19 Dangerous Historical Weapons | Smithsonian Channel

From a massive pipe bomb to a deceptive vehicle, these historical weapons from The Weapon Hunter were highly dangerous.
0:00 Intro to '19 Dangerous Historical Weapons'
0:16 What it was like to be on the ground at Iwo Jima
3:24 Allied troops used these massive pipe bombs at Omaha Beach
7:38 Unleashing the historic gatling gun on a watermelon line-up
11:25 A Pearl Harbor veteran tells his harrowing story of survival
13:50 Putting a disposable Vietnam-era rocket launcher to the test
18:18 A demonstration of elite WWII combat techniques
19:48 How dirty is Sniper training?
23:13 How not to lose your hand while firing a cannon
26:32 Rare: The $30,000 sword George Custer used in battle
28:06 Epic footage of a flamethrower in action
29:59 How a U.S. veteran held off more than 35 enemy soldiers
33:53 How psychological warfare scared German troops
35:31 Firing one of the deadliest cannons of the Civil War
37:50 How the Civil War ushered in a new era of weaponry
39:19 What was the best WWII sniper rifle?
42:34 This woman was one of WWII's deadliest snipers
43:54 This deceptive vehicle destroyed Hitler's tanks
45:14 Firing the most powerful anti-tank gun of WWII
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[@scottgamedev8542]

Woah airbus now make projectable jets that's insane

[@ryansutter4291]

Really nice Salute there at 1:15 Very Nice.

[@badkins1102]

dude needs to accept the fact is hair is falling out

[@tjgordon5]

Cringe Travolta is living on a different plane. Just a hair below ours.

[@thatguy22441]

The Gatlin Gun they fired was slightly different from the ones used in the Spanish-American War. The one they shot all the watermelons with was a 30-06, while the originals were .45-70.

[@parkerholt9408]

Actually you are incorrect Indifferent Centrist, The Gatling guns are chambered in 30-40 krag the same caliber as the rifles the Americans used in the battle you can tell it is not a 30-06 because it is rimmed. The United states Calvary had not used 45-70 since the adoption of the Kraig Jorgensen in 1892.

[@thatguy22441]

@@parkerholt9408 I didn't know that. Thanks. I know the Army didn't want stripper clips for the Krag-Jorgensen because it would encourage soldiers to waste ammo, being able to reload so quickly. There were definitely some growing pains when we went from black powder to smokeless. I actually have an 1873 Trapdoor Springield, and it works. It's hard to find ammo for it, since it can only take black powder (or very reduced charges of smokeless). In fact, I shot a deer with it a couple years ago. Not the highest velocity in the world but utterly devastating.

[@Code1EmergencyResponses]

This is cool but terrifying

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henlo

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i love these weapons [3

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[@cameron8679]

4:40 LOL, they're not even firing that MG42, the guy feeding the ammo is just juggling the belt around to make it look like it, but does a pretty terrible job. Guess actual blank-firing MG42s were too much for the budget eh?

[@tkgus2408]

Blanks would look like empty shells in the feed belt. I imagine the did it for aesthetics, so you could see the bullets in the feed belt.

[@cameron8679]

@@tkgus2408 8mm Mauser crimped blanks actually don't look very much like blanks at all, especially to the average person....the crimped piece is long enough that it looks almost like a bullet. It would've been a much better option to use actual blanks and, y'know, fire the thing? More than likely budget constraints getting a blank-firing-adapted MG42, I doubt it was for aesthetics and I doubt they even thought that far.

[@tkgus2408]

@@cameron8679 Maybe, but I would've easily spotted a crimped blank over an hot round; and I would have thought it looked stupid. There's also likely no way they got an actual MG, that's likely a replica. Replicas are made in 7.62mm, which makes blanks not expensive. You can clearly see that the rounds in the feedbelt are 7.62. You can also clearly see the bullet, and most can't tell a blank from a spent cartridge so...

[@kasenbrandt6403]

Hi

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[@nathancard884]

POV: this channel is for plane crashes not weapons

[@Code1EmergencyResponses]

Its also good for wepons

[@tjgordon5]

Good video! I was wondering why It went on the aviation wing (pun inteded) out of all the different Smithsonian channels.

[@tjgordon5]

Captain Nathan001 are you on MSFS? I think we've met!

[@nathancard884]

@@tjgordon5 I don't think we have. Sorry, I don't play MSFS but I will do videos on RFS and more...🙂

[@tjgordon5]

@@nathancard884 interesting! Myself along with a Captain Nathan on MSFS, recreate disasters and flight conditions from some of these videos and attempt to successfully land or "solve" the problem. Weird coincidence! Haha.

[@meltvanaarde8141]

Please do not use the OM# word so lightly seems like you dont know the consequences I will pray for you