory about Kirsten's character not going made at the sight of the creature is that, she *never* gets a good look at it, she's short sighted and lost her glasses early on.
@@anderspedersen7488Something really cool about your comment, when you hit translate, it calls it "yes yes yes yes yes" (because it thinks it's Russian).
In the Australian military, we were issued with self-contained flare tubes. e.g. SIGNAL ILLUMINATION GROUND WHITE STAR PARACHUTE M127A1. You take the cap off place it on the base and give it a whack to fire a primer in the base.
They're great, unless you get one that has a defect, cooked one of my Marine's hand a "wee" bit! Thankfully he made a full recovery but it did make people a little nervous when they had to use a pop flare!
I think Attack on Titan does the flare's primary purpose the best justice. Given the tech they show the proper use of different colors to pinpoint, warn, or mission success. Not once was it used as a weapon though the smoke screen before Levi takes out Zeke is epic.
I have used a pen style signal flare during emergency water procedures training. They have a spring loaded "firing pin" that will strike a primer in turn sets off a powder charge to launch the parachute flare. One tip: fire a flare when you observe an aircraft or ship is in line of sight of you and it isnt too windy.
You must not have seen the movie 'Dead Calm' with Sam Neil, Billy Zane, and a 19 yo. Nicole Kidman, as this was a missed opportunity to show the best movie 'kill' via flare gun. This is a 1989 Ozploitation horror film which got the attention of a Mr Thomas Cruise. Billy Zane plays the role of a psychopathic killer who is himself killed (I think by Kidman's character), at the end of the movie by having a flare shot into his mouth. I saw this at the theatre in 1989 and the shot looked more comedic than horror in my memory, but it is still very cool. And if you keep the idea that this is an exploitation film in mind, it really doesn't matter. It's still a really cool effect which I greatly enjoyed at the time and on watching a few times since then.
My favorite flare gun would have to be Scout's flare gun from *Deep Rock Galactic* because it's actually used for illumination but nothing will stop you from shooting it into a bug's face.
Oh yeah that's good or another idea the grenade attachments on guns like the M-16, AK-47 and MP-5 or even the Heckler and Koch MP-5 as well. Even more surprising about that Toyota Technicals heard they beat against tanks in a conflict of the 1980's with Chad vs Libya hard to even believe that's possible and also can mention it's ancestor the SAS Jeeps of WWII.
I don't know about the USA, but here in France, we have zamak flare guns that shoot sub lethal cartridges. They are on sale to adults and the models I have in mind are called GC-54 and GC-27. They have several types of cartridges (bullet, buckshot, flare)
I was expecting to see The Final Countdown within the montage as a flare pistol was used in the pivotal scene involving the death of Sen. Samuel Chapman.
You forgot to mention the flare guns used exclusively by U-boats, double barrel flare pistols. They're very rare as the vast majority of them lay at the bottom of the ocean
Awesome video!!! Was expecting to see that whacky scene from, "The Expendables" where Sylvester Stallone was flying his plane over the wharf full of bad guys; jettisoned some aviation fuel onto them; and then Jason Statham (spelling??) turns around in the nose of the aircraft and fires a flare onto said wharf thus eliminating the bad guys. But ALL other examples provided in the video will do!!
My Anti-virus caused edge to suddenly boot up during the video and it took me a moment to realize that the reason my screen turned white was not because Johnny Johnson was trying to make a point.
A mimimum of 12? We need to talk about your flare. Really? I... I have twelve flares onboard. I, also... Well, okay. Twelve is the minimum, okay? Okay. Now, you know it's up to you whether or not you want to just do the bare minimum. Or... well, like Brian, for example, has thirty-seven flares, okay. And a terrific smile.
Look, we want you to express yourself, okay? Now if you feel that the bare minimum is enough, then okay. But some some ships choose to carry more and we encourage that, okay? You do want to express yourself, don't you?
Fantastic overview of another under-appreciated topic! Small correction: The Type 90 Model 1 and 2 (3 and 2-barrel) were still manufactured concurrently, using the same simplifications for both. It wasn't a Nambu design, but was produced exclusively by Kayaba Kogyo.
I love how Johnny doesn't fall in the "akchually, movies are stupid" and simply explains how things work in real life, and that movies have the right to do something else, and sometimes even mention that stuff that happens in movies could happen in real life too, but it was rare or you'd have to be lucky.
