10 Times Movies Got Weapons Wrong

Some movie weapons are depicted inaccurately while others don't even exist!
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[@DireHammer]

A video about how movies get weapons wrong by someone who clearly knows nothing about weapons and procedes to get many of the weapons wrong. Classic.

[@JerOfTheDead]

Thank you lol!! Ugh this was a hard one to watch

[@anthonysaunders345]

Interesting way of spelling "proceeds".

[@younginvent]

Swear I was thinking the same lol

[@DireHammer]

@@anthonysaunders345 Why thank you, it is interesting isn't it?

[@ebreshea]

I almost think this whole video was a troll to increase number of angry comments that would boost them in the eyes of the algorithm...

[@lincoln5o]

The shotgun in No country for old men wasnt pneumatic. The pneumatic hammer was.

[@Brennen6199]

The safety on a nailgun is an extension on the end of the “barrel”. When you push it to something, it pushes back and then enables the nailgun to function. I have worked with numerous framers that bend a nail to hold that part back, which enables you to fire the nailgun whenever.

[@renilvo]

A dumbass dipshit who worked at my factory tried to show off and shot himself in the nuts with a pin nailer by removing the safety the way you describe, shouldn't be too shocking that he was fired on the spot

[@weasle5022]

Every nail gun i've used you could just pull back on the safety with one hand, fire with the other. Though i doubt they would do too much damage unless you we're right up close, and in that situation if you wanted to hurt someone, we have these weird unknown things called knives -_-

[@owie4070]

@@renilvo And what a story he had to share when he got home LOL

[@meliodasgakill4282]

I literally just commented on the nail gun thing haha

[@fafski1199]

Yep, all it takes is a nail inserted into the safety while it's pressed down, to jam it open. With the industrial ones that are connected to a compressor and the pressure turned up full (14 BAR+) you could definitely deal some serious damage or even kill someone within 30 feet. I've seen them pump out 4" Inch nails, that'll still stick 3" Inch deep into a dartboard, around 15 feet away and seen them launch 2" Inch nails, a distance of around 200 feet. However, the 'DIY' cordless electric or hydraulic/canister ones are far weaker, you'd have to get pretty damn close with them, to do any damage to someone.

[@2rare2die100]

“Firstly a mine doesn’t explode like a grenade” Well grenades definitely don’t explode the way you see in the movies either 😂. They’re pretty similar to how a mine explodes in real life.

[@ebreshea]

He was correct that they don't give a warning click, but really, they don't wait for you to take your foot off, either. They explode as soon as they detect pressure.

[@cherniqhs]

@@ebreshea well... depending on the firing pin and how silent is around you. On a training firming pin (used in mines and grenades) there was definitely noise it is whole another topic how silent around you should be to pick that up ;)

[@l.g_splitz3637]

Title: Movies that got weapons wrong Josh: calls a Mac 10 an Uzi

[@MrEkshin]

Exactly! Came to mention this. Same problem with the classic Tomb Raider games. I've come to realize that there are two things programmers know nothing about: guns, and the direction a fan/propeller should spin according to the flow of water/air.

[@ralph1125]

Especially funny about this is that the real Uzi indeed had a problem with discharging when dropped. Also the point he is making is ridiculous. It can't happen because of some law in the USA, because the USA is the only country on this Planet in which weapons are made, right?

[@SergioMach7]

Close enough to get the point across, but the Mac10 gets this a lot

[@mnutsch81]

I heard that line & came running to the comments to see I how many people had beat me to it 🤣

[@Zishi05]

I know that made me cringe so bad

[@roryevans4295]

There’s more inaccuracies in this list than there is inaccuracies about weapons portrayed in films

[@cornlips7247]

Thank you. The nail gun one is completely ridiculous. Idk about brand new ones but when I was a teenager working in construction it was nothing to pull back on the safety with one hand and aim and shoot with the other.

[@cornlips7247]

The gun one is frustrating.

[@roryevans4295]

@@cornlips7247 anyone that’s ever throw a boomerang properly will tell you they come back, there literally designed too, Jamie lee Curtis drops a mac 11 not an uzi in true lies, and Mac 11s are built so cheaply from crap stamped pig iron it would more than likely go off at least once if dropped, and mines don’t kill people? Can we tell that to all the dead operators that have stood on ones in Afghan or Iraq that tore them to bits instead of just losing a limbs, the whole lists just full of mistakes

[@kenbrown2808]

@@WesleyB-Rook most guns won't. but the modern crossblock safety is newer than many models of guns.

[@kenbrown2808]

@@roryevans4295 there are a huge variety of mines. up to a size that can combat-loss tanks. and down to a size that will maim one soldier - with the idea that if you maim one soldier, you take at least one more out of action to care for the victim. but yeah, the list of inaccuracies is full of inaccuracies.

