DTV Arms .338 Norma Mag Silenced Minigun
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2025
- In this episode of TFBTV, @JamesReeves visits the Radical Firearms booth to see the new caliber convertible XR338 minigun manufactured by DTV Arms. James speaks with Matt, one of DTV's engineers, about this amazing and powerful system.
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This guy has definitely done the rounds with mil buyers in the past. Straight to the point and a low key dick joke.
Bro hit us with the couple of inches and I'm loving it.
Low key dick joke is the best power move ever. No one will call you out, but everyone knows you are in control of the conversation
Wow 😳
I guess if you can afford that gun you can afford the ammo bill. Bbbbrrrrt = $200
yeah then they hit the strip club later and snort all kinds of that marching powder
Other companies need to take note of this spokesperson. He knows his shit and delivers it clearly and entertainingly.
He's not the spokesperson he's the engineer. He knows it because it's his baby
They probably also require better diplomas and pays couple times over for this guy though
And he speaks fast! English is my second language, but I can follow Ben Shapiro fine. I couldn't keep with this guy fast words.
@@marcondespaulo Benji is easy because he speaks in rhythms
@@すどにむ Really though you don't get paid much more as an engineer. Yes its more, but shockingly not as much as you'd think.
I hear people insisting $20/hour isn't enough to flip burgers, and within months I could design a robot for cheap that would replace thousands of burger flippers in chain restaurants (fewer sick days, shows up when you want it, can work without smoke breaks, won't sneeze on your food, probes the patties with thermocouples for the most consistent burgers, won't be coming in smelling like weed, and pay for itself within a year). Considering I could save companies millions with a simple design, you'd think brilliant guys like that dude would get a quarter mil, but that's simply not the case.
For reference, I was doing heavy military aircraft structure mod designs and was getting only $65k/year couple years ago in Texas. Design engineers are not paid all that amazing, unless you get into a high demand spot (like I am now) where the customer would be screwed if you were gone and then you have some leverage (I now make more than double what I did in Texas, but due to inflation and some higher taxes where I'm at the pay is still rather significant but its not like double what a good salesman would be)
Engineers are often not the best spokesmen since they tend to say stuff they shouldn't say. This guy did good.
I go into too much detail and get people confused but it's nice when you have a customer that's educated enough to understand and appreciate the details like james can.
As a engineer, I must say..... you are so right sir.
As an engineer, I am not allowed to talk to the government more than I am not allowed to talk to customers.
Because engineers are generally honest, and marketers and salesmen aren't.
@@haroldfarquad6886 Of course, my comment was a little nudge to engineer(s) of this weapon system.
James' smile from the time he said suppressed till the end says it all....
Read my mind…be cool to edit in closeups of James smile increase as the details get deeper…just hear the guys voice and see James face…lol….I would say it cost as much as hipoints whole operation worldwide is worth…1000yrds extra…sign me up…put 4 NF 7x35s on er and a tripod..
That's what you call a shit eating grin. Ya know one you just can't wipe off your face.
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Finally!
An interview with a guy that knows what hes selling!
Bro, I've seen everything you've done on both channels and I don't think I've ever seen you smile so genuinely. I can't tell if it's the gun you're crushing on or the guy, not that it matters
It's refreshing when people know their shit front to back, and it's so rare that I find it personally amusing when it happens. Great interviewee, one of the best over the years.
@@TFBTVShowTime how were the hookers?
@@slayerozombies they weren’t silenced
Lmao!!!
@@TFBTVShowTime He was such a nerd. Thats when you know the gun is designed well
"On-board power"
Holy shit. It doesn't need off-board power from whatever it's mounted to?! That makes it MAN-PORTABLE.
Hell, when we get combat-viable exoskeletons in a few years, this thing could be SHOULDER FIRED.
Whaaaaaaaat?!
Gonna go out on a limb here and say that homie engineer is way ahead of us on that one. I'd wager a pretty penny he already has in the works, or possibly a functioning prototype, a one man usable portable system of some type. At the very least he's probably got some kind of breakdown/transport case for moving it with potentially a stationary mounting point on the same f'in box. This guy is a straight up mad lad video game gun designer who got lucky enough to make it real.