Can say good video JJ never thought I there was more to a flare gun than illuminating the night or telling where you are when lost also used for controlled burns too. Also other topics could look into DDT pesticide, Napalm, B-52 bomber, tail gunners, Chinook helicopter, M-14 rifle, AK-47 and it's variants, C-4 and other plastique explosive, RPG-7 and well like I already said a lot of topics out there but so little time and the days now are getting rough.
in he mid 1980's in NY there was a fear that flare guns were going to be the new satruday night special as they were for sale with far less controls than hand guns
Well you certainly have a flare for interesting history, Johnny. I can honestly say that, for me, your videos light up these increasingly darkening Canadian evenings.
I was literally just shopping for flare guns I found a HK clone called the AC unity flare pistol its 26.5mm and it costs about 150 doll hairs And the flares are about 10 cheddars a pop
And of course the Ric Flair wrestled Sting a lot then kept butting heads with Eric Bischoff and was side-lined for the most part towards the end of WCW.
Did I miss it, or was the _From Russia With Love_ flare scene left out? Also, 37mm flare projectors have been used to cosplay as underbarrel 40mm grenade launchers.
I must point out the obvious fact that "Dragon's Breath" rounds are optimal for killing vampires or other creatures that are invulnerable to bullets but not fire. You missed the clip of the drunk Australian firing a flaregun at his head. The shell just bounced off his skull. He probably had a sore neck from his head being whipped violently to the side from the impact of the shell but it did not penetrate. He ended up looking a bit dazed but his head didn't explode or catch fire.
When in the coast guar we had mk 127 parachute flare training, you fire it by slamming the cap at the bottom. instructions are to turn your hand upside down to stiffen the arm and lock the elbow... One guy didn't do so and ended up firing it horizontally and hit a sailboat moored nearby.
Yes very good! But in Soldier of Orange from 1977, traitor Robbie shoots a tracer bullet that landed near Guus (Jerroen Krabbe) . The Germans then walked in the wrong direction.
In the Canadian Forces we did a lot of flare training, don't have to be on range and it's fun but also it's so essential that everyone understands how to operate whatever current models the forces is using. I've seen so many wonky mechanisms over the years, my fav is the basic stick with pull cord, dead easy, no one can fuck that up!
3:53 "Flares can also be used underwater..." *shows movie titled "Underwater" I see what you did there. 8:17 Interestingly in JP3, the flare gun used is an Olin *25mm* flare gun, which of course is bigger than the usual 12 gauge.
1:08: That's some chill ship sinking, it seems. 2:22: That sound effect did not seem accurate. 3:35: Something I'm not too fond of doing in X-Wing Alliance/TIE Fighter Total Conversion's Reimagined campaign. 3:45: Does the Spectre even need to always do that flare firing method in any evasive maneuver? I think we might need more GorillaZ examples. What is it with snake and worm monsters being weak to flares fired on their gullets? Of course, double-barrelled pistols should be very impractical. Surprisingly, Jordan Peele's Us isn't here. Subverts the use of flares as a flamethrower-esque weapon, and yet it did help out putting fire on a boat, I guess. Addendum: Of course we also see that Hotline Miami-esque John Wick 4 scene.
Putting shotgun shells in a flare gun, even a modified one, is pretty dumb indeed. It's not like shotguns are difficult to acquire, even outside gun crazy countries like the US.
3:35 you should make a video about decoy flares used by aircraft GENESIS of INFRARED DECOY FLARES The early years from 1950 into the 1970s. goes into great detail of them
I haven't used flares for signaling, (maybe coloured smoke has taken over that role?) but they're still used for illumination, although maybe less than they used to be due to night vision devices being so common. Modern parachute flares come in tubes about a foot long and an inch in diameter, you take off the end caps, pull the string to launch the flare, then the tube is garbage.
Johnny, for an amateur, your vids are certainly illuminating and brightening our knowledge horizon. So let's light up and chase away the dark veil of ignorance with the white light, shall we?
I was hoping this was more about how cheese flare guns in movies are. Like how much is not like a rocket propelled thermite grenade like the movies, and how nasty and effective it actually is or isn't when used like the movies. Still good video and I appreciate the history and knowledge.
Reminds me of the scene in the anime "Gate" where the roman empire like enemy tries to sneak upon the JSDF during night, only to get lid up first by flares and then by artillery and gunfire. (Episode 2)
Never woulda thought I'd see footage from Tremors, 1917, Madagascar, and Gorillaz in the same educational video but I'm not complaining
the Incredibles 2 too. i guess flare guns are Family Friendly firearms at pixar lol
I was hoping for Con Air.
this is an educational video??