[@TheDoctor323LDS]

“The power needed for a laser to penetrate a solid object doesn’t not exist” Hahahaha. Tell that to the guys in my workshop who operate a laser cutting machine 5 days a week cutting up to 5mm thick steel

[@danman1030]

I agree, he got that totally wrong. I’ve seen plenty of sheet metal fabrication shop with CO2 and fiber lasers cutting through metal.

[@PeterParker-tb7ce]

Yes but how far away is the laser from the material?

[@JonathanRossRogers]

Yeah, it's funny how the video points out that movie lasers are unrealistic, which is generally true, but gives a bogus explanation for why they're unrealistic.

[@thebigdog2295]

Yeah I remember when one place I worked at got a laser cutter to cut pieces of stainless steel sheets for parts. And that was almost 20 years ago, and they got the Boomerang wrong also. It was well known when I was a kid that the toy Boomerang was based on a hunting weapon that could kill. The word Boomerang comes from the weapon that the Turuwai tribe of Australia use for hunting. But just about all of the aboriginal tribes used some form of it for hunting. This channel doesn't do much research on things they just use wikipedia or make facts up, I've noticed that in a lot of their videos. And wikipedia is like snopes they're 🐂💩. People are getting lazy and letting apps do their thinking for them instead of doing it themselves now.

[@Jutte777]

Say what ...doesn't exist ???hahahahahaha.... My physics tutor showed us a short film of some military tech...they exist alright... I once had a chat to an industrial laser operator - and he showed me some of the things they do for calibration... that bad boy could punch a hole right through you ,the brick wall behind you and the car on the other side...to say he was paranoid about safety is an understatement !!!

[@pete_nana]

I’m just happy this was titled “10 Times” and not “Top 10.”

[@jakenapier6925]

Facts

[@urbantea7119]

You clearly didn’t pay attention to Kill Bill. She has a Hattori Hanzo steel sword! In the movie it’s a big deal because it’s the strongest most unbelievable katana ever made. That’s why she went to the trouble of getting her hands on one. Plus he made her’s extra special because of what happened to her. There for (at least in the movie) this sword isn’t like any other. So logic and technicality doesn’t play a part here.

[@matts1166]

In actuality Japanese steel (historically speaking) was crap. Katanas were strong not because of the steel they were made from, but strong in spite of it. It took a lot of craftmanship to work around the demonstrably inferior steel Japanese craftsmen worked with. Other areas of the world had better steel with less advanced construction. Arguably the best combo of technique and material would be southern Spain.

[@christianterrill3503]

@@matts1166 but this is a modern steel maker and now Japanese steal is by far the best, hence why every chef or cook worth a damn uses japanese made knifes. Even cheap ones like global are far better then german steel (the 2nd best)

[@earthquakewilliam7380]

YAMATO!!!!

[@Eldritch-1]

No, no she has special training to overcome the tiredness and lactic acid flood in her arms after 5 minutes of swinging that sword.

[@matts1166]

@@christianterrill3503 The quality of modern steel is mostly down to specific manufacturer these days. Japanese, German, and US steel are all pretty good. I think we can all agree though that Chinese steel sucks major balls.

[@KageNoTora74]

The Ingram M.A.C. 10 was introduced in 1964, before such a safety mechanism was required, and fired from an open bolt so a jarring impact could cause the sear to slip, releasing the bolt to snap forward which with a fixed firing pin would chamber and fire a round.

[@commander31able60]

that safety mechanism existed on the MP-18, in 1918.

[@KageNoTora74]

The MP-18 was also engineered and manufactured using a different approach. Didn't Germany stop producing the Bergman when the MP-38 came around since the Bergman was heavy and expensive?

[@joshuabutherus2489]

Thank you for saying it, so i didn't have to. MP-18 sound slike traditional German design. If it's worth engineering, it's worth over engineering.

[@joshuabutherus2489]

@Billy Jack 😂🤣

[@ernstbergerbrent]

The sten could go off when dropped if the bolt was closed with a loaded mag in the weapon.

[@Microscopyenthusiast]

Conan's sword-making scene edited like a training montage. With your logic, Rocky would be ready to fight with Apollo Creed in 3 minutes. Respect to the ground rules you made for your video.

[@hamishneilson7140]

That point about silencers you say that "suppressors did exist" in 1980, but they weren't that good. I'm assuming you mean only for shotguns, since there were excellent silencers around as early as WW2. Example the Welrod pistol, whose designer tested it by firing it into a fireplace at a party with no one noticing.

[@CerealKiller979]

One bread twist tie and the “safety” on a nail gun is bypassed...

[@majikmessiah]

9:44 "Forged in Fire" would beg to disagree, may not be the prettiest sword but one can be forged in a few hours... with modern technology.

[@couchslouch3540]

If you take a look at the background of the movie, you'll notice that it's winter when they start making it and sping when they finish.

[@mikemalone4729]

Error in the narration of this video. Jamie Lee Curtis has a MAC10, not an Uzi.

[@SomeGuyCalledJ]

10 things whatculture gets wrong about weapons

[@klubfiend]

and not drop safe

[@gutz1981]

Who said the scene in Conana fording the sword was depicted as being shown the passage of a few short hours and not days or more?