Unless that exoskeleton has tremendous mass, a stabilization system, or a system for anchoring to the ground before you fire you do NOT want that on your shoulder. Physics would topple you over from the recoil.
@Hacker X
The same applies to normal belt-feds too. High rate of fire + lots of muzzle energy = you're almost always firing from the hip or prone.
Machine gunner doctrine accounts for this, so anyone assigned to one isn't going to try to fire it like a rifle anyways.
I'm sure the Brotherhood of Steel will love these things.
“I ain’t got time to bleed…”
This has SOCOM written all over it. Good job.
I dunno, writing SOCOM all over something seems like a bad idea for if you need deniability.... Unless you're the CIA trying to blame the DoD for it?
:P
it has film company armoury written all over it too.
John Wick V !
Won't matter, it'll end up in a book/movie from a SEAL telling about how much of a silent professional he is.
@@Del_S they have a special SOCOM ink, duh.
Imagine making all the other technical guys jealous because your mini gun is chambered in .338 lapua magnum 🤣
Norma not lapua
@@StrangeTamer178 he stated it could be converted to either
@@bannedbycommieyoutube5time920 science is crazy man. Them Japanese are getting more clever every day
And supressed...
@@bannedbycommieyoutube5time920 🎯
Battery life measured in the cost of ammunition able to be expended before change is required, that part got me in my feels big time...
James is just SMILING all they way through! 😂 This guys knows his sh1t!
I’m a geologist, usually don’t see eye to eye with engineers. But I like to hear someone who knows their stuff. Cool gun, interesting young man.
Come at us Rock Boy
@@Ben-rq5re he will trebuchet your ass, watch out
@Ben You wouldn't believe how many bullets have been stopped by rocks. Not to mention, you need us. Bullets are made of rocks.
As a machinist, I, too, rarely see eye to eye with engineers lol, but this guy kicks ass
@@dohmaster1 I originally started as a machinist, so I at least put my datums in the right place on drawings..
I love that he equates the battery life to the cost of the ammunition you can fire in 1 charge. Really puts things into perspective.
The 338 Norma chambering makes a lot of sense if SIG's 338 Norma GPMG becomes the official GPMG for the US military. Logistically it would make things a lot easier
That’s what I was going to say. Nobody would get this if .338 was only a sniper round as it has been so far. .338 would be neat given that it does have some armor penetration capabilities (most light AFVs are rated for 7.62 AP minimum and there is no production body armor rated for .338 ATM.) and those big rounds would stop an engine faster than 7.62. Although it is not a full replacement for .50 BMG or 40mm, those light anti-materiel capabilities in the hands of GPMG guys and minigun users is definitely a big advantage, especially for a conventional conflict.
I agree with you, but I would also worried about barrel pressure and barrel longevity during sustained fire. I'm sure they'll figure it out!
@@nayanjittilak2584 Variable rate of fire would help with that partially. Especially at increased ranges as to make sure rounds are on target. etc
Sad we won’t see .338 Norma surplus… 😢
The onboard power is amazing. The last m134 I fired needed a big battery pack that was a huge pain in the ass. the upgrade to 338 is also pretty insane, thats about 2x the energy on target compared to 7.62
Matt is the best, as a friend and as an engineer. Super proud of him. He is also extremely funny.
Okay this is dope and that guy knows his shit. I appreciate this as both an engineer and a guy who likes things that makes other things not there.
This is the first thing I’ve seen from Shot ‘23 that actually impresses me.
I can feel my taxes going up watching the shooting range footage of this thing. I need 10.
I'd rather pay taxes for this than most all other things.
If you have questions, this gun has answers.
There are two kinds of problems, math and real-life.
Math can be solved with a calculator. For everything else, use this.
Well considering who would be using it... I don 't think it could confirm or deny any said questions.
Find someone who looks at you the way James looks at DTV Arms Matt.
James was definitely lovestruck.