Also something that you don't think about as well also seen some flare gun in an anime title Black Lagoon as well and who knows in 1917 could do a video about the bolt actions of Lee-Enfield and Mauser.
He has good taste
"conversion kit to allow a flare gun to fire 12 gauge shotgun shells"
speedrunning arthritis
as long it's not the plastic one from Orion and you're not using minis
Parco Folgore is that you?!
“If I’m not supposed to use it like this, why does it fit?”
FYI the "conversion device" is a section of 3/4" pipe (schedule 40 ) sanded down by 10 thousandths of an inch !
@@WapTek123 Always love watching machinists measuring stuff by thou. One hundredth? Nah ten thousandths lol. Makes sense but it's still funny.
Real life: illumination/signalling a location.
Movies & games: incendiary grenade launcher.
Lmao
Real life: Safety device
Movies: Flame weapon
Flares out of shotgun?
Tracer rounds would pass right through a Zeppelin without igniting it.
Incendiary rounds wouldn't take down Zeppelins on their own. The hydrogen had to mix with the air before it would burn. A mixture of normal bullets and incendiaries were used. A relatively large hole had to be ripped in the Zeppelin before a combustible mixture of air and hydrogen was created.
Thanks for another fun and interesting video Johnny.
That's also something to note and who knows could be an interesting video to make Incendiary rounds along with other ideas like the ME 262 and Fairley Swordfish is another.
Also, they used a special 11mm round and machine gun for it.
@@MandolinMagi That's also something and maybe could tell JJ about this weapon the MK 19 Grenade Launcher as another idea for a video.
Well now I got to replay Crimson Skies again !
@@Dung30n Really good for you and also another idea with the comment above could tell JJ about a video on incendiary rounds along with Zeppelins as another idea along with other parts like the AK-47 and it's variants, RPG-7, tanks like the M1 Abrams and T-54/55 or if you want to go WWI Renault FT and the British Mark Series of tanks are good to look into anyway can't run out of ideas but really can get into technical difficulties.
I never heard about the burning flare creating some updraft for the flare's own parachute. But it makes sense. Thanks!
seen it a couple of times when people fire expired naval flares on new year.
@@ErpyrikkI've fired quite a few. I never fire them when it's dry because no matter how high they go, at least half of them make it to the ground still burning.
Underwater is surprisingly good. I like the theory about Kirsten's character not going made at the sight of the creature is that, she *never* gets a good look at it, she's short sighted and lost her glasses early on.
Thats cthulhu. She never gets a good look because hes the size of a small skyscraper.
What serendipity. I just happened to see one of those "line thrower" flare gun modifications yesterday.
Worth noting Dragonsbreath shells don't work in auto shotguns due to low pressure. John wick 4 just did it to look badass
Not work as in not cycle or not fire?
@@Frille512not cycle
I feel it's criminal you didn't mention Blade's double barrel stake launcher in Blade: Trinity. Which was a modified German Flare Launcher 😭
Frank Zappa & The Mothers were at the best place around. But some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground.
Very deep, and very purple 😂
Da da daaa, da da da-da..
Smooke on the waaater...
Flame gun, unfortunately :)
@@anderspedersen7488Something really cool about your comment, when you hit translate, it calls it "yes yes yes yes yes" (because it thinks it's Russian).
Missed opportunity for BF1 flare gun gameplay clips.
some of my most satisfying kills were with the flare gun lol
Yeah. I was also disappointed by the lack of TF2.
And Time Splitters Future Perfect
Bruh why u trying to make me fail 8:02 💀
gotcha good
@JohnnyJohnsonEsq you should look into mini crossbows and navalal star shells
fail what?
@@Wolvenworks no-nut November
that's what i'm saying
In the Australian military, we were issued with self-contained flare tubes. e.g. SIGNAL ILLUMINATION GROUND WHITE STAR PARACHUTE M127A1. You take the cap off place it on the base and give it a whack to fire a primer in the base.
They're great, unless you get one that has a defect, cooked one of my Marine's hand a "wee" bit! Thankfully he made a full recovery but it did make people a little nervous when they had to use a pop flare!
@@robertharper3754 they really know how to give marines the fun stuff
Wow, I'm shocked at ho much I took flares for granted.
I first though of "Tremors," of course, but never actually looked at the tech behind the scene.
I think Attack on Titan does the flare's primary purpose the best justice. Given the tech they show the proper use of different colors to pinpoint, warn, or mission success. Not once was it used as a weapon though the smoke screen before Levi takes out Zeke is epic.