[@Spoulard]

This list is comically inaccurate. “Lasers can’t penetrate solid objects” lmfao what?

[@jolan_tru]

Laser weapons can't. The best we got now take an hour to disable a speedboat engine.

[@jolan_tru]

@@Jackapher Based on the title of the video, we can infer that the statement refers to laser weapons and not lasers in general.

[@jolan_tru]

@@Jackapher True, but being pedantic makes it look like you've misunderstood the concept.

[@jeremysiron9622]

This is the type of video that should be done by a weapons expert, those videos are floating around KZbin all over right now

[@johnpeace971]

Yeah I saw a laser burn through a firebrick in 3 seconds in the Toronto Science center 40 years ago

[@MattSaysHello]

Bond: “You expect me to talk?” Goldfinger: “No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die” Classic

[@danielbigham6290]

That's my favorite line from the Bond series. In spite of the inaccurate depiction of lasers, without that scene, we wouldn't have it.

[@BrianSmith-ez9kj]

Bond: "If I die 008 replaces me" Goldfinger: "I trust he will be more successful" Bond: "He knows what I know" Goldfinger: "You know nothing Mr Bond" Bond: "Such as Operation Grand Slam?" Goldfinger...... muses..... "A few phrases you may have overheard" Bond: "Can you afford to take that chance?" some deliberation between Goldfinger and his henchman scientist- Laser gets closer- Laser is shut off- Bond gets a Tranq Gun shot and that's how Bond BSed his way outta that one - classic scene, one of my fave movies

[@johnpalmer4425]

"I expect you to smell of piss Mr. Bond"

[@manuelsilva1580]

You're partially wrong about the nailguns. When I was in a vocational carpentry shop for 4 years, one thing our teacher demonstrated was how dangerous the nailguns can be despite the contact safety mechanism. These safety mechanisms can be modified and disabled. The one he showed us fired nails up to 40 feet away across the shop. They'll average about 100 feet per second depending on the nailer but unless you get within inches of the target they don't pack enough punch to break skin. Like the Red Ryder BB gun, you could hurt somebody if you hit them in the eye.

[@iambatsmurfette7194]

More like "10 times fictional movies used unrealistic weapons, that suited the unrealistic feel of the movie itself"

[@bastiaan0741]

3:54 ironically, that's a Mac-10, not an Uzi.

[@MarkSmith-hg2mt]

Also it’s open bolt, so more likely to discharge when dropped

[@PopeyeBjj86]

Also that mac 10 is owned by a terrorist and I don't think there the type of people to not file down a safety lock 🤷🏻‍♂️ Josh's lists are always full of holes. Feel sorry for him actually.

[@christopherdaniel5919]

Sound suppressed shotguns are a real thing. I constructed one in 1997. The secret is to shoot subsonic handloads. Very effective. Like sneezing into a pillow. I was quite impressed by the realism of the weapon in No Country for Old Men. They got that one right.

[@spacemansabs]

Did you miss that the kid has a glove to catch it? Doesn’t need to be dulled. And just because you can’t hit something with a boomerang doesn’t mean no one can.

[@tHaH4x0r]

1:35 This kind of laser power does exist, and is actually in pretty wide spread use. Laser cutters are used a lot in quick manufacturing for accurate cuts, and can cut through various materials including aluminium and steel.

[@animewow311]

As far as I know, laser cutters have *very* poor cutting depth. If someone told me they are cutting thick plates of steel with a laser (anything more than 1mm) I would immediately think they are just misidentifying a plasma cutter, which is a much more powerful cutting tool.

[@Comicsluvr]

I'd love to see a film where an actor says something about a weapon and then a weapon expert scoffs at them and tells them the truth.

[@nemesis-music]

Forged in Fire would disagree with the length of time it take so make a sword. It Will KEAL.

[@mnutsch81]

*bows*

[@JonathanRossRogers]

This video missed the most obvious problem with the movie laser examples: you can see them as bright beams. Real lasers are powerful tools because all of the light energy goes in the same direction. Any light from a laser visible anywhere other than the target is wasted energy.

[@chicostephenson]

that irks me too. how are we seeing these laser beams work? even if phasers from star trek did exist you wouldn't see it. it would just be a man pointing a funny looking toy at someone and that someone falling to the ground.

[@jfess1911]

It is not uncommon to see the path of laser beams. Dust particles in its path are illuminated. This is an issue in the military use of IR (infa-red) lasers for targeting at night, at least when the opposing side has IR vision capability.

[@calebhankins9743]

@@jfess1911 when someone had night vision they see ir light. If you don’t you won’t see it.

[@jfess1911]

@@calebhankins9743 Correct, well, considering that the "night vision" can see IR. The original implication was that ALL laser beams are invisible from the side because ALL of the light travels in one direction. This is often not the case. Visible light lasers are also visible if there is any dust, fog, etc, to scatter the light.

