A few of the weapons seen in the 2017 movie Dunkirk

Curator of Firearms, Jonathan Ferguson, gives us a peek at some of the weapons that would have been used on the beaches at Dunkirk, as well as some of those spotted in Christopher Nolan's newest film.
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[@ShaggysStuntDouble]

Ah yes, before he had chronic back pain from carrying Gamespot’s channel

[@kkuttup]

And now he’s on gamespot and everyone loves him

[@Bri99y]

Facts

[@boat02]

He's perfect for that role, with a background in real world firearms and video games.

[@Tekisasubakani]

@@boat02 Also enjoyable to listen to.

[@jonathanferguson1211]

You are far too kind :)

[@Tekisasubakani]

@@jonathanferguson1211 Wish I had known about this museum when I was in the UK.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Just casually has the first ever Bren Gun.

[@itsmecrosby4723]

(Where every gun is strictly illegal)

[@CesarDaSalad]

@@itsmecrosby4723 Like the vast majority of the world, yes.

[@jonathanferguson1211]

I need to correct myself here; each Mk.II .303 MG had a belt of 300 rounds loaded, for a total of 2400 rounds. Even so, this was only about 15 seconds of firing at the more than 1000 (some sources give 1150) rounds per minute rate of the gun. Oh, and the conical flash eliminator was NOT on the Spitfire/Hurricane wing installation. It was found instead on early Bomber Command aircraft.

[@dave_h_8742]

12 machine guns on the Hurricane, thought it was 8 ?

[@jonathanferguson1211]

@@dave_h_8742 It was 8 until the Mk. XII, which upped it to 12.

[@handlesarefeckinstupid]

9 yards long, giving the expression the whole 9 yards I believe.

[@jonathanferguson1211]

@@handlesarefeckinstupid Very unlikely I'm afraid. bshistorian.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/going-the-whole-nine-yards/

[@andrewabraham7597]

@@jonathanferguson1211 bro, you are a badass. I have learned some really cool stuff from your vids.

[@roganparkin3076]

"What's that" "Its mi bren gun" "Couldnt you have brought something alittle less conspicuous"

[@handlesarefeckinstupid]

Will everybody just stop getting shot?

[@Varko-Farsight]

Where the Fuck she came from??

[@ianashby6294]

Love lockstock and two smoking barrels

[@razordrive3238]

Can’t help but notice that over the course of making these videos, your title went from “Curator of Firearms” to “Interim Keeper of Firearms” to “Keeper of Firearms”. A promotion well deserved, I say!

[@commandertoastcz6256]

And along that, he gained the title of "Jonathan Ferguson The keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal armories museum in the UK home to thousands of iconic weapons throughout history"

[@darrenyoung001]

My grandad was a marksman machine gunner.. D Day to Berlin...never wore patches...mainly BREN..South West Borderer Rgt.(The Welsh regiment from Rourkes Drift) and he was a Lambeth/Londoner!!.vickers for suppression and BREN for huge accuracy. Many funny stories told but not the horror...He hated killing but you had to kill or be killed. I've fired the BREN on Vegas ranges (Sten and Lee Enfield rifle) Sten a bit of a pig 🐖..but the other two awesome to shoot. Thanks to that generation we have our lives.

[@ExtremiSS88]

I could sit and listen to Jonathan all day, his presentation is amazing

[@IPostSwords]

I predict this video will do very well. I also expect Forgotten Weapons to jump onto it soon too.

[@holyravioli5795]

Easily one of the funnest jobs ever.

[@douglashay8626]

@Federal Bureau Of Information you're one of the least funnest people I've encountered on here

[@noahhess4955]

@Federal Bureau Of Investigation relax bud. Quit being such a prick

[@fbispecialagents6288]

@Federal Bureau Of Investigation So you’re the guy in the FBIs office correcting everyone...

[@danglam23]

@Federal Bureau Of Investigation he said funnest which meant one of the most fun job to do, you grammar nazi

[@vp5633]

@Federal Bureau Of Investigation pretty sure Europoor isn’t a word you moron

[@wikihowfrog9034]

Even 3 years ago he was incredibly nice to listen to

[@jameswaterfield]

Enfield jams are pretty much unheard of. I have seen the 'Bloke on the Range' deliberately miss align the cartridges and the rifle still worked fine!