"It costs $126,000, to fire this gun...for 12 seconds"
Shhh, sasha is sleeping.
This is what happens when kids play TF2 in 2006 and grow up to be engineers. It’s beautiful
@@s0nnyburnett "Is that your gun in a tini bed next to your bed?"
"Yes"
"Thats pretty embarrassin'"
"Yes, I must buy Sasha better bed."
Once I heard him talking price vs ammunition, I hoped someone would quote Heavy. Comment section didn't disappoint, thank you.
"Who touched my Sacha!"
The Suppressor Design is so flipping cool. Now we need one for our Crank Gats.
Suppressors and miniguns? A marriage of my two favorite things? All the yes.
This guy casually mentions they created a suppressed .338 mag mini gun with all the excitement of announcing another bullpup. Meanwhile, James and everyone watching is in shock lol.
Not just that the onboard power pack that’s quick swap is nuts considering with onboard power you can mount the thing anywhere
I love that they have an actual engineer as a spokesperson, using dry humor and deadpan delivery to make his highly informative presentation enjoyable, as opposed to an annoying sales rep throwing out buzzwords and generalities.
That flash mitigation is nice. Noise is one thing, but having a minigun with little to no muzzle signature sound sweet.
This gun could have saved a lot of lives in the last 20 years. One of the biggest problems SoF faces is helo crashes. When they do go down, securing the bird is an enormous task even with a QRF and having a mini gun operational can make a massive difference. This was the case in somalia, at Takur Gar, and a handful of other downed aircraft events
Well said. Helicopter crashes / shoot downs are a big problem in many ways, and one of the reasons why the "V-280Valor" looks so interesting, here is a video talking about it (and crashes), but this video (I have seen others) doesn't mention that if an engine "fails" the other engine can actually fly the chopper enough to make a safe landing (depending on altitude, type of failure, speed, etc), looks great, will wait for news about it once released / operational. ua-cam.com/video/I-RhN8OdYwk/v-deo.html
@@ADB-zf5zr The twin engine config in the blackhawk can also limp home and make a landing on one engine- And it doesn't require more than a hundred miles an hour of airspeed to do it. The valor, to my knowledge (I could be wrong) is also incapable of autorotation. All the V280 has over the blackhawk in that regard is the likelihood due to spacing that one engine survives when the other is kaput. That said, it introduces possibilities like the jamming of an engine at angle that a conventional helicopter does not have.
The fact that it uses its own on-board power pack is an absolute game changer. It wouldn't matter that the entire power system of the helo was wrecked, just plug in a fresh battery, and your only concern is how long your ammo holds out.
@@TR_P Tilitrotors suck at autorotation, doesn't mean they cant. Gliding and landing like an airplane that lost power is safer anyway.
@@TR_P Just watched a video from Megaprojects on the V280 a little while ago, and the video I saw stated it did have autorotation.
3:18 was cute there Stud
It is so cool when an engineer gets to speak about Their Creation.
What a wonderful display of Human ingenuity.
Best interview of Shot.
You cant tell, but I've got the Doom Guy evil grin on my face.
Single-handedly the greatest interview anyones ever done at any shotshow, ever.
The amount of restraint in that guy not saying "uhh" , "umm" , or something like that fills me with awe.
2:33 he realized he was making a joke he wasn’t trying to and tried to correct it then this guy comes in and sets it in stone 😂
so mass issue suppresors are truly the future
The only real downside suppressors ever had was some combination of durability, gas hitting the face and mounting and depending on the gun and the ammunition overgassed guns. Once you solve those there aren't really any downsides aside from a longer gun.
Of course, the one truly cool and innovative thing I've seen come out of shot show this year and I can't own it. Also props to the spokesman, one of the few people I've seen who seems like he knows his product inside and out.
I had the same idea before so it's cool that a minigun suppresor actually works exactly like I thought it would.