[@JonathanRossRogers]

@@jfess1911 Can you point to a photo of solid, bright beam as portrayed in the movie clips?

[@brianmartin1139]

Fun list. It was not an UZI in true lies, it was an Ingram M-10 - AKA MAC 10 (or one of the variants). Some guns, when dropped, have triggers heavy enough to move and cause the gun to fire, that is why GLOCK and many striker fired guns have the "dingus". The Sig P320 had this problem and the trigger was redesigned. The point stands though that the scene was not realistic.

[@BitcoinMotorist]

oozie

[@billyjo316]

My brother is a carpenter and years ago a coworker missed the wall and a nail flew 30 feet and hit a guy in the temple and almost killed him so they are deadly

[@chicostephenson]

of course they're deadly. but that is a very rare circumstance. i hope your brother played the lottery that day.

[@1upJeCK]

How does one miss a wall with a nail gun? Truly asking cuz u don't shoot them like that fr...

[@jeremymarcantel1930]

The question should be how many in the list did whatculture get wrong.

[@johnmcnulty2705]

You could put every other movie that has people firing a gun in it for using an endless supply of ammunition without reloading.

[@chicostephenson]

i hate that too. i first noticed it in the movie Romancing the Stone. Micheal Douglas fires that rifle how many times...?

[@DB-ml1er]

I can't stand when I watch a movie and someone is shooting a 6 round revolver but doesn't run out until about 15 shots later

[@ex366]

As much as I can't stand that, it makes it sooo much more satisfying when you watch a film that actually gets it right.

[@OrzoMaestro]

Characters not having to reload would be a mess of videos unto itself. I would joke about it with friends and say they had a superpower. "The cool thing about Ash Williams is that he can load two shells into a break action shotgun and get five shots off"

[@JCLeSinge]

"Flails don't work"? Don't be silly, that's like saying that no one alive ever learned to juggle nunchuks. Of course they did. Literally thousands of KZbin videos of thousands of people demonstrating that flails do indeed work. A couple of historians can't use it, that means no one ever could? It's prevalent in film because flails are prevalent in art throughout history, from battles to bar-fights.

[@markkettlewell7441]

And the flail heads would follow each other with the right amount of force due to momentum caused by the movement of the shaft. Do these guys do any research? It’s bad enough they tout out the same old games in every game review and now this?

[@jolan_tru]

Flails don't work as weapons. They're much weaker than a mace, even the heaviest wouldn't cause fatal harm to an opponent. They would also be harder to recover for a follow on attack due to the shifting momentum vectors.

[@markkettlewell7441]

@@jolan_tru Have you actually “used” one? One of their main uses was to overcome shield users as the shaft strikes the shield and the balls whiplash over it, providing the weapon is balanced correctly and there’s the issue. Also very useful in disarming an opponent. I have used one. I would not like to be on the receiving end, especially when you see the practice dummy afterwards

[@jolan_tru]

@@markkettlewell7441 You sir have not used one. You may have played with one, but I'm afraid I doubt you're old enough to have ever used one in combat. Truth is that even if you managed to position yourself and your opponent and their shield just perfectly enough to get over the top of it, you would be incredibly vulnerable to a counter-attack unless you did, by miraculous good fortune, hit someone in the head who was without a helm. If that was the intended use of a flail then it would explain why they were never used in combat.

[@markkettlewell7441]

@@jolan_tru Once again, yes I have used one and though I am not old enough to have used on in the Middle Ages I have used them in combat reconstructions. I am a lot older than you appear to think and I do know what I am talking about. But, as you sir are so entrenched in your erroneous perception I will not continue to waste my energy trying to convince you you are simply wrong.

[@xoxtoddxox]

Regarding the nail gun, we used to jam a nail into the safety mechanism. Then we would try to shoot a target. This was the difficult part, the nails did not fly in a straight line. Regarding the shotgun suppressor, it is explained ad nauseam over the Internet that Anton Chigurh is using subsonic ammo. Thus, the sound of silence. Maybe they got that one right.

[@booboodafoo3247]

Supposed to use a piece of wire not a nail

[@cgprojects3770]

Suppressors are for firing guns without ear protection. More of a user safety function than a stealth. If I’m correct some also serve for flash reduction.