[@RickJZ1973]

Great video! The Mauser and Enfield bolt action are without a doubt the finest in small arms history. Nice presentation!

[@flashcracker1]

Thank you for this informative and interesting presentation.

[@BelloBudo007]

Great video tour. Thank you.

[@ShawarmaFarmer]

I see a Jatimatic and a Agram 2000 in the background. It be neat to see a video on those relatively rare and obscure submachine guns, Ian over at Forgotten Weapons did a video on a version of the Jatimatic once, but there is no content out there on the Agram

[@RoyalArmouries]

That's a great idea! We'll see what we can do. :)

[@jonathanferguson1211]

Ian is a good friend of the Armouries; you will have seen a series of videos that he filmed here a while back. Like James Bond, he will return... :)

[@J3unG]

This is always so fascinating.

[@danjames5552]

I still think the Bren gun is one of the best looking guns ever made , MAKES ME GET A SEMI EVERY TIME !!! ( And my dad and his brother were in the original Dunkirk film as extras , I just thought I would say , filmed around rye and camber sands in Sussex !

[@SamToulouse]

Big fan of Jonathan's work and by extension, the keepers of the museum. But really glad the Gamespot dudes gave him a proper team. Please refilm that very interesting topic with today's means.

[@DJWeapon8]

NGL Jonathan looks like an an English, non-augmented version of Adam Jensen.

[@Winch67]

Anyone else notice the Plaque on the Bren Gun @ 3:49 it was built and fired 2 years to the day before the outbreak of WW2!

[@pp2021]

you didnt explain why BREN, which is a wierd name. BRno ENfield. Brno is the weapon manufacturing city in the east Czech Republic where the weapon was first designed

[@reddevilparatrooper]

Fantastic rifles!

[@AttiliusRex]

Would love to see mr fergusson stream different games while talking about the arms used

[@thebelfastvikingmartinbrow3603]

I learned to use them in the army cadets in the early 80s in Northern Ireland. The SMLE and the Bren gun. Till I moved to the SLR in 84 when I join the army

[@DaDaDo661]

I own both of those rifles in the video, minus the Bren of course. The SMLE is the best rifle I ever handled. Our Northern reserves (Canada) stopped using the SMLE just recently. Amazing that's it's been in service that long. It was the only thing that worked well in -50c

[@israelisntreal786]

Jonathan and Ian McCollum need a channel together Ian as Gun Jesus Jon as gun jesus's assistant

[@aegiltech]

There is a few videos of Ian & Jon discussing various things on FW.

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

Very professional!

[@4TheWinQuinn]

Great vid

[@The-OffBrand-Cherokee]

I have a question about where the early German Submachineguns like the MP34 or MP28 used throughout the war or only the early stages.

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

Thank you 👍🇬🇧

[@solokom]

Thanks to Gamespot this likewise knowledgable and likeable gentleman came to my attention.

[@pinejungleboogie3563]

I’d love to see a video on all those different tec 9 variations not to mention those crazy things over the sterling on the left side of the screen

[@simongee8928]

He should know that a charger and a clip are not the same. With a clip, the entire contents have to be loaded. With a charger, the magazine can be topped up with as many rounds as will fit. That's why it's referred to as a charger. Also, the Lee Enfield range were well known for having probably the smoothest and fastest operating bolt action of any rifle of its type then in existence thus being able to retain a very high rate of fire.

[@MrChrisStarr]

I object to the rim-jam talk also. Very rare if not unheard of particularly with chamfered wartime ammunition. If it ever happens quick press on the top round and they will all line up. Look at Bloke on the range for a full de-bunking of this myth. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4C8hZelhtB5qK8

[@PapaSchultz74]

Just to split hears a bit,the K98 you showed is a 1943 model or later whit the couping but stock.

[@spudhead169]

Good afternoon Mr Wick.

[@mrnobody6447]

When did the mark 4 appear? I have one marked 1943 and some inscription in the butt I cant quick make out.