Considering how much anime loves the rule of cool, that’s very surprising
I have used a pen style signal flare during emergency water procedures training. They have a spring loaded "firing pin" that will strike a primer in turn sets off a powder charge to launch the parachute flare. One tip: fire a flare when you observe an aircraft or ship is in line of sight of you and it isnt too windy.
Good evening Johnny
Howdy howdy
You must not have seen the movie 'Dead Calm' with Sam Neil, Billy Zane, and a 19 yo. Nicole Kidman, as this was a missed opportunity to show the best movie 'kill' via flare gun. This is a 1989 Ozploitation horror film which got the attention of a Mr Thomas Cruise. Billy Zane plays the role of a psychopathic killer who is himself killed (I think by Kidman's character), at the end of the movie by having a flare shot into his mouth. I saw this at the theatre in 1989 and the shot looked more comedic than horror in my memory, but it is still very cool. And if you keep the idea that this is an exploitation film in mind, it really doesn't matter. It's still a really cool effect which I greatly enjoyed at the time and on watching a few times since then.
Two more flare gun kills that come to mind are Cold Sweat from 1970 and Journey into Fear from 1975.
It's worth a watch just to get a glimpse of Nicole Kidman's butt.
I saw that movie as part of my degree.
@@ptonpc You have to let us know what degree required watching this movie.
We can always count on good ole' Johnny to add some flare to youtube.
There's some footage from the series "Masters of the air" where they use the flare at 3:16, for ship formations
My favorite flare gun would have to be Scout's flare gun from *Deep Rock Galactic* because it's actually used for illumination but nothing will stop you from shooting it into a bug's face.
Think one of those double barrel flare guns made its way into "Deep Rising"
Excellent and informative.
But, most importantly, an impressive mix of film clips to illustrate the points made.
Bravo.
Some of your videos just light up my life.
You beat me to it 😃
Noice, next vid about Milkor grenade launchers. Or even Toyota brand pick-ups modified into technicals 😂
How dare you disregard my beloved MK-19?
Most impressive Technical I've seen had a VADS 20mm Vulcan cannon in the back.
Oh yeah that's good or another idea the grenade attachments on guns like the M-16, AK-47 and MP-5 or even the Heckler and Koch MP-5 as well. Even more surprising about that Toyota Technicals heard they beat against tanks in a conflict of the 1980's with Chad vs Libya hard to even believe that's possible and also can mention it's ancestor the SAS Jeeps of WWII.
I don't know about the USA, but here in France, we have zamak flare guns that shoot sub lethal cartridges.
They are on sale to adults and the models I have in mind are called GC-54 and GC-27.
They have several types of cartridges (bullet, buckshot, flare)
the SAPL GC27 (Gomm-cogne 27) chambered for 12/50 (12 gauge 50mm) via "fun tir"
I was expecting to see The Final Countdown within the montage as a flare pistol was used in the pivotal scene involving the death of Sen. Samuel Chapman.
You forgot to mention the flare guns used exclusively by U-boats, double barrel flare pistols. They're very rare as the vast majority of them lay at the bottom of the ocean
Nice seeing Guns of Navarone, was hoping to see Force 10 from Navarone with Mallory's large use of flares towards the end iirc.
Flare guns are cool. I saw the Scene in The Road with it at too young an age. I hope it makes it in the video!
No The Road but that’s okay good video nonetheless
Great but super depressing movie 🎬
Awesome video!!! Was expecting to see that whacky scene from, "The Expendables" where Sylvester Stallone was flying his plane over the wharf full of bad guys; jettisoned some aviation fuel onto them; and then Jason Statham (spelling??) turns around in the nose of the aircraft and fires a flare onto said wharf thus eliminating the bad guys. But ALL other examples provided in the video will do!!
The important use of flare is when go outside the wall and attacking titan, the black colored flare is one of the important color for this job
Great video as always man
8:02 Bro???? Was it necessary? Yes I am talking to you Disney. My standards never came back to be the same after seen this
My Anti-virus caused edge to suddenly boot up during the video and it took me a moment to realize that the reason my screen turned white was not because Johnny Johnson was trying to make a point.
Morning johnny
And to you sir
Great stuff!! I learn so much from your vids and appreciate the work involved in producing this content.
Thx for the video. Now I feel illuminated in this topic.
Flare-guns, they have a very bright history.
Thank you for the list of movies in the notes, it was helpful
You just know when the title is simple and informative that the video is going to be a banger
The purple smoke scene in a Bridge too Far ,was made with a Flare Gun. Michael Caine called up his brother Co from the little armoured car.