[@LonMoer]

Somethings that you didn't include that is so regular in movies are the extra capacity magazines in standard size bodies, the endless ammunition supply and no accounting for the actual weight involved in carrying that much ammunition. LOL

[@ebreshea]

5:35 blades don't dull that easily or that quickly. At least, not necessarily. It depends on the blade geometry and the brittleness of the blade. There's also a balancing act between springiness of a blade (more resistant to shock) and hardness (brittle but can hold a finer edge). Katanas were made such that the edge was hard and somewhat brittle, but the back was springy and could absorb shock more easily. But a few chips in the blade won't make the weapon useless, and as others mentioned, this was more or less a magical katana. To be clear, a softer blade edge still accrues damage, but more gradually. A harder brittle edge will hold up better unless it doesn't, and chips, cracks, or snaps. Swordfighters did often block an opponent's blade with their own, or use their blade to manipulate an enemy's. Not necessarily striking edge on edge, but more of what they'd call an "active block", moving the enemy's sword to the side or allowing it to glance off, not stopping it completely. Very common in longsword fighting (i.e. "the bind") but also present in japanese swordfighting. Even a "static block" edge on edge is fine, if it saves your life, which is more important than a minor chip on your sword. And no, blood and guts on a blade will not harm its ability to cut. Does the blood stop the sword when it's still in the enemy's body? Then why would it stop the blade when it's on the blade. Blood is harmful to blades because it has water in it, so it can cause rust and just make the inside of the scabbard nasty. Fun fact, though, the "shaking blood off the sword" move that many japanese swordsmen do is ceremonial. It won't actually clean the blade. That requires a cloth.

[@thetowerstillstands]

Spiked ball on chain is a Morningstar not a flail. A flail was one long & one short stick joined by chain. 'Chucks are the descendants of flails.

[@antonkovalenko364]

According to legend, nunchaku were developed from threshing flails used by Okinawan farmers to defend themselves, or from yoshiki, which were the wooden clappers worn around the neck of town cryers who would clap them together to get the attention of townspeople to warn them of fires or other hazards. They weren't really that great of a self defense weapon at a time when swords and other purpose-built metal and composite weapons were the standard implements of war, either.

[@kane2239]

@@kodac4256 You are correct! "A morning star is any of several medieval club-like weapons consisting of a shaft with an attached ball adorned with one or more spikes. Each used, to varying degrees, a combination of blunt-force and puncture attack to kill or wound the enemy." "A flail is a weapon consisting of a striking head attached to a handle by a flexible rope, strap, or chain." The one they talk about here is usually called a ball-and-chain flail.

[@JCLeSinge]

They're both flails. Nunchaku are a type of flail, a morning star is a type of flail. A threshal is a type of flail. So is a three-part-staff, so is a chain whip, etc. A "flail" is any weighted flexible weapon, just as katana, rapier and longsword etc are all kinds of sword, or as "polearm" describes a wide range of hafted weapons. "Flail" describes a category of weapons, not a specific single thing.

[@kane2239]

@@JCLeSinge There is no flexible part between the handle and the head on a so called morningstar, so a morningstar is not a flail, but a club/mace-type of weapon.

[@thetowerstillstands]

@@kane2239 You know that was what I thought!😒Next time hubby can write his own stupid down. That way I don't end up looking like a moron.

[@Zishi05]

He said mines don’t blow up like a grenade. then he shows a picture of a huge bomb exploding suggesting he was showing what the explosion of a grenade would look like. Grenade explosions are actually much much much much much much smaller than that what really kills you is the shrapnel that comes off of it.

[@NickHey]

"10 things what culture got wrong today"

[@briancoolbreeze]

Flails absolutely existed. There are historical depictions of them in medieval artwork. That being said, movies do portray them incorrectly. They are not meant to simply bash an enemy like a mace. They are meant to either entangle an enemy's weapon, which is why having more than one chain makes sense, or to angle a strike around a shield, in which case there would only be one chain. Nail guns can fire similar to any other projectile. Disengaging the press safety is easy. You can do it with duct tape or even a paper clip. I've done it myself multiple times. Certain machine guns fire from an open bolt position and I have seen multiple runaway discharges myself, usually by a private who hadn't had training with the weapon.

[@pknuttarlott4934]

Back in the day of Samurai. Samurai sword fights lasted less than a second. How fast can you pull your sword, slice your opponents throat then put your sword away.

[@jeremymarcantel1930]

ok but with conan's fathers sword they never said nor insinuated that the sword was made in a day. That was merely your assumption. Plus a sword can be made in one day if it was pored because if you payed attention to the movie you notice the wife helping with the guard, handle and pummel of the sword while the husband was swinging the hammer. Research on forging dude, try it next time.

[@mociu2000]

The video was off right from the get-go. "Lasers that can cut through solid object don't exist...". Tell it to my wife that uses 80watt laser cutter for her business! Additionally - I'm a carpenter, using nail guns everyday. Its actually very easy to disable safety spring on any nailgun. I used my framing gun for target practice, while its very inaccurate and impractical to use it for that purpose - its a lot of fun!

[@luciferspal]

Do you guys do any research anymore?

[@mulatso7959]

The bride doesn't have "a katana", she has hatori hanzo steel.

[@djuu938]

THANK YOU

[@Ceares]

exactly, we're talking mithral, valyrian steel, etc...

[@couchslouch3540]

You wanna talk taking it seriously?... Take another look at that Conan sword scene. It's winter when they start making it and spring when it's finished.

[@CHMichael]

You could argue about most of them do actually work. Given the 1% is a must for movies

[@jeremywatson1905]

Wait what? Are you telling me that James Earl Jones can't really turn into a snake? Now someone tells me.