[@feefreyer8506]

i love him and i hope i can visit that museum wich is difficult bcs of covid and i live in germany.

[@Mr.Zoomy.]

I love good echoey audio!

[@SuperSeriouSam]

Don't know how a legend can say a Bren was too accurate , 5:50, surely it can only be too accurate if you are on the receiving end .

[@mattynek2]

That's the result of overly patriotic Brits choosing their classic cartridge just because it's powerful, ignoring the fine chosen cartridge by Czechs. Ten západ občas fakt všechno zkazí :D

[@EfftupSmith]

the idea of a machine gun is supressive fire so it sprays a cone of fire. The idea it was too accurate meant all the bullets went in the same place and needed more spread. Still a myth.

[@charaznable2859]

You see here we’ve got a gun straight from 1939 And here I have an M4 Can you spot the difference

[@thedead456321]

Wait Dunkirk came out in 2017 !? What ? Why is time flying so fast !!!

[@ttaibe]

I had the same reaction.. What? 3 years ago??

[@WellBattle6]

@@ttaibe Largely because 2020 feels like one big long never ending month in our traumatized minds.

[@AttiliusRex]

Came here from gamestop! Please do a video with Ian, would love to see you two geek over obselete firearms!

[@AttiliusRex]

Nevermind, the gun gods have already answered first video in the suggestions from here was the EM2 vid with fergusson and Ian

[@sumvs5992]

@@AttiliusRex and handmade middle eastern weapons

[@ice9tom]

I've heard that the Enfield rifle can be cycled while looking down the sight (middle finger on the trigfer) enabling the user to keep their eyes on the target. Did this happen in practise or is it a shooting range innovation?

[@webtoedman]

It's in the late war training pamphlets for close quarter battle.

[@johnthomson6507]

Em although some people say the sten mk2 from November 1941. The smle and bren are really good personal or squad infantry weapons. There is a theory that a British army infantry squad had as much firepower as a German one. The mg42 being an area denial weapon rather than a squad lmg.

[@zh2266]

Looking suave there mate

[@tikkathreebarrels]

Bren #1 is lovely and I can see various design elements which appeared in the Boys' Anti tank rifle. .303 Brit case loading into stripper clips and thus into magazines needs to be case heads "one up, one down" .

[@MrSolLeks]

I have both a SMLE (though mine is a MK3* made in 1918, still need to take it out to the range) and a K98k made in 42. I would love a Bren, but sadly I don't think il ever afford one.

[@BigLisaFan]

I'd love a Bren too but it falls under the prohibited class, even the semi-automatic conversion. Won't pay the prices for a welded solid deactivated one.

[@notreallyben4821]

3 years later and pops up in my suggested . Go on Johnathon

[@adam5381]

Hey, Thats my Uncle!!!

[@walterschumann2476]

He forgot to mention that the Bren gun was a licensed version of the Czechoslovak ZGB 33 light machine gun.

[@Reactordrone]

5:44

[@walterschumann2476]

@@Reactordrone 5:47

[@thewintereaglefly]

The only thing you guys need: A microphone for Jonathan

[@elitedavidhorne8494]

That wall behind him though...

[@asrielthespaceshiba7723]

Until now I thought SMLE was "Short Magazine" Lee Enfield not "Short (Barrel)" Magzine Lee Enfield. I thought it's a "Short magazine" because I've seen a 20 round Mag on this thing. The Barrel was much longer before?

[@Tyler.i.81]

Imagine having a job a the Royal armouries dream job.

[@bertmacdonald337]

It isn`t a legend that the Bren was "too accurate". It has virtually no beaten zone , so the last round of a burst will follow the path of the first round. There was a skill at arms competition for gun teams which consisted of firing from 600yds with a belt of 50. When the targets fall, the gunner makes safe with the number two`s belt and the team run to the 500yds firing point and the process is repeated till those targets fall and the number two makes safe with the number one`s belt and so on to the one hundred yard point.Highest score in the shortest time wins. It is a test of weapons skill, fitness and shooting ability and we would practice for ages before a competition. We`d rock up with our GPMGs and the Gurkhas with Brens. We lost every time ! Bren (or L4 as it became) was much loved by Royal Marines because of it`s light weight compared to the GPMG, (18 pounds compared to 26) . Used on patrols in Ulster and ski patrols in arctic Norway where we wired a snow shoe to the bipod to stop it sinking in the snow. It`s so-called replacement, the Light Support Weapon variant of SA 80, was a bag of shite in comparison.