Sure you did buddy
@@hambonesmithsonian8085 yes I did, I have come up with multiple ideas for guns and accessories in the last almost 20 years but haven't been able to get my ideas out before others, I have a 3d cad drawing of a bull pup design that I started working on in 2005 that was going to be multi caliber but then Desert tech came out with the MDR in 2014 which has a bunch of my ideas so there's no point in working on that one anymore. My idea for a minigun suppresor was more like a large can that would clamp into the end of the barrel cluster so it wouldn't require permanent modifications. It wasn't a very serious idea, not like I have access to a mingun but it was in the back of my head for several years now.
@@bdkj3e Kool
Repeal the NFA. Repeal the Hughes Amendment.
I got a plan to get rid of the Hughes Amendment. It's got a couple different parts so bear with me.
1. I think we need to go convince gun shops to boycott selling guns to the government including the military. Some gun companies have already started boycotting the police:
Like Barrett
This has to be expanded upon.
2. Convince people to stop voting for anti-gun politicians. Ideally they should stop voting altogether since voting just doesn't work but they should at least stop voting for politicians that support gun control.
If the politicians are out of office they can't run anti-gun laws anymore.
3. Boycott gun businesses that support gun control like Machine Gun Vegas
Ruger might be worth boycotting too like Ruger who supported magazine capacity limits.
If a gun company supports gun control they ain't worth buying from.
4. Raise awareness buy making videos and other material against the Hughes amendment. If gun activists would go to go shows and pass out pamphlets against the Hughes amendment and other crap maybe more people would do the things this list about it.
5. Get more people into guns as a whole. If more people buy guns and use them for protection that would send the message that people are willing to hang on to them and not give them up.
That's what I got for now.
Even if that happens not only can most of us not afford this gun we ABSOLUTELY can't afford to feed it.
That's never going to happen.
@@hackerx7329 Well at least we'd have the option to buy it, with the hughes amendment you can't even buy it if you have the money!
@@hackerx7329 your point is?
James you better have followed through and got my mans some company
James just giving this guy the spotlight and letting him run was amazing. James was all smiles listening to this guy talk about his baby
I remember drooling over stuff like this as a kid, I still do. One of the best interviews at shot this year IMO btw. Absolutely sick.
This is the pinnacle of firearms design. Absolutely love it. Week thought out and the suppressor just gives it that edge.
Need more engineers giving presentations.
No, no you don't.
And I'm speaking as a Engineer myself
no an engineer is a terrible salesperson unless we are the one designing the product - engineer
what a waste. what kind of engineer would want to spend time giving presentations when they could be engineering..
@@jeffbowman9187 Engineering time is expensive. It's a hell of a lot cheaper to just get a guy who's good at speaking, and it doesn't take an engineer to understand the subjects he discussed.
This guy knows his stuff love him
One of the best interviews ever
Jesus, I see what you've done for other people, and I want that for me.
This guy truly loves what he does. So does James
This guy deserves the Tony Stark award for awesome crowd pleasing firepower 😎🇺🇸
now that is just badassness.....
James' face the entire interview cracked me up. It was "this is so cool I might be getting punked".
The smile on James' face was frigging priceless while listening to this genius explain this amazing firearm!
Seriously, Matt was on point for this booth review.
Freaking awesome. TY James
Imagine what this guy builds at home in his shop with spare parts from work
Holy shit I think you crammed more smiling into this video than the entirety of the mail room series.
Finally an engineer who knows enough about marketing in order to break it down so that the average person will understand., And at the same time present the material in the same way that potential buyers (military) ears are perking up as they listen to the presentation.
Good dude knows his product inside and out . I like this engineer. So squared away
I want this entire video as a wide shot just so I can see James grinning the entire time. Great to have someone who knows what their talking about inside and out for once
James looked like he was gonna have to go back to his hotel room & rub one out after that presentation. What a fantastic job Matt(?) did explaining what he accomplished as an engineer. I was hoping he was going to invite James to shoot it but that’s probably a long shot…literally!
This is legitimately one of the coolest things I have ever seen.
This thing is actually INSANE!!!
I've always wondered what a suppressors on a minigun would look like
I repair miniguns for a living. I like this.