[@sean_mccadden]

Um actually, the land mines typically depicted in movies is most similar to the German “bouncing betty” which is set up to not go off until the person takes their foot off where it proceeds to shoot 1 meter into the air and then explode.

[@jkhan337]

open bolt sub-machine guns can fire when dropped. Also, you described the "uzi" as semi auto when it is actually full auto. The internal safety mechanisms of firearms can wear out when used in hostile environments like where the terrorists are from. That mac 10 was made with cheap stamping process for the most part and could overtime wear out enough to fire when dropped. even though the bolt is made from good steel.

[@jamesmarhen]

My favorite is grenades. In movies they explode a city block, huge fireball but as one military guy best described it "they're more like loud firecrackers of death."

[@davidkinsey8657]

The forging scene in Conan is a montages. There is no way of knowing how long it took.

[@johnpalmer4425]

And it isn't Conan's sword, it is his father's, taken by James Earl Jones' character and broken at the end of the movie. Conan's iconic sword from that movie is the one he found the the crypt of the giant warrior.

[@stjimmy1642]

@@johnpalmer4425 THANK YOU

[@xsvrrx]

so many wrong things in here. Especially the silencer while he's correct about it won't work like that he's wrong about the power of sound reduction.

[@jaquigreenlees]

@@charactersmoreorthree I bet neither exception was on a semi-automatic or automatic. Opening the breech to expel the casing and load the next round nullifies the effectiveness of sound suppression of a suppressor. If I remember right, the design intent is flash suppression the sound suppression is a side effect.

[@jaquigreenlees]

@@charactersmoreorthree The Delisle doesn't surprise me at all, bolt action being completely sealed until the user works the bolt after firing. The MP5 is a bit of a surprise, every time the action works the opening of the breech should be allowing some of the gasses to escape, with them some of the noise of the charge going off.

[@xsvrrx]

@@charactersmoreorthree yeah i forgot this move takes place in 1980. in these cases you're correct. I was saying about the 2014 stuff he mentioned. Having used them quite a bit in the military on m14's m21's and m24's but this was 2002

[@xsvrrx]

@@charactersmoreorthree spot on for the Mp5 never used supressed one however

[@robertstoneking7916]

@@charactersmoreorthree except that an assassin's one off custom tweaked design probably wouldn't make it into the official history.

[@cr10001]

That sword fight in Kill Bill... all the time I was watching it, I was wondering, didn't one of these villains think to bring a shooter?

[@sergoldenhandthejust1495]

love you Whatculture but this video made me roll my eye's so hard they literally got stuck

[@Leemo87]

No country for old men he has two weapons not an air powered shotgun he has a silenced shotgun and a cattle gun with an airtank

[@cornlips7247]

Actually yes nail guns can be fired without being pressed against anything solid. It is no problem to pull back on the safety then aim and pull rhe trigger. The power of the connected compressor determines how fast they come out but they can travel very fast.

[@executivefrog3875]

My little brother and I used to shoot them at each other across the yard, until mum found out.

[@cornlips7247]

@@executivefrog3875 that sounds not only really stupid but suspiciously like a lie. You obviously have no idea what kind of force nails come out of a nail gun with. They are incredibly dangerous and could have easily killed or seariously injured either of you. I dont buy it.

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

@@cornlips7247 ever hear of kids shooting pellet rifles at each other? It happens ALL the time.

[@cornlips7247]

@@00BillyTorontoBill that is a clearly clueless response. A pellet gun is not even in the same category as a tampered with nail gun as far as deadlines goes.

[@cornlips7247]

@@00BillyTorontoBill get a clue before you open your mouth and show people how little thought happens in that thing you call a brain.

[@jasonclark8191]

3:56 that's a mac 10 or 11 not an uzi ironic how this video is about gun inaccuracies

[@zachtyo]

Good list. Should have listed every movies depiction of “assault rifles”. Hollywood should be sued by the makers of every weapon ever. From depicting bodies flying back 50 feet after being shot by a “giant” revolver that’s only a .45 or a .223 being such a powerful round that it pierced armored vehicles. For no reason other than to scare people, so they take it into the real world. Oh and there are pressure sensitive mines that arm when contact is made but do not detonate until the pressure releases. They’re designed to allow the “point” man to move on and the blast to take more people. I’ve read somewhere that most have internal timers to detonate if that pressure isn’t released. But basically they’re grenades. You can pull the pin, but until you release it the fuse isn’t lit.

[@dianeridley9804]

DUUUDE--- The Bride's sword is a Hatori Hanzo, the most sacred of all samurai swords. BLASPHEMER!

[@paypatay1]

If a Hollywood film shows a firearm, 99% chance they got it COMPLETELY wrong.

[@SpaceDave3000]

So, nail guns. In the movie, he quite clearly tapes the safety lever back, meaning he doesn't have to press it against anything. However, he's using finishing nails which don't even penetrate clothes, let alone people. I've tried. Maybe a heavier nail with a high pressure compressor chugging away behind him, but not that little battery powered thing.