[@gspotgiggy5069]

How do you have access to these guns if you're in the U.K?

[@tobyshort5162]

GSpotgiggy either they have a section 5 license or they are all deactivated or the home office has made an exception to them or there is some sort of collectors license that they have but a civilian can own all the bolt action rifles with a normal section 1 firearms certificate

[@tobyshort5162]

GSpotgiggy most likely a section 5

[@generalpeeps]

The Enfield and Kar98 would be relatively simple with just registration and background checks to get an FAC. So long as you provide a valid reason to own the rifle (hunting, sporting etc.) The Bren on the other hand would be impossible outside of a recognised museum or deactivated.

[@ornature5324]

GSpotgiggy they are a national Meuseam

[@NapoleonGelignite]

These guns belong to the Crown - thus the name; Royal Armouries.

[@lunchpin403]

Man this guy really knows his stuff

[@lrock48]

This is the type of museum Simon Phoenix would break into in a dystopian society.

[@handlesarefeckinstupid]

They thought about it and don't leave all the weapons loaded anymore. 😂

[@peka2478]

in 3:13 you say "just trying to keep things short here" - Why though?

[@KingOfChaos213]

Because this was filmed on a Friday and he probably wanted to get down to the pub for a pint of beer...

[@rc59191]

Sad that people can't even own most of those guns on the wall.

[@idrinkmilk282]

Yeah. So sad. Sad that there aren’t more killing instruments in the hands of fat pompous incel Americans. Oh the horror.

[@rc59191]

@@idrinkmilk282 better to have dangerous freedom you boot kissing sheep. Enjoy that government leash and getting arrested for being offensive.

[@rc59191]

@@idrinkmilk282 you people are the biggest joke you aren't even men just wittle babies so scared of things like taking charge of your own security.

[@greekphilospher2332]

The homie Jonathan Ferguson

[@CrossOfBayonne]

The US in 1940 was still using WW1 era Springfield M1903s as standard issue

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

I never understood why they never put a bipod on a Lee Enfield?

[@derekchapman1328]

Loads of Uzis on the wall behind

[@harrymichaels3877]

I looked behind him and saw THE WALL OF SUBMACHINE GUNS

[@donaldholman9070]

I am sorry the sound is awful. Thank you for trying.

[@DanielHernandez-tw6kc]

Dude he can be the new Q

[@specialistnomad2863]

He look like Jensen From deus ex

[@Bigdaddylobo1]

Thank you for the informations, but you needed to spend more time on the audio quality of this production.

[@boom-wj1gt]

Don't lie u found him in GameSpot reviewing weapons from video games

[@michaelguerin56]

Come on, Johnathon. Rim jam is an issue with typically substandard contemporary civilian cases NOT military specification cases. PPU is sometimes OK. That is why service rifle competitors still buy up surplus ammo to get the cases.

[@michaelguerin56]

@@shootmcrunfast Still a little bit about in NZ. Mostly from people who have finished with service rifle competition, it would seem. Berdan primed, typically. The big issue with Berdan-primed cases is getting the correct size of primer for the case. Hydraulic decappers have been around for decades.

[@billinghamscuba]

SMLE very fast to cycle and shoot. + 10 rounds

[@desteneydeboer4338]

Grapje

[@williamhoole2065]

Need better sound & lighting

[@dangermouse957]

Mate love the videos and channel but could you have better lighting and camera close ups. Cheers

[@ChocolateMilkMonster]

That one gun behind him that's the wrong way round is annoying the hell out of me.

[@dclyton13]

I'd give a certain left hanging appendage to be able to afford to go there. =(

[@dksdg]

I’m sorry the wall of amazing sub guns is a bit amazing and distracting

[@samjenkins9982]

whenever i see a british person talk about guns i always have the negative stereotype of them not knowing what they talk about but he is rather knowledgeable

[@magmus2]

Guns are more common in Britain than you think.