This guy is when you choose Nerd Rage and Gun Nut as your starting perks in Fallout 3
💀💀💀
holy shit, imagine getting smoked by .338 nm at 2500rpm, you would be gibbed
I think I just watched James fall in love.
My wife was at the other end of the table and heard this video. When it was over she said she wanted one.
This is exactly what I thought minigun engineers were like, rock on
hands down THEE coolest gun youve shown us from shot show
"Guys only want one thing..."
Yeah, you got me there.
Great salesmanship. knows his stuff, worked in a couple of jokes but wasn’t cheesy
Oh, and NAMO has a .338 (green/white tip) projectile currently in production (.338 version of the Mk211)
47% parts compatibility is probably the most impressive bit snd then you add in the ability to yank bolts without a full tear down and the on board and hot swappable batteries. That's incredible.
This felt like the only product that I shouldn't be allowed to see if the govt had it's way. Great job Matt, holy cow..
A mini gun with the heat signature of a person. That can say hello over a thousand yards away. If anything deserves the title, widow maker. It's that thing.
I would sell my soul for this. Problem is I'd need to sell it again for ammo.
I love how confidant he is in not needing to oversell it. "Its the only .338 minigun, need I say more."
that's for real one of the coolest things ever!
man is passionate about his work and what a thing it is
Great interview! Damn that would be cool to own, including an ammo sponsor...
God I love that guy, a tad bit goofy, knows everything and also acts a little badass
$113 per second to shoot. Awesome.
It costs $1,356/$4,800 to fire this weapon…for TWELVE SECONDS
The 338 is like 6 dollars per round. That would equal 1200 rounds at your cost rate. He said 18 rounds of 50bmg equal per second, 50bmg being 3,5 times more powerfull equals 4200 rounds of 338 per minute. Or over 400 dollars per second ;)
@@manganvbg90 some people think they can outsmart me. I have yet to see anyone outsmart BULLET
@@CharleyVCU1988 Worst part is Heavy was working off either 1960s currency values or more generously 2009, meaning it actually costs either $3,189,700 or $545,649 to fire it....
@@Del_S CRY SOME MORE
That was a really killer interview.
I think the Dillion 7.62 m134 just got told to hold a beer...
I don't know if I've ever seen James so excited.
I was literally thinking about this without knowing this existed lmao…
Glad to know you guys exist to bring in these machines. ❤❤😊😊
Use it for hunting those deer with Kevlar vests Biden’s always talking about 😂
Definitely going to blow some lungs out 😅
Ki-ki-kevlar vests?
$15,000 a minute with .338 lapua.. 🤯 but man that’s awesome..
Civilian legal Gattling version when?
I need this for something.
Are you high?
Every gatling gun is civilian legal.
Every minigun will never be civilian legal.
@TheSkiingJeep That is why...we need this format...but with a crank.
@@jamesconstantino5286 a gatling version of this doesn't make sense. The motor required for this is quite a bit more powerful than a normal minigun.
@TheSkiingJeep Yea. With enough gears it could work. We can make gear ratios that lift thousands of pounds with a few pounds of force, so it should be doable. RPM would be lower but it would still give you a bullet hose at 2000 yards with 338 norma
..Would you need a stamp for each suppressor or does it count as one for the whole weapon?
"It's just a little bit bigger it's just couple inches, but that makes a difference sometimes"
*That's what it say* - James
People always said he was a nerd but in fact he's a fucking genius God bless that man
james following him at 3:40 keeps making me laugh. cool piece of hardware
A great video. This thing makes me want to sing and hum the Star Spangled Banner and play loud Jimmi Hendricks and Johnny Cash music for some reason. I like this Gatling a lot I just can't have it unless there is the hand cranked version in the works.
This was such a legit badass interview, I had to watch it twice..
will this be on buds gun shop?
That might be my favorite showshow video!
This is one of the things every household should own in America.
And no, I am not joking.
This thing is unbelievable but James giddy smile tips it over the edge lol I fuckin love this country
I don’t think people are appreciating the genius of this guy because of the way he designed the nose to change the caliber. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I don't know why and I don't know what I'd use it for but I need this