[@douglasphillips5870]

The real problem with a nail gun is that they aren't designed to use at range so the nail would tumble and be very inaccurate

[@meliodasgakill4282]

I frame and build houses. There is a safety mechanism, but when it comes to a brad nail gun , u can hold the safety mechanism back and free fire.... You shouldnt lie

[@joshuabutherus2489]

For no. 10 some fun facts are: All metals glow the same color at the same temperature Steel is white when liquefied If you see "steel" being poured and its an orange color its most likely aluminum which has a much lower melting point.

[@zaturnneo]

Speaking from experience, a nail gun, like a numatic stapler, will work just like a weapon if you lock the safety back. Lots of staple and nail wars at my old fabrication job.

[@ebee-uz1oz]

forgot one movie-Maximum Overdrive, (and if you want to get technical) Invasion USA-> LAW shoulder fired Anti Tank weapon, shoulder mounted, not under-arm.

[@patrickstewart3446]

The thing everyone’s going on about in regards to Conan’s Sword is how it’s made. The thing that got me was that it isn’t Conan’s sword at all. He got his sword from “Krom’s” tomb. The sword being made is his father’s, which later gets taken by one of the villains. But we do see why making swords that way was a bad idea - it shattered when it went against Conan’s sword.

[@BEder-it4lf]

Your Right but for the Wrong reasons. Guns CAN go off if you drop them! That's why they do DROP TESTING! BUT!!!!! You don't get 40 rounds from a 15 round magazine. The gun would run out after first step.

[@natesmith2408]

We all know he's never used a nail gun... all you have to do is hold or press the head back and they'll fire. Not far. Not accurately. But they do in fact fire..

[@pknuttarlott4934]

The duel trigger on a nail gun. The finger trigger and safety trigger. The safety trigger can be bypassed used one myself once.

[@DaveDeVault]

#7 - The Sig Sauer P320 was recalled due to firing while dropped. The mass of the trigger caused it to continue forward (Or stay in position depending on your point of view) when dropped on it's rear section. Guns can most certainly fire with only pulling the trigger once. It is called a runaway or uncontrolled fire. The gun malfunctions (Or can be modified illegally) by usually having parts that are worn or installed incorrectly that once the trigger is pulled it continues to fire until it is out of ammo.

[@Solid_Snoop]

Nail guns can be used to shoot nails if you pull back the "safety mechanism". So although done wrong in the Equilizar and they would be ineffective at a range, they can be used offensively.

[@garethtudor836]

Concerning True Lies: the weapon in question is a Mac-10 (or variant thereof), notorious for various issues including, but by no means limited to, a capacity for incredible sensitivity to shock as the components wear

[@kenbrown2808]

a flail was originally an agricultural implement, and was originally used as an improvised weapon. thy are actually fairly useful because they are harder to block. the same randomness that prevents pinpoint precision also means they will easily bend around things. the ball and chain on a short stick is a modern falsehood, though. Nail Guns: the safety on a nailgun is very easily defeated. the reason a nailgun can't be used as a projectile weapon is that the nail immediately starts tumbling, and so does about the harm that a child's BB gun does. an Uzi is not a machine gun, it is a submachine gun. the first boomerages were used for throwing at small game, but it is true that the returning type was developed as a toy. however, a big deal is made that the feral kid's boomerang is sharp enough he has to use the huge armored glove to catch it. any strike on an opponent would destabilize its flight, though - so still inaccurate. Tranquilizer guns. the dosage problem is not as significant - partly because the darts can be loaded for minimum body weight and multiple targets used for big targets. the sedative used in the darts is also more forgiving than surgical sedatives. the reason it's inaccurate is because the tranquilizer takes a significantly long time to be effective. steel CAN be cast from liquid and then forged, but not with primitive foundry equipment.

[@SpaceDave3000]

So, nail guns. In the movie, he quite clearly tapes the safety lever back, meaning he doesn't have to press it against anything. However, we shoot people with nails often, they don't even penetrate clothes, let alone people.

[@daffyduck3536]

6...mate. They say it so many times. That’s Hanzo steel.

[@spyderman312]

Mmmmkkk so former carpenter here. #8 Nail guns. You can hold the safety back by pinching and pulling on it and fire with your other hand, or just remove the spring that pushes it forward, or lock it into places with some sort of shim. It is EASILY bypassed.

[@nicolepowell5470]

Don't care how stupid True Lies is i love that film and watch my dvd twice a year.

[@blackouttv4883]

It's supposed to be stupid, it's a spoof on spy movies, which is why it's even better that they've got the cast they've got for it. Last Action Hero is a good one too, Arnold spoofing himself nonstop in action movies.

[@jordanairey8556]

The pain I felt in my soul when Kingsmen showed up on my screen.