[@Jono153]

Some of us do actually like firearms.

[@stuartburton1167]

There's plenty of videos of people shooting themselves and posts by idiots that prove that Americans know nothing about guns.

[@JZ909]

Here's a SMLE, here's a Mauser, AND CAN I SHOW YOU MY BREN!

[@lptomtom]

Erm...what about the French? They were both present in the movie, and essential to the real battle...

[@RoyalArmouries]

For another video perhaps! We'd love to film some more.

[@arisukak]

The French rifles in the movie had post-war MAS-36 rifles. It's understandably hard to get the correct versions in any sort of number and can be expensive. Most of the correct ones got refurbed in the 1950s and look like post war ones too.

[@jonathanferguson1211]

You're absolutely right, I should have included a MAS-36; they actually get more screentime than the Kar98K too. We're experimenting a little bit here, and so this was quite off-the-cuff. Apologies to our French viewers!

[@TomCamies]

There is a white flag in the back, completely authentic.

[@didierpaya9069]

@@TomCamies at Dunkirk, french fought during british embarquement

[@yourfatson8262]

he might know stuff but can he actually shoot?

[@dave_h_8742]

Obviously not as says the bren gun was too accurate as if that's a bad thing in a squad LMG.

[@scpplumbing7118]

British Army Officers where machine gunning their own men in the evacuation from Dunkirk because of the scramble for boats.As boats where leaving the port soldiers swimming out to get on them where shot by the people already on them.

[@BigLisaFan]

Not heard that before, what was your source?

[@desteneydeboer4338]

Kan ik uzi krijgen

[@gangstalker69]

Too bad the movie wasn't as accurate as the armaments featured lol

[@leeandjancruise]

After all the hype I expected Dunkirk to be a top film, I was really unimpressed with it.

[@idrinkmilk282]

@@leeandjancruise lol that movie is a greater accomplishment than you’ll do in the entirety of your life. More talent in the foreskin of anyone involved than in your whole body

[@anthonypritchard6849]

@@idrinkmilk282 ???

[@scotttait2197]

Older videos audio is terrible an overdub would be better

[@tristacker]

The slightly hesitant delivery makes me think he's not really to that clued up, but working to a quick brief or a script.

[@anubis1416]

Too bad whoever the historian was on Dunkirk either didn't know his shit or wasn't aware of what was going on because Jesus the small arms look like bb guns when they shoot it. The only reason we know they are shooting is because they are cycle the action....Kind of? They kind of put their hands near it and Move the bolt open and closed. It's just really odd

[@clemfandango7175]

Got any jobs going ?

[@ozdavemcgee2079]

This guy has knowledge? Cant mention that the 303 can be fired much faster than a Mauser

[@gamania122]

1. Get a wide angle lense 2. set the camera down on a stack of books 3. get a microphone. 4. ??? profit.

[@cach_dies]

Pls get a better mic

[@tent7014]

Good Video, Awful sound Quality

[@wtw1427]

meanwhile an american has all of these in his private collection

[@nickuschrist5967]

What the f*#k is that? It's me bren gun Don't you think you could have brought something a little more practical?

[@dave_h_8742]

Been gun too accurate, REALLY not if your shooting it at someone and want accurate.

[@alecblunden8615]

"Too accurate" to be a good area suppression weapon. Fine if you wanted to hit something you could see, rather than make a mob of the enemy to keep their heads down - that's a job for a German GPMG.

[@paulstonepaul879]

He was carp! Not up on his subject!!

[@terben7339]

Fishy comment!

[@ape3774]

That is not the Bren Gun used in the film, The one in the film is wrong as its the 7.62 mod of the Bren known as the LMG , Dont try to cover up there fuk up

[@madcarew.3256]

Crap movie...a cast of dozens in a pristine town with a lovely tidy beach!!

[@rrshowtime3900]

@Jonathan : Tell me all the UK Govt Secrets that you know. I am specifically interested in DNA research and covert operations relating to it. Thanks. R.