Glad to see some of that Waterworld footage getting used, and so is Mr Costner.
Cool video
Thank you
Pretty solid exit puns on this one Johnny.
You missed Sahara! "I shot a guy with a flare gun"
I was waiting for this one too! Scrolling through the comments here, he must have missed dozens. Must be more common a movie trope than I thought.
Enlightening video. Good work Johnny 👏 !
Gorillaz fan here.
kinda gay
If liking the Gorillaz is gay, I’m flaming!
@@Lomi311 aren't we all
A mimimum of 12?
We need to talk about your flare.
Really? I... I have twelve flares onboard. I, also...
Well, okay. Twelve is the minimum, okay?
Okay.
Now, you know it's up to you whether or not you want to just do the bare minimum. Or... well, like Brian, for example, has thirty-seven flares, okay. And a terrific smile.
Then,.why don't you make the minimum flares...37?!!!
Look, we want you to express yourself, okay? Now if you feel that the bare minimum is enough, then okay. But some some ships choose to carry more and we encourage that, okay? You do want to express yourself, don't you?
Ah the flare gun, Alan Wake's favorite gun.
Excellent research h on the flare-gun. I own a HK with different color flares.
Missed an opportunity to use the flare gun scene from the movie Last Stand with Johnny Knoxville.
Fantastic overview of another under-appreciated topic! Small correction: The Type 90 Model 1 and 2 (3 and 2-barrel) were still manufactured concurrently, using the same simplifications for both. It wasn't a Nambu design, but was produced exclusively by Kayaba Kogyo.
Thanks man! Might fix at a later date 🙏
Fun fact: The rotary grenade launcher in the original Predator is actually an American WW2 multishot flaregun for aircraft
You should've shown the pocket mortar greentext for the experiments with different shell types
I love how Johnny doesn't fall in the "akchually, movies are stupid" and simply explains how things work in real life, and that movies have the right to do something else, and sometimes even mention that stuff that happens in movies could happen in real life too, but it was rare or you'd have to be lucky.
Johnny you have a flare for these types of videos, keep it up man.
Another heart from the man himself. Puns aside the flare gun was a personal favorite of mine in far cry 3 for liberating outposts.
Finally a video about FLARES!
the intro title was pure cinema
Can say good video JJ never thought I there was more to a flare gun than illuminating the night or telling where you are when lost also used for controlled burns too. Also other topics could look into DDT pesticide, Napalm, B-52 bomber, tail gunners, Chinook helicopter, M-14 rifle, AK-47 and it's variants, C-4 and other plastique explosive, RPG-7 and well like I already said a lot of topics out there but so little time and the days now are getting rough.
I feel perhaps starshells could be mentioned here. Or perhaps a full video on illumination flares?
no Sahara boat clip?
Kinda off topic, but I really enjoyed Furiosa.
in he mid 1980's in NY there was a fear that flare guns were going to be the new satruday night special as they were for sale with far less controls than hand guns
flare guns are funny to me in general, and I play TF2 as Pyro and that is their stock secondary weapon.
UMPF
MPf
UmFF
UUUuuUUuUuUpF!
The stock secondary for Pyro is the shotgun.
So I never usually comment but... Damn I love your videos! So interesting and entertaining at the same time! Keep up the good work :)
Well thank you kindly it's always appreciated. I try to read every comment. 🙏
Well you certainly have a flare for interesting history, Johnny. I can honestly say that, for me, your videos light up these increasingly darkening Canadian evenings.
Great Video Mate !
Uh Oh Johnny, i think my CONDITION is starting to FLARE up because of this vid!!!
I was literally just shopping for flare guns
I found a HK clone called the AC unity flare pistol its 26.5mm and it costs about 150 doll hairs
And the flares are about 10 cheddars a pop
They're not bad as far as 26.5mm flareguns go, though if you have a 3d printer there are much better options!
@@robertharper3754 sadly I have no 3d printer... I have to shop like they did in days of old
Buying things off the internet
In the German army we use flairs as Battlefield lighting at night and during day as target indicator for machineguns etc.
And of course the Ric Flair wrestled Sting a lot then kept butting heads with Eric Bischoff and was side-lined for the most part towards the end of WCW.
Did I miss it, or was the _From Russia With Love_ flare scene left out?
Also, 37mm flare projectors have been used to cosplay as underbarrel 40mm grenade launchers.
Sean Connery versus a speedboat.