[@michaelf1900]

Actually you are wrong about dropped guns not firing, when I was training with the German Army in 1988 they were still using UZIs, their main complaint was that when dropped the weapon fired until it ran out of ammo or jammed

[@EpicMX]

Yes, nail guns are made with the safety feature that requires it to be pressed into whatever you want to nail. However, one or two zipties is usually enough to bypass this feature.

[@KelticTim]

Clearly the writers of this have never actually used tools before. Nail guns can very, very easily shoot out nails like bullets. They just don’t fly straight, they pinwheel all around and go wherever they want. You’ll never fire one from a distance and get the nail to stick pointy end in anything.

[@inkdreams5113]

3:15 nail guns can be fired like this at least in Australia. It requires holding the pressure plate back (the guard plate on some can have a cord tied to hold it in a compressed position) then it can be fired like a conventional firearm.

[@michaelodonnell824]

An Uzi has a hair trigger and faulty safety. A police car driving through Dublin with an Uzi on the back seat went over a bump. The Uzi fell off the back seat riddling the car with bullets. Neither of the police were injured but did require hospitalisation for shock!

[@_XR40_]

5:48 "...would avoid each other's blade, knowing it could break within a few strikes..." Funny thing, I used to fence for years. My favorite swords were an 1896 Japanese saber and a Civil War Confederate non-commissioned Officer's sword. Neither of them ever broke, and both are still in excellent condition. Where the hell does this guy get his swords that break when you use them?

[@SerathDarklands]

Talking about getting weapons wrong, the gun you reference in _True LIes_ isn't an Uzi. That's a MAC-pattern submachine gun. Probably a MAC-10 if I had to guess, but it's hard to tell with the limited screen time shown in this video, and I haven't seen the movie in... Probably over a decade and a half. Not every submachine gun is an Uzi, just like not every shoulder-fired missile launcher is a bazooka.

[@CerealKiller979]

In No Country For Old Men he uses a slaughterhouse pneumatic punch...not a shotgun. That’s why he has an air canister attached to it.

[@TheJimSkipper]

Many medieval weapons were farm implements hastily grabbed and used to fight. The flail was for threshing. When you are a poor foot soldier, you use what you know.

[@aaronhughes4338]

Nearly every depiction of grenades in films are bollocks. There is no massive fireball Hollywood, it's more of a thump that sends shrapnel flying

[@brianartillery]

I saw an item in a non fiction book, where a soldier was asked why hand grenades look like they do. The soldier said that it was so the cast casing would shatter in a particular way. He then added that it was known as 'the chocolate bar'. When asked why, he said: "It means everyone gets a piece."

[@jolan_tru]

Any other nerds mention the contact safety on a nail gun can be disabled with duct tape? Yep? Good. The main reason nail guns aren't used as weapons is because they aren't very deadly, even at virtually point blank range.

[@Cactusflowers100]

You missed tasers and other electronic stunguns knocking people out. These weapons do not render anyone unconscious unless they fall and hit their head.

[@Tonyanthonywilliamslivecom]

Which is why final destination is the most accurate depiction of the nail gun if her head hits the safety and is making contact it can kill

[@GylmehsWorld1]

As a carpenter I can tell you are wrong about the nail gun, the safety can easily be bypassed and the nails can be shot like bullets. My friend and I have used them in a target game for over 20 years. They do not have enough energy at a distance to hurt someone that is not made of cardboard or paper. That is why they make poor weapons. Up close, they can hurt or even kill. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!

[@occamsrazor1285]

3:30 I worked construction out of HS. My boss would use a cats paw to pull back the safety bar and fire nails into wood and drywall

[@castle7689]

*1:38** Ok, you got it wrong here, lasers are use to cut metal, so it can cut solid materials, the thing they got wrong is the red color* *Nail guns can kill people if for chance one of them go through the eye socket or some sort skin and go directed to a vital organ, of course the distance count on the danger of the gun, it can't go thru bones if you're away from a meter aprox, but can hurt you*

[@richardlinsley-hood7149]

Being hit by a bullet (fired from a handgun/rifle) does not propel you massively backwards. You just drop to the ground (minus a few bits). As any study of Newton and ballistic gel will quickly show you.

[@buzbuz33-99]

I was told that flails (non-spiked) were used (only?) by clergy in battle because they were forbidden to shed blood of others (ideally, all the bleeding would be internal).

[@therundi100]

Wow, so many things wrong with this video but I will just hit a couple. 1. A dropped gun can absolutely go off and you make the assumption that these terrorists were using unmodified, off the shelf, weapons. The process to make a semi-auto gun shoot full-auto can definitely make a gun more susceptible to this. 2. They didn't forge Conan's sword. Heating metal to the melting point (not boiling, that would turn it into a gas) and pouring it into a mold is called casting. Casting is a horrible way to make a sword and it would probably break the first time Arnold hit anything with it. Forging is a completely different process. This is the fact you should have gone with versus your weak "you can't do that in a day" reasoning.

[@israelmercado9692]

He literally said it was an air shot gun which are much quieter than regular guns and if they have a suppressor they are pretty damn quiet.