I must point out the obvious fact that "Dragon's Breath" rounds are optimal for killing vampires or other creatures that are invulnerable to bullets but not fire. You missed the clip of the drunk Australian firing a flaregun at his head. The shell just bounced off his skull. He probably had a sore neck from his head being whipped violently to the side from the impact of the shell but it did not penetrate. He ended up looking a bit dazed but his head didn't explode or catch fire.
When in the coast guar we had mk 127 parachute flare training, you fire it by slamming the cap at the bottom. instructions are to turn your hand upside down to stiffen the arm and lock the elbow... One guy didn't do so and ended up firing it horizontally and hit a sailboat moored nearby.
Very enlightening.
That John wick part was cool to finally see it use in a movie
Nice vid, very happy you addressed why using flare guns offensively might not be the best of ideas.
Man you should have used the flares from Godzilla 2014. Such a bad ass scene when he comes to shore in Hawaii for the first time.
Great video John master! The best Flare Gune scene are in "The Rocketeer" (1990) and "The Bunker" (2001) check them out movie fans!
In the Rocketeer , it's a Zeppelin flare gun.
As M203 man during the Cold War I shot more parachute flares than anything else during my time.
Most illuminating!
Yes very good! But in Soldier of Orange from 1977, traitor Robbie shoots a tracer bullet that landed near Guus (Jerroen Krabbe) . The Germans then walked in the wrong direction.
It's was a sign for the Germans guarding the beach area.
In the Canadian Forces we did a lot of flare training, don't have to be on range and it's fun but also it's so essential that everyone understands how to operate whatever current models the forces is using. I've seen so many wonky mechanisms over the years, my fav is the basic stick with pull cord, dead easy, no one can fuck that up!
Every time somebody makes something idiot-proof, they invent a better idiot.
Another song that name checks Very lights is ‘On Patrol in No Man’s Land’ by James Reese Europe.
3:53
"Flares can also be used underwater..."
*shows movie titled "Underwater"
I see what you did there.
8:17
Interestingly in JP3, the flare gun used is an Olin *25mm* flare gun, which of course is bigger than the usual 12 gauge.
& made of zinc & later aluminum
You know i only figured out ships had flayers was because the movie titanic
7:34 i want to know more about this
First time viewer to your channel
Well done man
Thank you! And welcome to the channel =)
1:08: That's some chill ship sinking, it seems.
2:22: That sound effect did not seem accurate.
3:35: Something I'm not too fond of doing in X-Wing Alliance/TIE Fighter Total Conversion's Reimagined campaign.
3:45: Does the Spectre even need to always do that flare firing method in any evasive maneuver?
I think we might need more GorillaZ examples.
What is it with snake and worm monsters being weak to flares fired on their gullets?
Of course, double-barrelled pistols should be very impractical.
Surprisingly, Jordan Peele's Us isn't here. Subverts the use of flares as a flamethrower-esque weapon, and yet it did help out putting fire on a boat, I guess.
Addendum: Of course we also see that Hotline Miami-esque John Wick 4 scene.
Should have used an Atlantis Lost Empire clip but great work as always
Putting shotgun shells in a flare gun, even a modified one, is pretty dumb indeed. It's not like shotguns are difficult to acquire, even outside gun crazy countries like the US.
lol
Really great and interesting movie. A lot of facts, that I have never heard about
3:35 you should make a video about decoy flares used by aircraft
GENESIS of INFRARED DECOY FLARES
The early years from 1950 into the 1970s. goes into great detail of them
I haven't used flares for signaling, (maybe coloured smoke has taken over that role?) but they're still used for illumination, although maybe less than they used to be due to night vision devices being so common. Modern parachute flares come in tubes about a foot long and an inch in diameter, you take off the end caps, pull the string to launch the flare, then the tube is garbage.
waited for "Congo" where flares unerringly attracted heat-seekers, but good video anyway. Thanks.
Flares and flare guns: for when you want to signal for help but also feel like a majestic disco ball.
Johnny, for an amateur, your vids are certainly illuminating and brightening our knowledge horizon. So let's light up and chase away the dark veil of ignorance with the white light, shall we?
I was hoping this was more about how cheese flare guns in movies are. Like how much is not like a rocket propelled thermite grenade like the movies, and how nasty and effective it actually is or isn't when used like the movies. Still good video and I appreciate the history and knowledge.
Reminds me of the scene in the anime "Gate" where the roman empire like enemy tries to sneak upon the JSDF during night, only to get lid up first by flares and then by artillery and gunfire. (Episode 2)